Clear

08/05/09

Don't waste your time

by llc2009 at Citysearch

Every good review on here was made by staff because they know the place is horrible and losing business. Not only are the doorman rude but the drinks are weak, expensive and its take forever to get one. Waste of money. The owner sits at the end of the bar looking miserable. Never seen walking around friendly to the clientel. If it wasn't for us he wouldnt have a business. I've also seen him fighting with one of the bartendars before. I think they are a couple but I've seen her at other bars with other men. If you flirt with the tattooed bartendar you will be able to stay after hours and drink and party (sniff, sniff).

07/19/09

this time it sucked, better luck next time

by CKA3KA at Citysearch

So I used to go to Clear when it opened up and actually it used to be a decent place, but I stopped by recently on Friday night with a party of 6 and found to myself leaving with a feeling of great disappointment. I am not going to judge the crowd, but I will judge the service at the place. It takes at least 3 to 4 songs to get a drink and not because the two people serving the bar are busy serving drinks, no it’s because they are busy blabbing and flirting with opposite s*x which is surely a beneficial perk of the job, but hey, keep them in suspense and please take my money, I am about to drop a hundred or two on few rounds of drinks, but with that type of service it comes down to my friends and me not having a decent time, our ladies angry that they did not have a good time and, well it really is up to them, very poor business practice. The manager did try to make it as easy as possible for everyone and security is pretty good, these are very experienced people, but the bar, oh man, the bar and the service in it is really inexperienced and if they are, I really wouldn’t want them working at my place.

Perhaps til next time, and then… I’ll be hoping for when I shall return, I will be pleasantly surprised with top level service and still this crowd that can’t really be judged by anyone.

• Pros: close to my house
• Cons: close to my house

05/29/09

Cool & EZ just like its name

by trOOthseeka at Citysearch

Clear was a very pleasant surprise for me because it was my first time really trying out night life in the valley (valley + night life used in the the same sentence, go figure?!) Props to my boy Karl for putting me on to this best kept secret, though I came to find out its celebrating its 7th year, guess I'm the late one, eh).

Convenient location for me as a valley resident and very pleasant commercial strip - not Hollywood hectic! The bartenders do just that - tend the bar - and they do it well, tending to the guests all night and mix up the flavor nicely with male & female staff.

All the while, the DJs set up the vibe sumthin proper like with a head-nodding soundtrack from breakbeat to new wave to dub and of course hip hop brining it all together with dem butta verses.

The ooooonnnlly kind of annoying thing is that the bar is sticky to the touch. It may sound petty, but I'm really not tryin' to peel my forearm skin off the bar as a sip a 12 dollar cordial, naa'mean?!?! Strange, too, because its a nice looking curved, wood bar. Definitely subtracts a 1/2 star from this otherwise 3+ star lounge. Not sure what's up with that but I have a contractor who can shellack it or whatever to "Clear" that sticky mug out.

At any rate, just as soon as I log off here I'm headed down there to smoke stogies on their enclosed outdoor patio, so you do the math . . .

• Pros: Savvy bartenders, Solid DJs, Hip but down2earth crowd
• Cons: Could use a hostess, bar top is sticky (literally)!