Cobalt / 30 Degrees (Closed Permanently)

displeased

From the second that I sat down at the bar, I was instantly displeased. There was one bartender and the bar was pretty busy. No problem I'm a very patient guy. When I was finally able to get a seat I just waited on the bartender patiently who took his time and chatted with people. I had no problem waiting because I could see that the bar was full and he looked like a hard working guy. So just as he started another conversation, now clearly ignoring me, I was about to finally speak up, but another guy walked up and asked for a drink right besides me and he obliged. I disrupted the two exclaiming that I was waiting before him. The bartender immediately got a huge attitude and started yelling that I need to speak up if I want an order and that he was swamped. First of all, he was not that busy because I was about to call him out for chatting with his homegirl instead of serving drinks. Second of all, no first of all, what kind of bartender ignores a fresh face that just sat down at his bar for the first time. I know he saw me cus he looked at me when I first walked up and multiple times after that. The sad part is that I am only disgusted by the attitude that he got and how he started yelling at me like I'm some child. If he would have professionally said, "Sorry I'm busy and I can't really hear you back here," despite that being a lie and the fact I never said anything since I was waiting on him to not "look busy", I would have been perfectly fine. So annoyed, how am I supposed to enjoy the rest of my time here after the bartender just cursed me out and the rest of the crowd thinks I'm an asshole? All because I thought I was doing the bartender a favor by waiting patiently. Aside from that the bar is pretty big despite there only being one bartender and the dance floor is super tiny, so idk. The karaoke (technically speaking) sounded really nice compared to typical bars with cheap gear. I'm just so disgusted by the way I was treated.

Love this place.

My first time here for Pride weekend and I had the time of my life. Drinks were always good and even though I can't dance to save my life, no judgement and even had some little cuties come over and dance with me anyway. The atmosphere is perfect and the bartenders all know how to take care of you.

Loves

Love their monthly "Bare" nights, great music- multiple floors to appeal to anything you might want to do at a club. Downstairs quiet with beer pong, 2nd floor more space to mingle and move around, and a packed dancefloor with dancers on display upstairs.

great :-)

Thank you guys to made my time in DC so amazing. Marcus is great and very helpful.

Vibrant ambience

Had a fantastic time with friends here at Cobalt. The music was great, people were friendly & I enjoyed meeting new people at this venue :) It was cool that it had two dance floors, we stayed the whole evening there going from one floor to the other.