The Riv — Restaurant in East Lansing

I am very impressed with the efficiency of the staff and how they can handle such a large crowd and still provide personalized service, however there was just one thing that I could not overlook.

There was no line for the men’s restroom, which is totally usual for a bar, and a huge line for the women’s. As a dude, many girls use the guy’s restroom, which I have no problem with. We are all people, and we all need to piss after a couple pitchers of beer; however when girls attempted to use the men’s restroom, which had no line and open stalls, a bouncer literally peered into the men’s bathroom looking for people with long hair and proceeded to kick them out of the bar with no sympathy.

We are all people and deserve to relieve ourselves as soon as the moment arises. I hope they resolve this in the future and either expand their women’s restrooms or make efforts so that all people’s can relieve themselves when Mother Nature calls.

Don’t let this distract from the fun atmosphere and great service, the bartenders are awesome and friendly and this was one of my favorite bars and it is sad that I have to post anything negative about them. Great staff and...

My friend arrived less than 10 minutes before me, and she paid the cover for me to get in. When I showed my ID and said my friend paid my cover, I was told that's not how it works. I asked for my ID back and was told I wouldn't get it back unless I paid $5 or left. When my friend came out to explain the situation, the bouncer put both of his hands on her and tried to push her out of ther bar even after she told him she had stuff inside and would call the police. This bouncer who was collecting money took his position to his head. He was unbelievable rude and aggressive toward us even though we had paid the cover and were both over 21 and made no threats towards him. After standing outside in the cold, management finally let me in, but this was unacceptable and a violation of my rights to without my ID only because I said I would not immediately leave. He is a shame to this establishment and this needs to be addressed. A bouncer who unprovoked puts his hands on a patron, should not still have a job....

Love the half off, but one of the bartenders has no clue what he is doing. Ordered 2 doubles which were 1$ off each and he charged me 18$ on top of that I counted with him and he poured 1.25 oz of Jameson in my beverage... I said that was weak 3 count... And he replied it was plenty of alcohol (this was my FIRST drink... I mean every drink should be the same, but seriously... It's industry night... I'm probably in the industry) later I find out it's industry night!! Half off drinks... I start ordering Jameson shots because you can't mess up a shot... Got charged 3$... If that's a double that's 6$.. other 6$ drink is 12$ why did I get charged 18$ for the other 2 doubles? Suspicious. Past that, same bartender is vaping in plain sight at the bar like nobody is around. Very unprofessional, Along with basically every employee playing beer pong instead of working. Someone is going to say "there is nobody to serve, so why not play?" IF YOURE LEANING YOURE CLEANING. Be smart if you order here. Not all drinks...