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Category: Dance Clubs [Edit]
Neighborhood: Marina/Cow HollowTue-Wed. 7:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Thu-Sat. 5:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Sun. 7:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
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In the mood to dance, two of my girlfriends and I tried out the Comet Club the other night. We walked in around 11pm on a Saturday night and got a deal on the cover at the door ($5 for 3 girls), grabbed some strong drinks, and snagged the best table in the place (right next to the bar).
The DJ was great, a really nice bartender, and a cute bouncer!
Definitely my new favorite marina bar.
Comet Club was the perfect dance party stop for the post-Thanksgiving Marina pub crawl. A DJ would have been much better than canned mixes, but the music was good enough to keep the dance floor moving. And I love the red lighting in here. The dark atmosphere is just dark enough to feel anonymous but light enough to recognize faces.
We had one incident of douchebaggery when one of my girlfriends was backed into the wall by the advances of an unwelcome dancer, but another friend skillfully and swiftly shifted him away from his target. Other than some random miscreants on the dance floor, Comet Club is one of the better places to visit in the Marina. It's all about the dance floor. Any bar is much improved by a good dance floor.
Always been turned away from this place since the blazing red neon lights outside were bright enough to fry my face. WHAT THE HECK AM I, TEMPORA? no.
But I came to visit for a short bit a Friday before Halloween and it was reasonably fun. I swear this place looks like Dracula's tavern. Ominously dark with red leather black velvet interior layered by shadows and obscurred red light so you don't have to worry about the sun melting you better yet having a certain secret(s) revealed. Hmm, lol. And since comet is defined as mass that strays away from the sun, clever clever, you can catch mass in the dark (mass - the m). LOL j/p.
(But like a solar panel treadmill I need light to run with it).
Somehow I can see this place having bad service because of the lack of servers/bartenders for the ratio to people and crowdedness being an issue. The general crowd is older too and not so diverse at least when I went. Might seem douchey but me no hate.
On the up side however there's no cover charge, a small dance floor to boogie woogie, full bar, lounge areas in front and back, photobooth!, and jukebox... wow right?
3.5 stars! I spent part of my Halloween night at the Comet Club as my friends had rented it out for the occasion... At first, way too many people were being let in at once (though I loved getting instead quickly) and it was too packed to get a drink (took at least 15 minutes!), walk, or even stand. Then, the bouncers slowed the line down and it got more manageable...
I have always loved the selection of music here every time that I come. I love that they are one of the only fun places in this area (Marina? Cow Hollow? I never know the difference!) that plays music that is dance-worthy. You can dance just about anywhere in the bar (and on Halloween we were all dancing everywhere!) or on the little dance floor in the back.
The Comet Club is a little divey in appearance/layout (not that there is anything wrong with that!) but seems to attract a crowd dressed for somewhere a bit classier. I have also headed between Notte and Comet Club and Notte definitely feels a bit more sophisticated inside... maybe that's why I usually prefer the Comet Club!
exposition: i will refrain from making unnecessary, judgmental comments in this review simply for comet club's geographical nature or the character that is typically associated w/marina residents. ...however, all other unnecessary and judgmental comments are free game.
rising action (visit #1):
comet club was enjoyable when hayley w. and i were 2 of the 4 people there on an early weekday evening. the bartendress was awesome and gave us an additional shot on the house!
climax (visit #2):
comet club is an entirely different animal when visited on a saturday night. did i really pay a cover to hear a 10 second loop over the course of 15 minutes? and, why am i the only one that's noticing the dj's laziness?? overall, transitions weren't smooth, and my dancing shoes were severely disappointed. the gents' pick-up lines (and breath) could use some care and refinement as well. ...the crowd in general? drunk college crowd. very early 20's.
falling action:
as hayley w. and i were waiting for the bus to head home, a drunk guy approached me, and i politely refused to talk to him. as he and his buddy walked away, he yelled out 'whore' and 'slut', followed by a myriad of other expletives, and finally that he loves me. to add insult to injury, he and his car full of bros drove by, yelling more expletives and declarations of love into the night. ...sigh. gotta love a young man's voice of sexual frustration and disrespect for women.
resolution:
pass. i'll gladly go elsewhere or stay at home to work on crossword puzzles.
We're already drunk.. We're walking over to Matrix Fillmore... when a friend of mine stops and points at Comet Club and she says "Comet Club is one of my favorite dive bars!" So we proceed to enter Comet Club....
I don't know if I was just super drunk or if this place was just really THAT good.. Or maybe a combination?? I have no clue!!
My friend Steve said "THIS PLACE HAS NOTHING TO OFFER!"
