Dad's — Restaurant in Atlanta

Okay so I’ve loved Dad’s for forever. Cocktails, decor, food, staff, patio, 100% always. I love that they have a Paper Plane on the menu as it’s my favorite modern (hard to find) craft cocktail. And I love the 80s memorabilia and the nostalgic movies projected up on the wall. But I feel compelled to write a review tonight because the staff came through in a moment I really didn’t know if anyone would. Me and several friends had been in and out, mostly hanging on the patio for hours celebrating a friend’s birthday.

Towards the end of the night, me and two other friends went in to get our last round, like 15 mins before last call to be respectful to the staff. While we were ordering/having a conversation with the bartender, a man across the bar started spewing ignorant misogynistic hateful comments towards me and one of our friends. It was shocking to say the least and escalated to what I can only describe as hate speech, even after he was told to cool it by other patrons and staff. Katie, Carson, Peter, and David did an exceptional job of de-escalating the situation and promptly closing out and gracefully removing this vile person from their premises.

Can’t express how grateful I am for the safety we were clearly enveloped in by the staff in this moment, and the kindness they extended to me and my friends and the other patrons who witnessed this individual’s vitriol. Bad vibes (ie. racism, sexism, xenophobia) have no place at Dad’s and I’m confident in saying I will be a lifelong patron after this evening despite, or maybe because of, this incident, because of how the staff handled it. Love you...

Came here on Saturday around 8 for some drinks with friends. I was at the bar trying to order and the bald bearded bartender was extremely rude. He had made some drinks to the ladies sitting next to me and I pointed at the drink and asked what it was, keep in mind I was not as close to the bar just leaning in. He then proceeded to yell and say "THIS IS MY SPACE DO YOU SEE THIS, BACK UP" everyone around me was like what the heck, so then he doesn't even take mine or my friends order just keeps skipping us, then finally asks us our order. He brings our drinks, sets them down and as i go to grab my drink he SAYS the same thing about space. Once again even the people around me were like what is this dudes problem. I was super thrown off by the disrespect given from this bartender. Maybe consider another job not interacting with people. Just so rude. Overall cool spot and good vibes.

UPDATE: the bartender told “this how this works you hand me the card and I’ll give you the drink” complete disrespect and poor business. Also to the owner, that’s not what happened, I never reached for a drink. Was just trying to pay. You can kindly ask but make it kind...

My friends and I came over to Dad’s for a fun and festive night of holiday drinks. We had a great time until we had to close our tab. My friend realized after paying that we were mischarged for a bottle of wine that cost $45. We went back to the bar to dispute the charge and the bartender brought over the manager who accused me of ordering the bottle under my friend’s last name which is no where near my own last name. I never approached the bar the entire night and sat in the booths the entire time while my friend ordered our cocktails. The cameras can prove this. I was not a fan of how the manager asked me 3 times if I had not ordered the bottle under my friend’s last name. It really ruined our experience which had been great up until that point. We will not...