oh dear...where do I begin? Â I have lived in Bellevue almost 5 years and rarely go out here. Â We tried Parlor last night because we were meeting some friends. Â If our friends weren't there we would have turned around upon entering.
We had a private vip table which is hardly vip. Â Our server was terrible. Â She couldn't remember out drink orders. Â At one point she put drinks down in front of us and said she honestly didn't know which drink was which, we had to sample each and pass to the appropriate person who ordered the drink, lame. Â When we first got there our drinks were served in glasses, as the night went on we got cheap plastic cups and when we asked why she said as the night goes on glasses get broken. Â The only glass that I saw break was by her after she cleared some of our drink glasses. This club/bar is 90% women, with a very mixed range at that, grandma, middle aged, and young bachelorette ladies. Â The music was all 90's but about every 5th song they play Robin Thicke's blurred lines, I love that song but seriously, by every 5th song it got old. Â Thank goodness our group was fun. Â I know that I will not be returning to Parlor in the future simply because when I order a drink I expect my server to know which drink I ordered and I deserve to drink out of glass cups instead of plastic!
A decent place to spend a Friday evening.
Pro: Lots to keep one occupied (billiards, sports on the TV, dance floor, food). People seem to be having a good time. A guy wipes down the billiard tables between groups; he seems very dedicated.
Con: A little expensive for billiards ($25/hr), but I have to admit, the tables are in good condition. Food is strictly perfunctory. The service seems to be hit or miss (but honestly, wouldn't you be if you had to deal with the people that are in this place?). As long as you keep your expectations low, you'll do just fine.
Good place to come and watch a game on TV.
Food:
Didn't have any food, but the beer selection is solid.
Service:
Bartender was really nice. My friend and I came in for happy hour and to watch an NBA game. I asked the bartender to change the channel since the game was playing on ESPN2 instead of ESPN. He gladly told me that he didn't have the remote, but he'd call upstairs for them to change it for us. After 15 minutes or so, our request was filled.
Furthermore, he asked us if we wanted another beer right before happy hour ended. We hadn't finished our drinks at the time, but he told us he'd put it in the system and fill it once we finished.
Environment:
Standard sports bar atmosphere. My friend and I were still able to have a solid conversation, despite the music on the speaker system.
Cool ice shelf-thing. I don't know the actual name for it, but a part of the bar is made from ice. It's a nice place to put your beer and keep it cold.
Bottom Line:
Good place to grab a beer while watching a game. Service during their happy hour was excellent.
I will never go back here again. This place serves overpriced drinks and is managed very unprofessionally. My friend had a few drinks and she accadentlly flipped her black skirt inside out I told her and she fixed it but the bathroom attended call security saying she was intoxicated, and I'm sure it was because we didn't bring any dollars with us to tip the bathroom attended. (She had a few drinks but wasn't drunk, slurring, or falling all over the place like a lot of other girls there). They attempted to esquort her out but lost her when I tried to explain what had happen, they then decide to make me leave as a result,  even though I had only had one drink that night. The woman "manger"  involved forcefully grabbed me by arm and I tell her to not touch me, I was not intoxicated and  could walk myself out. I then tried to talk to the manager an he explained that because of the shooting in Dec, they couldn't take any chances with gang activity. Gang activity?!? I can assure you no one would ever confuse me for being in a gang. I really have never been treated so rudely before in my life and as I stated before will NEVER go back to the parlor again. There are far better places on the Eastside to go to have fun, don't waste your time or money here.
Review Source:I have mixed feelings about The Parlor. Since it's a decent-looking place in the Seattle area to watch live comedy, I feel like I have to give it some props.
Pro: They sometimes get Paramount Theatre-worthy comedians roll through here.
Con: You have to watch them in a sidelong manner. They set the tables so you do not face the stage, so I expect a neck crick after watching a show.
Pro: They serve food and alcohol, and it's okay bar food.
Con: The service is hit and miss. They bring out the wrong food/drinks, or forget altogether; but honestly, I understand that it would be super hard to get people's orders correctly while a comedian is *with hope* evoking laughter from the audience.
