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| - I'm giving this bar a generous 2 stars because a) $3 drinks and b) it's not the worst place I've been.
It is, however, the worst I've ever been treated at any bar/club in Toronto. In actuality, this place does not deserve anything more than 1/2 a star in my books, and sadly, that's mainly because of the staff this bar employs.
We came here to celebrate my birthday last night, a Saturday. Friends of mine highly recommended it saying it was fun and cheap. No bottle service, but I did make a guest list. Here is how the night got progressively sour:
#1:
3 of my friends on my guest list who were ahead of us had to pay $10 cover. They were denied any refund even after explaining they were on guest list.
#2:
When I went to show the bouncer my ID, he literally pushed his finger into my collar bone, suggesting (quite physically) I move back. Couldn't he ask?! No, I wasn't misbehaving, just walked up 'too fast'.
#3:
15 minutes of being inside, and the coat check girl had misplaced my brother's jacket, which held his car keys, and which he had NOT checked in. She *promised* me she did not have it. After almost 40-45 minutes of trying to reason with her, she decided to check for it, found it, and ended up apologizing because yes, she did check it in without his knowledge.
#4:
While I was trying to reason with the coat check girl, my other friend tried to talk to a bouncer (big mistake) about the situation. Needless to say, he was unhelpful. When she asked to speak to someone who COULD help, he shoved her back using his chest and said "go find someone then!". My friend got angry but did not get physical or excessively rude, but stated her frustration. His response to this was to grab her arm, which was promptly followed by another bouncer grabbing her other arm. Seriously guys? You need 2 bouncers to hold back a 5'6" girl who was neither violent nor drunk?!
This was just a few of the things she had to go through with this bouncer. I haven't even stated the rest.
#5
After all of that was sorted out, we tried to get past it with some drinks. About 15 minutes later, my friend gets kicked out because he (rightfully) called the bar "shit". He wasn't allowed to even get his jacket and this is Canada in February, people. Power-trip much?!
#6
We still stay, unfortunately. About 20 minutes after that incident, my other friend gets kicked out for being "too drunk". She was neither falling, misbehaving or puking. Yes, she was drunk. Drunk enough to be kicked out without a warning at the very least? Definitely not.
#7
While I was standing, waiting for my friends, a bouncer literally shoves me aside with his body because "I was in the way". I have no idea what I was in the way of, and I don't understand why he didn't just ask me to move first.
Those are just a few of the reasons why my night out for my birthday was spoiled by the bouncers of this establishment. I believe they are completely ruining the experience of a bar that would otherwise be decent, albeit a little too crowded.
We decided to make the best of it and went to the lower level (which is actually probably one of the only two pros of this entire bar - avoid the upper level unless you plan on sitting at a table all night - because you'll probably be "in the way" if you decide to walk anywhere on that floor), and ended the night having a decent time dancing. Music was nothing special - unmemorable mixes of top 40. Space was okay, nice place to dance, bar was close by. But I had basically lost most of my mood as half of my party was now gone, and the few of us left were still really disgusted with the bouncers' behaviour. We ended up leaving shortly after that.
All in all, this place had a great concept - casual, cheap & quality drinks for the price, bearable music. But it lacks any kind of professionalism in terms of their staff (I have to mention that the bartenders were quite nice). My friends and I feel that the bouncers were rude and rough to the point where we felt violated. I've NEVER been treated this way at any bar or club anywhere, and nothing that any of us in my party did was even remotely close to being bad enough to have to endure the treatment we did - it was actually their mistake on more than one occasion.
Also, there was a couple pretty much doing the dirty on the dance floor downstairs, butt showing and everything (gross). They didn't seem to get kicked out for THAT. Great standards.
This was my first time here, but I would be hard put to be back here if something doesn't change. As of right now, I do not recommend it and encourage anyone to avoid it.
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