by Brian Y. on The layout of the place was nice, but it does not factor into any rating I do on rateclubs. The food we ordered was decent for the price. I did enjoy the spicy octopus fried rice. But nothing really that special. The price of the drinks here is what brings down the rating for me. Make sure you know how much everything you order is, because some of the alcohol is moderately priced and somethings are overpriced. All in all it is a decent place to chill and drink, but they are way better places in Ktown.
by Sal Ying on Got to see the Rainforest- missed the Planetarium, but get that tickets needed to happen earlier and will do that next time- it was fun! Aquarium was full, but still could get around and I liked the food, drinks and music - it made it a lot of fun to go to the museum! Especially when my friend and a guy that was there had a mini-freak out with the python squeeze exhibit and I watched them spend 10 minutes making a pact they would put their hand in if the other person did! The roof was cool but not as impressive at night- but I liked that they had the telescopes out and the lines moved really fast. Major kudos to the staff member who answered all of my friend's smart a** questions about why we didn't land an expedition on the sun with good humor and still trying to impart some knowledge while probably wishing he could push my friend OFF the living roof. What surprised me was that my favorite part was actually the Quest KQED film/lecture - when it started, we were thinking- well, it's getting later in the evening and this will be a good place to take a break and sit for a while. The night I was there the film was on discovering a new species of nebbia beetle - I KNOW, riveting right? (yeah- I didn't think so either- and my initial thought was- great- I found the geekiest thing I could do at the Science Museum during happy hour night) - but the film started and it was actually REALLY COOL!!! So I geeked out by the end when they said the guys who discovered the new species were right outside and had to talk with them. Summing up- $10 is great to see the place without school groups and families with strollers, cool place to explore, listen to music, grab a drink, look at cool science stuff-- who knows, you might learn something!
by chris r. on entrance: nice door guy. bar: ordered two gin and tonics. asked for sapphire, specifically. saw them being poured from a sapphire bottle. got to a couch. tasted the drinks. it was tanqueray. come on, now. at least they were cheap and strong, but they're really not fooling anyone. lighting: everything was red and green. i like red, but when all the bands are lit up by an unchanging green light throughout the night, it made me feel queasy. sound: muddy, due to the system. the guy playing music between bands was also the sound guy, i think. he was playing a lot of good stuff. this might have been the saving grace of europa. bands: aside from the band we were there to see, one opener was so awful i was embarrassed for them, and one was fun ...fronted by a kind of 21st century tina turner. a 50/50 opening band ratio is pretty good, so you have to give credit where credit is due. i'd return, but only if the band i wanted to see wasn't playing anywhere else.
