Circle Bar   

this is a good place to drink and be drunk with laughter...it's a total joke...the lines, the MC Hammer music and the small, cramped, sweaty dancesquare at the furthest end of the bar and entrance...the funniest thing is waiting an hour to get in the place. second funny thing is being attacked by the lesbian task force. come with good laughing partners and you'll have a blast.

I do agree with most of the "regulars" complaints this once phenomenal bar gets, but it does have a charm to it that is hard to pass over. Maybe it's the Bruce Lee painting or the pornography that adorns the bathrooms, the red lights inside or the shoulder to shoulder sardine can effect, but I can't help but like this place, and so can you if you don't set your standards too high. Here are a few guidelines to remember, and if you agree with them, the Circle Bar is for you. 1) This is not a place to dance. The size of the dance floor is a joke, its more or less had a wood floor thrown down to make an empty space look nice. 2) The place gets very crowded very fast, mostly with guys. I'm reviewing bars, not telling you guys how to pick up women. The thing to keep in mind is if your going out to meet women, clubs are better. If your going out with friends to drink, and couldn't care less whether you meet a girl or not or a potential sausage party, this is the place for you. 3) The waiting outside is a freaking nightmare. Get here a little earlier then weekend drinking requires, even if the Starbucks people across the street snicker at you, it's better to look like an amateur drinker, then a cold dumba$$ standing in line an hour, and you WILL wait an hour sometimes. I had my 21st birthday here, and had a blast. AND I met an older women (33 or 34) and got to 2nd base. The birthday and the dark lighting might have been in my favor (or hers), but hooking up at the Circle Bar DOES happen!

I went in expecting more of a dance club atmosphere...the dance space was so small, I didn't even know it was the dance floor when I first got there! Another thing that bothered me about this place was the smoking patio didn't really seem to be outside?!? There were stairs and an open door, with people just kinda standing around the open door...so the smoke was lingering into the club making me feel rather sick while I was in there. Then there were the drink prices...$5.50 for a Corona?!? please! ...and no Micholob Ultra! why do no clubs in this town cary that?!? everyone's suposed to be concerned with image and keeping in shape, but don't have ultra! The thing I did like though were the velvet couches. I didn't seem to see the gorgeous crowd that everyone has been talkin about either...just an overall disapointing experience!

Apparently the AOL reviewer was talking about the OLD Circle Bar. After it sold a half dozen years ago, it was transformed from a legendary watering hole into a yuppie clone stink pit completely destitute of character. No respectable citizen of Dog Town would ever be caught dead in that artificial look-at-me poser palace. AOL City Guide should update their database and stop borrowing reviews from decade-old tourist guides. What happened to the Circle Bar is an absolute tragedy. Of course, if you want banal conversation with self-obsessed zombies, the NEW Circle Bar is the place for you!