Just got home from this place and WOW!!! Really?? I live in San Ramon now (just moved back fro out of state) and i remember a place in Pleasanton a few years ago named AURA and that place was crackin til the place got sold to a new owner who didn't know what they were doing. It was called Status then Playhouse and then Neo. All within a year. So when i heard that the new ownership screwed that place up, i went to Karma.
Not a bad looking place, but small. Not a bad spot if you just wanna go chill for the night. I wouldn't throw my birthday there.
I liked the FREE cover before 11pm. Thats money i would rather spend on a drink. Even still, for a place this small, why charge a cover?? I go to the bar and was blown away by their prices. Talk about "over priced & watered down." If you looked up a definition for that saying, they should just have a picture of this club by it. Waste of money and time in my books.
Dress code? What dress code? They "enforce" a dress code, but then let in a bunch of douchebags. I was told they worked there. Way to set an example Karma.
The music was ok. Security looked like they spent more time just hitting on the girls than actually doing their job. Not ot mention they weren't exactly kind to people they didn't know. Quite rude to be honest. Bottle Service was horrible. The only thing nice about it was our server. The prices though.... WOW... really?? Your a tiny club in Dublin California. Not Las Vegas.
The clientle.... umm... looked more like a west coast version of Jersey Shore. Tons of roided out douchebags and a bunch of fake girls there.
I went tonight because i saw a facebook post about how crackin it was gonna be because the VIP was pretty much "sold out." So i meet some friends there and found out the their bottles were free. As well as a couple tables around us. So it didn't take me long to figure out that the only reason these people were going there, was because they were giving away free bottles. Im not gonna complain about Free drinks, but I wonder how this place does when they aren't comping bottles to people. In fact, a lot of the girls there tonight even said, "The only reason we are here is because the club comped us a bottle." Oh yeah... their VIP booths, wow... pathetic. Can't believe that is considered VIP.
Overall, i might go back to this place someday, but it has to be for a good reason.
The venue is small but not bad. What killed it for me was the lack of professionalism that their security staff had. On more than one occasion, I was forcefully bumped out of the way, and when a fight broke out, there was a struggle between 2 guards and a guy, but the rest of them just stood there while I was pinned against the railing because of the scuffle!! Mind you, I'm wearing a dress and heels.
The service was okay, bartenders okay, music cool, but the reason why I will never come again is because their security staff made me feel unsafe. They seemed more preoccupied with standing by in case they had to jump into the scuffle instead of securing the location, WHICH IS REALLY THEIR JOBS. Now I have to go nurse a huge bruise on my thigh. I'm glad I was on the guest list and didn't pay to get wounded.