Sky Lounge

It's not everyday you come across a dive bar with a Vesper Martini as one of their specials! This martini was strong, refreshing, and just what i needed while waiting for our 2 hour reservation at Gao.

The wait at Gao is inevitable so instead of waiting outside their doors, walk half a block to sky lounge and grab a quick drink with friends! It'll also help keep your mind at ease once the bill drops at Gao cause that place is expensive for Vietnamese food!

Tried going to this place on a Friday night with friends. Yelp said this place closes at 2AM. We arrived around 12:30AM and the place was closed. Yelp misled us and honestly wasted our time when we were just trying to have a good night

Came here for the first time on Saturday evening with some friends. Bartender is super friendly but I paid $20 on for watered down drinks. I could only taste the ginger beer in my Moscow mule and my Long Island Iced Tea was filled to the top with ice.

The only thing we loved here was that the Moscow mules had matching copper straws. Two stars because the bartender was really nice to us but like someone else said in a review below, I didn't pay all this money for juice. It was honestly so disappointing and I've never had to complain about my drinks being bad before.

Impossible to get a drink at this place even when nobody is there. No food and overall service was rubbish. Will never return.

A good place to get drunk. Not the best bartenders, their skills are lacking. Call Jon Taffer from Bar Rescue guys, lol. They are super friendly however. Not the best bar, but it will do. There is a dancefloor and parking on the street in front. 4 strong stars. A decent little spot. One funny thing is that we went on a Saturday night and the DJ, a nice Asian man with lotsa jewelry and lotsa tattoos, kept announcing on the microphone over and over that it was Sunday. lol

From what I remember... (teeheeheehee)


This place is cool for a quick Friday night drop in. There weren't as many people, which is surprising because it was Friday night around 10pmish. The Bar tops were all taken but the booths and dance floor were empty, kinda sad. The bar had a cool neon color to it's backdrop which drew us into the bar. Once inside, there were many booths that lined the wall. This place would be fun, for a birthday or GNO. The Dj was playin decent music and when my friends wanted to hear a specific song, he was able to play. Sound system could use more BASS, but other than that, it was top 40s with a twist of hip hop. Would we return? Sure, maybe with a bigger group of people because it'll feel like we rented to entire club for ourselves ;)

Below-average bar in downtown san mateo

Was waiting for available seats at the nearby shabu place, so decided to grab a beer at a bar nearby. Stopped by this place. Boy it was not a good decision

We went in around 8pm no a saturday. Completely empty except for 2 people sitting quietly. We asked for a Stella--apparently they ran out. Asked for a sierra nevada--ran out. Asked for a light beer--they had "long board". Great! My friend got one of those. Not wanting to order what my friend ordered, I asked what other light beers they have--the answer is none.

Jesus, I have more selections of beer available AT HOME. Why did we even go into this bar?

Not the best place in town to visit

Sky Lounge has always been my go to spot. Chima makes me feel welcomed every time and is very accommodating. My co workers and I had a blast.

Stopped in on a Friday night with one of my friends because my usual watering hole, Under Attic was packed. Not really crackin that night, but they played good hip hop. I'm more into house now, but it's nice to change it up.

The female bartender was nice and made a great strawberry cucumber mojito for me and what my friend called, "the best Long Island" she's had.

Plenty of seating and a teeny dance floor towards the back. We would solely come back for the drinks. It's an okay option for downtown, but for a more loungey experience and for the crowd I prefer Mandala.

Bartender was rude. We asked what's on the menu for happy hour and the bartender rudely said "idk, there's beer" and pointed to the ciroc section. I asked if there was margaritas and he looked at us like we was crazy or something.

When we left the bartender and other customers was laughing at me and my friends.

Never will come back.

Fix your attitude before you serve your customers