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| - I want to start by saying I actually loved this bar, however, my experience with a particular bartender has forced me to write this and consequently I will never recommend this place to anyone.
I went to the bar this Saturday, the 20th of May, all was fine until we were served by an incredibly rude female bartender with curly black hair. I have never in my life experienced such anger and abuse from a 'server'. We ordered two alcoholic beverages 'ruby slippers' and two waters. She immediately responded with 'I know this is a gay bar but could you order anything gayer?', rolled her eyes and walked away to make our drinks. I am a heterosexual female but I found that comment very offensive. I brushed it off thinking she was just trying to be 'funny' and thought she either hates her job or has had a terrible day. I am all for giving people the benefit of the doubt!
She came back with our 2 alcoholic beverages, asked our name for the tab and went off to serve someone else. We were a little confused as we didn't get our waters, however, we continued to wait. She placed two clear beverages in front of us. I wrongly assumed that this was our water, i took one of the glasses and gave it to my partner. The bartender swung around and literally went off her head screaming 'Where the FUCK is the other drink?!' 'SOMEONE STOLE MY FUCKING DRINK' , i said, 'oh i'm sorry, I thought it was our water!'. I was extremely upset by this because i really hate being sworn at, it was an honest mistake and I did not think her extremely aggressive response was in any way appropriate. She screamed at me to give it back (which I did, I wanted WATER), was furious my partner had taken a sip (thinking it was WATER) and slammed it in the sink. I was actually scared by her aggression.
She then proceeded to tell the customer whose drink i had 'taken' that I had 'STOLEN' their drink. Totally uncalled for. She came back over, told me to 'keep my fucking hands off the bar and to not take anything from the bar', i was very upset. I asked if we could please have our waters and she said 'YOU NEVER ORDERED WATERS FROM ME!', maybe from HIM (pointing to another bartender) but NOT ME!!!!'. She clearly didn't hear us when we ordered it and quite honestly this could've easily been resolved. A normal person would've apologised for not hearing me, just like I apologised for taking the wrong drink, and all would have been fine. But no, she continued to yell/swear at me. Please keep in mind, I do not yell at people, so this aggression was completely one sided.
This caused my partner to intervene as he was angry with how she was speaking to me. It was not okay at all. She then tried to diffuse the situation by telling my partner, that she was just 'yelling' because it is 'loud in here'. Well, does the noise also warrant you swearing at me? Absolutely not. I am not from this country, however, I am quite certain that you are not allowed to treat paying customers this way. I had numerous people (all who i did not know) come up to me after asking if I was okay.
When i was cashing out, I was served by a very nice bartender. I asked him if there was a way i could ensure that he got all my tip. He said that he was actually the owner and he gives it all to his employees. I didn't press it, but I really regret not telling him my experience because I was very, very upset with how i was treated and he seemed like a genuinely nice guy.
All in all, this bar is awesome however i am concerned about their choice of bartenders and why they chose to hire this horrible angry at-the-world woman.
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