Crave Lounge

Thursday nights are off the hook!!! Great sound and great bands and to top it all... FREE to get in. Great venue for live music. The bar staff are awesome. I'm sure I will be going back every Thursday to chill and hear good music.

I'm new to Ventura and got my first gig at this place. So naturally I am going to love a place that supports not only local music but NEW local music. I play here on January 29th! Come check us out! http://www.reverbnation.com/show/6121199

Crave could be a very cool place to hang out, as long as you don't mind poisoned air. The bar itself and outdoor stage area are decent, and the night I was there, the bartender gave me a free soda because I was the designated driver. However, it is impossible to enjoy a live band (or life at all) when I am unable to breathe because of second hand cigarette smoke. If the pro-smoking-patio-area wasn't in the same spot as the band/stage/breathing/area, I would probably have stayed to listen to the music and left better than a 1 star review. Bummer.

seems they have bands on friday nights? but you wouldnt know about it from the FB page. Maybe they just rely on the bands to do ALL the promotion. Drinks are high for such a horribly lit indoor stage. I bet without the tacky "upscale" design it could be a great dive bar. Less Djs, more bands and real music.

I'm guessing it was a first timers luck to have had a good first experience. Showed up here a month later with 5 ladies and was not happy. First, yeah it was a Friday night, BUT no one was dancing or looking as though they were having a good time in general and yet there was a $5 cover that I was able to get out of. Bar tender not friendly. Looked as though he was stressed out of his mind and yet there was hardly anyone at the bar. Get a grip dude. First DJ was ok, but then as the night progressed it got worse with what seemed to be guys just trying to "test various music." Then it became some guy setting up his laptop and leaving the scene to go do something else. Looks pretty bad when everyone exits the dance floor and no one is around to pick things back up. Needless to say the best part were the tacos. Then we headed out and had a FUNtastic time at Whale's Tale - haha a place I used to think much less of until now!!