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"What a great dive bar. Small, crowded, friendly, lots to see and people to meet. Every time I roll into San Francisco I hit this bar. Have…" read more »
Water bottles are $5 each. Other drinks are club pricing.
If you're into the bar/lounge scene with thumping danceable music, this is a good place to go to. Gets quite crowded even on a Thursday night. But if preferring to talk in a normal volume, go early in the evening when it's less crowded. Like other places in the area, it is heavily weighted toward Dbags and out-of-towners, yet bearable since there's no cover. The low star-ratings seemed to be a thing of the past?
Rolled out here on a Friday night.
Bouncer was nice. This place felt more like a place to meet up wth friends instead for the traditional. Holla and pick up.
pros-
Good music
Good crowd
No cover!
In the Marina so bar/club / lounge hopping is excellent.
cons-
Its small so because of size restraints seating can be a problem.
IF YOUR SHORT YOU CAME TO THE LAND OF THE GIANTS! LOL
My fifth and final spot to wrap up the DYL Marina Bar Crawl D-bag event was no less than spectacular.
As swanky as MatrixFillmore was on a Thursday night, this lounge was a great spot to relax and dance. From the outside, the place looks chic with modern décor and an organized setup. A bit crowded but expected, the front seating area had a fireplace which added warmth and character to welcome newcomers and regulars.
No more drinks for me! By the end of the night, I was finished drinking and needed a place to unwind. The live DJ was kickin good beats and the dance floor was packed. There were times I felt like I was in a sausage fest, but when you're drunk, who cares!?! I was still wearing my beer goggles from Bar None after getting duped by Jacob and Vy at beer pong at Bar None.
I'd really like to see what this place looks like during the day. The restroom looked nice with its glass door and black tiles. If you went inside before the crowd was busier, they had nice thick napkins next to the sink. And yes, I grabbed one for memories. Thanks everyone for a great evening!
I so heart this place. You are greeted by friendly bouncers and whisked into a warm fun lounge. I love the back room with the 360 degree mirrors that make the room feel huge but still intimate. But I love love LOVE this place for its FANTASTIC drinks. EVERY single time I have been here over the past 4 years the drinks have been delicious. I had the Vodka Collins the other night I went and it was total heaven.
A great place to lounge and wind down after a FML work week. Word.
My friends and I came here around 11ish on a Saturday evening. It wasn't too packed. The place is pretty cozy; there's a fireplace and two bars (one in the front and one in the back).
By the time we were about to leave, the place got crazy packed! I could barely even wiggle my way out. This guy started grinding up on me when I was trying to get out of the place. I wanted him to stop it! Haha.
I agree with Jessica F that you shouldn't base your review entirely on the patrons, but rather focus on the drinks and staff. I was torn whether to give this place 4 or 3 stars, but I opted for 3 because of the cramped quarters and super expensive drinks.
I will admit, even though they were way too expensive, the drinks were delicious! I can't remember the exact drinks I got last time I was here, but I had a pear martini like thing and something with pomegrante. Luckily, my boyfriend paid for my drinks, but I did feel a bit bad making him buy me two!
The interior is nicely decorated and def has a lounge vibe. The only problem is that it gets super crowded and then you don't know where to stand if you don't have a seat. Once when I went I ended up having to stand inbetween the aisle way and a table, my ass totally invading the table's space!
As for the crowd, I actually didn't mind it. I personally enjoy the Marina crowd. I don't live in the city, and I personally enjoy being surrounded by clean, well dressed people! I could imagine that this place would have it's share of douche bags like the other reviews say, but since every time I've gone I've been in a fairly large group I didn't notice.
5 stars! That's right I'm giving this place 5 stars! Why? Everyone gives the Matrix a bad rap because they think all the people that go there are a bunch of douche bags... but NEWSFLASH people! It's the Marina! There's going to be douche bags everywhere whether you like it or not... So based entirely NOT on the patrons...
The bouncers are super sweet.
The bartenders are also super sweet and they make some really good drinks. Have you ever seen these guys on a crazy night? They're like miracle workers.
The bathrooms are nice and clean.
