You usually don't see it during the day, check out the old relief carving above the door! 8-2008
| Location |
444 Central Ave, Rochester, NY 14605 ![[Directions]](/wiki/dd_start.png "Click for driving, walking, or bus directions from Google"){kind=small} |
| Phone |
| 585 232 8440 |
| Website |
![[WWW]](http://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small} http://www.myspace.com/tiltniteclub |
TiLT is a large night club located immediately north of downtown Rochester, with an intriguing, modern, aesthetic multi-room layout. Set in an old brick warehouse, there is a central outdoor courtyard, a lounge, and a dance club. Eye candy abounds, with the mod furniture, sheets of effervescent water, trippy videos playing in TVs throughout, and blue-lit DJ stands and bar displays.
Thursdays: Drag shows, "tilt-a-whirl thursdays" on their site
Fridays: Half lounge playing downtempo electronic music, half dance club playing more upbeat and loud house music. This night has a mostly straight crowd. In either side of the venue there are live DJ's, primarily guests from other cities.
Saturdays: "Big Gay Disco"
Check their website for upcoming events.
Awards
TiLT was voted "Best Place To Dance" in City Newspaper's Best Of Awards in 2007.1.
TiLT was also voted "Best Gay Bar" in City Newspaper's 'Best Of' Awards in 2008 and 2009, and "Best Nightclub" in 2009.23
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2007-04-10 16:30:17 This is probably the nicest looking club or bar in Rochester and they have a small stage for occasional shows. I've seen a couple of the burlesque shows here. Considering the location and how the outside of the building looks, I was surprised to find such a trendy looking place inside. —TravisOwens
2008-09-13 18:48:06 Someone needs to update the website portion above. Here is the new one: http://www.myspace.com/tiltniteclub —Ryan
2008-09-28 22:49:19 A very nice club to go to! Good drinks, good atmosphere if you're straight and want to dance this is a good, friendly club. If you're gay and want to meet people, you might look elsewhere. —MadJackal
2008-12-21 16:47:18 Besides the good music and dance floor...
Tilt is becoming a clown bar. I hate all of the new updates they have done. I hate the orange walls. I hate the black and white wavy patterns on the walls. HORRIBLE. It was a nice and high-end before and now it is like someone epileptic updated the bar. The Ultra-lounge is only room that remains nice except of that ugly star painted floors. Drinks are overpriced, watered down and served in PLASTIC cups. I am very insulted. STOP THIS MADNESS!! —RocCritic
2009-01-29 12:51:48 @RocCritic - Your comments are extremely harsh and unfair. Yes, the new color scheme is a bit clownish and tacky. But if you're spending your time at Tilt looking at the floors or staring at the walls, you're doing something wrong. Tilt is a dance club - not a local bar with drink specials. You're again doing something wrong if you're going to Tilt in order to get drunk. If you need to be drunk to be in a social setting, then get drunk before hand, then when you get there, the watered down drinks will keep you from getting dehydrated. As for drinks being server in plastic cups... Wow. You're a moron. It's a dance club. With that many people moving around at various levels of drunkenness, and if drinks were in glasses, there would be a glass broken every 10 minutes. Drinks are in plastic cups for a REASON. Get over yourself and your hatred for the gay/mixed club scene in Rochester. —MichaelDelaney
2009-01-29 14:03:44 "the watered down drinks will keep you from getting dehydrated"
This is my favorite quote ever. —EastSideStephen
2009-08-21 04:12:01 The under crowd is a bit much with nowhere for the over that's had enough to get away from it. And yet such a nice place inside, but to me not worth driving there to see if they have a crowd. A shame when the Tilt of old had so much to offer on all ends. —Murphy76
2009-11-15 00:04:36 @ MichaelDelaney Oh bug off. I've given plenty of places a good and bad reviews. I'm sorry my bad review was too harsh and offends you. Who said that I was wasting my time staring at the floor or the walls? You are kidding me. The tacky wall colors are screaming in our face. The new color scheme isn't jiving it very well with regulars, too. I have asked them for opinions.
Who says that I need to get drunk? I want to come to Tilt with bartenders that knows how to mix stiff drinks that is not watered down in a glass cups. Why? It tastes better in glass and I paid for it. It is laughable that you claim that watered down drinks will keep me from being dehydrated. I'll order a friggin' water bottle if I am thirsty. By the way, you are actually insulting me and other customers to be cheap. Broken glasses every 10 minutes? You are really kidding me because that is a dead giveaway that you are either the owner or a regular Tilt barfly defending the reputation.
I can't believe that you are accusing me of a hatred for gay/mixed club scene in Rochester. For the record, I am gay, you judgmental moron. I'll level with you and agree that there's a chance that Tilt could have been better with few adjustments, few managers and staff with better attitudes. Either way, that doesn't change my opinion of the place.
