TOika is a small club and venue located near Richmond and Spadina. With bottle service, heavy bass, and a brimming dance floor, TOika is a hotspot for the modern day DJ connoisseur.

I visited TOika late one cold Friday night. The actual club is located in what seems to be an office building, so patrons enter the nondescript building from the parking lot and then go through another set of doors to finally get to the club.

It reminded of having to walk past brightly lit classrooms, surreal at 7 pm on a Friday night, to finally make my way to the school gym for the MuchMusic Video Dance Party . Given how baller it was to have music videos played in a venue that was normally a hotbed of torture and awkwardness, the flashback made me even more excited for TOika.

After entering the club, a door-person collected cover (it ranges from free to $30+ depending on who's spinning that night), a coat-checker took outerwear ($2.50), and a gentleman caught my attention as I tried to figure out if I knew him.

I realized I didn't but instead of apologizing for staring or explaining the situation ("I know someone who also has neck tattoos!"), I pretended to wave to someone behind him, and he turned around and saw no one there. Whatever works, I guess.

Though TOika bills itself as a lounge and a club depending on the social media site, it's firmly planted in nightclub territory. The small space is absolutely deafening with amazing DJ beats, while tables and booth-esque seating lines the perimeter.

The small bar is on one side, with a huge DJ booth on another and washrooms in the far corner. Off to the side is a small room with little tables and benches, which seems like it could serve as a bottle service area, but that night it was just used for holding the coats of people who didn't want to pay for coat check.

The decor is fairly minimal. There are small gold pendant lights hanging near the bar that are simple and elegant and look like they could be from a tasteful Mariah Carey collection.

There is also a net hanging from the ceiling that's odd and a bit out of place and looks like it could be from a Long John Silver's that went out of business after people started realizing that Red Lobster is the rightful post-sex seafood destination .

I made my way through the many dancers and over to the bar, where I asked the bartender for the most popular drink. She served me a vodka soda ($6), which was good, not terribly strong but not bad. Hector Vasquez , the Daphne Maxwell Reid to Jesse Milns' Janet Hubert , gave a solid endorsement, reporting that his vodka soda was "doable."

As I stood at the back of the room beside the washrooms and drank vodka, the small space swelled with people rocking out to the DJ jams. A group of boys stood in a macho line while female admirers took their photo. A girl danced her heart out while keeping the flashlight on her iPhone on for the entire duration of the night.

I made the mistake of glancing over and made eye contact with the same neck-tattooed gentlemen from the beginning of the night while he was finishing up in the washroom. It was like one of the creepy scenes from American Beauty except instead of us getting together and me showing off my talent for cinematic art, he just gave me a disgusted look, and then I left the club.

TOika is a solid choice if you're looking to check out a specific DJ. The no-frills decor and drink situation make sense for a club whose priorities lie with the music, and the energy in the space reflects the enthusiasm of the DJs. Like a MuchMusic Video Dance Party, the music is a good reason to go, but the excited atmosphere are a good reason to stay.