Sundays are the best!
And on a slow night the fireplace is cozy and sexy.
I'm just saying... don't hate because the crowd is lame. If you walked down the street to the next bar... yeah it'd probably be cheaper but it would have the same shitty people and have a worse atmosphere.
So me and my buddies walked in (I was wearing a pink polo shirt with the collar popped) and went about looking for tail, all the chicks were digging my greased back spiked hair and I kept my sunglasses on while inside to let everyone know I'm super flyy with an extra y.
the place is small, but that makes it cool because it's too cool to actually fit more than twenty people in it.
the drinks were really expensive but I pretended that I wasn't spending the last of my money on a what amounted to a glass of ice with a splash of liquor, I totally filled the glass back up with water and called it vodka!
There were some ladies, you know the type, the type that get dressed up and hang out in frat boy territory so that they can complain about all these "douche bags" hitting on them, makes them feel desirable yet unattainable thus giving them a sense of worth. Freud is far at bro!
Drinks are overly expensive like everywhere else in the city, no cover charge (because I'm not paying 20 bucks to get into a bar to pay 10 bucks for a drink that should cost 3 bucks and try to socialize with people who ironically act stuck up because they don't like how stuck up they think everyone else is)
Conclusion: Go to Matrix, drink and don't worry about what you think everyone else is like, it has clean bathrooms after all.
If you get here a little earlier, like 30 minutes after they open, I think you'd have a better experience here --that is, if you want more of an intimate time with your friends or if you want to secure a place/area to sit in.
There are two bar locations, one in the back secluded area and one in the main dance/lounge area which is also where the fireplace is located.
I hung out in the back area when I went here and I had a great time. It's like we had our own private bartender and there was really no line/lag time to get our drinks. I tried a few different cocktails but my favorite was the Sidecar. Each drink was priced at about $9-$14, which is on the pricey side.
I enjoyed the ambiance and hip decor here. The back area had an illuminating feel to it with mirrors, candles, and such.
The music was lively and the DJ was good. I remembered him playing a lot of the early 90's tunes and mixing it up with current hits. The crowd here consists of an equal amount of gals and guys aged 28-38.
It's a pretty packed place though with barely any room to move around, so that's why I think it's best to get there early before the night gets too extreme and wild. On a side note, their restrooms and pretty.
Atmosphere: pretty/ not huge
Crowd: well dressed/decent
Music: good lounge trance
Bouncers: friendly
Bathrooms: CLEAN
Returned here the other saturday and it was just ok. Classy vibe going on which is a big plus, but the crowd was pretty random and kinda lame. Some guy was wasted and repeatedly ran into my friend ten times then pretended he was meeting us for the first time every time. Also, some pretty awful things going down on the dance floor, but nonetheless very entertaining. It's like watching a bad movie where u just feel so embarrassed for the protagonist. Probably the highlight of the evening was that there was a bachelor party goin on and I got to sign their shirts in sharpie. And there was the guy with the awesome 8-pack who offered to let us sign his abs! Can't argue with that! Minus me enjoying defiling other people though it would've been kind of a dud.
PS- The DJ sucked.. The music was impossible to dance to, nobody knew any of the jams, and none really had a good beat. Good music could've turned this place around for me.
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Yay! I'm a fan of this place...on sunday-through-wednesdays nights.
I wouldn't want to spend my hard awaited thurs-fri-sat in this place tho, but for the other nights of the weekend that you absolutely must go out and you don't know where else to go, Matrix Fillmore isn't too shabby of a place. For one, it has people in it! Gasp! The fireplace is a nice touch, but don't go there to dance, it's tiny! You'd think a place like SF would be poppin every night of the week but this is not so, and Matrix fills in for those nights. Since I've gone there on a sunday, monday and tuesday, I have to say I enjoy the louge-y feel of the place. Haven't run into the marina types, and thank goodness for that. Drinks are on the expensive side, but what's a a guy to do? pre-drink!...
I'm all for places that don't charge cover. Here you walk up, show ID, and get in. Simple.
