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Changes
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 12 pm - 2 am
Sun 11 am - 2 am
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
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$
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Music:
- DJ, Music Videos, Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Wed, Thu, Sun
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
17 reviews for Changes
17 reviews in English
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Review from Joey D.
Seattle, WA
9/1/2011
Seth and Ryan always make me feel like I"m coming to their home rather than a bar.
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Review from Lilly A.
3/20/2011
I really enjoyed myself. I came in as a third wheel and we got up to the bar. Even though it was crazy busy we still got served pretty quickly, which is more than I can say for the other bars I went to. Drink was strong, but not TOO strong which was awesome.
I loved all the karaoke that was going on, and my friends led me out into a back door. Creeeeeeepy. But turned out to be an outside lounge area that was lit with christmas-sort-of-lights. There was a guy in the corner looking at us and STARING. Things improved from there and all the people that just finished their karaoke stint spilled into the back area.
And then heres the kicker: how my drunk self came to the FULL realization that I was in a gay bar
My roomie, wearing nice italian shoes, kicked his feet up onto a table. To which one of the karaoke-dudes was like "OMG. Are those (some random famous brand that are totally chic)? They are so fabulous!" To which my roomie responded "Nooo they are my special italian (brand I can't even bother to remember)". Then a whole bunch of gushing over his shoes by every male in the room. WHeeeeeew. Lovin it. -
Review from Alisa B.
6/13/2010
I don't know many bars where the the crowd is so diverse you can sing karaoke, get your spine adjusted, play guess-that-gender, lounge in an enclosed patio, get tap dance lessons and just plain have a good time!
I really loved this little hole in the wall gay bar! I went with two friends (both adorable little gay boys) one hooked up the other knew pretty much everybody in the place... We had a blast singing and drinking, we went on a sunday and teh drinks were reasonably priced for what they were and the bartenders and DJ were so freaking nice I know I'll be back a few more times. The song list is pretty good (same as at Purr) and they are willing to play your personal CD's so no worries there.
The little hidden back patio is pretty awesome, i kept seeing people go back there all night and wondering what was back there... finally the DJ saw my curiousity grabbed my hand and in a manner resembling Step-This-Way-Sista pushed me through the door. I was thrilled to find an area with tables and benches people happily chatting away with their beers in hand cooling htemselves down from the sweaty interior. Its covered back there so even if its raining you stay dry.
Definitely be back!Listed in: Gay bars!
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Review from H G.
Seattle, WA
1/22/2011
I feel bad giving *3* (upped from 2) stars because the owner and staff are beyond great. However, dive-bar doesn't begin to describe this place. It's a friggin' zoo of neighborhood losers and weirdos (no joke), with a nice dusting of condescending and delusional i'm-too-hot-and-too-cool-for-you younger bitch queens ready to scan, judge then attack you.
If you're looking for a "different" experience, check it out. However, be warned: I've been threatened with violence once (from a guy who couldn't understand that my friends and I wanted to be left alone in our personal conversation), and accosted a couple of times there over the last couple of years by the god-awful patrons. No joke. And I'm a guy who pretty much always keeps to himself.
One thing is for sure, it's never a dull moment at Changes. -
Review from Ian S.
3/27/2007
I checked this place out with someone that I was considering promoting from "hey lets have some coffee" to "how about we watch a movie at your place sometime." Frankly after she took me here, I had to reconsider that move.
This is, in my limited gay bar clue, a total meat rack.
They have pub quiz deals with a price of bar dollars, really cheap deals on beer and food (burgers and fries mostly) available, and a pool table. There is also a little fenced in outside area through a door in the back which is kind of like a smoking pagoda with some vines and one of those waterfall sculptures.
Everyone was really friendly, but the place is pretty divey. -
Review from Kat F.
5/14/2009
Oh Em Gee.
Usually too crowded for my tastes, but I enjoy watching the occasional slapping fight and the last time I stopped in there was a special karaoke night for a gay men's basketball team slash birthday party. Who doesn't enjoy that?? -
Review from cathy g.
Seattle, WA
12/12/2008
This place persists in Wallingford!!
It is filled with ok, odd people. BUT always friendly. ALWAYS..
I remember when it was the named Rat Hole and the city? Wallingford?/ made them change the name.
Its a dive bar in Wallingford. If you are alone, lonely, drunk, needing a strange bar on 45th..not Murphy's or Babalu's or that monster sportsbar, here it is for you.
Beware, its not what you woudl call upscale. It's down home bar with ok, mostly gay men. They are smart, sometimes brightlly sarcastic, knowledgeable and politically liberal. -
Review from Dan B.
