Mario P.
Yelp
My favourite aspect of the Rhino Room is the free comedy. On certain nights they'll have some free, amateur stand-up comedy. If you're a real fan of stand-up, you'll know that it's the finest form of comic entertainment. It takes courage, cleverness and (come on, come one; think of another 'c' word) and performanCe (nailed it) to own the room. It isn't easy.
I've never taken the stage myself. Not through any sort of cowardice, of course, but through a sort of obligatory mercy. You see, were I to expose the Rhino Room to my brilliance, the audience would remain forever climatised to a level a quality that simply cannot be matched by anyone else.
So I remain a dutiful audience member.
And functions are very gay (in the original meaning of the word) too. The area's small, and music too loud for discourse, but there's a nice little outside area. Although, it's often filled with the aroma of marijuana. So if you're ethically opposed the the smoking of the herb, but you really, really MUST exist in an outside area, you might want to avoid the Rhino Room.