Pro: Free parking in the building
Con: Queuing up in the skinny, unventilated hallway 30 - 45 minutes before a show starts. It's awkward, hot, and you always feel in the way of the staff.
Pro: The prices are okay, even better when you get a free show :)
Con: It's in Bellevue, and I'm in Seattle. (Not really a con. It is what it is.)
They also have pool tables, a generous seating area in the lounge part--but not a place I would really hang out in for longer than grabbing a bite to eat in (to avoid getting service once inside the comedy venue.)
It takes either a free show invite, or a really great comedian to crowbar me out of Seattle. I'm sure I'll be back.
If you've got a great group of people, it doesn't really matter where you go, you'll have a good time. I went out here on Friday night with a group of co-workers. It seemed like a good choice for our group because between the bar, dance floor and pool, there was something for everyone.
I got a mixed drink (Jameson & ginger) at the beginning of the night and it was one of the weakest drinks I've ever had (I've had stronger in Vegas casinos) and pretty pricey, so I decided to switch to beer for the rest of the evening with a shot every now and then - still on the spendy side for what you're getting but at least you get what you're expecting. The bartender wasn't very friendly, but he was efficient so, whatever.
Our group was big enough that we took up a sizeable portion of the dance floor, which is good because there weren't too many other people dancing - possibly because the music was actually pretty bad. Again, we were out to have fun so with a few drinks, we made the best of it, but I was looking for somewhere to dance to decent music or meet anyone relatively attractive - this would NOT be it.
Some of the group decided to play pool, which I guess was pretty expensive ($25/hr - I don't play pool so I wouldn't have know what expensive is). The end of the night was kind of a bummer because a few people decided to go out to smoke a cigarette and on trying to come back in, the door guy decided one of the girls in our group was too drunk to come back in (she'd definitely been drinking, but there were people who were FAR more drunk on the dance floor and still being served at the bar), but her tab was still open so it led to an unnecessarily confusing interaction between the bartender and security to get a waitress to come out with her card so she could close out. She wasn't being argumentative about trying to get back in, she just wanted her card and we wanted to get our group together to head out, but it seemed like the door guys were being a bit more rude than necessary.
THIS PLACE SUCKS DEAD MONKEY!
My wife is a die hard pool player....I just like watching her play pool cause I am pervy.
They have a "dress policy", so I couldn't enter the "classy establishment" because I had a baseball hat on. As the bouncer was telling me that they don't allow baseball hats because how classy they are, some ho bag that was about 300 pounds walked past in a beaver skirt and flip flops....right in she went.....classy.
So, we finally get in sans baseball hat. The music is so loud I can't even hear my testicles explode from the bass, let alone hear each other talk. The service is slow and acts as though they are put out to assist you.
Just plain craptastic
Music is terrible (the DJ was playing cheesy, outdated high school songs), the place was empty, and the wait staff & bartender are stuck up. Â We did not feel appreciated when we brought a large amount of people here after an event. Â We didn't all come in at once either. Â Some nights, you'll get the 50+ crowd while other nights are like a prom night gone sloppy drunk. Â Good luck if you decide to go here! Â I would only come here for the pool tables, but you can get better prices elsewhere. Â They did earn the one star with the food though.
Review Source:A nice place to have lunch on a sunny day! Â But Hit or Miss as a nightly venue.
PROs:
* The patio section over looks downtown Bellevue from about 3 stories high. Â It's a nice little view during a sunny lunch day!
* Comedy club, sports bar, pool hall, dance floor, all in one!
* Convenient location inside of Lincoln Square. Â Sometimes we stop by for a drink before heading to dinner or after a movie.
CONs:
* Food is meh, and over priced for quality. Â Happy hours is reasonable though! Â More or less typical bar food eats.
* If you're a young 20something, and are looking to dance the night away... uhmm, why did you head to Bellevue tonight? Hahaha. Â Seriously, I've been going to dance clubs since I was 18. Â If you are looking for a hiphop vibe where everyone is there to dance the night away... you need to head to Seattle. Â The clientele is generally older here... so you're more likely to see people standing on the dance floor than well.... DANCING!
OTHER COMMENTS:
* Located in Lincoln Square, on the same floor as the movie theatre.
