CHIBA BAR — Restaurant in Colorado Springs

Chiba bar? More like Chiba Monastery. Never have I been met with such rude pettiness from bar staff when indulging on a night on the town. Their food and drinks are wonderful, and I've been coming here for chill vibes since I moved. My experiences have always been pleasant, but my time there on Tuesday night will most definitely keep me away for a while. We went with a large group on Tuesday to celebrate my friend's birthday. When we arrived, the environment was what you would expect from a bar on a Tuesday, decently quiet with a few people hanging out at the bar. At first, our bar staff was very friendly and accommodating, even offering my birthday girl a drink to share with the group on the house. At one point, the blond female bartender approached the group to buss a few of our dishes, and I saw her make a remark, unsuccessfully to herself, about our volume. I smiled and thanked her. As she left I witnessed her mutter a swear, calling us a name under her breath as she left. I chose to sweep it under the rug. As we were leaving, our group brought the rest of our dishes and glasses to the bar and thanked the two bartenders once again for the experience. Instead of ending the conversation nicely on their end, We were met with a petty remark about how our volume was appropriate for our houses but not for a public space. I felt talked down to and disrespected. I will admit, we were being pretty silly, but I'm sorry - if you feed a group of birthday goers shots and drinks for over an hour, how would you expect us to act? As a former bartender myself, I would never meet a group of happy, excited guests with the tone and experience we were met with on Tuesday. A bar is a space to have fun and let loose. Instead of creating an experience for my friend to celebrate, they acted as "mean girls," only comparable to being watched by the most unfun babysitter. Even the most well-mixed cocktail cannot make up for a poopy attitude, personality, and treating paying guests as if they...

Your bar has great drinks but y’all could really use some help in the hospitality arena. I came in for my b day yesterday and the guy bartender was really sweet-but only to me and actually bought me a large b day drink to share, which was really kind. Then it was like a switch went off and he told me and my friends that we were being so loud that we were apparently irritating everyone. When my friend paid her tab the guy lectured her about how we are allowed to be loud in our own homes or something stupid like that. What bar in this world has a code of silence? Why do bartenders insist on getting people drunk then ask them to silence themselves? I brought in like 10 plus people on a Tuesday and I was too loud for the other 3 people who were there. As a bartender I would never disrespect people who were paying good money to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Like y’all need to realize you ruined my birthday. I am sure the lady bartender is so happy to hear that cause she is a whole other nightmare.

The lady bar tender had the grimace of a troll and looked like she wanted to murder me. I asked her if she happened to have a bottle cap around and she said “well I’m certainly y not digging through the trash” I thought- obviously you’re handling food and drink. Her reaction was as if I asked an offensive question. I hope that she can maybe try therapy or a focus group for anger management, cause if she doesn’t try to at least pretend to be a nice person she’s gonna go broke from her empty tip jar. I will definitely never return here, but I wish you all the luck in being...

Worst bar experience in Colorado Springs yet.

We went to 1806 Craft Bar on a Wednesday - Ladies Night. I’ve been to clubs and bars across Colorado, and this was the perfect example of bad service, a terrible DJ, and extremely poor house sound. Bar patrons and even some of the staff were complaining about the volume being too loud inside. No one could hear their friends talk over the speakers blaring. The entire night, the DJ, “D-Rock”, was shouting out statements over the mic such as, and I quote: “Who’s gonna have some sex tonight?” “Somebody bring me a **ing drink from the bar” “Somebody’s gonna get pregnant tonight!” “She the only black person here other than me” “Yell if you’re gonna get laid tonight” “I’m gonna have to throw on the Caucasian playlist”. I found that to be a bit rude and unsavory for my taste. I understand it's the job of a DJ to get the crowd hyped, dancing, and having fun, but this was by far the worst “DJ” I have ever seen, not only because of his unprofessional, derogatory comments throughout the night, but his mix of top 40 rap songs was also extremely messy. The service was slow, it was hard to get any of the bartender’s attention - granted, it was a fairly busy night. I ordered a cocktail, and the bartender told me it would be $6. As soon as I paid/cashed out for the one drink, my credit card was charged $7. Considering the staff overcharged me (even if it was only $1, its the principal of the matter), the service was sub-par, and the DJ was extremely rude, I would not recommend this club to anyone...