BalMar aka: Bal Mar

There are so many great bars in Ballard. Why go here?

I went here when it had first opened up. They had 25% off everything that month; what a deal! I found the food and service to be rather nice, but there were never whole lot of other people there and things were more relaxed.

Now that their grand opening promotion is over, I would still go back, but only if it was early and not crowded. A few times I had been in the area and considered going, but I looked in and it was way crowded and more very loud bar, and I personally am not into that (if my purpose is to eat anyway).

Unless you go on an off night, this place is too loud to talk. Not to mention that I received some undercooked salmon here once. Hard to get the attention of the waitstaff, too. Overall… there are better places to go in Ballard.