The Manor

I’ve only been here on Fridays. It’s popping. Two rooms: Hip-​Hop & Techno/​House music. I’m not sure if it’s only Ladies or everyone gets in free before midnight. After its $ 10 dollars & you get a wristband to come & go as you please. The drinks are fairly weak. Bartenders are money hungry they will tell you to tip & they won’t give you a cup of water, you must buy a water bottle. It’s very diverse & no troublemakers. The ratio is lots of Gays than Lesbians. I did witness a guy getting a blow job from another gentlemen in plain site on the dance floor. Like WTF, LOL! I’m not sure if the staff & security saw & didn’t care or what. Their is a high rate of theft going on. Cell phones & wallets. Please keep an eye on your stuff or better yet just leave your phone in the car & bring enough cash for a drink or two. There’s valet parking for $ 5 dollars. Definitely check this place out & have a great time!

While this place is super fun, be wary of THEFT. There is an entire crime ring that has pinned this popular night spot as a perfect location to pray on the unsuspecting. I Love The Manor — and I’m happy to delete this post once the problem is fixed. But something has to be done.
There is an entire CELLPHONE THEFT NETWORK running in this place. Your phone will get stolen! If not tonight, then another time.
Three weeks ago we were at The Manor and I had my iphone in my front pocket, as there are signs posted on the wall, PLACE ALL VALUABLES IN FRONT POCKETS. I’m a careful guy.
One minute I had it — next minute it was gone. Shock! Horror! My iphone was stollen. So we set out to find the culprit, using Find My Friends. We followed the dot around until we saw it leave the building. Ran out into the street and then BAM it disappeared, they turned the phone off. Never to be seen again.
Then something strange happened two weeks later, I get an odd txt from
saying,
«[Notice]your lost iPhone has been found, please refer to the specific
location
Apple suport»
I click the link and there is a very liggit-​looking icloud sign-​in page… except for the URL. It’s all fake! Routed from China!
It was a hacker, with my stollen phone, attacking me with a phishing scheme to get my icloud password so he could unlock, wipe, and sell my stollen iphone in the black market.
NOW — I started talking to people about the theft. More often then not, it had happened to them to. It’s like an epidemic. Turns out a LOT of people have fallen victim. No one is talking about it because they feel guilty! Today a new phone can knock you back $ 500-​$ 1000 dollars, no one should feel bad about this, we need to be vocal, we need to do something!
HERE ARE MY (Possible) SOLUTIONS:
Patrons: Besides putting phones and $$ in your front pocket, tie one end of a string around your phone and then tie the other to a belt loop in your pants. Then if someone snags your phone, it’ll tug your pants, you’ll feel it, the guy will get caught, and hopefully freak out and run away.
The Manor Staff:
1) Inform people verbally that there is a problem here, have fun, but be watchful.
2) Give out pieces of string along with those colorful bracelets. That won’t cost much at all.
3) Inform the police! I know, I know… but sometimes just the mere presence will detract offenders.
ALSO:
Fill out a police report. It will take 5 minutes. Swing by the Wilton Manors Police Station. Fill out the paperwork. You prolly won’t see your phone again, but it will help them figure out just how frequently this is happening.
That’s all. enjoy the manor!

Good space.
Music was pretty good when I was there.
Drinks are good also.
The reason for the 1 star is the bartenders refusal to give you a cup of water. They allegedly «can’t» do that. But the can sell you a bottle of water!!! How fucking greedy and stupid of them?! They make plenty of money from cover and not cheap drinks. I spent $ 35 before tip on each round of 3 drinks. Plus the cover.
The way I look at it – they are encouraging you to not hydrate and drive impaired. Fuck that!
Yes I’m pissed. I’m not doing drugs, not buying drinks and asking for water. I’m asking for water with a round of not cheap drinks!
I personally will NOT go back there. Village pub gives you all the free water you ask for!

I always have a blast dancing here with friends. The set on Fridays & Saturdays are pretty good. Drinks here are a bit weak. Make sure you pregame before going. There are a few rooms so if you hear music you’re not a fan of, keep it moving– you will find somewhere in the building you can dance to. Sometimes there are drag shows– those are fun as well.

Awesome on Friday night. great gogo dancers, good music, fun atmosphere. Absolutely worth paying a cover.
Don’t bother on Saturday! It’s horrendous! Same cover, not as fun, and not as cute either. Don’t waste your money! This is a joke. Only 18+ would pay a cover to be tortured by bad transitions and bad house. No Bueno!

Over all, awesome experience! If you’re 18 – 20 yearsold, you pay $ 12 to get in… They have 3 sections, the hip hop section, the outdoor section and the rave section (which was my fave) there’s dancers in cool costumes and this beautiful drag queen! This dance club welcomes and is for everybody! I am straight and had girls night there with friends, and had an awesome time! I will say… At some point throughout the night… it did get a pretty ratchet… Mostly guys dry pumping each other and taking off their shirts… But other than that, pretty good night! It does get liiivvveeee!!!