With that said, we had an amazing time. Two of my buddies and two gal friends danced their asses off as we made continuous trips to the bar and the bartenders were extremely friendly, attentive and poured a stiff drink. The DJ was even friendly, he took requests from the girls.
I docked one star because they charged cover! If you saw the inside of this place.. trust me.. There is NOTHING special about the layout!! It looks like any typical DIVE BAR!! They even charged more for guys, but my drunk buddy didn't care so he just paid for all of us...
My friends and I still laugh about our experiences at Comet Club because we know that it is not typically the type of place we'd ever go to, but we had an exceptional time and I think I'd go there again. Definitely seemed like the spot for people to go to after they already get drunk...
Great place to meet good looking people between the ages of 25-40.
PS: To those who don't like the Marina crowd--please don't come, we are doing just fine without you.
I like places with small dance floors that don't have that overwhelmingly large club feel. I guess this is a dance club but it feels more like a loungey bar with a dance floor in back. Either way, I like it in the fact that A. I can dance here, B. the drinks are reasonably priced, and C.the cover is only $3.
Last time I was here though: some jerk was dancing in tennis shoes that squeaked so loudly that was all we heard. We couldn't hear any music. It got so bad that the 5 of us girls ended up leaving.
Really? Did he NOT hear his own shoe squeaking as he danced? How did it not annoy him? And better yet, how did the girl he was dancing with not turn and leave his butt on the dance floor!????
Another staple pit stop on our crazy climbs back up Fillmore to my cousin's place.....
What's great about Comet Club:
- Decently cheap and strong drinks
- Boogie Down Dance Floor
What's not-so-great about Comet Club:
- $3 cover charge, arbitrary number eh?
- Marina Crowd (oh wait, that's me sometimes...)
I have to give this place three stars even though I generally would rate it 2. The extra star gets added because the spot is reliable for dancing. It's a shame that people in SF don't normally dance when they go out and while this Marina spot is always the same, at least they kick some good tunes.
The $3 cover is clearly an attempt to scrape a few bucks out of their patrons, but I think it's worth it provided you don't spend every night here. The drinks are cheap if you stick to shots and light beer and the place has a very dive-bary feel, but that's what you want when you're dancing at a chill spot. Clubs are clearly different and can get away with stiffer door penalties.
Oh, one thing to mention...if you're looking for a lady don't come here. This spot is best if you come with your dance troupe in tow.
If you don't like dancing head around the corner to Balboa to hang out with the cougars...meow.
For some reason I always end up at the Comet Club drunk and against my will. I blindly follow the pack without ever realizing that this is where we're headed until I'm staring the bouncer straight in the face. "Aww man, not again!"
It's not that it's horrible...it's just not my idea of where I'd like to spend my evenings out. It's really small and the drinks are kinda crappy. But I can honestly say that I've never really had a bad time here.
I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that I am writing my review while still a little drunk from last night. But I thought it would be best to write my review, while it's still fresh in my mind.
First off, we had to pay a $3 cover. I know it's only three bucks, but I'm on a budget and that would have been PBR at Buckshot. With that said, I guess we paid $3 for the DJ because he played great music all night. A lot of old school rap and some stuff that is popular right now. A good mix overall.
I don't think I would consider this place a "club." More like a bar with a dance floor. It was pretty damn small to be a dance club. The coolest part about the whole place is their photo booth in the back $3 for 6 pics, now that's a $3 I would spend happily. We had some fun with that.
This isn't the first place I would think to come to in the Marina and at 11pm it was still pretty dead. But all of a sudden around 11:30 the places was poppin', everyone was dancing and singing and turned into a good time. The drinks were expensive but they were strong. Overall I had a good time here. But I am still a little bummed about the cover charge.
A dive bar with reserved tables. As early as 9 PM. You gotta be shittin me. What's the fuckin point?
Or is this common in San Francisco? It just doesn't make sense to me. Dive bars are a place for weirdos and regular working stiffs to get drunk without having to worry too much about appearances. There is no VIP section at a dive bar, duhhhhhhh
I'm adding an extra star based on a couple of things. I went there last night and the DJ was a lot better. Good song selection, some mash ups, and better blending of songs (the last is something all DJs should be able to do.... but I digress)
I don't think the waitress from my visit last Sep still works there, but our waitress last night was nice and attractive... a solid combination!
One thing that hasn't changed is the cougar overflow. Yikes! It can get pretty bad and prevents this place from getting anything higher than 3 stars.
I was here on the Sunday night before Labor day. Quite an experience.