The walls on one side of the room are flanked with seating and small tables. While the other side of the club is the bar and 'mingling' area. There's also a fireplace situated in the middle of the club, quite useful in SF where the nights are guaranteed to be chilly regardless of season.
The crowd was definitely vanilla. But hey, you are in the marina. You have your college/frat kids, yuppies, a handful of early 40's men looking for a good night, Ed Hardy enthusiasts, and the always present, breasty bimbos. And last, a sprinkling of 'brown' people like myself just along for the ride.
The DJ played music typical of most lounges, it was all over the place: house, rock, r&b, pop, and some top 40. Not horrible but not somewhere I would go if I felt like dancing all night.
MatrixFillmore is a good hangout spot if you're already in the Marina area. There's no cover and you know what to expect when you get there.
Came here with some friends while I was visiting SF and reaaaally liked the decor especially the fireplace!! It definitely stood out from other bars in the Marina area. Drinks were good and the DJ was great. It got way too crowded in the front section very fast on a Thursday night. But in general, this place was great to catch up with friends in a trendy setting.
This place is a joke.
Pretty much a clown car filled with d-bags trying to get their dick into anything that walks. Awkward seating, with a randomly placed fireplace. The bartenders think that the horrible vodka tonic i just got deserves an applause and 12 bucks.
Just skip this crap.
My lovely bridesmaids decided to throw my bachlorette party here. Bless their hearts for trying to get me to have a good time while keeping the party casual like I requested.
Matrix fit the definition of a Marina lounge: small & pretentious. I don't even know why I wanted to come to the Marina of all places. Oh that's right I didn't want to be seen perusing the typical Asian club scene or be seen (this is SF after all. If you grew up here, there are few places you can hide).
It's a Saturday night, it's crowded. Maybe I missed the memo that it was "Jaguar" night? Why were majority of the patrons 50 year old men?? Needless to say I had a hard time completing my bacholorette list that night.
Being the only Asian chicks there we stood out like a sore thumb. To cure our boredom we became bffs with Mr. Goose and Mr. Patron. Putting on the beer goggles sure helped a lot. Even the bartender started to look like Tyson Beckford if I squinted my eyes enough.
Music was awful and there was no dancing space. The DJ (if you can even call him that) refused to play hip-hop. He was like the DJ nazi "No Hip-Hop!". Geez alright we won't dance!
To top off my wonderful night at Matrix I proceeded to get my face licked by a douche dressed in a pink bunny costume (it was Easter weekend after all). I left drunk as a skunk though. Mission accomplished.
Been here twice and it's decent for the area. No cover charge and it gets pretty packed after 11PM or so on a Saturday night. The layout of the club is annoying because as soon as you walk in, there's this long wall to your left and VIP table all along the right hand side all the way to the end of the bar, which is to the left after the long wall. So you can image trying to get to the bar/people walking from the back room to the front causes a traffic jam. There's literally no traveling room here or to chill with friends around the bar unless you block other people's access to the bar itself.
On the plus side, both times I've been here, bartenders were nice and we got drinks fairly quickly considering how packed it is here. Music is ok with lots of music with a strong bass and no lyrics. Crowd is actually a little bit more diverse here, which is always a plus for me.
Easy to get in! Upscale! Free cover charge!
However, drinks were overly sweet and on the pricier side. Crowd can be pretty diverse. Super small dance floor. Okay dance music, although I prefer more hip hop. This place is more for lounging.
Cool little fireplace in the middle, although it gets the crowded place really warmed up.
Some of the people who go here apparently think they're all that and soo much more ;P Ick, BLAH!!
Sleak interior, sometimes live music, with a sexy fireplace but this is a bar, whose time (like the ice in its watered down drinks) has come and gone.
Just feels like the trendy, young crowd that packed this place is long gone. Much more hit and miss now but it can still get crowded (although the drinks won't get better nor the bartenders faster).
Tool shed. Douchebag central. If you enjoy being bombarded by pink polos and popped collars and sunglasses at night then by all means enter. The DJ was chill, drinks were decent. Not a fan of the flippin hot ass fireplace in an overly crowded stuffy space to begin with. Had the occupants within this place not been there I might consider going again. But given that I have no intentions to ever rent this place out that will not be happening. Lame-O.