This place is a large nightclub. Open very late. Went there one night and they over served me. I was a lil tipsy. When I asked for a water they told me the inky water available was bottle water that I would have to purchase. The cost was if course what I could buy a whole case for in the store. When I told them I did not want a bottle water they said that was all they had. Would not serve me water from the tap! I believe if you are an establishment serving alcoholic beverages you have to make drinking water available at no cost. Staff was rude in top of it. Will never go back.

Theres nothing not to love about The Manor, except maybe the crowd on certain nights. I used to come to Wilton Drive all the time, but I’m not exactly sure what this spot was before and honestly, I don’t care because The Manor is the hottest spot and only true nightclub on this long stretch of road.
You can always find a cool spot to chill at here, and usually I prefer the upstairs balcony because I usually need fresh air and a cigarette. However, there are so many rooms and places here it is incredible. Also, the only place you can walk into two different rooms and hear completely different music. There is a main house room, latin room, hip hop room, and plenty of in-​betweens. Theres a big dance floor with a tall ceiling and second floor, theres a bar area with low ceilings, a room that looks warehouse-​y in the back, and plenty of outside areas. There is something for everyone!
The entertainment here is amazing! They usually book an event every week and I have personally met some very famous drag queens, from circuits as well as several Rupauls Drag Race queens. My favorite event is their annual Pillage & Plunder event where they try to book as many Rupauls Drag Race queens from any and all seasons the night before they depart to their Drag Race Cruise in Ft Lauderdale.

This is one of those dance clubs where you get drunk somewhere else then come here around midnight. That’s about when the dance floor opens. It has an awesome dance floor! The sound system is amazing. But the drinks are expensive and served in a plastic cup.

Music selection could have been better, $ 7 cover charge, over priced drinks, and 18+ brought a very young crowd. My phone was stolen and there was no one willing to help. I wont be back.

Wow, it’s been more than 4 ½ years since I first reviewed The Manor, and more than 3 since I wrote my last update, though I’ve returned here at least a dozen times. Time does fly!
Simply put, you won’t find a classier place on Wilton Drive that features a little something to suit nearly everyone’s tastes in both entertainment options as well as eye candy as you’ll find at The Manor. It’s got a modern looking, well-​stocked bar when you first enter, a smaller bar to the left with a few dozen craft beers and microbrews on tap and in bottles, there’s a Latin club at the back, and to the side of the main bar is the entrance to the 2 storey dance club, which also has a stage and is used for some special events, celebrity DJs and small concerts.
I find that The Manor tends to evolve fairly often. As I mentioned in my last review, there had been some changes over the first year that this place was in operation, some rooms and spaces were re-​themed vs. their original intent, etc. That has continued. What was once a café and pastry/​dessert counter to the left when you first enter is now a bar where they have a few dozen taps and sell several craft beers /​microwbrews. What was once the outdoor bar on the patio in front and billed as a «sports bar» is now gone, as they moved that wall out so they could move the bar for the 2 storey dance club back several feet to make room for more patrons in there. In my last review I also mentioned that they had a stage and a live band that played in the main bar area on weekend evenings. While I enjoyed their music and they were talented, they were really too loud for that small of a space, and it was annoying to have to yell at the person next to you at the bar when trying to carry on a conversation, or scream your order to the bartender. For better or worse, the stage and that band have been gone for quite some time.
I’ve been here for a number of special events and even a «concert» where Deborah Cox performed about 4 numbers. The Manor is always well staffed, organized, I’ve never experienced rude treatment by any of the employees, and the patrons also seem to be younger than many of the other bars in this area and are out to have a fun time. Do note that this bar/​club is one of the later ones to come alive on weekend evenings. If you stop by on an off night or before things really get busy, this place can be VERY dead and seem like a ghost town, if for no other reason than just the sheer size of the place.
The disco lighting in the club portion of The Manor is much improved since I wrote my last review, and they hired a proper lighting programmer to operate it. So instead of a dark disco with the same lighting design running all night, it’s now a lot more lively and the lighting design actually changes with the beat of the music and tempo of the songs that are played.
So how could they improve the place moving forward? 2 things: 1) Better A/​C in the dance club. The last few times I’ve been here, we left simply because we were getting «swamp ass» from sweating and gyrating on the dance floor. They do have the 2 large CO2 jets that I mentioned in my last review. Those do help cool the place a bit, but not nearly enough. On the night Deborah Cox performed, I was just standing up in one of the loft areas enjoying a drink and watching the show, wasn’t dancing or moving around and I was literally dripping sweat. 2) More restrooms. I noticed that they removed one toilet from at least one of their restrooms so they could install more urinals, but when they pack this place on Friday and Saturday nights, the lines for the restrooms can be several people deep and a long wait.

