Omoge Lepa: Inside Abuja - Play NightClub

Name: Play NightClub

Location: Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, Abuja Nigeria (across from Peniel Apartments)
Type: Nightclub/ Hip-Hop and Naija music mainly
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Hours: Thursday, Friday and Saturdays
Price Range: Classy and Upscale (for the most part)

Personal Experience:
Thanks to PlayLounge, the weekend starts on thursday in Abuja with BYOB (bring your own bottle) rendering most professionals practically useless, groggy and inefficient the next working day; but hey who is complaining???
I've known about Play since before they even opened back around 2008/ 2009. They were a brand new club and I believe it was initially supposed to be a sports bar and lounge of some sorts but of course Nigerians do not know the meaning of bar or lounge and everything gets turned into a CLUB where they drink and dance their sorrows and cares away :)
Over time, Play has become known for being a network of friends. Its a pretty nice atmosphere, the bouncers are cool compared to some other clubs which I will not mention now and as a woman you can feel comfortable knowing that most likely you are not rubbing shoulders with the professional women of the night that are so popularly known for plaguing Abuja streets and other certain nightclubs.

Play has a number of special events and parties that they throw during the year, such as The All Black Party, White and Black Party, their famous pool parties and a few others I believe. I however, always seem to miss these "EPIC nights of alcohol and debauchery" because I am unfortunately out of town but everyone that attends always raves on about it.

From my experience Thursdays are definitely their busiest nights, with friday and saturday being a bit quieter. I personally prefer it less crowded and am usually hiding all the way in the back of the VIP looking for an AC.
So if you happen to be visiting Abuja and are in the mood for some very loud music with a pretty decent crowd Play Lounge or is it Nightclub is calling your name.

Favorites: My favorite thing about Play is that it one of the few places I can go at night if am in the mood for dancing and feel comfortable and know that most likely I'll bump into a friendly face. They also make nice cocktails and are not stingy with the alcohol.

Least Favorite Thing: The smoke! They used to have a non-smoking section but they never really enforced it and since they recently renovated the VIP I believe the so called non-smoking section is non-existent.