We came to Casablanca on a Saturday night to celebrate a friends birthday. We thought it would be a good starting place, since it was more a lounge then a lounge/nightclub and somewhere new.
The positives were being able to talk to my friends without yelling. The staff almost had a pin-up style look to them which gave a unique style to the place. Drink prices are average, but the selection of Scotch's were spectacular. The music was great playing a lot of classics we haven't heard in a while. It was busy, but not packed. The menus had a nice lit up LCD screen that made them unique.
With that in mind, it couldn't keep us there for a long time. The bar was very bright making the cozy atmosphere almost seem sterile. The bar staff took forever to serve my friends, and it just wasn't one person. A guy friend had to go to one side of the bar and a girl friend had to go to another to see who could get service first, and it wasn't even busy. The music, albeit great, was old school hip-hop played in a classy bar with the staff dressed to form. It'd be like going to a Chinese restaurant and listening to salsa music.
For now, I think I'd rather just hang out at Olive and Ivy and look over to see if Casablanca has gotten any better.