Walk into the Park Hyderabad on a Saturday night and you’ll have to wait a while before the valet can get to you car — that’s how many cars there are at the entrance. Enter, head to the elevator and inside you’ll find a dedicated button for Kismet. Exit the elevator, and you’ll see a small seating area that leads to a very long corridor. And it’s a good thing that the corridor is long — the lines to get into the club are often 50 strong, if not more.And then comes the tricky part. Getting in isn’t easy, even if you’re prepared to fork over the requisite Rs 2000 — the cost of entry for one couple, which is redeemable on drinks inside the club. If you’re a stag, then you can forget about getting in — entry is strictly for couples. “We want the club to be a safe space for women. And once you start letting stags in, it is simply impossible to maintain order. Which why we are so strict about our no-stags rule,” explains Madhu Joshi, the director of public relations at the Park Hyderabad. Arriving fashionably late is considered an art in Hyderabad, but if you have set your sights on a night at Kismet, don’t arrive too late. It’s a popular spot, and the bouncer stops letting people in when it gets too crowded. But that’s what it so special about Kismet — it’s exclusivity. Frequenting 10 Downing Street is all very fine when you’re looking to sit back relax on a Tuesday night, but it certainly wont do if you’re in the mood for an outing that’s a bit more special. Kismet is the kind of place that you’ll want to dress up for — where you pull out your best dancing shoes, do your hair and check your appearance on every reflective surface. By the time you get in, you’ll already be in the right mood for dancing the night away.Once you’re past the velvet ropes you will enter a gorgeous multi-hued, mirrored tunnel. Once you’re through the looking glass, feeling a little bit like Alice, you’ll enter the main lounge area. The 11,500 sq ft venue includes a VIP section, lounge and private-rooms. Spacious and equipped with a really long bar, the décor is probably once of Kismet’s most compelling qualities. Designed by UK-based design and architecture firm Blacksheep, Kismet’s interiors are a fusion of art deco sensibilities with more flighty fantastical elements and detailing. Though Kismet is fairly new on the scene, it has already hosted an interesting and eclectic group of talent from the music industry. The latest of which was a performance by Swedish DJ Albin Myers and Nikhil Chinnappa on June 9. And the sound system is nothing to sneeze at — they’ve got wave form speakers installed by specialist sound engineers flown in from Ministry of Sound in UK.Apart from a small smoking area, the dance-floor and the rest of the lounge area are smoke free zones. Which is great if you’re a non-smoker — you’ll be minimising the second-had smoke inhalation that is usually associated with Hyderabadi nightlife. On the negative side, while Kismet serves up a variety of delicious drinks, it doesn’t serve any food. If you’re hungry, you will have to head up to Verandah, the multi-cuisine restaurant on the floor above. On the plus side, Carbon, a smaller lounge on the third floor, is open for a little longer than Kismet. So if you’re not partied out by closing time, by all means, head upstairs!
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