The most exclusive nightclub and bar in New York - at this moment, anyway - is in the basement of a new hotel, just off its loading dock and garbage area.
If you look for the the Electric Room from outside the Dream Downtown hotel near the trendy Meatpacking District, don't look for a big, flashy sign that advertises the place - because you won't find one.
The only way you'll know you're getting close to it is if you see a series of small, blue-neon lightning streak signs and gritty walls covered with funky art.
And if you arrive before the clock strikes midnight, you won't find anything.
Why? The Electric Room only opens at 1 a.m.
The intimate spot holds just about 100 people, no lie, which is is sure to make it a tight door.
First, if you succeed in finding the club, then you have to deal with the task of actually getting passed the red-velvet ropes.
High-voltage name, low-voltage design
Despite its high-voltage name, the Electric Room doesn't look like an over-the-top designed nightclub.
Besides a bar and an elevated DJ booth, the room is decorated in a simple yet edgy, British punk kind of way.
Reclaimed wood covers the club's walls and floors. You'll see an array of inviting Chesterfield couches - some in caramel leather, including one with a giant Union Jack flag painted on it, and one done in a peacock-blue velvet. In terms of art, you'll see painted mirrors, including one featuring a Sid Vicious portrait.
$22 cocktails
Prices definitely do not match the modest decor.
A single, basic cocktail will set you back $18, before the automatically-added 20% gratuity (another $3.60).
Not a dance bar
This is certainly, not a dance bar, but an intimate spot to "see and be seen", to relax on the couches and have a drink.