3140 Richmond Avenue
Houston, TX 77098
Harris County
Phone: (713) 528-6435
Fax: unknownWebsite: no website on fileEmail: no email on fileHours: unknown
by Alphonse Downes on I can't fault this place for anything but its pricing and payment system. The space is swank, but in an odd spa-esqe way, it's sozy. The rooms look like wood-panel saunas from the outside, and inside you will find space-technology-padded benches, mood lighting, and your very own iPad for song selections. Speaking of the song selection -- it's probably the most all-encompassing I've ever seen, with just about any classic you can think of AND hits from the last 6 months (arranged by month). Arguably the best part is that a lot of the songs are accompanied by cheesy and sometimes inexplicable videos straight outta 1993. I don't care if it makes no sense, it's entertaining as hell. My only gripe with this place is that it's a) kind of expensive, and b) has some bizarre logistics when it comes to actually paying. While $7/hr seems fairly reasonable, I was kind of aghast at being charged over $5 for a pint of Sapporo. Even so, the worst part was that when I ducked out a little early to catch a bus, the staff had no way of letting me pay my share before I left. First, I was told they couldn't figure out how much I owed, even though they knew how long I was there and what drink I ordered. I offered to leave $20 cash towards the group bill, but they wouldn't take it, and they wouldn't take my card "because their system is so new". From what I saw, their system looked like anything a restaurant or bar would use, so I don't really understand why no one knew how to use it. Or why they would open without learning how to use their own billing system. I ended up having to text my friends and ask them to spot me on my share, which I always feel awful about...so hopefully if I come back, Rock Box can get their billing act together. Everything else about this place is pretty rad.
by Theodore Pfeuffer on Plus: Friendly bar tenders, great tunes, great drinks, reasonably priced beer, clean clean clean restrooms. downside: dead as a doornail until 11pm. still no one dancing when we left at 1130. LAME. we went home and had a great drunken shag instead. took some drunken pics on the photo booth near the back. Try an Irish Car bomb!!! they were so nice I got it for free!!
by George A. on I've never eaten here so this review is strictly for the bar... I've been to this place probably half a dozen times and honestly I never knew the real name of it. My roommate and I simply refer to it as "The Ethiopian Bar." In fact that's what I had to put in the search box to find this place on here, and you know I'll probably never remember the name "Club Waziema." The place is definitely a dive. They always have the same broad behind the bar slinging drinks without a smile, but I actually find that comforting. It seems like besides her there's always a different bartender who tries to be just as big a hard-ass but doesn't do it as well. There's nothing about this place that really stands out but the one thing I do like about it is that there's a lot of seating so you can hang out there with a large group of friends. Good drinks. Check. Solid beer selection. Check. Shitty bathrooms that are just unshitty enough to pass a health inspection. Check. Yep, it's your typical good old dive bar... Not the place where you're gonna spend all night (unless your drowning your sorrows), but good for a drink or two to start or close out the night.