This place only has 3.5 stars? Really??? Well, I’m going to give it a 4. It’s a very good place in comparison to places in Miami. Zero cover, cheap drinks, large venue, good music, and good looking people. What else can you ask for? It’s located next to other bars and clubs. So if you get bored or just want to explore, you can walk on over to another place. They have valet or you if you’re lucky you can find parking nearby. It’s never dull or empty, so it’s a pretty happening place. Too bad it’s not closer to home (in Dade)

Love love love love coming here! Love all the people here! I come with my friends all the time as they always invite and we all have a great time. The crowd is very friendly and very welcoming. We never pay a cover charge so I’m not sure why people in the comments are saying they do. Their drinks are alllllllright but hey! It’s a club! They’re overpriced and drowned in club soda everywhere else! Love seeing Serena ChaCha perform here as the other drag queen performances! They’re all very friendly and enjoy taking the time to take pictures with all their fans. They always have great house music.

pretty awesome venue. I was here on a Saturday night and the crowd was a little of everything, but mostly all gay and gay-​friendly. Daddy’s, hags, twinks, girls, generics, surfers etc etc.
This place is a safe bet if you have a group of friends that want to go party. The back room had Latin music going, while the main dance floor was predominantly electronic dance music (house mostly).

I’ve heard that the Drag shows always start too late. but that was a few years ago, and figured if it was true maybe the Manor smoothed out the kinks. NOT.
For instance we went to see Bianca DelRio (winner of Rupaul’s Drag Race) May 24^th, the ad says starts at 10, so we thought ok we would get there at 10:30 (drag time)., we and lots of others were let into the main stage area at 10:30, my friends and I stood (danced a little just to get the tension of waiting) until it was now 12:40am and still no Bianca DelRio… although the place is huge, it needs a lesson in NOT promoting false advertisement !!

Saturday night @ mid night.
$ 9 well drinks but good house music, we’ll decorated, good lighting and Diverse crowd.

If you have a pulse in Fort Lauderdale, are gay, under 75 and not at Manor, you’re wasting a great Friday out. I love everything about this club. Owned by the same people who operated Coliseum, which set my bar for every club, this complex does not fail to offer amazing music, hot bodies and great drinks every time.
You have to be careful though, they will have early drink specials which are amazing, and then they take a healthy jump, so know your timing and watch your tab. The place welcomes a very healthy mix of everyone, but does sku more tward the twink/​young pro crowd. If you’re looking for a hardcore fetish type experience this may not be for you. Its certainly not if you just want to have a beer and sit a the bar. This is a high energy space.

The Manor is the real life version of Babylon from Queer as Folk. It is the type of place where gays and lesbians of different sizes and races can come together for a fun night of dancing, drinking, and merriment. I came here last Saturday and was amazed at the architecture and sense of fun here. It was definitely a huge sign of relief knowing that I found a place to go dancing and meet new people without the pretentiousness of South Beach.
Also, unlike other clubs in Miami, I found a good share of «gaysians» here. I am an introvert so hopefully next time I come here I will not be too nervous to strike a conversation with a guy. The crowd here is diverse.
Also, a word of advice to The Manor…
Please turn up the air conditioning! I came here the night Deborah Cox was performing, and I think I almost passed out due to the humidity. There was definitely a lot of people here because the Manor is known as the go-​to place for having a good time, and there is always no cover, so the venue was very packed. However, with those many people in the room, the place can get humid, and I honestly found it to be unbearable, so please turn up the air conditioning the next time you have a live music event. Also, please make sure that you conduct a sound check. I couldn’t figure out a word that Miss Cox was performing because there was too much bass. Having to wait over 2 hours also ruins the mood.
Overall, I will come again to the Manor because it is a good place to meet people (or so I have heard), but like all other places, there are definitely a few things that need to be fixed. Good crowd. Fun times. A must go to place the next time I am in Wilton Manors.

The gay scene in Florida.
Where else can straight women have this much fun I ask you?
Really a great place to dance like crazy, watch beautiful boys dance like crazy, and totally let go.
Complete and utter abandon I tell you.

I guess The Manor was supposed to be a central gay jewel of a place with something for everyone; kind of a one size fits all gay people type of place. It’s huge, has an enormous and beautiful dance floor, a restaurant with rather good service though somewhat «iffy» food, several bars and all kinds of entertainment.
Sometimes when there is decent entertainment going, it attracts a crowd but on off week nights it’s deader than the local mausoleum.
It’s difficult to figure The Manor. Someone sure spent a lot of money on it, buying out the old Flower’s Restaurant (which was good riddance), then completely rebuilding and expanding into what it is today. I as there for opening night, the traditional glass of free champagne and what was to be part of a Cirque show. That, however, never happened until 11:00 pm and then turned out to be anything but a Cirque show. That is unless you think some dizzy broad going up and down; turning summersaults on some draperies suspended from the ceiling makes a Cirque show. They also gather email addresses from the patrons in order to notify them of special events, but wouldn’t you know they put their addresses on some sort of mass mailer so that they all ended up in the unwanted spam bin of the intended addressees.
Basically I find The Manor to be a nice place, but they really can’t seem to get their act together or do anything right. For example, in the back bar lounge they had a comedy act. The place was packed and though it has a bar, there was no bartender to be found. To have a drink you had to walk to the main bar, and then try to get back into the lounge area. Ugh!
With the «iffy» food at high prices, the general bungling of the employees not knowing what they are really suppose to be doing and no one seeming to know exactly what is happening, I can’t say much for it. Particularly since other places seem to be a lot more fun, leaving The Manor as being rather dullsville.