The Boulevard — Restaurant in Costa Mesa

The business information describes them as "classy, upscale" but that is clearly not the case.

TLDR: it doesn't matter what you do here (including battery). As long as you know the bartender, they'll vouch for you and you'll be square.

I was at The Boulevard with a few friends and witnessed an incident involving a guy not getting his way and pulling a girl's hair. After I saw her push him off, I asked her if she knew him and she said, "no." I, then, asked my boyfriend to help me find security because that was unacceptable. While he went went looking for security, I saw the same guy walk up to the same girl and unzip her purse. She pushes him away so I walk up to the bartender. I watch my bf tell the bartender about what happens and the girl bartender (either Kerry or Sheridan, the one with straight hair) tells him that she can vouch for him (as he's standing in front of her shaking his head, denying that he did anything wrong). Apparently he's a regular and that must matter here.

We both get escorted out by security (David) and he doesn't even care to hear what my bf has to say because he was "too hot." While I understand why David felt the need to react that way, he didn't take much time to hear what I had to say either (and I was sober).

All in all, ladies, if you don't have a sober friend watching out for you, don't come here. You'll get assault and battery and no one will give a damn because regulars come before you.

P.S. if you were there on 8/4, he was the tall Caucasian guy with a hat and white t-shirt that had the Sam Hunt 2018 tour dates...

IMPORTANT Saturday April 17th my friend and I were roofied at The Boulevard in Costa Mesa. We met up with friends for drinks and only remember taking a few sips from the first one. Within 30 minutes we were lights out completely. Thank God for our friends who were concerned by our almost immediate impairment. They took care of us and got us to safety, otherwise not sure what could've happened. The next day we were extremely ill, lethargic, and foggy. We decided to take instant drug tests and they came back positive for Benzodiazepine and Opioids. We immediately contacted the bar and filed a report with CMPD. We went back to the bar and it was shrugged off as "there's not much they can do". The bar has our contact information, but has not made any attempts to reach out to us. We are deeply troubled by the lack of concern and inaction. We were sick for three days following this. The Boulevard is the first and last place we went to that night. Ladies, PLEASE do not go here. Be careful - watch the bartender make your drinks and hand them directly to you. Be aware of your surroundings and of anyone who may be watching you. Most importantly, surround yourself with good friends who look out for your well-being. The next girl might not be so lucky. We feel it is our responsibility to speak out. We do not want this to happen to anyone else! Please message me if this has happened...

I think it was mostly too small for the amount of people that was there and how those people wanted to move about the venue. Please understandi was also tired and cold so my objectiveness is probably not what it should be. I like the music fine but again, the way the people there interacted with the music was s bit aggressive. I'm mostly getting old i think. I just have new priorities, i think if you are young and looking to drink and party, you'll probably like it just fine, i just wasn't in the right frame of...