Izzy Z.
Yelp
This is for general public parties at the brewery, and I only went to one so far, so keep that in mind:
The bad:
1. Its not near a metro line, and the main trams that run by it are not night lines (as far as I can tell).
2. The coat check would not take the 50 euro bill for their 1.50 Euro charge. Dudes, that's the bill the damn atm gives you when you pick up cash. Seriously. If there is someone who has change, its should be the coat check people. So I had to bum off 1.50 from complete strangers, and then pay for a 4 euro beer for them at the bar with my 50 bill. LAME.
3. Pretty disorganized once you get in. You don't know where to go once you're in the courtyard. Turns out there is dancing in two buildings that connect to each other by a bridge, so you can enter either or, although there are somehow three entrances within the courtyard of three buildings so umm, well..... um... damn, I'm still confused....
4. The bartender was super rude and when my water spilled when she handed it to me, she still charged me and didn't give me another. WTF? At least she broke my 50.
5. My hair smells like cigarette smoke still 48 hours later and after two washes.
7. The air in there was... I don't know what, but the music was not too loud that we needed to scream, yet we were all loosing our voices (next day everyone asked me if I was ok since my voice sounded like I just recovered from laryngitis).
The good:
1. Bathroom line was moving, and there was still soap at the end of the night (big thing for a lady's bathroom, I had that stuff always running out). And it was real soap, not the foam stuff.
2. In one bu idling there were several different rooms for dancing, and different music playing. Seems to be enough room for hundreds, probably thousands of people, and not too hot
3. Somehow not very many spilled drinks (aside from my at the bar), plastic cups so no broken glass, not a huge mess. For Vienna, based on my experience, that's impressive.
4. The line to buy tickets and get in was moving even though super long
The Extra:
1. You get a full pat down and purses checked. Good job on doing it quickly though.
Overall: Grab your friends, grab your change, be ready to be confused, and you'll have fun!