* Parking is always a breeze because Lincoln Square has an underground multi-level parking garage
* I have to say it again... eat here during lunch on a sunny day! Â The patio is awesome.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
Before you come here, ask yourself, what are you looking to do tonight? Â If you want to dance the night away... go elsewhere. Â If you want cheap eats or quality food... go elsewhere. Â Do you want to get a couple drinks and hang out with friends? Â Sure! Â And best of all, the location is great! Â You can easily jump over to Lucky Strike or another bar in Bellevue/Lincoln Square. Â We will be back... but as always... we won't be staying very long.
I went to the Parlor last night with some friends for only a couple hours. we ordered 2 appetizers, one shot and a beer. The food was good and decent priced the total was $32 and only problem I have is that the waitress wouldnt let me pay cash so I had to give her my debit card. I left the place and of course i forgot my debit card. I came back today to pick it up and saw the bill was $58!! I told them it could not be right because the appetizers were $8 each, beer $7 and shot was $8. I told the manager the problem and she had this HORRIBLE RUDE attitude towards me and was being a smart ass. I told her repeatly what i ordered and it cant be $58 she was like well we put $8 in tip i told her ok but that still does not add up to $58. She charged us for using the table to eat on, so am i supposed to pay for a table to EAT on? wow. Â She wouldnt even help me fix the problem. I guess I have to call on monday morning and talk to the owner about this problem. I think the waitress messed up and added more stuff on my card that we didnt order. UGH so annoying. Â I would be ok if the manager was polite and nice about it, its not my fault that stupid waitress messed up.
NEVER GOING BACK THERE AGAIN!!!!! You have to pay to use the table to eat on, snotty waitress and bitch rude manager!
p.s. the beer i ordered was in plastic cup and the shot was not even a shot it was in a plastic cup too. so am i supposed to order food and not use a table? what a JOKE
this place is a JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pretty decent happy hour prices and choices. Â The food isn't too bad either...the service is the reason for 3 stars. Kinda what you expect though at a busy place for happy so I would return. $6 hamburger and $5 pizzas at a downtown Bellevue happy hour are worth waiting a bit longer for me.
Review Source:Saw a comedian here last night (my first time) and although he was good, the overall experience was very disappointing. The show started an hour late (first show went long) and we waited over an our in line being hurdled like cattle to our VIP seating which we paid $5 more. It was nice to stretch out but it was lame they had a two drink min per person after you pay for your tickets. Water was 4.50 (bottled) and pop was $3 so even though we didn't really drink them, we were still forced to buy them. I hate when places make you do this. Left such a bad taste in my mouth that we won't return.
Review Source:Never going back. Boo Hiss.
We got "free" tickets to a comedy show on Goldstar (free with a service charge). I was excited because my husband and I enjoy comedy, and it was a good way to get out on a cold night. Let me just break down how this night stank:
1. We got there at 9:40 for the 10:00 show and stood in line, in a crowded stuffy  hallway until 10:30. I wore big heels because I was expecting to be seated for most of the evening. I was very unhappy because not only did the late show start late, but we were stuck in a crummy line for sooo long.
2. The seats sucked. The seating was crowded. Our backs were to the stage, so we had to awkwardly sit sideways . Plus the background music before the show was too loud, so we could barely carry on a conversation.
3. The forced 2 purchase minimum. I hate it when clubs do this, especially for a late show. We already had dinner and we're not big drinkers. But, I did find a drink I was curious to try -- at least their menu is decent (if a tad $$). I just feel resentful when it's so forced. If you want people to buy your food and drinks, here's a thought: don't make them stand in line for almost an hour to get into the club and don't crowd them around tiny tables. Let them sit in the comedy club, relax, spread out, and then they will buy stuff. Trust me, people in Bellevue relish spending money, you do not need to demand it on a Friday night! Get over yourselves already!
4. Oh and they won't give you water. You can buy a $4.50 bottled water, but they cannot serve a glass of water. What more needs to be said about this? Jerks.
5. I will say: the COMEDIANS WERE OUTSTANDING! We loved the actual comedy show and laughed a lot! It's too bad we won't be returning.
