TENANTS OF THE TREES — Restaurant in Los Angeles

The place is cool, mostly.

The good:

Good outdoor/indoor, you have two choice of music depending on where you are. One side is more hip hop in a very tiny room and one side is more old school music, funky, dance. And there is the outdoor with a tiny bar outside. For a total of 3 bar. You have some space to sit down outside and people are usually pretty fun. They love to dance it off, and most of everyone is on something. You’ll have a good time if.... and only if.... you are ok with all the BADS that come with this place.

The BADS: *The service is horrendous and it starts literally at the door. Specially the ladies who are outside. Depending on how they feel, they might tell you that it’s a “private event” or “Guest List only tonight”.

FOR EVERYONE READING THIS: There is absolutely not private event or guest list at this place. It’s not this kind of place.

The women at the door, dirty blond, in her 30s probably. Seems nice, smiling and welcoming. Will let any girls in and would ask a guy to pay a cover fee, well it’s not exactly a cover but more like a minimum tab. As mentioned before in previous reviews, she usually ask $50 or $100 if she feels like it: A guy came in with 5 girls, they were in front of us in line (ps: they also make you wait outside for nothing when you come in early even thou it’s empty inside, pretty common practice thou)...back to the story. So the guy comes in with 5 girls, the “lovely” lady states that it’s a guest list only event BUT ladies are fine to go in (WTF?) and he can go in as well as long as he spend a minimum of $50 which will go towards his tab. So you would say well “I’m gonna spend the money regardless” $50 doesn’t seem much when you are that many people and you are absolutely right, but condoning such practice will result in all the other bad reviews that we read here and will result in the following (Obviously you should never pay this fee)

The guy decided to leave and not go in with his girlfriends, and his girlfriend let him go, sorry mate, you should probably find yourself new friends. Anyway... I come in behind them in line with 4 girl friends and a guy friend. And she gives my friend the same speech, but this time it went up to $100. Why you say? No reason. She just decided.

We decided to all leave. While waiting for our uber, my other friend went to chat with the other lady, tall brunette, long hair, mid 20s, she counts people in I think. And she goes: “no it’s totally fine you guys will get in it’s just that your friend wasn’t very nice”

I’m sorry to say but asking if there was a policy change recently, in a polite manner, is not NOT being nice. Regardless, we canceled our uber and decided to join the rest of our crew inside, we said thank you, because that Is obviously what they wanted to hear and no one, neither them or we, mentioned the guest list/private event that only lets girls in and guys for a cover fee of their choice. We went inside and had fun with our friends (is why we didn’t leave) NO PRIVATE EVENT WAS THERE, literally nothing.

For the gift that keeps on giving:

the bouncer, acting all his insecurities out on people like he is protecting the White House. But you can feel that he is just a big bear that just wants to be loved. (I guess we could say the same about the two ladies at the door specially the one in her 30s, ugh I wish I ask for names)

The bathroom: it’s like the DMV. Enough said.

The bars: Be ready to wait for a lifetime. And don’t even order a cocktail unless you are already way to drunk to realize that you just had the worst Old fashion in your life, yes! I know how do you mess up an old fashion?! Bartenders are not happy and obviously not real bartenders.

The staff: same as outside pretty much.

Tenants of the trees....? haha, it’s a pretty cool name, I got to give you that. But no one wants to build a tree house on a dying tree. Water your tenants effectively and protect your roots. Or maybe we will just have to chop you off.

*Gotta point out I had to shorten my review because of...

If I could rate 0 stars I certainly would - I didn’t see the reviews about this place until after I went for the first time. The reviews really fit. I went this past Saturday with a few friends and we walked up to a male bouncer who was about to check our IDs and let us in. A friend of mine had an open can of white claw that was empty that she had every intention of throwing out before we entered the bar. The rest of us did not have any alcohol on us. The male bouncer was about to let us in and a female bouncer came out of nowhere and told us we each had to open a $50 minimum tab to get in. We were all shocked as it seemed like we were going to be let in by this male bouncer. I told her the can my friend had was empty and she was going to throw it out. She immediately gave us an attitude saying that we decided to walk up there with an open can. We decided to leave because a $50 cover charge to open a tab is absurd. She was very rude to us as we left saying bye passive aggressively and ushering us aside. I have read many reviews since this experience and it seems there’s a history of homophobia at this venue and I did happen to be there with my girlfriend who I’m physical with obviously (hand around her, holding hands, etc.) so I’m not sure if this pissed her off?? Nonetheless she was extremely rude and unnecessarily so because my friends and I were very respectful in line and we arrived at the door. I will never be going to this venue again given my own experience and the countless reviews I’ve seen not just on yelp but elsewhere on social media. You also lose money by turning patrons away by trying to cheat them out of more money. I was planning on buying a drink for my girlfriend but now I won’t be back. I’ll be telling everyone I know to never give business to this club. I hope you get shut down, especially after the racism and homophobia I’ve heard about...

I have been to this place multiple times, but after what happened recently, I will never return. My friends and I went to celebrate a birthday, and the treatment we received was beyond unacceptable.

When we approached the bouncer to ask about the guest list he immediately told us, “Oh, you are not getting in.” Completely confused, we got in line, only to be met by a girl at the door who did not even look us in the eyes and bluntly told us, “You cannot get in.” When we asked why, she turned her back on us. The bouncer then said it was because my friend “gave her a look”(which was pure nonsense, as my friend was just shocked by the rudeness).

As if that was not bad enough, we were even stopped from giving the birthday girl a hug when she came outside. The reason they gave was ridiculous: my friend had an empty cup that she was throwing out from her car. So, because she was holding an empty cup, we were not allowed to enter? Ridiculous.

One of the most frustrating parts was seeing how inconsiderate the staff was to others. A girl asked the bouncer if she could get her inhaler from her car and he said no, telling her, “You can step out to take a couple of breaths.” That was just unacceptable, especially when it involves someone’s health!

It seems like this place has gone downhill. I have heard so many similar stories from others, and it’s clear that the staff has an attitude problem. The workers at the door act like they have something to prove, and it’s honestly childish and unprofessional.

I used to enjoy coming here, but after this experience, it is clear that the place is dying, and so is the service. I will not be returning and would not recommend this establishment to anyone looking for a welcoming or...