I get REALLY excited when I find out a band I want to see is playing at Lee's Palace (most recently saw British Sea Power here...they were AMAZING). This place is small, intimate and set up so that you can see the stage well from just about anywhere in the venue.
There are bar stools and a ledge all around the pit that you can saddle up to to enjoy the show, as well as seating all around the outer walls. The pit is the liveliest part of the venue and where you should be if you really want to take advantage of the atmosphere.
The staff are all extremely friendly (both bartenders and bouncers).
I'm sure it depends on the crowd I find the bathrooms to be old and worn out but somehow still clean.
TIP: If you're the type that prefers to sit for a show the best place in this venue to be are the dozen or so bar stools that line the top of the pit but you have to get there REALLY early to claim them because they get taken right away.