Cocktails Cleveland — Restaurant in Cleveland

2021 - This place has gotten better as one of 2 gay bars in Cleveland. Unfortunately they no longer have drag shows but the atmosphere of the bar is better when I comes to the safety of the patrons.

• 2nd review 2016* Do to current and past events, I have to change my rating of this establishment. The owner and main manager have shown themselves to have racist tendencies. The first few times I experienced this, I brushed it off as coincidence, but enough is enough. You cant treat your white performers differently than your POC. One of my personal experiences is when I was hosting a show there and when money went missing, the manager immediately blamed the black performer and told me to never book then again with no proof that it was them.

Besides the racism in this bar, the security guard quit after a gun was pulled on him, not to mention he was only getting paid 25 dollars a night plus a few drinks. The security guard was never intoxicated but to know that the bar was willing to give the person protecting us booze, shows the care that they have for there patrons.

Past 5 star review: "Great place for a good time on a budget. It is personally my favorite bar in the city. There are a variety of live shows every weekend, ranging from Drag Queens to Live singing, to dancing and...

Last night I went with my girlfriends to celebrate a birthday. I did not like the atmosphere. The bartender seemed very impatient. My group was taking their time figuring out what they wanted to drink. I was the first to order and the bartender asked me if my friends were going to order anything because there was a 1 drink purchase requirement for being in his bar. The way he said it to me rubbed me the wrong way. He was not helpful when my friend was asking about a drink she has never had. Instead, caused frustration for her because she needed to know about the ingredients for health reasons. It was definitely not a busy night. For being such a slow night, I would have thought he would have shown more appreciation for our business with him. We did enjoy the back patio where their was ample seating. I found the drink prices to be very reasonable. There were couple pool tables available for anyone who wanted to play inside. He did have the TV’s turned on with the games playing. It seems like it could be a fun place, but I wish the bartender wasn’t so picky about...

Uhhhh I tried to call to see if they had karaoke for our gay (male) friend. A man answered the phone announcing that it was Cocktails, and after i said "do you have karaoke tonight?" And instantly after, the line went silent and i havent been able to get a dial tone since (straight to mailbox not set up message). I asked my wife to call on her own phone and it went through until she spoke, and then she recieved similar treatment to me. I think the bartender blocked us based on our female sounding voices??? Because its a "gay" bar, and maybe that means women and trans men arent welcome??? Thats the only thing i can think of. Really weird. Hopefully our experience is abnormal. But I can't recommend this place...