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City Side

(95 Ratings)
Premier Cocktail Lounge
With three bars and daily events, it's hard not to love City Side. While this lounge is most popular among locals as an easy-going spot with a comfortable patio, drink specials, and Top 40 music, guests can't stop talking about the great staff and the welcoming atmosphere.


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Reviews

turtle78
turtle78
Over a year ago

Great Place and Great People!!!!!

CitySide has made some major changes. Drinks prices are def great! Mondays everything is half off plus there are pool tournaments every Monday as well. Tuesdays is dart tourn with a great crowd that shows up. Wed is the special Martini Night with golf tourn. Thurs is special give away night with a bowling tourn at 8pm as well. Fridays there are different specials from each bartender who is out on patio plus beer buckets! Saturdays you have you specials as well and then Sundays there is great food the the bar offers for no charge and good happy hour crowd. 2 for 1 happy hours are really good and the bar also has different events that they do as well. Rays games keep you tickets and come up to the bar after the game and get a discount. Sat the 23rd is Super Heros vs. Villians night where staff and customers dress up and make a great fun Sat night. More new events to come as well.


uncutedge
uncutedge
Over a year ago

eh. so so.

The bar isn't terrible. I've tried it a few times at different days/times of the day, and it's never awful, but never that great either. The layout is kinda bad, with a lot of dead/empty space, and the smoking is atrocious - I think the carpeting magnifies the smoking effect. I have lived with various smokers over the last 10 years, I'm not tobacco-phobic, but this bar is ridiculous when it comes to cigarettes, it's like walking into an ashtray, the place needs to be fumigated. The crowd is kinda blah, the bartenders are kinda blah, the drink prices are a bit steep... see what I'm getting at? The outdoor patio area is pretty nice though. This bar would be improved immensely if it banned smoking inside and replaced the carpeting with any kind of hard floor. There's definitely potential but the management needs to make some changes.


Aaron1966
Aaron1966
Over a year ago

Nice Place

As always good crowed here. Drink are okay littlehigh on the prices. Bar tenders a little over wellemed with the handling the crowed. Good mix of music.


wolfpacknc
wolfpacknc
Over a year ago

Could be great...

This would be a great local bar but the smoke is nearly unbearable. I know so many people who avoid CS for this reason.


simonsimon
simonsimon
Over a year ago

Great time

I haven't been to City Side in years, but recently returned and had an awesome time. The crowd was surprisingly young, good looking, and friendly. The renovations were definitely worth it. Kudos, City Side!


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