San Francisco, CA
11/25/2006
If your idea of a gay bar is Neighbours or if you can't remember the last time you've seen a gay man over 30 or who weighed more than 50 lbs, stick to Capitol Hill and its insufferable twinks (you're probably one of them).
The only problem here is that the management seems to have driven off most of its experienced bar staff and replaced them with a stable of subjectively attractive twinks who are big on the attitude, light on the experience and unable to run a cash register if their lives depended on it. And yet I still go here when the need to be one with the tribe strikes, because unlike the Capitol Hill version of the tribe, the natives who aren't behind the bar are a hell of a lot nicer. If this place ever loses that vibe from the regulars, it won't have anything else going for it. -
Review from Bacon B.
10/13/2008
I have the Changes itch, and that's not because I'm affectionate with strangers. In fact, the patrons at Changes are quite possibly some of the nicest people we met on our first trip to Seattle. Affordable drinks are but one of the draws this bar seems to boast--there's also a decent dinner offered for when one may have imbibed just a tad too much. And any place that will serve me mayo with my fries is A-okay in my eyes!
Special thanks go out to Justin and Stephan for welcoming us to your lovely city. -
Review from Joe B.
Seattle, WA
11/27/2009
Really??
I wasn't too impressed with this place. I went with a couple of friends of mine. We sat down and waited for 20 minutes. The bartender was too busy leaning on the counter then to come check with us.
One of my friends went to the counter and made her come back to collect our IDs. Apparently.. he was too busy to come even check for himself.
We ordered and then waited a little more... meanwhile some other people came in (who were obviously his friends) and they had their drinks in no time.
Come on.... Really?
We finally got our drinks and they were crappy and weak. We were never checked on, never talked to, etc. i really just wanted to leave without paying... but my friends were nicer than me. We paid the tab, left no tip.
I'm a stickler for service and this was awful. I hate pretentious gay bars. Screw this place. Good luck to you. If this is how you treat your customers...then you're going to need all the luck you can get. -
Review from G R.
Seattle, WA
1/7/2009
I met some friends here last night to celebrate a birthday. Its a little small inside but it works.
They have a small pool table, a dart machine, a few tables up front & a bunch of pull tabs.
The thing that really caught my attention was the $1.25 domestics.
Every tuesday night. Plus on top of the cheapest way to alcohol poisoning I've found they have cheap ass hamburgers. Full size hamburgers. $2.50.
The staff was really nice, and the bathroom is really nice compared to the rest of the soon to be 20 year old bar. -
Review from Brad A.
Seattle, WA
2/15/2010
Drunken gay-karaokers live! A frickin neighbourhood bar, I'd be afraid to order the food there. But, you could easily get beer and listen to gay-lesbians pick songs out of a note-binder on a pool-table covered set up with microphones and karaoke.
Scary but true! We had a good time watching Apolo Ohno on the Olympics on one tv screen (the karaoke song on the other screen), variety dressed and variety-aged-gay guys singing away some obscure songs.
Okayyyyyyy lol I love my rum and beer pitcher, if I can find a place to sit. A complete night. -
Review from Amber N.
Albuquerque, NM
11/12/2009
I love Changes!!!
The bathroom smells like Fruity Pebbles!
The bartender will tell you to make yourself at home and pull your own bag of potato chips off the wall on your first visit!
They will call you "sweetie"!
Lady Gaga!
Lottery tickets?
Oh man... I never went to Changes as much as I coulda when I lived in Wallingford. Actually I think I have only been there three times... but it made me so happy each time. Once prank calls from INSIDE the bar were involved.
It's a cozy place and everyone there seems friendly. Dang! Maybe I will return tomorrow. -
Review from Natascha Z.
Olympia, WA
10/16/2010
If you're gay, and you like dive bars, this is your place. You never know who or what you'll run into here.
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Review from Rick L.
Seattle, WA
10/15/2005
Average kind of location, it's one of those neighborhood type bars. Very laid back, really relaxed kind of feel is more the kind of place if I wanted a drink with my boyfriend, we'd go during a week night. Beware the creepy old men who want to pay for your college tuition though ;) [well unless you're a poor male college student that's looking for a benefactor - of course! LOL]
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Review from Rob B.
Seattle, WA
10/7/2008 1 photo
Cool place College kids and locals everywhere! Good drinks cheaper than any bar on Capitol Hill. People are cool and talk to you.
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Review from Sonia P.
WA
2/9/2007
Used to go here all the time cause of the lenient "smoking" policy on the back patio. We alway referred to this place as Cringes becasue of the seedy atmoshpere and clientel. This is the only gay bar were I have been bitched out "we don't like your kind around here" style. Also the, "I used to be married, I know what women want" old pathetic guy that would screw anything with a pulse. This place attracts a very weird crowd. Yup, I think "Cringes" about sums it up.
