Gold Sounds Bar in Brooklyn
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Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, US
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Site: http://goldsoundsbar.com/
- Monday:4PM–4AM
- Tuesday:4PM–4AM
- Wednesday:4PM–4AM
- Thursday:4PM–4AM
- Friday:4PM–4AM
- Saturday:2PM–4AM
- Sunday:2PM–4AM
I only came here for my friend’s band, but I won’t be coming back.The bartender was awful. She didn’t even know how to make specific drinks, she was rude to me and all my friends, she judged people for the drinks they ordered (the drinks that were on HER MENU) and she tried to give me $3 back for a $7 drink that I gave her $20 for.I hope you find some happiness in your life so you can start being nicer to your paying customers.
The atmosphere was awesome. The back venue for performances was okay. There was a huge ceiling leak and a garbage can (garbage included) to catch water in. The bartender this night was trippy as well. But he got the drink orders correctly and played pretty decent music.
Just played here and had fun. Solid venue, seems like it attracts some cool acts. Only issue came when the cashier we checked in with got extremely confrontational about us trying to bring our cameraman in, citing that he wasn’t part of the band. It wasn’t an enforcement of a rule (one I can somewhat understand), this felt more like a power trip. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue and, if policy still wouldn’t budge, we would respectfully pay for our guy, but the cashier was extremely rude and condescending. I ended up tossing the cash at the dude, which felt wrong but we had a show to play. Rest of the venue was generally nice and courteous, but I’ll remember this dude for a long time.
Utter garbage of a venue.Bands: dont play here even if they pay you.People looking to have fun: there are a lot more warm and welcoming places than this crap.Its the ultimate brooklynite location where you will get ridiculed by the bartenders if you order anything other than a Brooklyn lager or some other obscure beer because obviously, who isnt a beer connoisseur and full of themselves these days?Bands playing got kicked off of their sets early, with the justification that its too loud for their next door neighbor who is an old man. Really? Why even open a venue like this and book bands at unreasonable times.If I could give it zero stars I would.
PROS - Pretty much just the bar (front room):• Offerings decent, prices good, solid shotnbeer specials.CONS - Pretty much everything about music (back room):• Venue phone number is disconnected. No new number provided anywhere.• Website, calendar, and Facebook events pages not kept up to date.• Cenk (booking/band guy) takes days/weeks to respond to emails, if he responds at all.• Cenk also has the audacity to complain to bands about low attendance while he himself fails to publicize their events on the venues calendars.• Backline poorly maintained, and its list on the venue website is incorrect and incomplete.• Miserable acoustics. Slap-dash treatment clearly installed by someone with no relevant knowledge or experience.• Broadly, on the spectrum from novice to professional, the production capabilities, people, and practices at Gold Sounds score Fisher-Price (something like a D/D-).
Total reviews rating 4.3
137 Reviews for Gold Sounds Bar 2023:
Review №1
2022-06-12Shows are great and bar dj’s selection of music was on point- classic punk, pop, rock. Service was also really nice and helpful!
Review №2
2022-01-24Fred was a great bartender. Love that guys! Had a good time the sound guys rocks too! All the bands sounded great
Review №3
2022-04-22I thoroughly enjoyed the Signature vegan chix sandwich. If they ask if you need a fork to eat the sandwich, say yes. The sandwich is huge and over flowing. Great service. Cool venue.
Review №4
2022-06-15Love the place, the performances were amazing.
Review №5
2018-08-24Great place to see live music. I went last night to see some friends play and discovered other amazing that came in from out of town to play. The sound and lighting were excellent too. The drinks arent expensive plus the staff & patrons are pretty cool. Theres a pool table and jukebox too btw
Review №6
2022-05-02Amazing all vegan food menu by Night Kitchen @ Gold Sounds!
Review №7
2022-05-05Awesome venue, saw a great show there. Had good food as well
Review №8
2018-10-22This was my first time here for an amazing drag show. The actual service at the bar was underwhelming overall. Im unsure what the usual times are but the kitchen was fully closed all of Saturday. but the show was well worth it. I would definitely come back if only for the entertainment!
Review №9
2018-09-17Good prices and drink specials. Live music is separate from bar so you never worry about paying a cover to drink. Pool table. Well cooked bar food. Great overall staff and atmosphere.
Review №10
2021-12-01We were Bar hopping and landed at this place. Loved it cause of the 80s music and they had a pool table to enjoy the eveing. Also, great drinks