Dimples

11/04/09

Theft and Horrible Sound System

by rubeeraspberry at Citysearch

If I could give no stars I would. I came to Dimples thinking that surely this would be a prime place to sing karaoke given it's history and spattering of star-studded visits. Wrong.

We went on Halloween night around 8pm which was smart because we could actually get our drinks on time. We found that after 10 or more people were in the bar, our poor little moron of a waitress couldn't handle the load of a "crowded" bar. To top that, she had no idea how to make a simple Pama Mojito (which was advertised heavily at the bar!) and that was the hardest drink we had ordered all night, since the rest of the time we just stuck to Bud Lite so we could at least get drinks within 20-30 minutes of ordering them.

Don't even get me started on the karaoke. Sound quality: poor. Microphones: malfunctioning. Karaoke DJ: creepy and not very polite or helpful. The only good thing was they did give me a free DVD of my performance there (still haven't watched it because I just don't really want to hear that awful sound system again). I come from Louisiana where karaoke isn't very respected down there but even my worst experience there was better than my night in the "famous" Dimples in Burbank.

Also, back to our brain-vacant cocktail waitress... when we first sat down (there were only 4 of us there, and obviously we were couples), we wanted to split the tabs from the beginning. Shouldn't be too hard... you make one tab for the one couple who was drinking bud lite and cocktails, then you make another tab for the couple who was drinking bud lite and soda. No, that was much too complicated for her and she insisted that we just leave it on one tab and SHE would split it at the end. Okay, fine. Well when the end of our night came about (much earlier than expected due to the fact that we had only gotten to have 3 rounds of drinks in a 3 hour period, and the fact that the girl was stupid enough to be trash talking us- why? i don't know. we had been very patient and polite- RIGHT BEHIND OUR TABLE) she dropped the tab off with us and let us know that she would need us to split the tab. So I finally figured out her ignorant coding system and split the tab into our separate drink orders, tallied them up. I'm sorry, I'm not going to leave a big tip for such a sorry excuse for a cocktail waitress. Especially one that doesn't appreciate polite and patient customers. I left her $1.00 and our other friend left her $2. Come to find out, that little filly got her pay in any case because she CHARGED or I'm sorry, STOLE 20% on our cards after the fact. I will not be drinking here again, and will definitely tell everyone I know who is even considering this trashy joint as a place to go to stay far far away. There are other karaoke bars. This is not your only choice. If you want good drink service and great karaoke, go elsewhere.

In the mean time, if you have also had bad service, please email these @$$holes directly. Their email address is: webmaster (at) dimplesshowcase (dot) com

• Pros: Free DVD to first timers, although the sound sucks. BAD.
• Cons: oh where to start? bad waitress/prices/sound, thievery

03/14/09

Never Again

by Michelle818 at Citysearch

a week or so ago some friends and i went to dimples for drinks and singing. we started ordering shots which took atleast 30 mins or more to get to us and at first we were chasing them down quickly with soda but after the third shot i started to realize they didn't taste as strong as they should. i ordered one last round and before drinking it i took a big sniff. it didn't even smell like vodka. i had been paying 9 bucks for each shot of watery vodka! i was so mad i left shortly after and a few days later while looking at a bank statement i discovered that the waitress had added a one to her tip making it 14 instead of 4 dollars! it was one of the worst experiences of my life. Horrible service, watered shots and stealing! I will never go there again.

• Cons: watered down drinks and fake tips

01/04/09

JUST SAY NO! (Unless you like being treated badly)

by nattyice at Citysearch

As soon as we walked into the dive "bar" we were asked to pay a cover, and told to take off our hats!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING DIMPLES! They had more rules than going to high school. They sat us in the corner. We had to get up and get our waitress three times after waiting for 20 minutes for her. She was rude and bitched about being busy, but every time that we saw her, she was standing and doing nothing! Overprices drinks and no berr on tap. What kind of dive bar doesn't have draft beer?! It tried to be a hip, fun place, but the fact that the bouncer yelled at me and my sister three times that we were in the way (trying to locate our horrible waitress) was ridiculous. This was one of the WORST places that I have been in LA. They need a overhaul of staff, or knock the place down!

• Pros: Nothing
• Cons: Everything