Bar 1 — Restaurant in Phoenix

Turning 30 (last year) and being in a long-term relationship means that I'm starting to judge my evening destinations less on the cheap price of the well (aka bottom-of-the-barrel) drinks or the volume of the music and more on friendliness of the staff and the cleanliness of the establishment.

Bar 1 isn't a place to party, its a place to chill. The drinks are good, with most being appropriately priced (though a few seem high), and always something on a special. The music is fun but it doesn't deafen your ears. There are a mix of bar games to entertain you. There are regular activities to give you a reason to come any night. The patio is one of the nicest, if not nicest, of all the Arizona "Gay" Bars.

It won't ever have a massive crowd like at BS West or Charlies, but it epitomizes the quiet night out that is becoming more and more my preferred definition of...

Well I loved this place till a few weeks ago, myself and a friend of mine would go every Wednesday because the bar tender was great, nice, and we could get well priced drinks. People there were fun and the crowd had variety after 9. Well sadly we will never be going back. Found out that a bartender that we liked socializing with and that made this bar better was fired because an old geezer said something bad to the owner and was proud to have gotten this bartender fired because they had bent a rule of half priced drink with the event on Wednesday and, that quite frankly is a very poor rule to have. The biggest reason we went was because of the bartender and sad to say I don't want to be serviced by such a negative person or place who can't look past some simple rules and get rid of some of the best bartenders I have been...

This bar has a lot of good qualities. Nice draft beer selection, it's really pretty. Been there multiple times. Last time i was there david the bartender served me a beer, it was delicious. I ordered another and asked him who made it "i dont know it's $6". Rude. I figured he was busy. Let it go. Went back tonight and was sitting in a barstool on his side of the bar. I was laughing and i guess my elbow bumped some girl behind me. David tells me "me watch out, you bumped somebody". I felt un-welcomed and got up and went outside. The girl i bumped into asked me to sit with her so she clearly was not offended. I went back and told david " look you were rude to me last time i was here and now this". He rolled his eye's, flipped his hair and said "sorry you feel that way" and walked off. Ruined my night and...