Bon Vivant — Restaurant in Lagos

Besides being just an average club in a small town in Portugal that even charges a €10 entry fee, Bon Vivant has shown itself to be a place that protects abusers rather than its customers.

During my visit, I personally witnessed a shocking situation: a staff member undressed a girl wearing a dress in front of the entire floor.

When I confronted him, he didn’t deny what had happened. Instead, he resorted to the classic excuse: “she was asking for it.” As any decent person would, I was furious and immediately reported the incident to both security and the manager. They assured me the issue would be handled. However, when speaking with the girl who was attacked, the managers dismissed the whole incident as nothing more than “a joke in poor taste.”

Let’s be clear: this was a man over 40 who pulled at a young woman’s dress for more than 40 seconds. Even if it had been a mistake (which it clearly wasn’t), he had plenty of time to stop and apologise—something he never did. Instead, the manager attempted to calm the girl down and even tried to “buy her off” with a bottle of water.

Minutes later, the aggressor was seen outside casually chatting with the same security staff we had reported the incident to, acting completely normal and even calling the victim “crazy.”

It became obvious to me that the management had no intention of taking real action, and the staff member’s behaviour suggested this was far from an isolated case.

To sum up: • Ladies, this bar is absolutely unsafe and not women-friendly. • Gentlemen, please don’t support an establishment that tolerates and protects this kind of behaviour.

Btw, I saw the manager response to this review but sadly I can’t reply to it so let’s go step by step. “There's no basis in what you're saying” I was there. “There was a joke with a gas bottle” so ig undressing a person in front of 40 people is hilarious. “her friend tried to create a problem by blackmailing her with free drinks” she was alone. The person that blackmailed her with drinks was the man who did that terrible act.

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