Bamboo Lounge
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 636-0228
- Cross Street:
- Arch Street
- Hours:
- Thu-Sat 8pm-2pm
Editorial Review for Bamboo Lounge – by James Zeleniak
In Short
Seems every time a nightspot appears it's across the street from a spate of more established late night haunts. This time a lone dive bar is transformed into a sleek den of social mixing and late night imbibing. Saturday nights bring dancing with DJ Diabolic mixing it up under the bamboo ceiling. Specialty drinks and sakes add to the Asian flare.
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Insider Tips
What to DrinkBamboo--not literally--but the house cocktail of light rum poured over fresh muddles limes, pineapples, lemons.
Know Before You GoWhen you enter what you think this bar is, bypass the ground floor piano bar and head on upstairs to the Bamboo Lounge proper.
User Reviews for Bamboo Lounge
08/07/2008 Posted by djhives
Here we go again - another fake "NYC style lounge"... first off, have you been to NYC in the past 8 years? IT S*CKS! NYC is disney-land... full of pretentious *ss-clowns... so why would you want this in Philly... and not just anyhwere in Philly but IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE DOWNTOWN PHILLY! This place is on 20th street near arch... LOL! very brave! So heres the deal: you enter and the typical grease-ball loser uncle-tom bouncer is at the door enforcing a dress code. Then you go upstairs to a packed little hell hole.... There's no point to a 'lounge' UNLESS THERE IS PLENT OF LOUNGE SPACE... this place will have you standing, no place to dance, bathroom behind the dj area, and the drinks are too expensive for the middle of nowhere center city. pointless... find someplace FUN to go instead. However if you like to be around d*uche and other assorted pap, this is the place for you!
Pros: none
Cons: d*che & pap
03/13/2007 Posted by barflier21
Don't know what some of these reviewers were on while writing good things about this place, but I should have taken some before spending my night at Bamboo. Could be one of the smallest bars in town, you figure if they are going to put a place off the beaten path they would find a larger room. The place is about 6 feet wide and 30 feet deep...no exaggeration. That was fun when I was younger and didn't mind getting my toes stepped on and being smash against a wall. Save your empty drinks, because you are going to need something to use to go to the bathroom.(There is ONE stall for both guys and girls to share...I hope the girls don't mind squatting in urine). One more thing, all of the girls that work there look like they came in second place in an Axe fight.
Pros: ummm?
Cons: small
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