Ray's Lounge

Wish there were a negative rating for this bar and the Karaoke that takes place there.  It's not the bar that's so bad, except that it's just so freakin' small and the bartenders are rude and your lucky if you can even get past the attitude to get a drink.

I just wish they'd stick to live bands or juke box instead of that crappy Karaoke.  It's awful.  The Karaoke girl running the show is ridiculous at best, I was actually trying to find her business on here to complain about the crappy sound, lousy equipment and her drunken behavior but instead decided this was the only place to post my complaint.

Karaoke is supposed to be fun for everyone, not just your regulars and if you are going to boast your business can you at least act professional instead of like a midget whore?

The only good thing I can say is that the Karaoke did have a good selection of songs and the bar was within walking or stumbling distance from my friends house.

Other than that, next time I'll get a cab and go somewhere with a lot more class.

Peace out.

drink prices are reasonable. Bartenders attitude and quality of service varies from poor to excellent (depending on  which one is working). Place is is too small and with the new set up worse then ever when they are busy. Not my favorite bar but it is walking distance from home. I am a fan by default. lol

Never going back to Rays again. Went on a Saturday night with a few friends and the place was pretty busy. They had one bar tender working and at first I felt bad her, busy bar and some old folks at the end of the bar kept calling her over and having her make drinks for them (they may have been the owners, not sure). If they were they should have been behind the bar to help her, we waited for 20 minutes for her to take our orders.
When the bartender finally got to us, attitude galore! I told her what me and my friends wanted so that they wouldn't have to wait longer then we had already. She repeatedly demands for our ID's as were handing them to her, then she starts asking who each drink is for (and not because she wants hand us our drinks, this is an interrogation!). We tell her and she says "If I see you pass your drinks off to anyone else, we're coming after you and you're outta here."
Seriously lady? WTF, just give me my (flat tasting) Lagunitas that I've been waiting for nearly 30 minutes to get, just so I can drink it and get the hell out of this crap hole! Then, she asks another customer what they want and pours our beers at the same time, (I had no issues with this until...) she hands him his and takes his money while mine is still sitting on the mat. She then pours a mixed drink hands it to someone else as she is pouring my friends soda, then she reaches in the fridge for our 2 PBRs and finally we have OUR drinks!  

There are plenty of other bars in Martinez to populate, go there. Stay away from Rays.