The bald guy at the door wouldn’t let my husband and his friend in. Said they needed note women with them. My friend and I got there early and came outside to get them and be their “women” but he said we didn’t count. He wouldn’t even let them pay to get in. My friend had a table and he still wouldn’t let them in. He said the friend needed to get up from his table and walk outside to prove we were together. But then 3 white men walked in with no women with no problem. It was hip hop night and they wouldn’t let black men in. Ridiculous. I’ve never felt so violated. Never going back.

If it’s gonna be about a 30minute wait just let the people in line know and we’ll go somewhere else. This line doesn’t move and they let about 30-35 other people fromThe side lines. I hope this place realizes how it’s treating their people in line. Sorry, this is kind of bulls***t.FYI only about 10 people in front of me....

Great place for drinks and dancing in a small, cozy and intimate yet modern atmosphere. Music was excellent, drinks were well blended and we loved the photo booth! Bathrooms were clean and attendants were helpful. Bar staff was friendly and fast. Crowd was beautiful, stylish and well to do. Parking can be a challenge, and this place gets packed on weekends so get here and plan ahead. Highly recommended.

Me and my girlfriend come here frequently! This place is the best place to be in Uptown after 11:30PM. Security has always been solid and attentive. We always get great service from the bar. Chris is a great bartender who is quick to make a great drink.Arlinda always provides grade A service when we get bottle service. Totally would recommend to anyone wanting to have a fun night out. Dress code is strict therefore I would recommend dressing up.

Fun fun fun! Good music ( DJ Pete mash). went there last week and we had fun! Small space more fun!

I am a physician from Boston who came to Dallas to celebrate my birthday. My boyfriend and I watched several other people get in......when we walked up the manager said clearly to the bouncer we are bottle service only. I was blown away. We had bottle service the night before at The Playground and it was fab but clearly this establishment does not want African Americans in their club. If u want a cool vibe go to the bar right up the street.

Great atmosphere and amazing customer service. Plus they had a lot of beautiful women there too.

They definitely discriminated on who they let in and they changed up the rules last night. I have only been here once, maybe would return to talk to the owner. Bouncers are disrespectful and rude. The female services have to wear barely anything (dress code) while the men servers are completely and fully clothed; wouldnt bother me so much if the ladies got to keep their tips but it is all split amongst the men workers too, but who actually earned those tips though?We were trying to leave through an exit door (makes sense, right?) Tell me why this bouncer physically grabbed and pushed my sister back. She is 53?Definitely would have preferred/appreciated a verbal warning first.My friends of color werent let in.I cannot fully express how the treatment of people in this place enraged me. I have worked as a bar tender and as a customer service rep.. this place is just plain inhumane.

I Brought my friend into Citizen tonight for bottle service for her birthday, while we were there her wallet got stolen, and my jacket was stolen. Over all, I wouldnt go back. No check to put up jackets or purses when you walk in and its overly crowded with a lot of moochers trying to take your bottles.

High end bar indeed. Staff was amazing plus hot girls were there.

Staff is very very RUDE! There are way better places in Uptown. With better services

Really cool environment. This is one of the upscale bars in the area with strict dress code. Only downside is that its kinda small

Exclusive, fun and sexy. I come here when I want a safe environment to run into all my best friends and neighbors. Owners are great people & down to earth. Bouncers are awesome, very professional. They let the cool people in and keep the bad attitudes out. Getting a drink can be a challenge when packed. This place is geared toward an upscale mature crowd.

Always have a good time when I swing by. Bartenders are some of the best in Dallas. The theme is typical Dallas nightlife with an interesting house party twist. I usually come and hang out on the patio but bottle service is also good here. You can try to find parking on street but valet is the best way to go. Dress code is strictly enforced and you need to be prepared for a hard door (arrive early).

The owner was extremely nice and accommodating. The bar staff was very quick and efficient and clean. This is probably our new go-to place for an awesome night

Hottest club in Dallas right now. The reason why Im giving it 3 stars is because we ordered a 595$ bottle of Don Julio and they brought out a 1500$ bottle of Clase Azul saying they didnt have any more of the other bottles... seriously!?The waitress was really trying to get us, we brought it to her attention and she switched out the bottle to a different tequila of the same tier. She even told us the club would close as 3am and we bought the bottle at 2am. They closed early at 2:30am, so that gave us 30 minutes to drink a whole bottle of tequila. We didnt even get half way

The night started off decent... Snoop Dogg came out and eventually the entire club smelled like weed. Made me sick to my stomach I know some people like that but it did made me enjoy the concert at all.

