Unity Nightclub

SJ’s or Unity, whatever it’s called, is a good time. For those not in the know, Unity (let’s go with that) is Beaumont street’s gay & lesbian bar. It’s located directly across from Hamilton train station, so it’s very easy to find.

During the day, you’ll find a bunch of old regulars watching sports and playing Keno and you’d be pressed to tell Unity apart from any other local pub. Not that’s it’s not worth a visit during the day mind you.

If you’re looking for good, affordable pub food, then go no further than Unity. They have a big dining area and offer a wide variety of $10-$15.00 meals.

 These range from the classic $10.00 steak burger with chips to crumbed $15.00 lamb cutlets or my personal favorite: the $10.00 chicken and mushroom crepe with chips. No matter what you chose all the meals have a healthy serving size, so you won’t leave hungry.

 Now, let’s say you’re not hungry for food, you’re hungry to party! Well you’re in luck, night time is when Unity becomes Fabulous!  Friday and Saturday nights, Unity cranks up the volume along with the tempo and goes into full night club mode.

With remixed pop, dance and top 40 beats assaulting your senses as you dance the night away.

 At regular intervals throughout the evening the club puts on the ‘Unity Dancers’ who gyrate for you amusement, or a fabulous Drag show. If that’s not your thing there is a moderate sized courtyard out the back where you can smoke and discuss important issues like how many margarita’s a T-Rex could drink (Hint: It’s a lot!).

 As you can expect for a gay bar the crowd is out for a good time and everyone is in high (read: Drunken) spirits. There’s a good mix of men and women but it does seem to have more gay men than women. For the straight punters out there (Myself included) the club still has plenty to offer.
There is a pleasant lack of 'riff-raff' allowing everyone to have a fun, relaxing night.

A down side is that Unity charges a cover charge of $10.00 and is the only place on Beaumont St that does this. The drinks are not overpriced for the venue and they have a cocktail special from 5pm-7pm if you’re super keen.All in all, I like Unity. It’s a fun club with a good atmosphere and a convenient location, I highly recommend it.
At the time of writing this, Unity is undergoing some renovations and changes, hopefully to become bigger and better!
Check out Unity Night Club here for more info: http://www.facebook.com/unitynightclub?fref=ts