Goldstar

• Rated 3.0
• Written on Jun 17 2009

The atmosphere is nice. The beach decorations gives that feel you're in the restaurant "Islands." The comics were pretty damn funny, esp the first one. I was laughing my butt off. There was quite a large amount of comics as well which kept the night rolling for a few hours.

The food menu is by far the worst. They have 5 menu items; chips n salsa, nachos, slider burgers, ornion rings, and something else, and tasted very bland like tostitos..when we ordered the nachos.

Also, the drinks were weak!!!!!!!!!!! at $10 a martini, which I ordered a regular dry/dirty martini, tasted like pure olive juice. Couldn't even taste the vodka, or feel it for that matter. When our bill arrived, I spoke with the manager regarding our bill/ and the quality of our drinks. The manager was very accomodating as he took off half of our bill and apologized. Friendly staff, however, our server took a ridiculous amount of unnecessary time to serve our martinis, about 20 minutes and when I asked for a glass of water, I thought "he must be in the back pumping it out of the well himself bcuz water does not take over 10 minutes to get." I would say go for the comedy, but do not order food, and if you order a drink, stick with a beer, or ask for the premium liquor as a shot or over ice... That's the only way you will get anything out of your drink orders.

• Rated 1.0
• Written on Jul 30 2009

I thought a night out and some good laughs would make up for a slow and hot day, but man.. was I wrong. I don't know who picks the line up, but whoever it is.. needs to be fired. I haven't been through such a painful experience like this in awhile. It was bomb after bomb after bomb, okay, then bomb after bomb. This is the 1st comedy club where the silence was more deafening than the laughter. I felt so bad for the comedians. They were trying, but not hard enough. It got so bad to the point they started checking the time and even admitted the act was failing.

My Girlfriend and I are Korean, and we were seated in front of the stage. I don't blame them. I normally like being in front and part of the jokes. After the show they come out and thank us for being good sports. As for these acts, I feel if we weren't seated there, there wouldn't have been much material left to save them. For some, it was still a failure. I told my gf to get up so we could leave and as we heading out, we were stopped by a comedian who hadn't gone yet. He wanted us to stay for his act and the following act, promising they were better than the rest. We got there at 8pm and at that time it was already 11:40pm. Was it as good as he promised? Well, no. I looked back and noticed SO many empty seats. By the time we got up to leave.. there were only a handful of people left in the crowd. I'd say about 15?

I highly recommend anyone going, to go ONLY when there's a headliner you're familiar with and know IS funny. Otherwise, you're in for a LONG painful night of 20 horrible acts. Who knows.. maybe we went in during bomb season, but that place left a nasty taste in our mouths.

• Rated 2.0
• Written on Sep 16 2009

I would say that about half of the comics were pretty good. There were some that actually started to clear out the audience. T Rexx was the funniest of all so if you get a chance to catch his act, it's worth it. It was a lengthy process with so many acts doing 5 minute bits that at the end the last act, whom wasn't all that funny, we were all ready to call it a night. The waiter(s) need improvement. There was only one, he didn't bring us a menu and took long to bring our drinks. I can't really complain since they were comp tickets but with a 2 drink/food minimum per person rule there service needs improvement. This is the 2nd time I attend so I hope there will be a third.