An honest review. My two friends and I came here early in the night (around 11:15) on a the 2nd of February. There was no line and honestly the place had little activity/dead. I should mention that we were all smartly dressed and are young black professionals in the DFW area. When we attempted to enter, we were told by the attendant, Chase that we didnt have any girls and that it was going to be too busy later that night. I was shocked by his comments because logically, when it isnt busy youd want to let in people so they can buy a few cocktails as was our intention. Not to mention the degree of misandry that we need women to be admitted. Can we pause for two seconds to ponder on the level of public outcry that would ensue if a woman of legal age, in the 50 states was refused admission to an establishment simply because she didnt have a man or husband along side her. I submit to you that misandry is equally as discriminatory as misogyny but sadly it seems that weve become immune to it. The whole bit about it being too busy later and needing women was just a racist and discriminatory tactic similar to the dress codes at bars around the area. Needless to say, I will not be returning. If youre a minority going here just be aware that you may be treated as less than. For me, no amount of fun or good time is worth my dignity

Will never come back thanks to RUDE bouncer who treats certain demographics like they are worthless. People in front of me got treated with respect bc the bouncers knew them. Thats fine, but treat ALL people with respect!

The music is really wack very boring place don’t even waist your time on going very disappointing

We received bottle service but 1 star service. Staff is a disgrace; doorman arguedwith me for an unprescribed amount of time when we were leaving because I told him that before we had received bottle service, my friends and I were sitting down and someone else had ordered bottle service and the man working rudely and disrespectfully told us to move when EVERY other table was empty in the place. It rubbed me the wrong way, which I get you want to make people feel special BUT BE NICE- It’s not that hard. You work in hospitality and I guarantee you, if you want to stay in business unlike half of the Dallas bars, treat your customers right, and Citizen- you did not. I don’t “club” anyway, we just happened to be out after a holiday Christmas party and everyone suggested Happiest Hour and I insisted on Citizen... next time I’ll listen to my friends. I hope the staff receives some training on manners and maybe this place won’t go under like so many others.

Like others have said if youre African-American you wont make it in, or theyll treat you like youre nothing. The ironic part is I was with my cousin who plays for the cowboys and he could afford to spend obscene amounts of money but after he saw the way they treated me we went to Quill.

This place is a place you have to go if you are in Dallas ! Great service, great setup and you never know who might show up from the celebrity world !!

I would give this place NO STARS, but Google would not let me write this review until I at least gave it one star. This place has a certain an image that that it wants to maintain and an obvious look it wants to have. That look does NOT involve catering to black patrons. Last night (11/24/2018), I observed and was actually victim to a practice at clubs I know to turn certain patrons away. That’s the “if you’re coming in, you gotta buy a table” tactic. Last night, my girlfriend, her roommate and I were going to meet up with another group of her friends who were already inside. I’m a black male and I valeted my truck and we all headed to the entrance. We were created by the door guy who proceeds to tell us when we get to the door this song and dance about “come back at 1:00am, we’ve got folks that bought tables and we’re waiting on them”. He proceeds to tell me “they have them reserved.” Then out of the other side if his head tells me “you all can come in, but you have to buy a table”....but y’all are sold out of tables? Why would I buy a table if they’re all reserved? It was a little odd and to be honest, I thought nothing of it. We go back to the valet and while I was waiting on m truck my girlfriend stayed by the door to alert her friends that we were outside. They proceed to tell her that they were not told they needed to buy a table and simply were ID’d and allowed entrance. As I waited for the truck, my girlfriend (who’s Indian and her roommate is Hispanic) come to me and advised that several patrons were allowed entry, but noticed that every single black patron was greeted with this same “you gotta buy a table” speech. I am one who has to gather intel, so I had to observe for myself. Luckily the wait to get my vehicle was long (we were waiting with other black patrons who’d been told this and I compared notes with them). I also stood at the corner for about 20 minutes and observed. There were about 5-10 cars pull up, valet and approach the door. There was no “you gotta buy a table” offer extended to those individuals and it was about 20 people. But the black patrons were ALL greates with this speech. There was ONE large black male I observed enter but he was only in for about 5 minutes and came back out. I’m assuming he probably is a bouncer in the area and is known to them. Later in that night we were at Velvet Taco (we ended up in Deep Ellum at Stirr) and I ran into a friend (he’s Middle Eastern) and he confirmed our suspicions advising he knew the owner and was sorry that happened to me. That being said, I would encourage black patrons to avoid this place! They don’t want us there and it’s fine. Dallas has many places we can go to and spend our money and enjoy a night out with friends. I would recommend that this place NOT be one of them. Very disappointing and disheartened...I’ll buy a table somewhere else!

