Union Electric Bar & Rooftop — Restaurant in Melbourne

Ok seeing as you’ve responded to my original review with a passive aggressive insult here is my real feelings about your Bar: Waiter suggested a cocktail that had sugar even though I told him twice I don’t like sugar in my cocktails but he only offered me one option (a daiquiri, which I’m sorry for bring ignorant, I didn’t know what it had in it) and it was so dark I couldn’t read your menu and choose something for myself, which even your waiter admitted. We had our phone lights on to read it but couldn’t really get any idea because waiter was talking to us and honestly wasn’t giving us much idea of what other cocktails I could have so I just went with it. Partner ordered a beer.

Got back from lol and my cocktail was on the table in what looked like an oversized sherry, a not quite white wine size, glass. I just said ti my partner “is that the cocktail? That’s tiny!”

Had said cocktail, was underwhelming to say the least.

Sat there looking around to see if the open be air bar had a smoking area…. Nope. Average music.

Waiter who served us eas walking around, talking really loudly, getting super chummy with group beside us. It felt like we were the uncool kids at school especially when I tried to say something to the waiter and he looked at me and totally ignored me. Awesomely over the the top try hard hipster shirts were just making me cringe inwardly and really the best thing about it was the roof that opened up.

The fact that the owner would bother to respond to my review by insulting me confirms that the owners of this bar think that everyone who doesn’t agree with them is far beneath them on daggy cheap arse train that we should go and wallow in our misery and never dare set foot in such a highly ranked bar on Google. Honestly go and check your pretentiousness and maybe come back with a bit of humility and realise that maybe your customers who review you badly have something to actually help you build a better stronger business instead of taking a dump on them. Just a suggestion. But otherwise keep enjoying your privelege and keep living in a bubble.

Secondly your beer choices were average and overpriced as well. The waiter

Original review: I Was very nice with the rooftop open. Sadly no smoking upstairs although it’s a drinks only bar and cocktail was tiny for $18. Bartender was a bit OTT and not genuine. Probably...

This used to be my favorite spot and I was a regular a few years ago. Recently, I’ve returned a few times for Martinis but I’ve noticed a lot has changed. They no longer make Martinis glass by glass and while I understand it can get busy, it feels like there’s a lack of care now. I requested a specific gin, only to see the bartender use a premixed Martini bottle from the fridge without even measuring the vermouth. The taste wasn’t terrible but it certainly wasn’t impressive. They also no longer offer a glass of water. Overall, the service seems more focused on speed than on providing a good experience. Quite disappointing.

One more thing - one of the staff members was quite rude. I’m not sure if he’s a manager but although he spoke politely to customers, his attitude came across as sarcastic. It’s hard to explain but I felt uncomfortable ordering from him. He’s the one who gave me the impression that speed was prioritized over care.

I apologize if I’m mistaken but my comments are based on my experience compared to how things were a few years ago. I hope this feedback helps improve your service, even if...

DISGUSTING service and drinks at this bar.

Bar is small and cramped.

Drinks took ages to come out, I asked the staff 3 times where our drinks were and they said they'd bring it it out. Half an hour later, turns out they had given away our drinks to another table. By the time our drinks arrived, they had missed some of our orders.

They weren't even busy.

Also ordered a vodka soda, I saw the bartender literally pour tap water into our drink because they ran out of soda water.

Place was awful, especially considering it was a Saturday night. Don't waste your time here. Pathetic excuse for drinks and even worse staff.

Additional: I asked 3 separate staff members who gave me the same reply, so instead of blindly trusting them take the criticism and move on.

The vodka soda was flat, the in-house soda clearly isn't working.

You're the one who's doing the personal attacks. What I wrote was an honest review of what I experienced on the day.

What good would contacting you directly do? Especially if this is how you react to...