by GEL C. on Tuesday Lesbian/Ladies Night! If youre a lesbian you know that its hard to find a place or an event that actually has lesbian atendees. The castro is great but its a huge cock-fest. This is the only event that I have ever been to where there are tons of uh..LESBIANS! Cheap but strong drinks and great music and no drama. I give this place two thumbs up minus the smoking area...Its freakin gross. Its a closed in area for smokers. I guess its nicotine heaven for those who smoke but if you dont...stay out. I think I aged about 10 years after sitting in there with my friend while she smoked her cigg. Oh yeah...the bathrooms provide you with hairspray, tampons, and lotion!!! AWESOME!
by Nancy D. on In the battle of the Buddhas, Buddakan trumps Buddha Bar easily. The space itself is beautiful and reminds me a lot of TAO in Vegas. The food on the other hand is really mediocre and blah. For the prices they're charging, it's definitely not worth it. I had the Chinese chicken salad to start off with then the Chilean sea bass roll. No joke, but the Chilean sea bass roll tasted like a California roll. This place is great to have drinks at and great to be at later in the night but avoid coming here for dinner at all costs. If you want to eat better Asian fusion, go to Buddakan and come back to Buddha Bar for the late night scene.
by Angelic Lamoore on A new meat market that reeks of 'trying too hard'. Let's plop in a slide and call that cool! It's an interesting concept but definitely not a reason for me to come back to this place again. Slide too fast and you'll slam your butt against the sides, and ram feet first into the burly security guy at the bottom. If you ask me, not a great way to start out a night. How can this place be called a speakeasy bar and lounge? It's a club in sheep's clothing. They squeeze so many people inside that any open space can immediately turn into the dance floor. I could barely move without being elbowed or having drinks spilled on me. The music was mostly hip-hop with random stuff like Def Leopard and NIN. Um, ok. There's no theme here and people should see it for what it is. It's an ultra lounge (you can get a booth for $200 bottle service...because why go to Vegas or Miami when you can be posh in San Francisco), with nice decor that's lost amongst all the really drunk people, and the atmosphere oozes with slight Hollywood fakeness. Except that this isn't LA, so you're left wondering where the wannabe models and VIP people came from. To be fair, I gave Slide three stars because they didn't charge a cover. And the bathrooms were indeed nice. But it's bad when you have to rate a bar by it's bathroom standards, ya know?