Ultimately our "free" night at the comedy club cost $25 bucks or so in food and $12 bucks to goldstar. Not a terrible price. I was most disgusted with waiting in line, the cruddy table, and the unrelenting demands to buy their food and drinks. We will not be returning to the Parlor. It's really too bad because if we had had a better experience, we probably would have come back all the time.
shaking my head as I strolled around w/ some friends I haven't seen in over 10 yrs. is the only reason I will give this place 2 stars.
I was here before a year ago, but I will not comment since it was a terrible experience.
I really believe this place needs to be redesigned since the layout is horrendous! Â Website says they are trying to give a Vegas feel but it just falls flat on its face. Â You don't have to try to be like Vegas clubs/lounges .. all you need is a good designer to lay tish out to create better flow. Â I truly believe a remodel and a DJ that knows his job is to keep ppl dancing and not as a practice mix ... this place will bring in more ppl.
Or. .. maybe I was just there on a bad Sat. night.
We were staying nearby in Bellevue and it was Friday night so I yelped to see if there's any bars, lounges and places to chill at night. I saw this place and haven't played pool in awhile so I took my friends here. This was located inside a mall/shopping center on the top floor. It's a nice place to hang out, and there's a few rooms with different activity. There's a bar/lounge area, the billiard area, a dance floor with a dj. It's different but nice to be able to walk to different areas and hang out depending on your mood. It's definitely a good place to hang out if you want to chill, play pool, or even dance for a bit.
Review Source:I've been here before to hang out with friends during the evening. Â I like the environment and seems lively. Â They have a great bar set up with lots of space. Â Never been to the Comedy Club, but seems like everyone loves going to it.
My review is my experience with watching NFL games here. Â When I looked at Yelp, I could see that there are TV's at the bar, but only 2 are available at the time. Â To my disappointment, they only had Comcast, no NFL Sunday Ticket (DirecTV). Â So only get to see 2 games at a time. Â My buddy and I are not Seahawks fans, I'm sure it will be just that game.
Ended up not staying, but I will come back for other things.
The Parlor is located at Lincoln Square in downtown Bellevue and can be a fun place to hang out, have a few drinks, play some pool, or check out a comedy show. Generally, I'm not a big fan of the east side's nightlife scene, but the two times I have been here have been generally decent experiences.
There's nothing here that sets the place apart, but there's also nothing that would make me not want to go back. Like all of Bellevue, This place has an overly glossy look to it which goes hand in hand with the clientele which isn't really a bad thing at all. The staff does their job without overly succeeding or failing in any way. Drinks are over priced and often have less alcohol than you would like them to, but you expect that in a place like this so you should be prepared for it.
Some day I hope to stop in for a comedy show and will most likely return at some point either way, but I doubt if The Parlor would ever be a preferred destination for any of my ongoing adventures.
A very cool place all in all - but it's pretty pricy, on one visit for a friend and myself for an hour and half of pool and food/beer it was almost two hundos.
Because it's so expensive, I wouldn't go often, but it's a cool enough joint that it doesn't keep me from coming back. I guess it keeps the riff raff away!!
It's been a while since I've been to The Parlor. Â It's ok. Â
I like that it's spacious, and the tables are nice. Â But I remember it being super crowded with scantily dressed, barely legal girls, and having really expensive everything. Â
When I want to play pool, I just need the tables. Â Maybe some drinks. Â For that, Garage does just fine!
Not quite sure I follow what they're going for. Â
The Parlor is either:
A. Bar
B. Restaurant
C. Pool Hall
D. Comedy Club
E. Night Club
F. Ultra Lounge
G. A crap mix of All of the above.
Here's where we play a little game . Â
Guess the total cost for the following: Â 5 games of pool, 1 pitcher of beer, 1 whiskey.
A. $20-35
B. $36-50
C. More than $50?? Â No way!
D. $72
Yeah, D.  I honestly feel like I've just been mugged.  How nice of the Parlor to include a 20% gratuity.  This must be for the two girls who came over and racked our pool balls for us  Gee thanks.  I can position my balls just fine on my own.  They're also all supposed to be touching, you know, just in case you didn't know that, working at a place that has "Billiards" in your name and all.