This past Friday night, we hosted a charity event for the SF SPCA here and I couldn't have chosen a better place.
The staff was remarkable to work with, starting with their General Manager. He was down to earth, extremely friendly, and helped with every aspect of the event.
The GM was remarkably generous and looked after everyone, and he alone will be reason enough to host another event at a PlumpJack venue.
DJ Solomon was fantastic and the dance floor was packed from edge to edge.
The venue allowed for plenty of space to dance, mingle and sit.
The servers were outgoing, kind, and worked hard to make sure guests were happy and content.
The Matrix was a perfect venue for the charity event, and with corporate sponsors and ticket sales, we were able to raise a little over $40,000 for the SF SPCA!
Thanks Matrix!
Hit or miss, but all in all... hit or miss.
The lounge is comfortable, and the bartenders are pretty…
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meh!
i'll be laconic this time:
- douchebag haven;
- the place gets disgustingly stuffy;
- you can barely hear the music (this was the first i've ever been to a club where the crowd is louder than music... normally it's the other way around)
on the plus side, there's no cover, the bouncers are friendly, and drinks are ok. i would have given it three stars, but the fact that i went there to dance and couldn't even hear the music was a huge turnoff. not going back!
Loss.
You never know when someone you love is going to leave you. You think they will be in your life forever, you dream of experiencing things with them, but then suddenly life can arrange for a twist in fate that takes them from you and a piece of your heart dies forever. My dearly departed friend was... my black cap.
Hey, don't judge, I loved my black cap. It was cute. It was loved. It was given to me by a boy I loved dearly back in the 90's. It was mine. But last night, I let it ride the different heads train and at night's end, it was no more. My theory is, the skeezy guys trying to dance with my friends and I took it. That would be typical. I'd like to hope that someone is at home right now loving it, stroking it and gazing fondly at it while trying to console it knowing that they stole my friend from me.
Perhaps the black cap is scouring the city looking for me. Maybe it broke free from the clutches of this thief and is trying to blow itself up Fillmore. Maybe? You never know? The winds are quite strong here!! Well, dearest black cap, I am at Yelp HQ today! Sitting at a desk hoping you find me. Please!! Come back to me!!
As for the Matrix, well, it's tainted. Not because of the hat, but more because this place is ridiculous. The drinks were pretty bad and on the super sweet side and the bartender was pretty rude to my friend. The clientele, even on a Monday, was pretty douchy and well, it just wasn't my scene. But I knew that going in. We were on the WORST BAR CRAWL EVA tm, so that was the whole point. So for that I give it a whopping two stars. Now, if someone from this bar returns my hat, I will up the rating, because that will prove that destiny exists and there are good people in the world.
It's on you, hat stealer! Do the right thing.
I always like this place, maybe because my boyfriend Gavin Newsom owns it...Isn't he so handsome? Sigh! Sometimes though I get really irritated here, because it's so crowded and hot, but last night was a ball of fun. We had our GNO (Girls Night Out, leave the boyfriends home!) and met up with a lot of my girlfriends. We met (ANOTHER) these English guys from England. For some reason, we attract foreigners.... They had the cutest accents! The DJ was good last night and danced the night away. Usually we bar hop at the Marina but this time we stayed at The Matrix. Fun times!
Came here for my dear friend's birthday and the crowd here......well... I felt like like it is an upscale frat/sorority house. The fact that they also have Animal House on the screens pretty much did it for me...to get out of there as soon as feasibly possible. Drinks are way overprice here. The only thing redeeming was the bartenders. They were actually pretty nice.
No way I am coming back here ever again.
Unce. Unce. Unce. Unce. Random fireplace in the middle of the bar. Random DJ spinning music. Random videos playing on the wall. Random mix of people- transgender MAC makeup artists, Marina DB's with stripped shirts, middle-aged men, barely twenty-something girls, and the one or two hipsters in the back.
The seating is minimal, the venue is small, the drinks are expensive and the vibe is LAME.
