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Is Marquee worth all the drama at the door to get in? The chi-chi West Chelsea hotspot from the folks behind the promotion of the formerly trendy Suite 16 is the kind of place where, if the too-cool-for-school doorman deems you unworthy of entrance (straight men without women, beware), a couple of beefy security guards will forcibly evict you from the velvet rope line. Even if you pass muster, you’re going to have to wait on that damn line anyway; only the beautiful and the well-connected get a free pass here. Inside, the two-story space is thoughtfully designed and laid out, centered on a modest dance floor ringed by banquettes and punctuated by a dramatic chandelier that changes color with the disco lights. It’s all very slick (one of the two other rooms has sexy red rippled walls), with bottle service and plainclothes models boogying to hip techno remixes, but it’s also strangely generic. — Sean Kennedy

Tue, 10 p.m.—4 a.m.; Wed-Sat, 10:30 p.m.—4 a.m.

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