12/06/08

Love this place

by gilbertarenasfan

Have only gone twice and I find it amazing that the crowds are different. It's a fun bar to hang out with your friends in and let loose. The price of Drinks won't harm your wallet and if you love PBR on tap, it's here. They have a vending machine with 'Zines, tshirts, and just about every weird thing that you can think of. It takes some finesse to get serivce but its never really that long. All in all, its a fun place to hang out.

07/27/08

"we do what we like here"

by sharpstone

"we do what we like here" is what the door-hipster told me after I asked why a group of people were allowed in before my friend who was celebrating her birthday.

They are going for the 'Hipster studio 54' thing I guess. The only problem: non of the flare, excitement, thrills or wit.

When did hipsters change from being arty music kids, to wanna-be 1970s porn-coke moguls? Its like Zappa meets Bling Bling.

The cha cha used to be a cool little lesbian dive bar, now its a disneyland for the tragically hip and painfully unoriginal.

04/18/08

The land of wanabbe struggling artist. The best place in la

by jfmsong

I love this bar. I see others points on here about the slow service. You have to keep in mind the people hired here don't know what there doing and openly admit they have no no training. The benefit of this is you drink is STRONG and cheap. I love the ambiance and the hipster chicks. Yes they are all very pretentious but I like it just the same you have to find the humor in all of it. Silver lake is the land of intenionaly,unintentional. In other words do your best to look like you put no time in your look all the while spending hours figuring it out. Look as if you are a struggling artist while tapping away on your Mac at the coffee shop. See the irony in all of this?

It is all very funny. Silver lake is my home and I love it.

• Pros: Cheap strong Drinks
• Cons: Lines on friday and slow service.....

02/14/08

Horribly slow, pretentious bartenders

by DreamGuy

Maybe it's because I hate going to Silver Lake where you can never find parking or I left the house drunk and wanted to stay that way. But I had a terrible time at this place. I waited for drinks three times and was there about twenty minutes on each run. I am a pretty cool dude too, I look pretty awesome when I go out so it's not like I'm not getting served because I'm ugly or something. Nope, the only reason it took everyone so long to get served is because the jerks behind the bar sucked at thier jobs. No apologies for the wait times and the only reason I tipped them anything was in hopes to get served sooner. That didn't happen. I understand being busy but three weeks ago when I went it was not. It was a Saturday if I can remember and a dirty Andrew W. K. looking dude was serving. He was a real creep. No customer service skills whatsoever. Once again Silver Lake fails at being a cool place to go. If you drink slow or have a pretty girlfriend who would like to go get drinks for you at the bar then go here. Once inside it looks cool enough but the help there is a major turn off. I hope I never go back.

• Pros: Nice atmosphere inside
• Cons: Horrible service, horrible service, horrible service

01/31/08

Inexpensive drinks, slow service.

by dezinegrl

I went on a Sunday nite so there weren't too many people. Pabst (the worst beer in the world) was $1.50 and mixed drinks were $7 which is cool. The bartenders were really slow even though they were mostly pouring glasses of PBR. I guess I didn't look "hip" (LMAO) enough to deserve faster service. Most of the people in there were dressed in super-tight black outfits and it was really hard to distinguish which were men and which were women because to be quite honest, in the dark they kinda looked similar with their messy little haircuts. It's an ok bar and I would only frequent it if I lived in the neighborhood.

• Pros: Cheaply priced drinks, cool interior
• Cons: Service

04/06/07

bad bartenders, ugly crowd and they still make you wait in line

by nikvenet

if you're patient enough to wait around for the downs syndrome doorman to let you in, and then tolerant enough to wade through lousy wannabe hipsters as they step on your feet you will be rewarded with possibly the worst poured drink in los angeles. I recommend not wasting your time and going across the street to the red lion.

03/17/07

Nothing bad

by jakco77

What's the big deal with this place? I didn't find it offensive like some of the people on here, but it was crowded. Then again, it WAS a friday night. There were alot of of hipsters with annoying haircuts, but

they have cool booths to hang out with your friends at, if you can get one.

01/21/07

You've got to be kidding me

by laveggie

This place is cool during the week but forget it on the weekends. No matter how much room is available on the inside (and there's plenty), you *will* be made to wait in line to get in if you get there after ten o clock on a Friday or Saturday night. No there's no dancefloor, its not a club, its a bar, and its located in GLENDALE, not on the Sunset strip so why they have a policy of making people wait in line to get in (and why people actually wait in it) is beyond me. I recently went at 12:30 on a Saturday night figuring there wouldn't be any line, and there wasn't. After walking up to the door, the "bouncer" tells me and my friends: "There's a line." After I look at the empty space of nobody standing in any line, he says again: "There's a line; you guys are the first in it." (Of course we didn't want to dignify such bullsh*t by even responding with the obvious, we turned around and left.) Your first reaction is to think the "bouncers" are just dicks, but its quite apparent that its the owner's official policy to make people wait in line to somehow build up hype. Totally ridiculous.

01/15/07

Unwritten dresscode - Must wear tight all black clothing

by anab1212

I am a frequent visitor of the Red Lion across the street. I had been waiting for the buzz surrounding the Cha Cha Lounge to die down before I visited. Unlike some of the other reviews we found the bouncer on duty to be really friendly, but once inside be wary of the patrons! If you?re not wearing tight black jeans and sporting an unkempt hairstyle don?t bother. The bartenders are equally as judgmental and you?ll be lucky to get a beer---don?t hold your breath for a second drink. This place is fine if you have a fondess for the mod asthetic and if you?re a wannabe all black wearing LA hipster with a throwback Beatles haircut, but if you?re not just save your cash and go across the street. Its too bad because the music was pretty good.

• Pros: music
• Cons: patrons

09/20/06

Avoid At All Costs!

by smartergirl

You are in the line. Waiting, waiting. hmmm... Waiting. Once you get through the line you'll encounter the 12 year old face of a troll at the door named Matt disguised as a doorman. Bummer. Not enough hugs from mom. Jeez, at least now you know what the opposite of cool can act like. Finally. Now you are in the bar. You are wondering, "Why did I wait in line? It's not even crowded in here?!" Next you'll order a drink. The $1.50 Pabst are a deal, but heck EVERYBODY around town offers cheap Pabst, so what's the deal? 10 minutes, 15 minutes... Ah, yes, the bartender reading the weekly or chatting up a chick is FINALLY going to serve you. Ok, got your cocktail. It's strong. It's all worth it now. Take a sip. But wait. The bartender has just taken your change off the bar and calling it a 'tip' before you can place it back in your wallet! And what's that over there- OMG! It's the owners friend from Seattle. Calling out to all the female patrons in his shout reach his blessed misogynist mating call "Stupid Girl, come here STUPID GIRL"! "Where's Matt" you think, just when you need him to DO HIS JOB? Oh- he's wiping the brown smudge on his nose and snickering into his take out. Ugh! Not again!

Do what ya will folks. But take another look. There are so many hot spots and cheap happy hours to hang out in all over this big city of ours. Why line the pockets of a few hipsters who really don't give a hoot if you personally show up or not? The few nice folks that work at this place just don't outweigh the lack of decency or the otherwise unemployable at the door and behind the bar. Happy Hour is not a new concept and it should be a HAPPY HOUR!

• Pros: cool vending machine and photo booth
• Cons: Service. Service. Service.