I finally made it here for the first time after it changed hands last year. Â It kind of looks the same inside although I didn't go upstairs to check out that area. Â I will have to check out their website to see if they still have live music, that was my favorite part of the previous bar. Â
The staff here was really nice and made an effort to check on us.
My second home. The staff, lighting, prices and three different bars in one makes you want to stay. You walk into an Irish cocktail lounge feel for some conversations, then go upstairs to a club atmosphere with a great crowd, then cool the night off on the patio for last call and the ocean breeze. In the end it is the overall staff that makes you want to come back, or it is my Irish blood.
Review Source:Great bar/lounge that has two completely different vibes... You can go early and enjoy some great specialty drinks and lounge in some really cool victorian style furniture or go late when it gets busy and enjoy more of a rowdy (but in a good way) scene! Food is surprisingly amazing and is served late!
Lots of character, especially for a bar at the beach... Â Order a Red Dawn cocktail and the chicken & waffles and your mouth will be very happy!!!
Love this place, especially when it's slow. It's got that lounge thing going. Makes me want an old-fashioned and some good conversation. They're always playing good music and the lighting is very seductive, makes ya wanna stay awhile.
Last time my friends and I went we had the whole upstairs bar to ourselves, the bartender made us a delicious gin concoction he called the Rambler, he just wanted us to try it. Super refreshing, tasted like a sparkling vitamin water, definitely recommend it.
It gets super busy, and that's really fun too. Nice to have a place by the beach where you can dress up and feel like your downtown.
Great selection of liquors, great bar tending staff, and great comfort food. But not a lot of attention has been paid to the interior, it's pretty dark & basic. It's customers aren't the classiest on weekends, either, turning it into just another down & dirty dive bar.
Food - Excellent
Atmosphere - Fair
Bartenders / Alcohol Selection - Excellent +
Patrons - Poor
Service - Excellent
Weird name. Fun bar. Add this to the list of beach staples like Ritz, Brix and Lynch's. There's nothing super standout here, but it's a nice change from the same old same old (while still feeling a lot like the same old same old.) There a big, center bar downstairs, a dark, claustrophobic upstairs, and a crowded patio to smoke your stoges on. I've yet to try the food, but it doesn't really feel like a place I'd want to grub down at. I'll reserve judgment on that until I give it a whirl though. I'd say the decor is an upgrade from the old Fionn Maccool's, and the service seems to be pretty efficient. I've heard they do a special weeknight where patrons get to plug in their iPods and play whatever music they want until they get boo'd off. That sounds pretty fun! I'm not blown away by this bar by any means, but I'm sure I'll be back next time I'm out at the beach on a weekend.
Review Source:Great location. The corner spot draws you in. Once inside, it lacks personality. The decor is dark...not any "personality."The bathrooms are clean and smell good, as well as well stocked. I love the stall door handles!!!
Servers are attentive. They are great! Drinks are average. Music is hit or miss.
Haven't tried the outside area, but once inside, you enjoy hanging with friends. If you get hungry, you're drawn to some of the menu items...very unexpected menu items.... Including chicken and waffles. Â You won't believe you're eating chicken and waffles but I promise you, they are amazing.. Until the guilt later. They are good. Don't skip the sauces!
There's no silverware, but it works somehow and you're happy to share with friends.
With a little work and a few tweaks could it be awesome? Yes. Will I be back? Yes.
There is nothing special about this bar. That being said it is still a pretty good place, especially for the beach. The bathrooms were clean and the staff was pretty attentive. It is not a speakeasy. I have been to speakeasies they do not have a huge sign on a busy street. They are dark places filled with kindred spirits seeking to drown their souls in cheap and poorly produced alcohol. My kind of people.
Review Source:I hit up the Shim Sham Room during a late night out drinking so most of what I experienced was that it was dark and crowded, but in a good way. Here's what I love about this place though....they only serve 6 items on their menu and what I consider to be the average price of food for the environment, but where they win is by offering the entire menu for only $29! So when you're there with friends, drinking and having a good time and you get hungry but can't decide what to order....you just order it all! That's what we did and I have to say that the Chicken and Waffles as awesome. Everything came out in paper boxes and is already in an eat-able state since they also don't have silverware. Finally a place where its perfectly acceptable to eat with your fingers.
They also have an upstairs area, which I didn't venture to. And a pretty big bear that was fun to take pictures with. All in all The Shim Sham Room is great for a good time and good food.
Despite Jay (of rockin' downtown spot, dos gatos) crafting the cocktail menu, my October visit to The Shim Sham Room was about 3.5 stars. We met a friend for beverages downstairs around 9 p.m. and about an hour later the music was so loud, Â the three of us couldn't hear each other across the table. And a conversational shouting match is never much fun.
The space itself is cool and Shim Shim certainly has potential but the noise level and our completely ditzy server bring down the point value here. We asked her what local beers were on draft. She paused, and answered "We have...Rogue." Well, that's in Oregon. "Oh, and we have Bold City's People Pale Ale." Well, that's from Intuition Ale Works. Moving right along.
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