Blast — Restaurant in Nice

We had a very poor experience at Blast. The seats and tables are all so cramped together that you can barely have a couple centimeters to yourself.

It's nearly impossible to pass between tables, out of 2 cocktails. One was basically 80% ice, and what a scam for 10 euros a piece honestly.

The absolute worst part of the experience, however, was the staff manager. This unfriendly and unwelcoming individual has literally ZERO sense of service, he wasn't welcoming at all, he threatened us to not keep a couple seats available for our friends who literally arrived within 10 minutes while 30% of his bar was empty. He started forcing two gentlemen to sit where we expected our friends because he didn't want to allow them to sit where 4 people could because obviously he doesn't care about his customers, only how many ice filled cocktails he can sell them.

We also asked to go and sit upstairs because it actually looked like a nice area where the music wasn't so loud. There was no one there AT ALL. We were denied permission for no reason, and I assume it's because he didn't want to climb the stairs a couple of times. Why even have an upstairs area then?

This place is ridiculously below any of the French service standards I've been accustomed to.

If you are a tourist, avoid this place like the because locals will never set foot in such a poorly...

I've been there several times, never for just ''one'' drink, but for at least 2 or 3 plus some finger food and I've always tipped the waiters They should have known me and appreciate the fact that I was a loyal customer A couple of weeks ago I had a terrible experience with a waiter and I will never go back again Long story short ... I want to pay the bill and I show the waiter my debit card He abruptly says that the minimum payment amount is EUR10 (the bill was 7.80) I tell him that if that's the case I have to go to the bank and withdraw (again, they know me because I've been there several times) He rudely says 'if you leave you MUST leave something here, like your phone or something.. '' Given his tone and arrogance I say ''you either accept my card or I go to the bank to withdraw I'm not leaving anything behind''… finally the manager intervenes and they accept my card

I contacted VISA and they confirmed what I already suspected that the merchant can NOT impose minimum payment amounts

I have now filed a formal complaint and reported them to my...

came twice. once in a group of four where we were rudely told off for playing cards despite no instruction saying you can’t (it was a harmless game of uno and i am still confused about this as we haven’t had an issue anywhere else). a second time as a couple where we wanted to play pool, we were sat on a sofa next to the pool table and were seen to nicely, before being removed from our table as it was for a “bigger group”. a whole set of additional seats were assembled around the pool table making it nearly impossible for us to finish playing. we were then asked to pay our bill before we were done because it was getting “too busy” - this was fine but we were a little confused. we moved downstairs since we could no longer play pool and were placed outside of the covers - it began to rain without a few mins. despite countless new groups being allowed in, we were refused the option to move to a covered table despite asking on 3 occasions. staff clearly cared about getting as much business as possible rather than looking after the customers they...