Watch out for the cougar…
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Waste of time. Do not come here.
Do not come here.
$7 for a gin and tonic that is so small... I almost felt it would have been more useful to just throw it in the bartenders face.
No women. Well, no people seem to come here. Its no surprise given the overpriced drinks. If I am going to pay $7 for a gin and tonic, there has to be at least one woman in the bar... It could have been confused with a gay bar because the only people in the bar were dudes.
If you are a single straight guy and you happen to be going to a bar in the Marina... avoid the Comet Club at all costs.
$3 cover for this place?!?!
Bartenders are friendly.
Big negative is the music. I think they only want a specific crowd in here. They played britney spears to brtiney spears to britney spears to maraiah carey. So I don't know how this dj plans his songs. At 11pm there were some people. By 11:30 place seemed empty, everyone left because of the music? We stayed till 2am because of the booze but he kept playing the same stuff and this place kept diminishing, not once the entire night was ever packed.
This bar and dance club has everything I need. It has some stellar rounded white leather lounge sofas, a nice bar seating and dance floor and DJ! I have to say the bartender little sparkly red head Pheobe makes phenomenal drinks with some dry wit and exuberant energy.
I like that I can lounge and when I feel like it get up and dance. I have seen some super hunks in here also. Marina crowd subtract yuppie and gen x stereotypes when you walk in.
I even saw the most handsome golden retriever guide dog in here one night! I wish they had a dog lovers bar in the city even.
All I can say is keep playing dancetastic music, pour me some sweet heavy drinks and let me dance without worry! See ya next weekend. I will come back for 3 dollar drinks on Wednesdays which by the way in Country Western night!
Well the Comet Club is the LEAST Marina-ish bar I've been to in the Marina. In fact, it's kind of divey, but with lounge booths. That's a good thing, right? Especially considering the location (right across the street from the Matrix--aka Beverly Hills 90210).
It was easy to get a drink and I like that about any bar.
But for most of the night, the DJ sucked. And although the crowd is a stark difference from the Matrix, I thought the Comet crowd was sloppy-ass and high school behaving.
Is there any common ground in the Marina???
Ahhh the comet club...I am not sure what to say about this place but often find myself in the mix of polo shirts and way too short skirts. The bartenders are really nice and the dance floor is overly crowded but in the mist of the fan blowing the sweat off the giant sweaty college boy next to me comes laughter. I always manage to have a good time and end up with great drunken photos from the photo booth with at least 6 people trying to jam their bodies into the small crevice.
One word of advice, avoid the bathroom. Walk out of the club and go outside you will be better off! Just saying.
On Friday and Saturdays there's a DJ that plays Hip Hop and Top 40. The cocktail waitress will bring you drinks to your table. Drinks are reasonably priced considering you're in the Marina.
And there's a PHOTO BOOTH! It's the best time ever. A good place to meet a fun single twenty something girl in a party dress or guy in a button down striped shirt.
First Wednesday of the month is Western Wednesday!
Come here if you hate the Marina, but are forced to go out anyway. It's worth it. Ask Jason, the doorguy to tell you a joke.
Friendly staff, reasonably priced drinks, nice neighborhood, and other bars next door if you want to mix it up. The Marina has a stigma for being pretentious, but this bar is very laid back. I always make new friends everytime I go, but I am very sociable. So if you haven't gone before, go now while it's still fun!
*Friday & Saturday nights are usually super packed crazy style
*Country Western Wednesday-seriously...
*Borderline empty to just enough people on other nights
Have fun and be responsible drinkers!
Wuz up Phoebe...!!! 5 STARS!!!
Date & Time: Tuesday & Wednesday Nights
Company: Michael & Friends
Crowd: Hip Locals- Girls in Tanks & Citizen Jeans, Gucci Purses & Guys in Fitted Tees and Rock n' Republic Jeans
Vibe: Cool
Decor: Chill. Red Bar in the Front, White Booths in the Back with a Photo Booth to the Left and Small Cool Dance Floor. Sticky Floors.
Service: Cool
Imbibe: Happy Hour priced Well Drinks
Music: Pop & 80's
I don't know why I like this place: it's stuffy, sweaty, crowded and my last visit included two bump-spills, one that soaked my entire left side. But, for some reason, I do. The DJ is fantastic and the plentiful alcohol makes me feel like I'm having the time of my life.
It's a little dark and dingy...maybe that's what does it. Unlike a handful of other night spots in the neighborhood, I feel comfortable here. I don't know what that says about me, but who cares, this girl's gotta dance!!
I definitely agree that Comet Club is the least "Marina-ish" bar in the Marina.