And not to be all Debby Downer, The Parlor does have some redeeming qualities, like uhmm....uuuhhhhhh...........uhhmmmmmm......the beer was cold.
The upside: Â
1. Awesome tables, good balls & cues. Â We enjoyed shooting pool. Â
2. The environment is cool -  wide open, urban feel, upscale, current music piped through a  seriously high-quality system.
3. Our server was terrific - and how those girls keep up I have no idea; this place was in *overdrive*.
4. Â Props to the ladies' restroom attendant... working at the speed of light to serve an eternal line of women, with a permanent smile and an upbeat attitude. (Especially impressive when part of your job is to do the second flush for grown women who can't manage that on their own.) Â You go sister. Â Give that woman a raise.
The reasons we won't be back:
1. Great tables, etc.? Â At $25/hour, that stuff should do magic tricks.
2. Â Having just had dinner at Anthony's in Kirkland - see my review), we didn't need food, and one glance at the menu prices - embarrassingly high - told me that was a good thing.
3. After 9 or so, this place starts to swarm with carbon-copy Bebe micro-mini bandage dresses, sky-high heels and Bionic mascara - and their prey (and predators) - guys who hang out in bars to pick up chicks. Â
Good place for pool enthusiasts who can finish a dozen games of pool in an hour; otherwise, there are plenty of pool halls in the sea... those tables are good, but they aren't THAT good. Â Nice place, too, for clubbing, single-seeking young adults who have a lot of money to blow or a talent for getting free drinks & food from admirers.
Good for happy hour food. Â That's it. Â Came out of the Comedy Club on a Friday night at 10pm to find people only here for the next show. Â Dance floor lined with lame bachelorette parties and a creeper sitting, staring as if waiting for a free lap dance. Â
Get your happy hour grub on or play some pool before heading out to your evening.
My date and I came for pool and a beer before our movie. There were *a lot* of employees wandering around the mostly-empty bar. The girl who scanned our ID cards was very confused that we wanted to play pool and didn't know what to do with her scanner--another girl had to tell her what to do.
After one couple left, there was only one other occupied table. So, for some reason, the server brought the next group of people over right next to us. Brilliant. We had to stand about and wait for quite a while, as the ends of the tables are very close together. The *entire* pool area was open and she thought it was a good idea to start cramming people together? Sigh. My date explained to her why it would be better to place people further apart when the place was empty, but she didn't seem to understand.
Also, why put the pool sticks over on the dance floor? Why not put them in the pool area where the drunk dancers won't come over and touch them? Silly idea, I know.
I'll have to give The Parlor an a-okay 3. This review is for the comedy club.
They book good shows, I'll give them that. This weekend was my second show and it was fun.
I'm not there for the club or the pool. I've had drinks there a couple times and thought it was pretty expensive and not really my scene.
There's a 2 item minimum for the shows. They won't give you a glass of water so you have to buy a $4 Voss bottle if you want water. Ok, I get it. Not a big deal.
The food is so freaking expensive though. Just looking at the menu was kind of scary.
We ordered some waffle fries to nibble on. They were $9. That is a lot for a basket of fries. They were decent but not worth $9.
I think if The Parlor is going to charge such exorbitant prices they should serve a bit more upscale food. On second thought, it's a comedy club and bar so they should churn out average food and not charge fine dining prices.
I'm a fan of the comedy but not of the other aspects of The Parlor. Just too expensive for what it is!
So....I've been here on many occasions. Whether or be a night of dancing or happy hour. This review is going to be based off of HH. First off, they completely changed their HH menu........not really a fan of the changes. They should've kept it how it was. They seem to make a ton of changes actually. They only had 2 servers for the majority of the time we were there but the managers were very attentive to us. I appreciated that. I think they should go back to their old menu. Their pizza is still one of my favs (even though it's not on the HH menu anymore). All their specialty foods are half off during hh.
OH, their HH is from 3-7 now.
The good: this place has an ok atmosphere, free parking, and located next to a favorite (Din Tai Fung)
The bad:
6 of us arrived together and immediately one in the group was singled out. While we were setting up the pool table he was relaxing and texting his family back home. The bouncers surrounded him and started harassing him. Advising that he could not drink and that he is risking being thrown out. Weird.
