The Kava Konnection - Kava Bar Experience

The Kava Bar is the most chill, boho, eccentric hangout that you need to put on your date night list. They offer lots of different Kava options including sedating and uplifting premium strains. The clientele and staff are laid back. Board games, books, and musical intruments are free for the borrowing. Couches and tables to sit down and get some serious relaxation in.

I’ve been coming to Kava close to daily for a year (minus 4 days!). I have had nothing but good experiences with the staff, service, and drinks. The staff is very knowledgeable about what they serve and if you’re ever dissatisfied with drinks/ products they are more than willing to remake or change things to your preference (within reason of course). They’ve made this place a very welcoming and safe environment and are great at keeping it that way. This establishment has an outstanding group of staff and regulars/customers, who have become a huge part of my life over the past year. I’m beyond grateful for having been introduced to this place and thankful for the staff who have made it clear to me, and others, that they value us and our experience here.

This place is very different which I absolutely love to try different things. The Kava is different it will take getting use to the numbing and tingle in/on my tongue was very interesting. The server was patient and explain everything let me try samples to see if Kava was a yay or nay for me. Which it was and went back a second time. Definitely will be back for the occasional need to wind down and relax.

Over the past few months Kava has become something I look forward to daily. The kind staff, well made drinks, and friendly living room like environment are a great place to wind down, meet new people, or do some work.

This bar is serving kratom tea made with powder rather than the leaf of the kratom plant, this makes the effects of the kratom last for a shorter time with all the worst side affects, shaking, nausea, and dizziness, it also makes the tea far more addictive making it easier for their clients to become physically addicted to the product with withdrawal symptoms similar to those of opioid withdrawals. This is the easier cheaper way out for the business and has been proven at other kava bars to be the WORST method for the customer/ consumer. When i asked a staff member to explain the difference between two drinks for me he seemed completely lost and clearly didn’t have menu knowledge. The staff is also inhospitable and aggressive, they’re are plenty of lounge areas and people doing work, studying, and having meetings making it appear similar to a coffee shop where you can grab a nook and a drink she get some work or phone calls done, yet even if you go there regularly and make purchases they aggressively approach you to make a purchase immediately after arriving, opening at noon and trying to force customers to start their day with a product that will make them high and impair they’re function for the rest of the day. Furthermore they make the tea unreasonably strong by using the powder and if you don’t buy more than one tea in a short time of being there, they claim you “haven’t bought anything at all” implying it is not enough to bring friends and all purchase 1-2 drinks. This is not a bar and is more similar in atmosphere to a coffee shop, yet just this morning i went to do some work at a fabulous local coffee shop and only purchased one matcha along with my friend who also purchased one drink; while we did a few hours of work. As someone who has worked in bars, kava bars, and coffee shops this is very typical if it’s mid day and you’re not at a bar/ night club being force fed drinks. This bar should provide a more welcoming environment if they want lasting regular customers and they have proven to me multiple times now they don’t care about their customers which was and should have been obvious to me when i found out they were using powder!