Reviews of Mercury Lounge (Night Club)

B Hildebrand

Nice spot for trance and urban dark dance beats, it gets hot in there so dress light!

brittany buzzell

Amazing music, great layout (makes you feel like your at a house party with your best friends) and amazing people! Keep up the awesome events!

Steve S

Mercury is the club for people who don't like clubs! Great vibe and music. The Sunday sessions are a welcomed addition.

Ryan GEE-M

Went here a couple years back for a Chrome Sparks show. Interesting venue layout. Nothing really bad to say about it. its a venue..

Chris Reynolds

Came here on a Monday evening for the jazz. Free entry and a good performance. Drinks were on the expensive side but service was good.

Pithra -

Theee place for music. Amazing music, staff and ambience. Also carry EarPeace, the best brand of hearing protection for all music lovers!

Julien Bois

Nice music. People are coming around midnight on friday evening

Richard Merrill Haney

Sarah Ainsley and Lance Baptiste have been bringing us really cool music, dancing, entrainment and entertainment for 20 years!! Congratulations on all your creativity and successes. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! How about another 20 years of FUN, FUN, FUN??

Benjamin Sweett

Always a good vibe here. Even if it is quite small it creates a cozy atmosphere for DJs and bands. Jazz, Soul, Disco, Electronic music can be found here. Also has great drink specials and selection.

Carl Cencig

One of the best places to dance in the city on a Saturday night! Easily my favorite dance club in the city. Besides a good layout of the floor for dancing, the staff is fast and friendly. They host a variety of DJs with different styles. Looking forward to , and hoping for, their reopening post-Covid.

Warren Dunlop

Cool atmosphere and usually great music but the cover and drinks are on the expensive side.

Emmanuel J. Felix

Hot ????

Brian Eng doing his Theng!

Great place to chill and dance

Dan Mincu

One of the good clubs in town. It has 3 levels and their music selection is very very good at least for my taste. Trendy crowds too.

Kyle Wasyliw

Need more deep house!

Haze686

Good show cozy friendly staff

Curtis Perry

Great atmosphere and often really interesting live music.

Jose B

Nice atmosphere, different events.

Chris Amaddeo

Highly recommend visiting Mercury for Wednesday night! Fun atmosphere and drag shows!

Mel Lyon

I love the Merc! Gem of Ottawa. Great venue. Just need to get more house/electronic djs!

Chris Endo

There is nothing like this in Ottawa, and only some of the best clubs in North America can compare. If you have ever been and did not enjoy yourself, perhaps a different night would have suited your tastes better. Do your research and try them again. One of my all-time favourite places to DJ in the world (having lived in Ibiza and Manchester, this means a lot). Ottawa would not be the same without it.

Wojciech Ziemkiewicz

The "Merc," as regulars will often refer to Mercury Lounge, is a biased-free club, usually spinning Hip-Hop in the basement level (Overkill), and 3rd floor (Mercury Lounge) hosts a variety of international, artists (bands, DJs, etc.) with some regular nights (i.e.: "Hump" on Wednesdays is Drag night with a variety of female impersonators). No matter what night you go, nor which floor you end up on, the staff is friendly, always look out for your best interest and make you feel like a part of a family.

gurprit singh

The place was litt, the ambience was amazing

Ali - RARER - Abdoul-Magid Abdourahman

Hey .......Have you ever wonder what the National Capital region hold when it come to hidden talent Drag performer Show # we just did !! #Bored home on Wednesday Night don't know what to do but a Simple phone Call from Friend’s: "Hey we're going Out Get ready pick up time 23h" ## Sure do a Small bar in market called Mercury Lounge surrounded by stair case inside to Enjoy watching the Show or just be at front has you can be Drag on stage at your own Risk to Be - Je ne Sais Quoi "Start of Night strip to it"....!! Yes Yes awesome Dj with a cool atmosphere & safe place to be if you are an LGBT2Q or Not. The Rest it's all up to you to discover as it could be friendship or Being a new kiddo in the block & just have Fun !!! it's the Market with its own Beauty at the National Capital Region - Ottawa. Merci et au plaisir! Ps : Don’t forget to Tip the performer and it’s bartender whom it’s service suit your personality !!!

Karl Patton

Gelled up blow-outs, extra small v-neck t-shirts, wads of cash, fake tans, tacky jewelry... You won't find any of that here. This is one of the best night clubs in Ottawa. The staff is fantastic, and the music is even better. There are heaps of amazing DJs and local talent to check out here; there's definitely something for everyone.

Omar H

Good bar lounge for the 25+ scene. 2 floors with different types of music

morgan morgan

Full entertainment, live bands great shows and an amazing, awesome Dj's!!

Ly n

A BIT SMALL FOR POETRY SLAM

Moe Adham

A concert venue of sorts

Danniel Oickle

One of my favourite venues to play in Ottawa...hell, anywhere.

