THE GOELANDS BAL A PAPA — Restaurant in Arcachon

Avoid at all costs, unless you support misogyny! I wish I could give this place zero stars as it doesn't even deserve one star. My girlfriends and I were unfortunate enough to think that this place could be the perfect spot for our Saturday night during our bachelorette weekend getaway. More wrong we could not have been!! Not only is the place extremely expensive for what it is (10 euros for a drink in Arcachon?!! Even in Paris, you can find cheaper drinks at better places) but the music and ambiance were both terrible! The worst part of all was when the owner VERY RUDELY kicked out my friend, THE BRIDE TO BE, after she talked to one of the ladies sitting at the bar (his exact words were: "don't speak to my girl"). He had security come in and grab my friend by her arms extremely forcefully (she had bruises) until we intervened. We had barely spent 2 minutes inside this sad hole in the wall and had ordered 5 drinks (worst 50 euros ever spent). I am still in shock as to what transpired that night - it is LITERALLY insane that the owner of the bar would behave in such a horrible way towards a woman (misogynistic seems to appropriate). The saddest thing of all is that it was barely 11pm, so this sad excuse of a man cannot even argue that we weren't in the right state of mind - we had just finished dinner across the street at La Suite. The only thing we can do is spread the message, and spread the message we will - in Paris and internationally!...

If i could, i would give this 0 stars. This is very easily the most despicable experience i have ever had. The staff is unbelievably xenophobic. The staff was picking on our group purposely, making fun of our accent because our french was below average. In particular, the manager called tony was incredibly unwelcoming and biased towards our group. Remarks were made about our choices of clothes, making our female friends horribly uncomfortable. The clients were almost as bad as the workers, scouring every possible opportunity for an unnecessary fight. I would not recommend this to my worst enemy, and am praying for an immediate change in management and personnel.

Good luck to anyone who sets foot in this establishment, unless you are very french and/or very rich. A true shame to the country, which has thus far been such a delight and...

ne tentez pas d’y aller si vous n’avez + de 30 ans et tous les critères abusifs qu’ils demandent… on vous trouvera des excuses bancales et ridicules pour que vous n’entriez pas. on vérifiera d’abord: votre carte d’identité, permis, carte vitale et compte instagram!!! un vrai interrogatoire. par ailleurs, si vous êtes habillés de façon tout à fait correct et normal, vous ferez l’objet de critiques: « la prochaine fois, faudra pas s’habiller comme des « jeun’s » comme vous dites » pardon??? donc en + de leurs critères d’âges, si vestimentairement parlant vous n’êtes pas à leur hauteur, vous risquez de ne pas pouvoir entrer. tout ça dans un accueil avec une bonne humeur et un respect inexistant. à la limite de l’humiliation… si vous ne voulez pas nous laisser entrer car nous ne correspondons pas à vos vieux critères, il faut le dire clairement, et pas en tournant autour du pot et en étant irrespectueux. bref, si vous voulez aller à l’ehpad et qu’on vous dicte votre style vestimentaire tout ça dans un respect absolu, allez y… a mon avis, la moitié des clients ne peuvent pas entrer passer une bonne soirée à cause des vigiles qui vous choisissent au physique et selon leur humeur. nous n’y...