**3.5**
Chat Bar is similar to a Japanese Izakaya where the concept is small bites loud music and drinking! The vibe of the restaurant is very much so focused on the young Asian crowd and that was pretty much the majority of the patrons haha. Chinese hip hop mixed in with some Korean Japanese and a hint of English.
I came here late on a Monday probably around 11 and the place was packed. Got a table right away but the place still had people walking in after we left.
Service was decent I mean they didn't really do much considering the drinks are self-serve and you take your own order. Nothing special but nothing terrible either.
The food was good, we order the following:
sausage skewers - nothing special decent.
lamb skewers - good juicy not too gamey
pork intestine w/ garlic - good but ended up taking out the clove in every piece cause it was a bit too much garlic
chicken wing w/ garlic - I would recommend getting the honey sauce over the garlic because it had no flavour
baked garlic clams - good similar to garlic butter clams at seafood boil restaurants
enoki mushrooms - a little salty/over seasoned but good
grilled scallops - best thing we had for the night but oddly enough 1/5 scallops was overcooked ... just 1.
after tax and tip I spent around $75 (2 people) and for the amount of food we got + 3 cans of pop it was pretty good and I would come back BUT!! Like other reviews stated there is a decent amount of msg or sodium in the food which led to me having to chug more of my drink.. pretty good sales tactic considering the drinks are self-serve (beer pop coolers and water) and charged later.