Reys — Restaurant in Greenville

Awful awful experience! Got here at 1:30 am on Saturday, asked the bouncer if it was too late for us to get a quick drink and he said “no you’re good. We don’t close for 30 more minutes.” We ordered our drink and sat down. Not even 5 minutes later the same bouncer started yelling that everyone had to leave. We had already paid for our drinks and he wouldn’t even let us finish them. I have receipts of the time we got our drinks at 1:36 am and he started yelling at 1:40. He was yelling at other customers too. Screaming “you all can talk on the sidewalk outside. Get out of here!” I understand wanting to go home and I know the service industry is very demanding. So I would suggest not letting customers in after 1:20 if you want everyone out by 1:40. But please please don’t serve drinks if you’re not going to give customers enough time to finish them. He came over to us and started yelling that we had to go. I said okay let me just chug this first we literally just got these. I also said that they shouldn’t serve drinks if they’re not going to give you at least 10 minutes to finish them. He responded no you have to leave now. I started chugging and he came back with a police officer not even 2 minutes later?! Like what in the heck? You’re going to go get a cop when we’re just trying to finish the drinks we had just paid for. We weren't yelling or making a scene, like he was. I think it is very wrong to treat people like this. This was at 1:45 or earlier. We were back in our car in Richardson street parking garage before 1:48. I have never experienced anything like this. If there are cameras, I would suggest that the owner/manager watch the recording because this bouncer dude is running...

I have come to this establishment and had a good time previously. However, my boyfriend’s last encounter coming to this establishment was TRAUMATIC to say the least. It was him & his bestfriend (whom are both black) & his fiancé (whom is white). Apparently the bar tender was a racist and had a problem with a white women being with 2 black men. Apparently this man called the cops on my boyfriend & his friend, telling the cops they had guns in the establishment (Which they absolutely did not, don’t even think they own guns) & that the two black men were holding the white women ( who is one of the boys fiancé) against her WILL!!! The cops came into the establishment & arrested both of them including a random black man whom the bar tender told the cops was with them (which he was not, that man had actually JUST walked in). After being embarrassed and traumatized by being handcuffed in front of all the other patrons, the cops soon realized this was a racist call and that they didn’t have guns on them at all & explained to them what happened. LONG STORY SHORT, if you are BLACK, tread VERY lightly coming to this establishment or just eliminate this from your plans all together, It is hard enough being Black in America. Yall be blessed & find somewhere...

Reys used to be an institution to downtown drinking. Now all of the employees are incompetent at even having a customer. Walked in with a group of all 30plus old friends to have a drink on a Monday night around 10:30pm and were denied service. Bouncer took my friend’s ID and would not return it because he deemed it fake. All of the bartenders and their two friends sitting at the bar (which were the only guests in the establishment) mocked and made fun of us as we were being denied entrance at the door. After 20 or so minutes, police arrived to verify ID was in fact legitimate and bouncer finally gave ID back. Not only was it disastrous decision making from the bouncer, but insulting from the employees. We were kicked out while the staff shouted jokes at us and were made to wait on the sidewalk for police to arrive only to get our ID back. Places like this make their money from volume crowds on weekends, and can afford having employees that are so incompetent that they literally drive their only Monday night guests away. I cannot emphasize enough to take your money elsewhere. Downtown Greenville has great local bars and restaurants, and Reys is merely an embarrassment of what Greenville...