The venue:
Nice ambience, plush seating, fireplace and plenty of pillows to sit back and relax. The nice touch of elegance in the ladies room is impressive - animated film playing in the bathroom is some taste.
The back room has a nice touch to it along with the cozy private hidden booths with curtains for privacy, it adds intimacy for a couple or two.
Now if we are talking about the patrons, the shift will take its course. The venue applies different music on certain nights and promoters do very much come to play. It varies from hip-hop R&B, down tempo and dance so you should just check it out for yourself or before going make a call / check out their site and see if it's to your liking (what type of music / promoters will be there if any)
It's the Marina district and some stray away from that part of town where Jimmy Choo's, Prada bags are used in one sentence. It's not for everyone. Although I have noticed the change in atmosphere here in the past year, it just seems more of the pretentious crowd has now established their mark here. Snobbish is almost a trend at Matrix... but you can't judge a venue by the patrons if you're asking about the venue alone. The venue is nice, cozy and romantic.
It's still very popular and gets very packed on Sundays, Thursday's and Saturday's. Basically this place is open every day, just know when to go. Look good ladies and fellas be a gentleman.
Yet another trendy - trendsetter's spot to hang out.
If you don't want to worry about the hassle going to the bar, they have a waitress that attends to your needs, takes your order so you can just lounge with your honey or friends.
if you're a douchebag with Yellow Fever, then this is the place for you to be and be seen.
Asian ladies beware, this place is chock full of "Tool Academy" candidates.
(** NOTE: I've never been to this place on Tuesday-Sunday, so I'm only reviewing Matrix Mondays **)
I only go to Cow Hollow to see my dentist twice a year, or to check out Monday nights at Matrix.
Good music: usually old-school hip-hop, the stuff I like.
The service is actually friendly too. The bartenders were attentive and fast. I tipped them well, and they said thank you. Courteous and polite. I don't ask for much more than that. When a few of us complained that the fireplace was getting the front of the room way too hot, the cocktail waitress offered to turn it down for us, while keeping a glimmer of flame alive for some ambiance. That was cool of her to do. A couple of my friends were sweating bullets and it helped.
People are usually pretty friendly. Sure, in every crowd there are the gold-digging Marina snobs, and the regulars: guys pretending to be cool and tough standing at the bar, but then you have some non-Marina-types, visitors, and tourists who wander in because the Matrix is the only play in town. They're usually smiling and genuinely happy to be experiencing some actual nightlife on Monday night.
I did go last night and it was fun. There were a few too many of the typical San Francisco "let's wear blue jeans to go out to nice places" types. In my humble opinion, they tend to bring the ambiance down a few notches, but there was one exception: a beauty that wore a skirt classy enough for the Parisian jazz club: Le Petit Journal-Montparnasse. She gave me hope that there are some California ladies that actually check themselves in a mirror before going out.
Anyways, last week, the DJ played "Can I Kick It" by A Tribe Called Quest, and I was sold.
This place is alright, especially on Monday nights when nothing else is really going on.
OK, so this review is ONLY for my friend DJ Mei Lwun's free weekly industry party on Monday nights called MANIC MONDAY'S.
Ok, so first off, I'm not a "Marina Guy" (obviously) and I rarely if ever go to the Marina unless it's for food or to visit with a special lady friend but I have to give props to my friend Mei-Lwun's Monday night Industry party. I've been there a few times now and have had a blast every time. Maybe the fact that it's on Monday night, pulls in a different crowd than on other nights and he always has great guest DJs?
If you can get over your "the Marina sucks attitude", give Monday nights a chance. Everyone who works there from the door guy to the bartenders to the cocktail waitress are all really nice and make for a pleasant experience as well.
I'm going to steal Keith Charles F's talent rating system and give it an over-all 7.75 / 10 for talent.
*pops collar*
^ just kidding, I didn't see any popped collars.
PS: Next Monday (Feb 23rd) is Mei-Lwun's Birthday party there. http://www.facebook.co...
