Kiev has a nice club scene. Ranging from very cheap to overly-expensive, you can find what you want.
Tsar Project is an upscale lively place located close to the Water Museum. Expensive and pretentious, but beware of the face control, e.g. no sport shoes allowed.
Patipa is one of Kiev's dinosaurs, but still one of the most trendy and best visited clubs in Kiev.
Faberge also an upscale club, address Rybalska 22, similar to Chaikovsky Deluxe
A few popular venues are located at the Mandarin Plaza shopping mall (Arena Entertainment complex), rumored to be owned by the Klitschko brothers. The clubs include Arena, Sky Bar, Barsky and Grotesque. They're right next to Bessarabsky market; most of the clubs are accessible from the court.
Art Club 44 (see above) is packed on Friday and Saturday nights. Live music, mixed crowd of expats and local students.
Shooters, located on Moskovskaya 22, is currently one of the more traveler and expat friendly clubs (it belongs to a group of Scottish expats). Particularly foreigner friendly.
Xlib-club brings what is called cutting-edge music to Kiev. The club is neither expensive nor pretentious and exceedingly crowded on Friday and Saturday nights. Located in Podil - one of the most romantic districts in Kiev near the Dnieper river. Address Frunze 12.
D-Lux, upscale, where a lot of people go to look beautiful, popular on Fridays and Saturdays. Grand, stone steps lead up to the entrance. A well-reviewed restaurant is on the first level. A swanky bar, somewhat in the style of a small Buddha Bar, is on the second level. The disco is on the third and fourth levels, the main dance floor being on the former and extra bars and balconies look down from the latter.
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