Todd Johnson

Great live shows and DJ's with an eclectic selection of music and a cool crowd of beautiful people, LGBTQ friendly - a place to dance - especially for people over 25

Lee Desormeaux

Ok so this place is really alright we had an amazing time! It opens at 10 and we came for 1030.. it was slightly quiet at that time (which suited us so we could have a drink and soak it in).. and then shortly thereafter it became quite busy and was super fun! The nice catch to this place is that you can switch between the hip hop scene downstairs, and the trance house one upstairs. And you enter on the main level. Coverage was cheap although the mandatory coat check for the upper level dance hall was a bit annoying.. however I did happen to bump into the manager whilst discussing it and he said go ahead but they aren't responsible for any theft if you leave your coat somewhere. Well of course! I enjoyed the dancing and the vibe a lot, it's nice to just jump in and not expect anything. We weren't there with any hopes other than to enjoy ourselves.. although we met some really cool people and a few nice surprises came along. And we stayed until 230 Haha! If you want a slightly older crowd than just 20 year olds, this is a great place. I'd say most people were like us, in their 30s and yes there were many in their 20s too but also some older folks as well. All just out to be out and enjoy. The drink prices were normal, bring some cash if you don't want to use credit, a typical theme is no debit in these places. The djs were good.. there were a lot of beautiful people and we must return! And our little freestyle rap before it got busy made us laugh so hard... just me and my homeboy being silly. We just did a selfie video for it at the bar. Haha! Oh... and you can freestyle on the djembe drums in front of the djs in the house trance hall... so epic and we did!

Kevin Gibbs

Great vive and music

Michel Leblanc

Awesome DJ sets & great Staff!

Lianne W

Always a great time! I came here for my b-day on a Wednesday night(gay night). No one showed till midnight, but it was packed right until close. A friendly atmosphere, and staff are amazing!

Craig Daniels

Really chill space right in the heart of Ottawa. Great place to dance and party with friends. Cool event space with great DJ's and live music.

Rick

We were there Friday November 23, 2018. Did a lot of research as we came up from Toronto. Was not disappointed. DJ's upstairs playing house were great. Friendly atmosphere and cozy. Only draw back was that building seemed cold and drafty upstairs. Byward Market has a variety of options and we were glad we chose Mercury. See you again Ottawa.

Garth Baylis

The best nightclub in town! Amazing DJs, the nicest staff, and the best nightlife in Ottawa.

Brandon Fairhead

Can't say enough about this venue. Easily one of the best atmosphere's in the city. Plenty of early start and late finish events. Amazing DJs, performers and talent. The crowd is always friendly and every pair of feet is moving to the music from start to finish. Small venue so perfect for intimate shows, though there are multiple floors. The venue has been a staple in Ottawa's downtown Marketplace for generations. Attending at age 25, my parents remarked to me "We went to Mercury, it's been forever, but we went to a techno show there years and years ago...." Gotta love that nostalgia and history. Be a part of it, step right, step left, step into the footsteps of an eon of good feels and groovy music, right here in the very heart of Ottawa. Let's hope I'll hear stories of my kids attending shows at timeless venues such as this one when I'm old and grey.

Sharin Roman Cano

I was discriminate there and they don’t think nothing about it they just kick me off from that place and one guy tell Me I’m canadien and they just kickyme Off just me and my friends

Essa

sure

Tokyo Speirs

Saw an awesome show tonight, great crowd, friendly bar staff. They bring in artists that are atypical and unique.

Lee Robinson

Always a great time.

Pablo Samuel Castro

Cool venue for shows.

Enver “RedEyz” Pletilic

best spot in the city for live music and electronic music events. super friendly staff, great dancefloor and a cool balcony for live events.

Luke Smith

Great venue, amazing staff! %100 recommend experiencing what this bar has to offer!!

Blake Thibault

wednesdays for hump night at merc are really fun, drinks are decent price, they also do some really rad shows- mostly funky alternative international stuff

Patrick Love-Vani

Would be 5 stars but separating the floors with their own cover was a bad move.

Charlie Gervais

Fun place to dance.

Manjula Fernando

Kim rocks behind the bar at Overkill...????

J B

if you like standing in a room with 90 black t shirt wearing thin beta males and 3 women while worshiping a no name dj on an elevated platform for his bass drop timing skills, this place is for you.

Marcus Bluntsmoke

Great drinks, great music,,, decent location...

Chris Hartwick

Great service, strong drinks and good music

Jean Michel Simard

All those years living in Toronto, I did't appreciate the Drake and places like it until we visited this cargo container that calls itself a lounge.

Reza Sourati

The female manager and bartender in the basement part of the lounge are both incredibly rude. They accused us of bringing our own booze when we hadn't and screamed at us to get out for no reason.

M S

Imagine taking a cheap pair of 70's technic speakers and blaring them to defending levels in a concrete narrow hallway....that the hell I endured for about 4 minutes before leaving the concert my wife and I payed to see. What kind of lounge sells tickets to 100 people and offers seating for 20, that's not a lounge, that a bar with an audio system unfit for a bathroom.

Ivan Van Den Enden

Ok sound system, great bookings, both local and International DJ's spin here.

Nicolas Krauel

Some of the best bartenders in town and awesome 90's hip hop

Julian Taylor

It is not a scene.if it was a scene they wood be making film

guitarguy1381

This place used to be great until they started blaring music to blow peoples ear drums off just like the rest of the bars and clubs in Ottawa. Is this some sort of psychological trick to get people to drink more? Why would you put a giant speaker in a venue this small? Anyone without ear plugs could seriously damage their hearing listening to sound at this level. Other than that. Great place.

landry Didi

(Translated) Not liked at all ... (Original) Pas du tout aimé...

Daniel Ouimet

A staple to the artistic and dance community of Ottawa. Sarah and John have been running this place for years and have given life to our community. Hats off guys!

Thomas Hyde

great place to get right rinsed

Arash Irantalab

Cozy place to chill, good selection of local DJs.