Liquid Restaurant and Lounge

Category: Bar in San Jose, California

Address: 32 S 3rd St, San Jose, CA 95113, USA

Phone: +14082933800

Opening hours

Sunday: 5PM–2AM

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: 11AM–10PM

Wednesday: 11AM–10PM

Thursday: 11AM–2AM

Friday: 11AM–2AM

Saturday: 5PM–2AM

Reviews

Ki-Jana Hernandez

Apr 29, 2022

Great drinks, great music, nice scene. Cool employees and the girls get down. Not the biggest space but not small either. Went on a Thursday night and it was still cool. Not hella packed. A chill vibe with nice lights and couch seats.

Turaab Tahir (David)

Nov 20, 2021

The music is nice. The vibe is good only because of the diversity in the croud. The bartenders are extremely slow and not so professional. One could go here on special events.

Fressh Promotions

Sep 2, 2021

Hands down the best most greatest experiences, u will ever have mark my word. This is the place u and ur family & friends will want to throw ur B-Day Parties

David Boeger

Apr 28, 2018

My wife and I went to this place earlier in the week, and it was a very pleasant surprise. My wife is Chinese, and crazy about hot pot, so we have it all the time. We have it at home pretty often, and we've been to just about every hot pot restaurant in the area. So when we heard about this one's $15 deal on Yelp, we had to try it. When we walked in, we actually kind of froze for a bit and thought we ended up in the wrong place. This place doesn't look anything like a typical hot pot restaurant. It is very much a Western style bar, although it's a lounge and karaoke bar, so they have a stage but no screens for sports or anything like that. So if music and karaoke are your thing, this is your kind of bar. But they serve hot pot. It's a very unique combination, and it would be very easy to write it off for that reason. Let me say this: you'd be doing yourself a disservice not to try this place at least once and decide if it's for you. I mean, if you don't want to take kids to a fully stocked bar, I understand. But for adults looking to try a new hot pot place, just do it. Honestly, there aren't many places like this anywhere, so I appreciate that it's one of a kind. The #1 reason this place gets 5 stars is the woman behind the hot pot. She is fantastic. We've never been treated better at a restaurant, and she felt completely genuine. Not only did she make and serve everything herself, but she talked to us about all kinds of things. It was also immediately clear she cares very much for her customers. She was telling us how she's trying to balance the types of ingredients with cost because she wants hers to be a better deal than others in the area. She also gave us the special Yelp deal without us even asking and told us how to get it in the future. She repeatedly refilled our milk teas multiple times, which is something other places simply won't do. She not only packed our leftovers to go, but she gave us a separate container of brother as well, and insisted that she wouldn't feel she was providing a service if she didn't. I kid you not, she offers a level of service and kindness that virtually no other restaurant can provide. Granted, we were the only ones there early on a Tuesday, but I can assure you someone like that doesn't just forget about the customers when things get busy. As for the price, the $15 deal is great. It's a flat $15 with tax included for the hot pot, a drink such as milk tea or lemonade, and rice. No other hot pot place comes anywhere close to that deal. They do achieve this by going a little light on the meat and heavy on the cheap ingredients like radish and bean sprouts, but I actually like this because the hot pots at other places leave me way too full. So yeah, this place wins hands down on both price and service. So what about taste? Well, admittedly, it was a bit mixed. But again, we've only been once, so it's hard to say. The Japanese sukiyaki soup was easily one of the best we've ever had. It was incredible. Amazing. I highly recommend. The Sichuan mala was alright. It was a bit disappointing considering that's sort of the typical flavor you'd expect to be done right. But again, she was fully aware of this and explaining how she was looking to improve it. The soup was spicy, but not in the usual burning way, more like a strong nasal way like black pepper. Not bad, but the sukiyaki was just out of this world by comparison. They have 5 flavors, which I think is actually good because a lot of hot pot restaurants have large menus with multiple confusing options that don't really different much. I fully expect this place to not only have some great flavors, but to improve on the lesser ones over time. So yeah, unfortunately, I'm afraid the core Asian audience for hot pots may not give this place the chance it deserves because of it's unique premise. But they should, because the price is great, the service is better, and there's no other place like it. If the setting is not for you, so be it. But I highly doubt anyone will regret at least giving it a shot.

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Questions & Answers

Can you get in at 18

Keke Tv | Aug 24, 2019
Ang K | Aug 24, 2019

No. Its 21 and over

is the liquid lounge bar 18+

Ozioma Nwankwo | Aug 24, 2018
Brandy Morgan | Aug 24, 2018

It is 21+

What kind of music do they play ?

Marco Herrera | Aug 23, 2020
Manny Lopez | Aug 23, 2020

Rap and live rappers and rand b singers

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Is this club 18+

lisa chavez | Aug 24, 2019
Jazmonae Williams | Aug 23, 2020

So if I get VIP 18+ can come

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Is there dress code at liquid

Robert Cocjin | Aug 24, 2018
Brittany Mobley | Aug 24, 2018

Nope but I will say casual

Is there an entry fee?

Mireya R | Aug 24, 2018
Etienne Harmon | Aug 24, 2018

Yes there is..Sometines it might be $10 and sometimes it's $15...Real cool with the T.v's on a full wall and at the bar playing the music video to the song that's playing.

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