Anna

The bar could have made so much more money if the bar tenders were more attentive. Also, I understand that more girls sign up for events like this, but it almost seemed 70/30 girls to guys.

Noah

The event was cool but there were a lot of guys than girls though. I would probably say charge girls a minimum amount and guys more. $20-$25 a ticket was a little steep. Overall had a fun time

Jorge

I'm straight and I got 3 matches, two of them were to be friends of the same genders, and the one with my partner match never happened cause the person didn't show up, so... Hope in your judgement...

Paul

LA matchbox events help bring people together in a fun venue. The crowd is composed of professional singles with interesting backgrounds. While the matchmaking helps you meet people, you will need to do the real work of starting conversations.

Alex

For some reason I was matched with 2 women and only 1 man. I put myself as a woman interested in men so that was odd and didn't make sense.

Kate

Although I had a good time, the way it was set up doesn’t help anyone. You are sent texts with your match, but no one is wearing name tags so you just have to wander around a crowded bar, which is not all people there for the event, and yell out someone’s name.

Danny

It was a good concept and attracted a good quality group of people, but it was a little chaotic. I think it needs either name, tags or photos or a host running it, because people would get text with their matches and couldn’t even find who they were. I only met one of my three matches.

Ryan

Host didn’t really do much and the ratio was really imbalanced. But people were friendly. Worth checking out, but there might be better events out there. Balanced with a better gender ratio and some actual structure and communication from the host.

Cristina

The event was advertised as 150 singles in a bar. There was maybe a solid total of 6-10 single men participating in the event. 10 might be generous.

carlos

It was very unorganized nobody know who was who it was like a free-for-all it needs to be a little bit more structured

Brittany

Definitely not going to a Thursday event again. Their tagline is insanely inaccurate “150+ people one bar all of them single” there were maybe 30 people mostly women AND I could count about 8 men and all of them a bit strange. So no there are better events.

Miryam

The problem was that nobody pulled in an age group who would be there and it literally was only 20s and 30 year olds so it was not in my age group whatsoever

Joshua

Event suffered from an imbalance of male to female ratios which is common. Still met a lot of people and was fun.

Yazmin

A lot of women for the men. Not great qualities of matches. No activities to socialize. I don’t recommend it

Bria

They are asking a few questions that the majority of people wouldn't answer honestly. Nothing about what the person is looking for. Being able to text is a decent idea but most people don’t respond after the initial hey

hayley

Wasn’t as I expected they were definitely more women than men at this one

hayley

There are a lot of glitches, like none of my matches found me

Kathryn

I said I was interested in men and most of my matches were women.

John Rae

Event was very hands off. The groups were a suggestion, people went to the more populated groups regardless of assigned number. The ratio was better than I expected but still skewed for men. It was basically just being at the bar and mingling. Not was what I was expecting for a more introverted person.

Charlie

I am a straight man and i got matched with a big bearded mexican guy. not worth paying 20 bucks for.

Jamie

Had a great time, met some cool people and made some genuine connections.

Chloe

Unfortunately, this event had more women than men, so two out of my three matches were friendship matches with other women. My one match with a man was weird, and I didn’t feel like we were compatible at all (or maybe we are but he’s a terrible conversationalist). He didn’t even make an effort to find me! The evening felt a little chaotic. It was a long time to fill out the questionnaire and mingle before getting our matches. And then when we get texted to go to groups, the groups were so clustered together that it was hard to differentiate them, and then impossible to find who our matches are. There was also a lack of enthusiasm from many men and women to search out their matches. Our host didn’t seem to help facilitate at all. As with many of these singles events, I end up meeting such lovely, smart, accomplished, beautiful, and interesting women. Sadly, the men were duds, mainly because they weren’t putting very little, if any, effort into the experience.

Sara

Ray Daniel

For me, it was just a phony event.

CJ

Was a little disappointed that for a second time in a row I got a “froen

Yoli

Venue was great but the men were not up to my expectations.

Judy

The crowd was weird. A lot of creepy older guys that wouldn’t leave girls alone.

Morin

Disorganized

Matthew

It was really great. Maybe less matching and more just getting people to know each other games and getting everyone to talk and included. Maybe open up on shared or unique interests that is still just talking and vibing in a bar. Like improve style games or something that opens people up and gets everyone included. Like maybe a questioner scavenger hunt as an idea.

Serjio

I thought this was going to be where we had to sit down and meet matches rather than mingle with strangers in a free for all. Was not what I was expecting. While I met a few people, my match ditched me in about five minutes to talk to someone who already chattered up with her earlier in the event. Just felt weird getting the match two hours after the event started.

