1 Diksha Pandey - 7 months ago
The biggest mistake I made in a long time was choosing to go to 808 last night, especially after skimming through some of the reviews here. If I had a time machine, I really would stop myself from ever wasting time here.
A$AP Ferg was making an appearance, as announced by the 808 Berlin Instagram. The policies were clear: no reservations/guest list, no ticket presale, 2G+, and tickets start to sell at 11pm at the entrance.
I arrived at 11:10PM and the line was unbelievably long. But I was determined, so I stuck it out in the freezing (-2ºC) weather. Three and a half hours later, towards the entrance the line splits into two, and the staff says I'm in the wrong (reservation only) line and to go into the correct line. (It was pretty clear on Instagram there were no reservations tonight, but my mistake).
I happen to know somebody in the "peasant" line, so I wait with them. Again, denied entry. Why? No reason given.
Let me make one thing clear, I speak German. My nationality IS German. Do I look German? No. And maybe that was the problem.
The staff is rude, entitled, unsympathetic, and overall terrible. I saw plenty of other people get denied with no clear reason either. I am so sure that the major guests that perform here, Stormzy, Skepta, Ferg, and others would blacklist this venue if they were aware of the way they treat people.
I would also like to add, that a line of that size should NOT have taken three and a half hours. The only reason it did, is because the staff is incompetent and gossips in between each person they let in, it seems to me that they purposely take an extremely long time to check Covid passes and IDs to keep the line long, to make it look "exclusive." They were even gleefully posting to their Instagram about how long the line was.
Don't clown yourself, don't go here. For a 30 euro entrance fee NOBODY should be belittled and treated like that.
