Club 59 — Restaurant in Basel

We arrived here and tried to sit at the bar. The barman (in his mid 50s with some tattoos and grey hair) told us to move to the end of the bar because we would be in the way of him making cocktails (that's a pretty weird way to welcome people).

I then ordered a margarita while my girlfriend decided on what she would like.

He didn't make it. Instead he did some other things around the bar and then sat with some people who seemed to be his friends on a table. Nearly 10 minutes had passed and I mentioned to someone doing the glasses if he could get us some drinks. He was so nice and really apologetic.

But I'm afraid the damage was done. This guy really needs to learn how to offer people good service or his bar will just go downhill with reviews like...

We (4 people) came in 20m before closing, there was almost nobody else at the bar, so we weren’t taking up any needed space, but they didn’t let only one of us have a drink. The Virgin Moscow Mule was really good (not that you can do anything wrong with it). My friend got a nosebleed shortly after and the guy got angry at her for having said nosebleed and kicked us out because he didn’t wanna be responsible for it. His arguments speak for themselves : „What if someone drinks from her glass?“ „What are other people gonna think?“ „What’s the police gonna think when they inevitably get called?“ „I don’t wanna spend hours in the police station. Or the emergency room!“ „I don’t wanna have to DO FIRST AID, what a hassle, go have your emergency...

I and my sister arrived in Basel on Sunday when pretty much everything is closed so we decided to check out ”Club 59” and I would say - we will definitely be back! Staff was amazing and extremely welcoming. Would like to point out 2 girls - Jennifer - who made us come back on the next day and Daria- who made us want to stay in there for several hours 😄 and introduced us with the best snacks and drinks! We left ”Club 59” with the best experience possible. It's really rare to find such friendly and helpful staff in Switzerland. Btw on quiet day like Sunday - ”Club 59” would be quite a good place to be. I recommend...