Later we ask the manager what was up with this scene they caused. Apparently "something" he was doing made them believe he was trouble. As other reviewers mention, finding out exactly what someone is doing that they get offended by is tough. When I asked the manager out of frustration if it was because he was the single non-white (latino) patron in the establishment that evening, she helpfully pointed out that she had several Latinos working for her. Great.... That makes me feel better.
In the end she "hopes we'll come back again." Not likely. This place is off my list. be sure to read through the other reviews... Getting kicked out seems to be what this place is known for.
First time here for HH and it was a very good choice. The HH lasts from 4 to 7 on Saturdays and they have a wide selection of food options to choose from. The drink selection could of been better that is why they are getting one less star, but overall the service was terrific.
The food prices range from $5 for large menu items all the way down to $2.99 for the small menu items. This is one of the most extensive HH food menu of all the HH bars I have been to plus the prices were reasonable.
We had ordered a pizza, caesar salad and two beers and the total cost was only $18.
I came here last weekend right before catching a flight home to the East Coast. Â My friends and I decided to grab some appetizers and play a few games on the tables before I headed out of town.
As far as pool halls go, Parlor is one of the best I've seen. Â Good tables, music, and waitress service including a unique light service to signal when you need a waitress. Â The bar food appetizers were decent, but nothing special. Â I liked the kobe beef sliders a lot, but everything else was just typical bar food to me. Â I didn't get to catch a comedy show here nor did I get to party it up on the dance floor, but for the time I spent playing pool, it was definitely a good time.
If you're big on pool and perhaps bigger on Bellevue, then perhaps The Parlor is the place for you. Â I happen to be a fairly big fan of billiards and so I enjoyed myself.
I used to come here for the all day Sunday happy hour. It was great to have a cheap meal, a couple drinks, and hit the movies on a Sunday afternoon. Probably, it is still good for that. But my most recent experience with the nightlife here has ruined me for this place.
My friends and I purchased tickets to see a comedy show here last Friday night. We had already PAID for our tickets and just needed to pick them up at willcall. But the bouncers made us wait in the long line out the door with the other patrons who were there to get into the dance club. It made no sense! The time for the show was about 5 minutes away and they would not let us in.
When they finally did let us in, we got our tickets and proceeded to wait in yet another long line to get from the club into the comedy room. As I was standing there twiddling my thumbs, I noticed that it actually said "2 drink minimum purchase," on our tickets. I've heard of the 2 drink minimum but we had just paid $30 dollars a piece for the f**king tickets and the drinks were at least $7 more a piece! Granted.. we were going to get the drinks anyway. But I don't want to be told I have to.
They finally let us in and we were seated at a table that was attatched to several other tables. Like cafferia seating. We were packed into this room like sardines in a can. Then our server didn't get to our table until we had been there about 15 minutes. People who were seated after us (right next to us) already had their drinks ordered and in their hands before we were even greeted by our server. When she finally did arrive, we wanted to get some water along with our drinks and we were told they only serve BOTTLED water. ONLY bottled water. What bulls**t.
This place needs new management. I WILL NOT return. Parlor, you can shove your bottled water where the sun doesn't shine.
Happy Hour starts at 10PM. A little bit later than my liking. Other places start at 9 or 9:30. Or everyone's heavy hh competitor "Palomino's" is an all day delicious HH!
But i love coming to the parlor for their waffle fries :)
Its true that.. its a bit harder to get into the parlor than many other bars. But more security = more secure yes? Or I'd like to believe :) I like dropping by before or after a movie for good light snacks & drinks.
Comedy night is a picker upper.. the clubbing scene.. not so much. But I like how they offer many arrays of entertainment in this one joint.
I always feel out of place here. Definitely a crowd of people who have a lot of money (or at least their parents do). They say it's a great place to meet singles...maybe if you like them old creepers. While they do have great happy hour prices, it's hard to get service in the bar. It's an ironic combo of upscale and dive-y at the same time.
I've never played pool there because it's some ridiculous price like $30/hour.
