Bar Chloe

03/20/09

Great Place

by DillonO

This place is going to Rock in May. Bat n down the hatches. Noreaster on the way with some mountain jacks to follow.

• Pros: Owners
• Cons: none

03/18/09

Nice room, wrong music.

by mike3333

Chloe is a pretty and pleasant room, formerly Voda, that has an ambience of both sophistication and decadence. It's a small lounge and restaurant, although the restaurant idea is a bit puzzling--the room isn't really set up for it and I think many patrons don' t even realize there's a menu. It's a place you go to have a cocktail with a pretty (or handsome) date, either before stepping it up a notch to go party somewhere more intensely or before sealing the deal to get said date into bed. The bartenders are friendly and polite, and the crowd is a nice mix of characters of varying ages who like to drink--and even get drunk--but try to keep it civilized.

The negatives: Until recently, mixed drinks were served in ridiculously small glasses at embarassingly high prices. A Tom Cruise-sized gin and tonic for, say, 12 bucks. Sorry, but even in good economic times, which these aren't, nobody likes a rip off. More recently the glasses got bigger and the price was $9--hopefully that's here to stay.

The music is the biggest problem. At a corner of the bar sits a woman with a Mac, intensely pressing buttons and making adjustments as if she's working on the Manhattan project. But what comes out of the speakers is the most horribly random, inappropriate for the room music I've heard in a long time. Lots of classic Zeppelin, metalish rock and oddly smashed together tunes that don' t belong together and certainly don't belong in this bar. It's like a jukebox in a blue-collar bar, where soused patrons are randomly hitting buttons for songs that have been collecting dust for decades. Also, for the size of the place, the volume could be lowered about 10% and nobody would mind.

Sorry if she's somebody's girlfriend or sister, but music ain't her forte. Somebody needs to buy this place an iPod, load it up with more modern, and yes, some "loungey" tunes, and press shuffle. The bar and its customers would both be better off.

• Pros: Decor, crowd
• Cons: "DJ" and prices

10/27/08

Great Place!

by Jeremy90405

I absolutely love coming to this bar! never had a bad time and the bartender really knows how to make som killer martini's. I would totally recommend going to check out Bar Chloe if you haven't already!

08/06/08

Relaxed vibe for a weekday drink

by nicachica17

Good cocktail list...didn't catch the food menu. The bartender on wednesday nights, Blake, is attentive and drop dead gorgeous. Great escape from the horrid bars on the promenade!

• Pros: Ambience, cheap parking in nearby structures, attentive service (wed. eve)
• Cons: normal steep prices for Santa Monica ($15 a cocktail)

06/07/08

Downhill Quick

by MedicalBob

I used to love this bar when it first opened. They had DJ's and a great crowd of young professionals. The menu was simple, but my friends and I never went for the food. The fun we had was all because of the spunky bartender, Jen. One of the few LA bartenders I've ever come across with a true personality that kept us all coming back for more. When we went in last night, I encountered a rude, unwelcoming attitude from the door man, then had less than appetizing rice patties and cold fries that we suffered through, and to bring it all to a halt, I found out that Jen doesn't even work there anymore!! I don't think I'll go back, I believe it was a poor business decision to let her get away, and for those prices I'd rather go to the Penthouse or Viceroy.