Cobalt is a 17th St mainstay, anchoring DC's gayest street. Cobalt recently renovated interior creates a new sophisticated downstairs lounge while maintaining the pulsating upstairs dance floor.
We had a great time! Laid back downstairs, dancing upstairs! They don't use computers for orders & payment but they still moved pretty quickly. Patrons and staff were friendly! Unisex bathrooms.
Went on a Wednesday. Diverse crowd. Karaoke up top, Hipster crowd below. $20 min on CC, fast service, friendly faces. Two opposing feels from upstairs and down, which was nice. Not too crowded.
If you're mayor you can get a free drink! Because the mayor works here. He could probably get free drinks whenever he wanted, but it's nice Cobalt is being fiscally sensible.
This place is bullshit. Tabs are collected PER BARTENDER on a sheet like it was 1992. Couldn't close out with any bartender, only the one I opened with. Pretty sure my tab had drinks I didn't order
went to close my tab & the bartender said my card wasn’t on file. He was rude & unhelpful. after 20 mins he slammed it on the table and said dont come back. My card had been right next to him...