Summer Bar & Lounge

The place is great, very relaxed environment, but a little pricy for Oakland. 24$ for 2 absolute is more expensive than SF 7/10!!!

Went here for a bday party because we were told there would be gogo boys on Friday night. There were no gogo boys 🫩 A bummer for our bday boy. Asked the bartender and he told us their FB page hadn't been updated in a long time. It was also strange that for a Saturday night they had no DJ. They had YouTube on shuffle. Requested music eventually because we heard the same Michael Jackson songs on repeat for the first hour 😅

I have never been treated so nonchalantly at this place before and this particular bartender who states he is the owner and manager was completely out of pocket. He put someone else drink on my tab claimed he showed me the total, which he did not. He waved his hands like I'm a fly and I did not appreciate that.

Was told that this was a LGBT spot. Well tonight must be a special night because it was certainly only straight men. The bartender told me that it was a gay club then told someone else "No, do you see any gay men in here?". Gay men just can't have their own place to socialize without females and straight men intruding smh.

Usually it’s cool up in here. Tonight 11/22-11/23 the main bartender is moving differently when the owner isn’t around. Typically we can come in here and take turns queueing up songs on the computer. Suddenly the bartender tonight decided that no one can touch the computer after a certain time based on arbitrary considerations. We are regulars in this bar. Unfortunately this specific bartender had a woman in here tonight and suddenly this man runs the entire process differently than usual. Not a fan of this selective process when it comes to the community music selection that brings me in to Summer bar. Typically this bartender is taking shots and smoking out of what seems to be his personal bong behind the bar. When we told him this isn’t the usual process of the night he became very aggressive to the point where I don’t feel comfortable even queuing up songs anymore. Unfortunately I am super disappointed as a regular of this bar.

The party goes down, at this,spot. I love the bartender. And the drinks are of the hook,

Great bar, fun karaoke spot! Bar tender/owner is fantastic! Super approachable and fun location.