Oh the Marina. Whenever I walk down the street in that area I feel like I am the evil antithesis of Paris Hilton. My black hair, my little chihuahua Fillit Mignon in tow, my Valentino bag, but trust me, I'm a whole lot more ghetto and street than her. Paris Hilton ain't got shit on my ass.
I danced at a studio there for years, and therefore needed to find somewhere in the area to drink afterwards. I know that may seem like an odd correlation, but to me it always makes perfect sense. Dance your ass off, and sometimes I just want to kick it after and beverage.
I would roll to MatrixFillmore, especially on Monday nights after class, and sit fireside while drinking my Chimay blue label or my Belvedere and cranberry (now replaced with soda and two limes, squeezed in please). It was calm, and relaxing. Matrix is dark enough so that I can kick my feet up and just digress for a few moments.
The people watching is just fantastic. The pink polo shirts, and the skinny blonds pumped full on silicone and botox. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of both sometimes, but really, if you're going to do it, make it look tasteful at least. I don't want my tits to hit my chin EVERY time I walk, just when I jump and bounce (wink, wink).
The prices are great for the Marina, or for the city itself. My bartender, who's name I always misspell and so will just omit entirely as to not make myself look like a total moron, was quick, well mannered, and shit, he was HOT. And I mean smokin' fuckin' hot. I haven't seen his fly ass for well over a year. I'm a sucker for the pretty boys sometimes, and that accent. Ooohhhh. Well, whatever, bigger and better things right?
The weekend are too busy for me there. It's like a douche bag fishbowl at a cheap pet store. Let's see how many of those fuckers we can jam in there at one time. But the week nights are perfect for me. Plus the DJ would throw some nice deep ambient beats up for me which put me right at home.
I'm convinced that the Matrix Fillmore are where half the Marina haters get their ideas. It's absolutely everything bad you've heard about in the Marina rolled up into one.
So I usually stay far far away. However, if you must go, rolling in with a big crew can be fun. Yes it's too hot, loud, sweaty, the guys are creepy and it's overcrowded. But DJ Solomon ripped it last night and dancing with my crew made it a fantastic time. We were there for a special event and Matrix could have done a better job of making sure that only ticket holders got into the back room. The overworked bartender worked quickly, and had me take a sip of my cocktail to make sure he got it right. It was perfect!
After the Yelp Elite Party at Tru Spa last week we didn't quite want the partying to end. After a quick bite to eat in North Beach we headed over to MatrixFillmore for Winedown Wednesdays, well equipped with my friend who is my very own trusted sommelier. Entry was free all night.
The space is dark and warm with an inviting fireplace that's in the middle of a jenga tower. JENGA JENGA! (http://en.wikipedia.or...) There was even a back room open, with tons of seating and tables, surrounded in gold mirrors. It felt like something out of Vegas. On the huge LCD in the front room they were playing The Karate Kid (LOL) as well as in the women's and men's bathroom (I didn't go in, I just heard).
There was house music, and that earns points with me right off the bat. Then again, it was SF dj Trevor Simpson's birthday and the party was well promoted because the place was packed! The crowd was pretty homogeneous, with tons of pretty boys with popped collars and designer jeans and girls in stiletto boots. and flocks of Eastern Europeans. I think my friend and I were the only non-blondes there.
Anyhow, there are actually some decent wine specials by the glass but we decided to go for the best bang for buck with a half bottle of Veuve Clicquot for $37. It got crowded quickly and based on the attendance on a weekday I can only imagine how crowded it gets on the weekend. Nice place.
Full of try hard, pretentious holier than thou bitchy girls, douchified vertically striped shirt wearing meat heads with flat tops and track marks on their asses (I checked), pick up artists looking for a quick bathroom or back alley romp who more often than not just end up being creepy together in the corner, charming hipsters, hippy charmsters, white coated nostrils, egos, broken dreams and expensive drinks. Save Monday and Tuesday nights, it's also always waaaaay too crowded
F*ck me, I still like it.
As the old saying goes: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do, or maybe you shouldn't be visiting Rome repeatedly and bitching about how it never changes or having a conniption when the Romans start having an avant garde, coke fueled orgy next to the fireplace, like they do."