And the ultra lounge leaves much to be desired. I only ever see the drunkest of the drunk dancing out there.
The Comedy Club is really cool, I wish you didn't have to go through the Parlor to get to it.
I am surprised that this place only has about 2 and half starts!
I love going to the Parlor and Parlor live and I am definitely a regular.
Food at the Parlor is very good! I definitely recommend their chicken nachos or their waffle cut fries!
I am very happy that they have introduced a low fat/ low calorie section on their menu and the jerk chicken with the house salad is VERY GOOD at only about 145 calories, I believe! :)
I've actually never played pool at the Parlor so I can't comment on that but as far as the staff most of them are friendly and I've never had a problem here. In fact, the security guards tend to be helpful.
Only reason they're not getting 5 stars is because the ultra lounge needs improvement.
Also, in response to Krista N.'s review, I've gone to more than 30 shows at the Parlor Live and I can assure you that it was merited. As a fan of comedy, I don't appreciate it when people heckle the comedian or have one too many and think that they can talk during the show... so I'm sorry but I think your friend Ashley should have just quieted down.
Parlor is finally managed to hit the bottom. And I hope its rock bottom.
Upon my last (and most likely final) visit to this establishment that I have been going to for many years... I took note to the huge staff - waitresses running around, kitchen staff, security, even had 3 or 4 hostesses at the front desk. talk about massive overhead. Despite the staff - organization and help is bottom notch. I ordered a 3 wisemen, pineapple juice and a diet coke from a waitress in the back - and i got a $45 bar tab as - 3 shots of JW, Goose w/ pineapple, and a diet coke. and on top of that - auto gratuity was added to my bill. absurd.
then there was the sloppily dressed people. Â Parlor used to have a standard to their dress code. Â now it seems as if you can wear anything and still get in. poorly dressed and dirty looking people now roam around inside the parlor. there are older folks, young folks, big folks, small folks. ghetto - classy - punk - casual... simply all over the place. which - i can deal with at a bar or in seattle. but i feel in bellevue - its upscale outings. there should be a standard.
what topped off the downfall of the parlor is - the dance floors. its broken up into 3 different sections which makes everything feel smaller. and now they apparently condone stage dancing and standing on tables. its downright disgusting. the parlor is no better than a slum bar in a hole in the wall somewhere in seattle. they no longer have any level of class. a disgrace to the east side.
and the nail in the coffin - is the identity crisis they suffer from. are they a sports bar? an ultra lounge? a pool hall? a club? a comedy club? one would argue they are all - but when u are all of those things - u can't be great at one thing. failed.
WOW! That is all I can say. Last night my friends and I went to go see a  half-a-show of Tom Green at The Parlor and we were treated less than nicely. In fact this was one of the worst experiences of customer service I've ever had.
What happened: We got free tickets to the 7:30pm show. We showed up, ordered some drinks and everything was going nicely. We then ordered some pizzas ( which were actually VERY good. sorry cooks for your front-of-house!) The second star goes to the pizza!
Around the middle of Tom's act some man came up and escorted my friend Ashely out and asked her to leave. Apparently she and our group had been asked 3 times to be quiet? All of us had only had a few drinks and our loudest was only from laughing or making a comment after a funny joke. Apparently, having a good time a comedy show isn't allowed.
Our theory is the security guard was only picking on my friend because she had turned him down the year before after they had a date night go bad. The manager Thomas then took it in his own hands and was one of the rudest people I've ever dealt with in my years of attracting bad customer service.
From my experience and from reading other reviews-- I guess the parlor kicking people out, just being mean to people for no reason, and  giving general horrible customer service-- is normal????? In fact, I see from prior reviews, other groups of girls have been harassed out for no reason, by seemingly ego-trippin male security guards? What's going on people?
My friends and I spent a lot of money in an hour last night and we were treated like absolute crud. Did I mention we had only had maybe 2 drinks each at that point? So no one was anywhere near too drunk to be there. No one else in our free ticket section was racking up any sort of bill but they were making just as much noise as us. Â
This is why Bellevue can't do anything cool successfully.
The manager was harassing, the security guards obviously like their power trips and well ya. Just horrible. It's just so sad to be treated like that as a customer.
