Mad House Comedy Club — Restaurant in San Diego

This comedy club has potential but they are lacking in customer service. When we arrived we were not greeted for a bit although 4 employees were standing nearby, chatting. I'm pretty sure we had the worst seats in the entire place. It was a 4 top all the way in the far back corner. Two members of our party couldn't see at all as the table of two in front of us were not staggered like all the others were.

They use a little tea light that you turn on when you want another drink. This isn't doing them any favors as we waited almost 30 minutes to get our second round of drinks ordered. Had it not taken that long, our entire party would have ordered a 3rd round of drinks. Oh well.... Their loss I guess. There are enough "drink runners" going around, I'm not sure why one of them didn't tell one of the two servers to come by. When we did get that 2nd round of drinks, one of our drinks was not what we ordered, which was disappointing. Not that anyone came around to check on us to see how we were doing to mention it.

None of the locks in the women's bathroom work. Luckily, we all band together and took turns holding the doors for each other. Also, one of the sinks was completely broken.

I'd consider coming back if it was for a comedian I know and like, which was why I came in the first place. However, we've been to many comedy clubs that are doing...

We were in town for the weekend and wanted to do something where we could just sit back and enjoy. So, comedy! We both ordered drinks. Service was good. Seating arrangement was comfortable.

The comics were alright (most tended to have similar jokes about sex... Is that really the only thing they can write material around?). There was a "Matin" who was very funny. Would go back for him!

Ricarlo Flanagan's standup was talking about how easy it is to get girls (his whole skit was on the sexist side) and then noticed my wife and I, which is when he proceeded to go in depth on what physically happens during sex, since we don't experience hetero-sex. He regularly picked on us after that despite the clear hand gestures of "stop" because he was being on the homophobic side in how he said things.

We sat in the front. We knew there was a good chance of interaction. We did not know we would have to endure homophobic comedy. That's never okay. Thank you to the people behind us who occasionally said "stop" because he was clearly going in the wrong direction. If he listened maybe we would've ended the night on a good note.

I had only had positive comedy club experiences up...

I've recently become a regular attendee of the Mad House Comedy Club attending some of their professional shows along with gathering the courage to participate in their open mics.

They have comedy 7 days a week, with the shows starting at 8 and their amateur open mics beginning around 10.

I'm greeted kindly by the doormen (Special shout out to Rudy & Ben) when I first walk in, and the open mic host, Corey, is always quick to answer any questions I have.

It's daunting to get on stage in the hopes or making people chuckle, but I'm glad I began my "comic" journey here.

Special shout out to Tabitha--I like that they have a nice Rose in stock.

If you're in the area I'd recommending visiting the madhouse for their shows starting weekdays at 8pm and if you're looking for some rather wild comedy; expect the unexpected and stay for the amateur open mic as well. You'll be in for a delightful treat.

If you're ever feeling adventurous, the sign up reel for the open-mic is available on instagram, early...