I've been here a couple of times. One time was after First Fridays. I got in as the crowd was dying down enough to actually get a seat at the bar. The second time for a drum and bass DJ on a regular ol' Friday night.
The actual bar is amazing, the set up with the cool mod rebar umbrella & view of Downtown Phoenix made me think for a split second I was actually in a ultra hip downtown. Then I got snapped back into reality when my bartender said, "That'll be $9 please." WTF? $9 for a gin and tonic? I nearly choked!!! Are we in L.A. or something because the last time I paid $9 for a drink I was on Sunset Blvd.
Last I checked, this is still Phoenix, Arizona. The second time I went my gin and tonic was $7. That was better but got me thinking...Does this place raise the prices whenever they see fit, depending on the crowd and amount of people partying it up? Unless they lowered the price between this weekend and 4 weeks ago, I have a sneaking suspicion they price their drinks according to whatever suits their fancy. I don't like that. In fact, nope..not at all. I'd give this place 5 stars because the actual set up is great but NO ONE SHOULD PAY $9-$12 PER DRINK IN PHOENIX. Period.
This is not L.A. It's not S.F. and it's most certainly not NYC. Who do these crazy owners think they're fooling?