They usually charge cover but everytime I've gone I'm with at least 6 girls...sooo we don't pay. I think one time an old man walking by paid our cover because we were making such a scene about having to pay cover...oopsies.
If you want to dance, and you're out in the Marina, go to Comet Club.
I really can't stand this bar. I have been convinced to go here more times then I'd like to admit. I think the only win over for me is that its so close to Pizza Orgasimica. An awesome midnight drunk munchie.
Lets see, the guys are beyond lame and all wear the exact same outfit. The girls are annoying and easy to make fun of. Drinks are ridiculously expensive. The music blows. Plus there's never space to move. Anytime I've attempted to make it to the dance floor I have been groped by some asshole in the crowd. And, oh joy, the dance floor is a cluster fuck of sweaty old men. Pass.
I'd rather spend the night on the couch then go here.
Thanks Comet Club for making my friend Maggie's b-day soo fun!
Thanks to the great female bartender ( I can't remember her name) who took our photo's and made us great drinks!
Yes, I am too old to come here on weekend nights, but I love this bar the rest of the time!
I actually have had a lot of fun at Comet Club! Mind you, it's not a a place I go to late on a Fri… Read more »
I always have fun here. Let's face it - the crowd isn't as attractive as the other Marina hang-outs. But, this crowd is 10x more fun, actually drinks, and actually dances and is out to have a good time.
The difference is that other Marina bars are generally stormed with groups of people that stick to themselves, don't socialize so much, and often don't even seem like they're attempting to have a good time.
I'll take partying with 8s over standing next to bitchy, angry-looking 9.5s any day.
Come here if you want to drink, dance, and meet new people. Don't come here if you think you're part of a runway show.
Fun bar to dance and take photo booth pics. Not my pick of a hood, but you can kinda forget you are in the Marina while in this bar.
The first place we ever really felt at home coming from SoCal . Now its in the distant past . 5 stars for the Awesome fun WE Had there !
Not a fan of this place, so we'll start with cons:
1) Dancefloor is way too crowded
2) Bar area is too crowded - in fairness, at almost every bar in the area on Fri/Sat its hard to get around to the bar, but given the long narrow footprint with bar all on one side and a row of tables on the other, this is particularly confined
3) Crowd - different stroke for different folks, but not for me. A bit older, a bit sloppier
4) Mediocre DJ - not the worst selection, just not a lot of style in stringing them together
Pros:
1) Close to home for me
2) Close to Pizza Orgasmica
3) If you're already drunk searching for a late-night place to drink/dance, you probably aren't going to notice the cons above and will have a lot of fun
Came here after our show at Ireland's (Thank you, Yelpers, for coming out. You made it awesome.). Paid $3 cover (lame), split from a $30 cover for ten. Faded, middle-aged women freaking with a K-Fed lookalike to Britney Spears: "Doncha wanna, dance up on mehh... like i'm a lemonade..." (I swear that's what she says.) K-Fed had his cap half-tilt for the cougars. Or maybe one of them was his mom, and it was little baby's night out... Even I'm not that much of a mama's boy.
Sapphire and Tonic: $7
Maker's Mark and Grey Goose Martini (two seperate drinks, don't give me that look...): $15
It was a basic bar with dancing, which I would normally only give two stars for if not for the hot bartenderess, Megan. She was so freaking hot and sweet that I can't help but give two more stars.
Me: Hi, I'm Keane.
Her: Hi, I'm Megan.
Me (to friend): HOT! Oh shit, she's still here...
I love you, Megan. I fucking love you for getting me trashed. I kissed her before I left, and, now that I'm sober enough to remember, I feel strange.
minus TWO stars for the last time I went there and an ultra trashed girl SMASHED her drink right in front of the photo booth and it took 15 minutes for anyone to give a damn that there was shards of glass chillin' right where people get in and out of the photo booth. (the place wasn't even packed...at one point I was the only person dancing!)
talk about a lawsuit waiting to happen...and douche baggie type customers* - Joy.
*{I'm sorry I called her douche baggie - but she just was...and she was wearing open toed shoes and sloshing around "dancing" in her spilled mess trying to look "sexy" }
This is the best place I've found in this part of the city for dancing. After a solid night of… Read more »
So I called a friend to get a few recommendations for a bar/lounge/club to take a couple of my boys, from out of town to. She recommends the Comet Club. What the hell... why not... I couldn't think of any other place to take my two not so tanned friends from San Diego... It was the first time I had ever been to the Marina and it wasn't so bad.
Make sure the cab driver knows where he is going... might want to have him say the place back to you three times... I know I did the next time I checked out the Comet Club.
