The only reason why I'm leaving two stars is because we eventually had a server come to our bar table (after having been there for a couple hours) and she made the entire negative experience much better with quick service.
I will start by saying we were there for St. Patrick's Day/our friends birthday so yes we knew it would be busy. However the bar itself should have known it would be busy too and scheduled an all hands on deck type of night. Maybe they were short staffed (it was obvious) sure, but the blatant disregard for paying customers by your bartenders was insulting.
We stood there WAITING for over 30 minutes before even being acknowledged. We watched the same bar patron be served over and over and over again, maybe it was his wad of $20's he kept flashing around and they assumed he would leave a good tip if they gave him all of their attention. The icing on the cake was a new group showed up and waited about 5 minutes before being served while we were still ignored. It was completely ridiculous.
I'm a GM myself, and would never tolerate that type of behavior. There clearly was NO bar manager present, and if there was... well there's your problem.