See you Saturday night!
You know what? If you come here early in the evening you may just have a good time. If you come here late in the evening, booooooooooo.....
This place caters to the biggest Tools in San Francisco. The ratio of men to women is approx. 5:1, making it the biggest sausage fest in the bay area. Drinks are outrageously priced, over $10 for a jack n coke, dance floor is also the area to get drinks so you, or they, are always in the way of someone, and the smell of hundreds of mixed colognes practically singes your nose hairs right off. The DJ's play horrendous house music that guys seem to love dancing in small circles with each other here.
The cool part about Matrix, is the fire place they have in the middle. When I went there, it was nice to grab one of those rip off drinks and sit on their nice couches around the fire with a friend of mine. This is the only highlight of Matrix, the damm fireplace.
I had a really great shot here, a pear vodka with some fresh peach inside. Really tastey, but it cost $8.
This place was crawling with people of all ages, from the young crowd to those older men who think they can pop and lock. I liked the atmosphere, even though the music needed a little work. The DJ was trying too hard to not be mainstream that it just sounded like noise most of the time.
I liked the open fire place, it set a really cool mood. The decor is hip and the place is really clean. It looks like there are a lot of places to sit, but if you have a big group of people like we did on Tuesday, you have to move stuff around and people get secluded in weird spaces. So this is a downer.
Drinks are definitely overpriced, but the bartenders make up for this. They were very friendly, comp-ed some drinks, and left me with a much smaller tab than I was expecting to pay. I might go here again, if I have the money and just want to chill.
This is as close to Los Angeles you can get here in SF. All the pretentious along with the price. Hey its not always a bad thing. I can't help but to look this good....
I haven't been here in about 3 years. If I reviewed it back then I would have given it 2 stars for being crowded, cant get your drink, seat, to the bathroom, etc... But I came recently came during the week and its okay... Wasn't all the bad things I remember.
Decent house music. Very nice decor. Tasty drinks. Nice server Bridgette. I was able to get into the back room also. Very nice.
I think I have to go out more on Tuesday nights....
Here's what I like about this place: it looks like an NYC bar inside.
Here's what I don't like about this place: it's trying to be an NYC bar, but it's not.
Why is it, that just about every time I've been here, everyone looks absolutely miserable?? Come on, people! You've got yummy (albeit pricey) drinks, cool decor, and a hot fireplace. Despite the aura of misery surrounding me here, I have had a good time at Matrix every time I've gone. Alright, that probably has nothing to do with the actual bar, but rather, the awesome people who have accompanied me there (all but one, who will forever be on my sh*t list).
So, please people, the next time you go to the Matrix, will you at least pretend you're having a good time? If you can't do that, you may as well stay home!
"The" Matrix gets a bad wrap. Yes its filled with douche-bags, but its got a lot of interesting characters.
There is a fantastic liquor selection at very reasonable prices. I like coming here on Sundays because the vibe is a bit more relaxed and there's this bearded DJ who brings it down every time.
I know I know...what the hell was I doing in the Marina?? It happens to all of us sometimes, and you ALL know what I'm talking about. One thing leads to another and you find yourself in a taxi or someone's car, on your way to "grab a quick drink some place" and BOOM, you're surrounded by designer jeans, hair extensions, man jewelry and shiny shoes.
Well it happened to me last night. There I was walking into the Matrix for the first time in maybe 3 years. This was the first time I've been there on a weekday and it was actually cool to see the ambiance without a million people fighting over the coveted fire place seats. We scored a couch and grabbed some drinks. The best thing about this place is the flat screen TV's playing such classics as "The Karate Kid" and "Back to the Future" above the bar while the DJ drills a horrible headache into my brain with incessant house music. The drinks are totally overpriced...or at least by my standards. Maybe all the bars in the Marina charge insane amounts for classic cocktails, but that's why I prefer to head to the Mission, the Haight or Polk Street.
In the end, it's a chill place on a rainy week day night to hang out, but I wouldn't go out of my way to go there. Also, I have to agree with previous reviews that the place smells like wet dog.
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