Club 301 — Restaurant in Ellensburg

Well I could start by saying something about the owner, but seems like everyone else already out there has. I like the adjective POMPOUS that someone else used, so maybe we'll just call him that. I still can't believe what transpired this past weekend.

I got married in Thorp, which is just west of Ellensburg, on Friday. My Fiance grew up in the valley and we had a great mix of locals/out-of-towners attend our wedding. We had our rehearsal dinner on Thursday and went out to hit the town a little bit. We heard there was Karaoke at 301. So we went. We ended up with about 20-25 people at the bar and it was a blast. I made it a point to introduce myself to POMPOUS. He really didn't seem to care that we were there.

The night continues and one of my groomsmen is provoked into an altercation. He gets kicked out. (There policy is- If you get in any altercation, no matter of fault, you're gone) Which I agree is fair. I again talked to the owner and asked if there was any way my groomsman could stay in with the rest of us. POMPOUS said that the guy who started the fight actually likes to fight, and he could tell from "the look in his eyes" that he wanted to fight that night. He agreed to let him in, as long as the rest of the night was calm from us. Which it was. I thanked him for his reasonability and told him that we'd be back after the weeding to support his business.

So, here we are after the wedding. I am in the first Limo-load with my new wife and her wedding party. We get dropped off across the street from 301 and make our way up the sidewalk. POMPOUS is actually outside doing something and my wife says "Hey, we're back!"

He says we can't come in. Claims we're far too intoxicated.

Won't let a single person from the wedding in. Not one. At this point in the story I just get speechless because I am dumbfounded, apparently he doesn't like to make money. We had 30-40 people ready to go out and spend money on drinks. Apparently we should have just bought some beers and bottles and gone back to hang out at the hotel instead of trying to support a local business.

Get a clue you...

The Quintessential Collage Bar. Club 301 is the only bar in ellenburg with an inclosed dance floor that is separated from the bar, in its own room off the main entrance and bar-games area, that separation is very (in my opinion) important for the "True Collage bar experience" having the bartenders, and bouncer able to casually see into the dance floor perpatent's antics is a damper on the overall anonymousizing effects on the crowd and the delightful effects theirof.

301 gets busy, so be prepared to wade thru patrons to access the bar on anything but dead nights! On those busy nights, there are always groups of ladies camping the bar to get free drinks from You.

You will have to push into or around these groups to get to the bar to be able to order anything. A lot of the negative reviews of Club 301 look like they are from clubers that who hugged the bar individualy or in a group and are upset that other clubers had to squeeze past them 😉 The pool tables get hard to use as well as all other bar-games, but then again, that's all part of the heady mix of frustrating and exhilaration that is part of a good...

This's the worst bar i've ever been to in Washington, The staff are absolutely racist, and some people told me that but I didn't believe until this happened to me. I went there on a Friday night with friends, and i was the only one who looked foreigner (middle eastern), and then two of the staff came to me right after ordering my first drink and said "You have to leave because you're drunk" Because I was drunk? Isn't it a bar?? Wasn't everyone drunk?! I asked them these questions, but they didn't even explain why, then they started talking trash to me and i left because I didn't want to make any trouble out of it... I'm never going back there again. When it's finally Friday after a long, stressful and hard week you decide to go to a bar with your friends to enjoy ur night, but right after u enter and order ur first drink the staff tell you to leave like that without really explaining why! And when u ask why They talk...