We spent a night out on the town with Tablelist, the app that can get you into your city's hottest clubs

Outside, you see long lines of lithe young partiers. Inside, you know hip revelers are guzzling magnum-sized bottles of Dom Perignon and dancing the night away.

But that pesky velvet rope can be a daunting barrier between you and the blasting music, beautiful people, and blurred-lines debauchery within.

Enter Tablelist, the app for getting in to nightclubs.

"People have a fear of going out," Julian Jung, CEO and founder of Tablelist, said to Business Insider. "Nightlife has this awful stigma attached to it."

Launched in 2013, Tablelist markets itself as a fail-proof way to book yourself into the most exclusive hotspots in cities across the US, giving you "peace of mind" that you'll have a place to party. Like an OpenTable for clubbing, it lets you choose your location, type of experience, and beverages of choice. You can even use the app to split the bill with friends.

"It's the first platform that really brings this world into the 21st century," Jung said.

Curious if it actually works? Business Insider took Tablelist for a test run. See how we did.