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Citizen Bar
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“guess if a view is all that's important, you might be willing to put up with obnoxious and slow service and overpriced, mediocre "cal-med" food.”
“All in all, go to citizen for the awesome patio and drinks after work or BEFORE you go to dinner.”
“like the staff, they are all really knowledgable about their food and quick to get you what you ordered.”
“rockit, luxbar, meritage & spoon are all better options if you want a nice bar w/ an outdoor space.”
“Other than that, don't expect good service or good food.”
“it has a great patio, which is huge and perfect for nice weather to get some drinks.”
“like the staff, they are all really knowledgable about their food and quick to get you what you ordered.”View Less
Do Not Plan An Event Here.
"You know how to TAKE the reservation, you just don't know how to HOLD the reservation, and that's really the most important part of the reservation, the HOLDING. Anybody can just take the
reservation"-Seinfeld
This pretty much sums up my experience with Citizen. I made a reservation for my sister's bachelorette party here over 6 months ago. Confirmed the reservation 2 weeks prior to the event, and reconfirmed it on the day of the event. Whoever I dealt with on the phone was courteous and seemed to be fairly comptent. Sadly the competency ended with the phone conversation. Apparently confirming three times just isn't enough for the staff at Citizen. Upon the arrival of a group of more than 30 people, we were told to wait...and wait...and wait. Unacceptable for anyone who has made a reservation, particularly with a large group ready to give a fair amount of business. Not only were no apologies made for our wait, but we were actually treated as if it were our fault we had to wait. A group of over 30 wasn't going to stand around for an indefinite amount of time, so we went to the nearby Martini Park where we were all accommodated and treated with the expected level of customer service. I can't imagine Citizen keeping their doors open for very long with their lack of organization and customer service. There are far too many bars in the neighborhood to waste your time waiting at this one.…
Biggest DBag Bar In The City. If you like soso food that is over-priced and eating with a bunch of people who want you to know how much less you make than them, this is the spot for you! Guys wearing designer mirrored glasses, lots of hair product... YIKES!…
Bad food, no drink menu, pretentious. I went here on a Saturday night, and it was beyond awful. Bad service (no drink menu, and the server seemed mystified at the notion of one), bad food (stuff that was made hours before and re-heated), and a pretentious atmosphere (the "chef" walking around in his bright red chef coat chatting on his cell phone). After this experience, I thought any positive reviews had to be from the owners/staff themselves plugging their own place, and after reading the review from "gingerrogers", that suspicion was confirmed. Can you make it any more obvious? That's pretty sad that they have to write their own reviews to lure people in. The place should be able to do that on its own. Unfortunately for them, the only thing it will manage to do it shut itself down.…
big call but...... i dined at this place and it was one of the worst places i have had meat cooked at i had the linguine and my girlfriend had salmon lets just say if the food needed to feel like leather as you swallow it then they achieved that with a roaring success....needless to say it was tasteless and rather a shame that the name itself doesn't live up the integrity of a good not great,....food establishment.…
Awesome happy hours and event.
A source tells me that Citizen Bar will have an "UnHappy Hour" sponsored by the job site CareerBuilder on Wednesday and Thursday after the Superbowl.
Rumor is that they're serving free appetizers for an hour around 6 or so!!
I've been to Citizen before and the place is great! Awesome food and amazing drinks so this should be fun!…