Shauna

Tiny dots for the gender you’re interested in was a terrible idea. They kept coming off or sticking in your hair. Just was a bad idea. They should’ve done colored wristbands for the gender you’re interested in. They had wristbands, but had no value to the wristband. One of the matches that I matched with supposedly was wearing a wedding band because two other girls that match with him met him later two guy matches that I was matched with weren’t even there and not responsive ..there weren’t enough seats for the groups so people just wandered around and matches were very hard to find ..should’ve had name tags that would’ve made life so much easier.. probably should’ve included intro drink or past appetizers .. other events cost around the same and they actually give you a drink and appetizers ..Way more women then men and felt like a waste of my night.. chaotic and disorganized and 2 hours before you get a match is excessive. A 35+ event on a week night should been more time friendly.

Katie

We should have been able to fill out questions ahead of time so that we could get with our matches earlier. I know the idea is to promote “IRL organic mingling,” but tbh the mingling was way too long and 9/930 is too late for a lot of us to get down to business. Also ratio was way off of guys vs girls and selection for guys was trash :( it’s as if the apps were just thrown into a bar for one evening. More girls than guys, and girls were on average 7s and selection of guys were like 2s. Which speaks moreso to where we are at as a society sadly I suppose.

David

met more guys who were cool than women. The ratio was way off and the girls i talked to were more interested in getting the attention from as many men as possible while the men were struggling to talk to anyone. I talked to at least half the room and realized this was more for networking or friendship, dating is not ideal at these events

Dario

To many men

Ernesto

I liked the experience for the most part. However, I would have preferred if there was a question in the Matchbox asking what is your partner age preference range. And if there was a match result that was at least 2 names of people that best matched with you. Since event does not seem worth it if it hinges solely on one match considering if the person you matched with left early since event spanned too long. Also, if there was a suggestion (for first timers) to already start approaching even before event starts, that would've helped me take more advantage of the moment instead of waiting for just one match result. Some people didn't even check their phones when matching started or even knew where to go even though things were clearly labeled. Maybe some effort in directing the flow of traffic in event could have helped with retractable belt barriers. Was hard to move around and see if anyone interested you.

Ross

Nice venue

Ana

Honestly I had high hopes and was curious to see how the AI system would work with matches. But not all people were paying attention to their phones so they didn’t even know who they got matched with. Others went around person to person trying to find their match. The event started 2 hours after we were told to be there by 7 so matching didn’t start until several hours later. Ended up being told by a guy I looked too young so he doubted my age and in the end I made friends with another girl (that I didn’t match with either for the friendship) and we dipped the party by 10pm after we both didn’t like the matches and got ice cream and walked around the pier instead. So no this event was not a good vibe and it was a waste of time. Would not recommend this site, the host or this app again.

Alisha

The event seemed very disorganized. I wish there was a representative of the company that made announcements and gave instructions rather than it being on our phones. I also felt like the questions didn’t accurately portray romantic matches ( love languages, things you are attracted to in a person, interests, hobbies, job type also matter A lot in dating and none of that was adequately portrayed in the questions) It seemed like I kept getting matched with guys who had inept social skills with women. But since I am a kind person I still tried to engage in conversations but it was exhausting to do.

Nishi

I went into this event with no expectations except to get the number of matches the description said I would. I didn’t. I got one match who lived 3 hours away from me and who I didn’t seem to have anything in common with. I was supposed to get 3 matches, or at least that was what was advertised. I met some nice people during the time to mingle but I felt like the night in general was disappointing and a waste of time. I would not go to another event.

Zarmeen

crowd was mid

Carla

I attended this event with my friend. She received a very rude comment from one of her matches who called her a “stuck up bitch”. That message was sent through the 866 number the event provided attendees to text with and was received at 11:28pm after the event ended. Her and her match did not hit it off. I think it would be really important to not allow messages to be sent after the event ends. For our safety. His name was Shawn. Someone like this should not be allowed to attend such events.

Neil

I entered into the event as a hetero male seeking to connect with adventurous females, actually interested and for an exciting date 2 of 3 matches were males. None of the questions entered into activity options and energy considerations. The algorithm does not work. While I think inclusivity across sexualitues is important, modes and mindsets is more important. To get the most out of the night and the most value of the money spent, gay men want to go to an event for gay men. Lesbians want to go to an dating event filled with Lesbians. Straight women want to be excited about meeting their man. And Bisexuals will choose who they want to meet that night. It is the mode people are in. Also, segment according to themes. People are atteacted to certain styles and activities. Clue games. Sports Activities. Science challenges. Art Galleries. Too broad just becomes generic....

Cecilia

The questionnaires can be more specific like goals, hobbies, values, what we’re looking for. I matched with someone who’s looking for a mother to his child and another one not ready to date with intention. What’s the whole point of paying for match making, when it’s random. Feel like a scam. Also it would be great for the host to create ice breaker or activities rather than just disappear after checking people in.

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