Hive

Always a good idea esp. on NYE in Zürich. It's a trip unique and shows a vibe that zürich represents

Boring. Lame. Snoozefest.
Don't write many yelp reviews, but had to call this place out. My girl and I spent 130CHF for this - we would have had a more fun time at a church recital. 4 hours of buildup... nothing backs it up.

This was my first European nightlife experiences. It is a pretty big place and the cover was not too bad- they accept student IDs for a discount. It was hard to find at first but follow the graffiti and umbrellas and you'll be fine.

The drinks were pretty expensive - though hat seemed to be the case for every price in Zurich. The only drawback to this is you need a 50 euro minimum to use a card as payment. Definitely bring cash next time.

The atmosphere was pretty stereotypical. The music was blaring and you could feel the beats in your stomach. Overall the dress code was casual. Girls - you can totally wear converse and it will be cool.

The bathrooms were large so you didn't have to wait too long to get past the girls taking selfies in the mirror, which is nice.

One of the permier clubs in Zürich, Hive is a place for hard-core party-goers. This really isn't a place where you stop in for a quick shake of your tail feather before moving on, and the 30CHF entrance fee pays due to that. On weekends, the club cranks up from about 11pm onwards and goes through to midday the following day. Let's put this way, when leaving whilst the sun is up, I have still seen a queue out the front waiting to get in ....
The club has two DFs, one at the bottom which plays a little harder/trancier type beats and one on the top where a bit more chilled/loungey type beats are played, but enough to still get your groove on.
Expect to find most partiers a little inebriated (generally goes hand-in-hand with places that don't shut their doors at sunrise) but fair to say the atmosphere is rather friendly with everyone there to have a good time.
There is a smoking area outside which at times has a bouncy castle - no further comment required. My only complaint would be the need to have more toilets. There is always a queue for the mens, which speaks for itself.

A big plus is the 21 and over, since most clubs seemed to be 18 and over and some even younger. Being an older American going out with early twenty somethings, the under 21 places were a little bit overwhelming. If I remember correctly there were about 3 floors, the top where there was a big girls bathroom (learned to never use the bottom bathroom go to the top or else you might be waiting in line for the one stall at the bottom where 2 people might be hooking up :P) then there was another floor that was covered and uncovered for smokers and then the bottom floor that was very crowded unfortunately slightly difficult to get a drink. The music was more of a deep lounge, not really my type, but the sound system wasn't bad. The crowd was a mix of foreigners and locals. I did end up getting slightly drunk by the end of the night, but it definitely cost a decent amount, meaning the drinks weren't super expensive but they were sure weak.