Apparently the customer is always wrong at some places and this is one of them it appears.
Also Maria. I'm glad you decided to pin point my review. Didn't know Yelpers did this but OK. If you read other reviews you will see my experience was similar to others. You are assuming we were being loud when in fact we weren't. Were you there?
The service is prompt. Â The booze, given the neighborhood, is reasonably priced. Â The food is fine.
The main problem with this business is the clientele; on an average Friday night, between the hours of nine and eleven, there are more douches here than in the Procter & Gamble distribution center.
I was here with my friends on a Saturday night, all of a sudden I'm approached by a bouncer and told to leave. Â Never explained why. Â Then the manager comes outside and tells me the management made a decision to kick me out. Â Still never explained why.
I hope this place goes out of business.
FOBs R' US
Where one Asian goes, the rest follows...and then some...
If I didn't know any better I thought I might've stepped into a Saigon "red light district"-Karaoke Bar.
I'm all for homogenous environments- when everyone actually gets along with one another! But this place was not all that. It was like a gathering of all the High School rejects at last finding themselves and an ounce of "cool".
I don't care to step into establishments where more than half the guys are either my height or shorter. ...Must be "yay" high to ride this! Sorry...
I love diversity- and this place is anything, BUT.
I had to freshen up my English grammar after I left this dump. Making sure I still remembered all the correct grammatical rules of the English language...just to make sure I didn't turn into the rest of THEM.
Thick "AZN" accent + Horrifc Hip Hop Slang = Linguistic disaster!
= Asian gansta mafia = Adele's getting  the F*** out of there!
Incredible. Unstoppable. You got me going crazy, you knock me off my feet. Now you've got me begging ...
While I wish I could claim artistic ownership over that amazing prose above, lo, those were Jonas Brothers lyrics that were blasting as we walked in. Â Strike 1.
Advertised as an "Ultra Lounge" with special engagements running from "9 to Midnite," I was faced with pretension and poor English for the sake of cutesy advertising all in one glossy flier. Strike 2.
Dress code. For a "Billiards and Spirits" room. Â A dress code to play pool? Really? Strike 3; and I was out.
After three strikes, all I could come away thinking was that this trendy Bellevue establishment is the reason everyone rolls their eyes when I tell them where I grew up. It was painfully conceptualized -- from the "artsy" iron martini glasses plastered above the pool tables, to the amount of gloss on the menus. It lacks the soul and authenticity that I crave from the fanciest of restaurants to the diviest of dives. Give me *something* real. Just one thing. Please?
Good things to say?
At least they didn't stick a "U" in Parlor.
Tasty Happy Hour Nibbles for the peckish among us.
Easy access to the parking garage.
Yes it's in Bellevue but I recently found out they have all night happy hour on Sunday and Monday so those who live and work in Seattle can make it to a Bellevue happy hour without having to rush, rush, rush to get there before it ends.
The parking is free/validated depending on what time you get there so that's a plus something lacking on this side of the water. Â Their pear martini was good for $4.00 but after having one of those and one of their cosmopolitan's also $4.00 on happy hour I woke up with a killer headache the next morning so I'm not so sure they are made with Absolut Pear or Stoli Citros as the menu states, I could be wrong but my head tells me I had some cheap ass well vodka in me because two drinks is nothing and a headache was not necessary.
Besides the crappy vodka headache I actually liked the place for happy hour, I had the spinach and artichoke dip which was filled with lots artichokes and served with warm pita bread for the price it was one of the better happy hour deals. Â They also had some pizzas which a couple people ordered and seemed to enjoy and salads which I thought was a great addition to a happy hour menu for those who still want to eat somewhat healthy while drinking. Â heh
Oh and how could I forget, the service I can't remember her name but she was great and never once appeared annoyed with us when we moved from a smaller table to a bigger table and on top of that she did separate checks for us, I mean how awesome is that? Â So as a Monday happy hour spot it gets my seal of approval but I can't judge it on anything other than that I'm sure other nights it's completely different.
Oh and apparently they have a dress code so guys or girls don't come in wearing a baseball cap because they will confiscate it from you but they will keep it nice and safe for you while you're hanging out there.
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