RIPCORD — Restaurant in Houston

I was excited to go out to Ripcord after wanting to for the past decade. Finally got a chance to go, went ahead of time to scope out what the place was like as far as layout of the bar even.

DO NOT PARK IN THE LOT NEXT DOOR without talking to someone in the lot itself, they towed my car, without any warning or heads up. Yes, there are signs, I understand this after the fact, but as an autistic person who struggles sometimes, and a handicapped placard I was given no heads up they would tow my car. I thought I had parked respectfully. Also, other places have those exact same signs, but there was no indication it was a paid lot when I arrived.

When I asked to talk to both the lot manager of the lot next door, and also asked to talk to a FOH manager at Ripcord for some assistance, I was denied in both situations.

The atmosphere of inside is cramped to say the least, very minimal paths and everyone stands around in the right of way.

Not a friendly place to do if you are neurodivergent.

The two bartenders I spoke to were wonderful, the hosting staff could use...

Bouncers are extremely rude, and so are the bartenders. This one bouncer refused to let my friend in because he claimed my friend was “too intoxicated” when he was walking just fine showing ZERO signs of even being buzzed. Unfortunately, I did not get this bouncer’s name to report him to management, for discrimination. If you ask me, this bouncer simply did not like my friend for whatever reason despite never having met him, and used “he’s too intoxicated” as an excuse not to let him in. Bartenders are rude as well and will make fun of you even if you ask them to stop, which is something that happened to me on a separate occasion. I have autism and I’m very awkward, so I found this to be very degrading and I felt like I was being bullied by the bartender. I don’t know if I want to come back here until they get better people...

I was actually on a layover at a hotel north of the city and heard great things, I was going to Uber there and back so I could check it out but when I called to see if they were open in the early afternoon before I came down, the bartender answered the phone pretty obnoxiously and when I asked if they were open he mumbled something and hung up.

If you're not even friendly if I'm asking whether or not I can come spend my money there, why would I want to go?

Not cool.

Update: turns out the bartender was pretty bitter and not there anymore. I gave the bar a chance several months later and was impressed. All of the bartenders are kind except for one who was pretty inconsiderate but the people who patronized the bar made it a great experience. I'd definitely go back after giving it a...