Luna Sea Lounge — Restaurant in Walnut Creek

I visited twice in the last couple months. The first time I went was great. Its a chill swanky spot, with great craft cocktails. So I was excited to go again, I’m but the second visit was enough to keep me from coming back. I was in a date and totally talked this place up. We get there, The bartender was nice, maybe a bit forward, but whatever. I think it started going down hill when another guest was starting to act erratically. Staggering and kept coming over and saying off the wall things. “Did you guys say desperate housewives?!” We like no. He goes away. He comes staggering back a few feet away staring at us, and just says “HEY!” And continues just to stand there and stare. We felt so uncomfortable. The bartender 100% recognized this and said he’s been dealing with him for hours. So… apparently that means let him stay and let him harass people? At this point the bartender has told us about how he likes being in “K-hole”, references smoking crack, and various other things. I don’t mind I’ve done my fair share of stuff but damn. This was a bit too much. The final straw was one the dude comes back over, stands inches from my date and I. Smiling again says nothing, finally my date says Bro I’m gonna need you to get away from us and get out of our space. He then gets close, Touches my date and says “you’re gonna give me you’re number”. We abruptly got up and left. Never have I felt so absolutely appalled and...

Never. Again. Ambiance is welcoming, Rebekah the bartender was super friendly.

However, $5.00 upcharge per drink for soda water in a vodka press is absolutely absurd. Also, I would like to point out for the record that NOWHERE on the menu, website, physical building, or a mention from the bartender to say there's going to be a charge for the soda. Yes, they pour fever tree as a default, but a four pack of fever tree will run you about $6.50 (or less) at your local grocery store. Yet you've got the audacity to blindly charge your customers $5.00 for half a bottle? Not only do you not keep to keep the bottle, goes back into the fridge after they make your drink, but you've got no idea you're even being charged for it until the bill comes.

I get that businesses, especially new(er) ones, need to make money, but at what cost? This is an absolute joke of a business practice, and I sincerely hope all of you out there take this review to heart before deciding to be swindled at Luna. Because that's exactly what I feel like after leaving, that I...

We stumbled across Luna. It is underwhelming. All we wanted was just to have a drink and enjoy the company. The menu says we will ride the wave of sophistication. Well that's not really us, but they were open past 9 pm on a Sunday. Super small space trying to create some kind of vibe they just weren't pulling off. All we wanted was 3 glasses of wine and one cocktail. Took at least 1/2 hour and many prompts. The bartender could not remember what we ordered. We kept going back and confirming. Order still came out wrong. Finally got drinks. Really, how hard is it to pour wine! Took almost an hour to deliver chips and salsa. When we went to ask for a second drink " she didn't have the time, there were 6 drinks ahead of us" we closed out. Keep in mind this is a very small space and was only maybe 1/2 full. Uninspiring....