Cab driver," we here but it look closed"
My Boy,"G, where's all the people?"
I'm looking out the window trying to figure out where we are when I spot a sign on a building..."No... not the Comedy Club... the Comet Club in the Marina"
Cab, "O' shit! Sorry sorry"
Needless to say... the COMET Club made up for the cab drivers mistake. Friendly staff, stiff drinks, and a decent crowd even if they all were wearing striped shirts. I think I had a striped shirt on too.
I probably would have given the spot 3 stars but have you ever been to the Matrix? What more needs to be said.
About six years ago I used to be one of those hoochie ass girls promoting booze at bars. I did it for about two months.
One bar was Comet Club. The door guy and the bartenders were super nice. The place was sorta empty though on a Thursday night.
Last night I saw a couple of hoochie ass girls promoting booze. Odd flashback moment. It was still sorta empty on a Thursday night.
Just like six years ago the door guy and the bartenders were super nice. At least they're consistent.
I love how it's so dark in there you can forget you're in the Marina.
I friggin' LOVE the Comet Club. WTF is wrong with me? Let's go item by item:
- I love the dark, brooding, underground filth because I myself am a dark, brooding, underground filthy ... wait. What?
- I love the emptiness during happy hour -- no other chick in the Marina haunts this place alone during happy hour. I am legitimate, people.
- One of the bartenders is my asshole ex-boyfriend's best friend, but he's still nice and sweet and friendly to me, like I'm just another regular (the bartender, that is, not the ex, who still sucks) .
- All booze, no primp. Sometimes, you just gotta have it like that.
If there's hip-hop music, then you know where I'll be.
Still need it explained?
Okay.... I will be dipping, popping, twerking, stopping, checking with whatever human body is in the closest proximity. Girl, guy -- whoever. If you have rhythm, and you want to check up on it, I will work you over.
I'm a lady in the street, but a freak on the dance floor...and Luda definitely has the beat to make to my bootie go *smack*.
Comet Club has been the scene of some of these engaging, and fortuitous work outs. Good music, questionable clientele (thanks to the neighborhood -- but that isn't always a bad thing).
And at the end (if you can shake your money maker like you was shakin it for some paper), you might be going home with me, and my girl and her girl and her girl and her boy.
#2 for today.
1st of all, all I could say was, YUCK. I smelled bar farts left and right. Not to mention, how can they place their lil mini dance floor next to the restrooms. Sick. Gross! So you ask me WHY i can't STAND Zagat ratings... Zagat's got to go! This was rated by ZAGAT? Jesus! Or maybe i'm just being too harsh, but i know, IN MY BOOK, i'm not coming here, ever again, or whenever or whatever the circumstance may be... This is just as bad as the Mauna Loa.
Why have a damn cover charge for a place like this?
Drinks are relatively cheap.
Not my scene. Relatively dark inside, and to say the very least, extremely dingy and sloppy crowd.
Come on, Marina can't be THAT ghetto.
But all in all, basically, I'd come here as a LAST resort, but c'mon Comet, get rid of your danky cover!
"How come every time you come round / My London London bridge wanna go down / Lon-don Lon-don bridge wanna blah blah blah"
Having a good time is all down to context, baby. Ordinarily would I kick my own ass if caught stumbling around a dance floor at the Comet Club, V'n'T in hand, digging the new Fergielicious song? Absolutely. But guess what, it was Saturday night, I was nice and drunk, the dancefloor was precisely where the hot chicks were, and when in Rome, as they say. So that's where I found myself, and it was fun for a while.
Having said that, this place is only noteworthy because it's the best bar in the immediate area (although with such heavyweights as MatrixFillmore and Mauna Lua on the block, that ain't saying much). The Comet Club is average, okay? Kinda cramped, drinks aren't great, you're sick of it after a little while, but it IS tolerable in the Bermuda Triangle Of Crappy Bars that is Fillmore Street in the Marina, and there is that dancefloor when the moment's right. So it gets a C from me, which I guess is 3 stars.
Marina gritty, the highlight of the hour I spent at the Comet Club last Thursday night was when I poured hot candle wax all over my left hand.
But you really don't need to go all the way into the Marina if you're into hot wax. Just come to my house.
Oh. My. God.
My BFF and I wanted to go somewhere we hadn't before, so we checked reviews on Yelp for this place and they were pretty good, so we went.
MY GOD!! WTF is wrong with people? I felt like I was transplanted in downtown San Jose. Same kind of ghetto crowd.
But it does get one point for the cuuuuuuute bouncer/doorman/handstamper/whatever.
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