theLOFT — Restaurant in Jacksonville

Went out Saturday night with my cousin for her birthday and we started at park place(amazing place) then we moved to the loft, Which dont get me wrong to each person their own bar, but man for a packed place they sure do try to take advantage.

To clarify, I was the only one to order drinks out of our group, and I ordered a LIT, which the lady bartender goes to make. Now, anyone who knows a LIT, got quite a few liquors or a premixed with all liquors in one. Well, this was lemonade sugar water and not only that she tries to charge me for 2! I quickly notice, not even leaving the bar, I waved down what looked like to be the manager or owner and he quickly rectified the situation and boy that drink was good! So good, I order one more before leaving!

Let's fast forward to today Wednesday 08-14-19 5 days later and a $20 charge for the first set of drinks appears on my banking statement, which I only got 1, and a $10 for the last one. Park place charged me instantly, same night, no lag, tip included in the transaction. Dafuq guys?

Just want to say be careful. Not only that, 2 Iranian dude 30-40 years of age was trying to rub up on girls in that place as well. Warned the security guy close to us and he...

Oh The LOFT...so much I could say, one of them being this will be the source of MANY good nights to come, if you love to dance, greet yourself with a shot of Vodka and have at it. Very comfortable 'cheers-esque environment where everyone knows everyone, expect to see normally the same crowd with the exception of handful of curious sightseers. Always a fun-filled experience, never a disappointing night. The only thing one could say would be better would be drink specials. Expect to spend a couple bucks if you are looking to get the most out of your night. Other than that small oversight , different days have different events, such as Thursdays your drink FREE PBR from 9p-10p if you are on the list; $3 otherwise, Saturdays are usually when you can expect to see large crowds with long lines, bring BETTER entertainment. you will more than often see migrates from The Pearl located here, if you knew of the myth once called The Pearl then you know the outstanding chaos you are up against. Enough said, come one...

This could go as a bar/small club. Love the decor in this place, and the big screen plays some awesome remix videos to the live DJ music. They also have two TVs over the bar that plays movies on repeat. Thursdays are good nights to go if you want to have fun and people watch. Expect to show up around 10:30-11 for when it starts to get going. So many different walks of life come here. Mainly a hipster venue (due to the area it's in), but you'll get anyone and everyone in this place. Great music, and drinks are slightly over priced in my opinion. They have a small separate intimate bar in the back to the left that serves some good beer. They have an outside smoking area for all of you smokers which is great for us non-smokers inside. Guys this is a great place to get some girls as well. I would certainly and plan to take any of my out of town friends here to have fun. I've had so many good nights here, and many more to come...