Awesome music!

I am a well groomed black man who walked up to the door last night 12/4/15 at Citizen and was looked upon with scorn and rejected by the door girl and told this is a high end club and I dont look the part.The people in front and behind me had similar clothing that look even less classy.I had on black jeans a long sleeve button down and dress shoes with a black fitted north face jacket.It was my first time there and I am a Doctorate student who had a tough week in school so all I wanted were some drinks and to listen good music.I will be officially contacting management and also emailing the Dallas Observer among other well respected news outlets such that others can be aware of the racial profiling that occurs there.....this is 2015 and that type of stuff does not belong in the city that I love so much...It must be delt with in a professional manner and those responsible should be held accountable for their actions.

Cool new spot, small spot. Went during the soft opening and really enjoyed the place, but when I went at 1am on a Friday, I wasnt allow in, place didnt look crowded at all, but was informed they were over capacity, as three people went in that knew someone! Prices are okay, same as the rest of uptown. Im just hoping that the door isnt going to run these games.

Nice place with a mixed friendly crowd. Very good music. Highly recommended

Love this place! Always a good crowd. It does get busy so make sure to get here by 11!

Way to packed... horrible set up... if the place caught on fire wed all die.. they wouldnt let us in even tho we had a table... in a horrible spot ... only positive is good music... wont be back.

If I could give this place zero stars, I would. First off, the two numbskulls that are the face of this establishment are not professional. Where else will you find two people who are the face of the bar partying with their own people every week. This bar has a lot of potential and could be one of the premier bars that Dallas has to offer but it misses the mark entirely. The outside patio is never open. The women in there are subpar at best and need to put the white down and put more trust in the weights. Theres hardly any melanated queens in there because they hardly ever let POCs in. The music is terrible as you cant even dance to the skribbles that the DJ is mixing. Chase, the neckbeard at the front, is everything that is wrong with this bar. The guy that works at the bathroom needs a pay raise for the outstanding efforts that he has shown. People dont waste your energy going to a bar such as Citizen. Theres plenty other bars that will let people in with groups that wont charge you over the head for a small section just to be disappointed.

I spend hundreds of dollars a week at this place. I have a few friends that work here and theyve always treated me well. Unfortunately, I happen to arrive one night at the same time Michael Finley (a Mavericks Legend!) and some of his friends arrived. They wouldnt let him and his friends in. The place was not at capacity because I went in and took a lap. Unacceptable and there is no excuse. Citizen has seen the last of me. At some point you have to humble yourself as an organization and if people are obeying your dress code, one should not judge. In no way will this post hurt them, they have a consistent clientele, but there are other cool places to go in uptown that omit the elites attitude.

Good drinks and fun club vibe

Good place to be on weekends.good crowd.

Great environment. And always good service.

If you want to see all The Who’s who of dallas this is your place. A renovated 1960’s style home is turned into a modern lounge that plays the best music in dallas. A patio and bar outside makes a perfeft place to enjoy a good time with dallas perfect weather.

Nice place and very good music!

Well never come back again the security they dont let me in they said pay 100$ to get in i pay after that at 2 am sunday night the black guy take the money and he said you good lol i come to spend money in this place but its not worth it i wanna ask the girl she workthere wheres the restroom she pushed me

Great place!!! Great music and overall great service!!!

This place is totally racist. A group of 5 of us (2 girls and 3 guys) was discriminated against simply because of the color of our skin. As we waited in line, the bouncer was letting everyone in until we got to the front of the line. He ask us if we had a reservation, we said no we didnt know a reservation was required. He said well I cant let you in without one. So we ask him why didnt he ask everyone in front of us if they had a reservation and he said the place is crowded now. So we step to the side and a group of white people came behind us and he just removed the rope and let them in without asking them if they had a reservation. We asked him what was up with that and he said I know them. We watch about 20 people in line he let in and not once did he ask anyone if they had a reservation. All of them were white. Mind you everyone in my group was well dressed with nice shoes and button down shirts and the ladies were overdressed compared to the women he let in. We are all college graduates, I even have a Doctorate degree. This is absurd that in 2016 racism is still alive. I cant believe a bar in Dallas, a diverse city, allows this type of bigotry. I will not be back and dont recommend anyone to spend their money in this establishment.

By far one of the most worthless establishment in dallas Texas. After standing in a very unorganized line for a hour and watching random people come up and walk in it ultimately comes down to the color of your skin. So if you are of a darker shin tone dont waste your time.

