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There are currently no specials on offer.
Mixed moments at this one.
Hits:
Open till 1 every night.
Awesome happy hr till 2000 every night.
Some really friendly staff.
Great smoking area [2, actually].
Warm styling.
Misses:
Some exceptionally cranky staff.
Seating not too comfortable.
Fri/Sat nights too crowded and music too loud.
Bottom line:
Take advantage of the regular late hrs, great happy hour and close proximity to some better bars.
2/5
sandgroper - 17/12/08
after not visiting la la city for over 18 months, i was met with the same reception as always. super friendly door-men, great manager with a quirky sense of humour, a very clean & comfortable venue indeed. as a smoker, i was most impressed with the "smoker's room". certainly beats the smoke generated from a dj's smoke machine! would i go there again? without a doubt. would i recommend it to people? for sure. do i think they water down their drinks as per anthony's comment. i highly f*#@ing doubt it. i've had plenty a beer in that venue and have been tempted to cut myself off from service. dude you come across as a guy from the burbs that has a rant for the sake of having a rant. i'm sure when the officer said blow, you proceeded to on your mate in the passenger seat! thanks again la la, can't wait for the next time
4/5
Jack - 01/12/08
I just had my 21st at this place and had an amazing night. The food that they arranaged for us for awersome, and the deal they did helped us all have a very merry night.
4/5
Amazed - 27/11/08
Anthony,
To start with, a venue cannot water down their drinks - it's nigh on impossible with modern beer systems. If you disbelieve this, feel free to contact the venue, they would be more than happy to give you a tour of the beer system, coolroom, and associated equipment.
You've "confirmed with people" that drinks are watered down - incredibly, you are unable to qualify this.
Without wanting to be too negative - of course there's always room for healthy commentary - you are full of excreta, and frankly your opinion is of no value.
3/5
anthony - 23/11/08
I should rank this place 5/5...because if it wasn't for the fact they watered down their drinks i would've lost my license!
I went out for going away drinks, and we kept noticing that they were tasting weaker and weaker, all up 12 standard drinks in 4 hours and the random booze bus has me at under .02...so once again don't know whether to thank them or not, but watering down drinks is a dogs act and I will never give them a single cent again.
P.S. in case you think i have a super fast metabolism, i've checked with people who've confirmed they are watering down alot of their drinks
0/5
Jov - 26/09/08
Great venue with comfortable chairs. But the attitude of staff drags this place down. We organised a party and put a tab at the bar. But had to deal with snide comments from one the staff who decided that he had the right to comment on HOW we were taking our drinks. He told some of the guys from our group that he would stop selling them the hard stuff if they continued sculling rather than SIPPING the drinks. What a tool. We were not causing any trouble, were all having a great time, even giving them business by putting a TAB on the bar yet this moron decides he wanted to dictate how we drank our alcohol. It seems reading other people's comments the attitude of staff leaves a lot to be desired which is a pity as this is nice venue.
1/5
Jo - 21/09/08
Never have I come across such sour faced staff before. The girl that served us obviously didn't want to be there.... why do people stay in jobs that they hate so much???
0/5
sadie - 25/05/08
Very disappointed! Was a big fan of the Windsor original and had some great nights at the city venue a couple of years ago...after a lapse in time I went there a couple of weeks ago on a Friday evening. After the initial confusion over the thin spread of patrons (was packed every Fri a few years ago) it all started to make sense...what happened to the ambience??? Well that atrocious house music doesn't help and why do the staff have that air of 'just-can't-be-arsed-ness'? Then I got my answer...after another patron accidently spilt their drink on the floor (and my shoes, but no real harm done), I was happily drying off in the semi-outside-smoking area when some rude, abrupt idiot - without introducing himself - agressively told me to put my shoes back on... My friends and I just laughed it off at first - this random guy must be some mental-macho f**k-knob off the street and thought it best just to ignore him. After we tried to return to our conversation he then thought it might be an idea to introduce himself - this idiot was apparently the manager...well at that stage I thought I should introduce myself too - that I was a customer and I was leaving! Mystery solved...this once chillin, fun bar has fallen victim (not sure if this is the original manager?) to some power-tripping, agressive, clueless moron who 'doesn't just wear this ear-piece for fun.' No of course you don't wear it for fun - it is a very fetching reminder to all the inferior, unimportant patrons in the bar that you are very superior to us all and have an exptremely important job to do...well FYI you're not doing a good job (unless your job is to drive away customers!) I definitely won't be returning...although our paths might cross again as I am an emergency surgeon and might be treating this pleasant soul when someone decides to beat his head in. Almost worthy for hall of shame vote :(
1/5
Bee - 17/03/08
Great funky place to have after work drinks or predrinks before a night out. Relaxed and laidback boho atmosphere similar to the Black Cat on Brunswick st, but without the need to dress a bit left of centre to fit in.
5/5
Lauren - 07/09/05
Enjoyed a couple of tasty cocktails courtesy of a very spunky barman
4/5
lib - 25/07/05
Cool place. Lots of seating. Very relaxed. I noticed staff were a little on the reserved side- not really very happy to be there it seemed. I liked that you could buy long necks of beer- a bit of a novelty. It can sometimes get bloody busy- in which case I personally steer clear! Note: last post of 0/5 was a mistake. I rate it 4/5! :)
4/5
Reg - 05/02/04
Not bad on a Firday or a couple of quiet ones after work. The staff could make a little more effort to be likeable though.
Word.
3/5
Adam - 05/02/04
I had a uni mixer in there last night with about 130-odd people. The staff made every effort to help us out, but even with the discounted drinks it still worked out a little pricey for some of the students. More for the after-5 crowd i think.
4/5
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