Thursday night. If it wasnt for Meetup event the place would have been empty. Bartenders provided quick, friendly svc. Room temp. could have been cooler. Small area so it can imagine it will get crowded on a FRI or SAT night.

Citizen Does not treat you like a CitizenDo Not GO HERE Went to Citizen few weeks back, on a Saturday for my wife’s birthday. The outside looks like an old rundown trap house. The Bouncer at the door whose name was Chase was completes POMPOUS JERK. Came with a group of 9 mixed guys and girls, he gave us a hard time that they weren’t letting anyone in without a table reservation. Although people were getting in without table reservations, our friend who was already inside had a table reservation, so he started to let us in. He checked our IDs as walked through, but when it got to me I was the only one in my party who was not let inside. I’ve been to uptown many times over the past years so I am aware of the strict dress code so I made sure to dress accordingly. There was obviously a race issue there since he let the rest of my party guys and girls of Latin and white races in. Will not be returning to this place, and do not recommend this place to anyone especially to my African American people. Concrete Cowboy or the Den are much better options in uptown, or just go to Deep Ellum where they know how to treat people like people!

Cozy upscale bar with very limited hours, good place for small private events

The security rude

Small area but amazing atmosphere

They only allow certain people go inside, and sometimes they will say they have an event, but there literally no line when me and my 3 three friends went there and we were very dressed and they use that excuse as opportunity not to let certain demographic of people into the bar.

Cool bar in the heart of Uptown. Very busy on the weekends.

Im a woman in her mid 40s and have lived in Dallas since 1989. With that being said I have definately been to a club or two in my day. Last night my first time in at least 10 years to go to a bar/club like this one and my review is this.... Its yet another Dallas hot spot, jam packed with 20 somethings, a fun and crazy social hot spot following in the grandfatherly footsteps of Decades of Dallas trendy clubs gone past. What would Dallas be without one? If you are a people watcher, expect to see tons and tons of scantily clad dressed beautiful women (emphasis on the word scantily) who give new meaning to the word dirty dancing and 20 something men who appear to be very very important in their own circle (emphasis on the word their). Other than that, my ears are still ringing. You wont be disappointed if you are looking to go out to a sexy Dallas hot spot and be flirted with by tons of hot people but make sure and get there way before 11 because the place isnt large and full capacity seemed to have been met at around that time and thats still with a long line down the street. Its sardine city in that place so cloister phobics need not apply.

Felt like being in West Hollywood...loved it

All I will say Racism still exist. Doesnt matter how well dressed you are or how expensive your clothes/bag/shoes may be, if you are black you are not getting in here. Im biracial and was with a group of 7 a mixed group I might add (black white asian biracial etc) my two girlfriends very well dressed in my opinion over dressed for this place were rejected so naturally none of us went in bc they couldnt and I the bs excuse we were given was we didnt have a reservation. I noticed none of the all white groups were asked this or had a reservation. I called the next day talked to the major of course they stuck by their door guy. Sad in 2016, 8 years under a black president, Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill we still have to deal with this type of blatant racism and bullshit. This place needs a reality check at the end of the day all money is green and spends the same

Well... How I explain this...We (me and my fiance ) like nice places to hagup, this supouse to be one of those. Well, Horrible decision. First, at the door they just let in wherever people they like...and the file is big very big. Second, someone had been take it out because it was extremely drunk, he puke in my shoes....Then inside the sardine package night club or werever this it. When to the restroom and a drunk guy pee on the wall.Drinks are ok but not for what they charge I dont mean to pay for drinks, but have to be good.Thay dont have good scoth or good brand of spirits cheap stuff..Never ever been so disappointed with a night club or lounge.

Small night club. Good music

One of the better Nightclubs in Dallas

If you go, grab a section. The DJ is dope

Worst. Place. Ever. Dont waste your time or your money.

Worst place Ive ever been too. They let me in once when I was with all white people but the second I came back with black people they said they were too full but still kept letting people in who were white. Dont go here if youre anything other than the color white because they will not let you in. Kenzie and the chase guy are the door are fake as hell. Dont trust this place

Sorry excuse for what a club is. Dont waste your time.

So. Much. Fun.

It is what it is...

Owner only caters to White or athletes does a bunch of cocaine in the kitchen and comes out belligerent and fraternizes with all the women in Dallas kicked a female customers in the face for being at the wrong table this place is always getting shut down by fire marshal very unprofessional

They would not let me in my friends in because we were in a group! I was only 4 of us.

Loud, crowded, not very attentive staff.

Great spot

Great atmosphere!!

Crowded and rude