Saltwater Hippie — Restaurant in Madeira Beach

Came here night of my 21st birthday with a group of 5. The group was My mom,her friend, my grandmother and my friend. When I walked in here i watched a bartender stare me down and whisper to an employee clearly about me as she didnt break eye contact with me while doing so. It’s my birthday in a few minutes so I ignore it and try to stay in a good mood . My mom and my grandma go get a drink from the bar and come sit back down with us. Minutes later it hits 12am so me and my mom go up to the bar to buy l my first drink. My mom excitedly says “It’s her 21st birthday im her mom I wanna buy her first drink” When I tell you this bartender completely disregards my mom , gave me the nastiest look and says in the meanest tone “ Well I’m gonna need to see the other girl at your tables ID” (talking about my friend) This wasn’t an issue 10 minutes ago when they served 2 people in my group drinks but now it’s a issue for me? Hmmm weird. Once again witha dirty look and terrible tone she then says since my friend is 20 she has to leave or I can’t have a drink ! Keep in mind she literally JUST gave 2 other people in my group drinks. So my mom and grandma have a whole drink go to waste. we all leave bcuz we aren’t having one person sit back at our place alone on our vacation. N just an fyi This wasn’t a problem at any other bars we went to on our whole vacation! Nobody asked for my friends id when I order a drink. Just mine. If she couldn’t be there that’s fine I truly understand!! It’s the way we were spoken to,looked at, and treated as a whole. It seriously was shocking and sad. Especially as the girl knew it was my birthday and that I legally I CAN have a drink. She could have spared me the dirty looks, whispering, and trashy tone, and just NICELY tell us we have to go. But nope just a very mean girl and I’m so glad she didnt get our money! She Had no people skills what so ever . Learn how to speak to people. She looked and acted...

1000% RACIST ESTABLISHMENT

Really wish I could give it negative stars.

I am writing to express my disappointment with a recent visit to this establishment. Our out-of-country friend, who presented a valid passport in English and Spanish, was inexplicably denied service, seemingly due to her darker complexion, which was a distressing display of flat-out racism. (I wonder if the bartender would have treated white-skinned Canadians with passports the same way).

Three members of our group are U.S. military VETERANS, making the discriminatory treatment even more disheartening. When we tried to discuss the matter with the bar manager (or owner), we were met with dismissiveness, as the manager stated, "I have to side with my bartender."

To add to the frustration, we had already paid for our drinks before being forced to leave, but we did not receive a refund and were not allowed to finish our drinks. Our drinks were aggressively removed from our hands. Certainly, the RUDEST bartender I've ever encountered (small, skinny blonde. Didn't catch her name). This lack of accountability and poor customer service tarnished our overall experience.

As patrons, we expected fairness and respect, qualities sorely lacking here. I will be sure to leave this review on multiple online platforms. And will further bring this up at VFW and American Legion (both of which we are members).

Such as shame, since we would make this place a frequent go-to...

A local suggested my girlfriend and I to check out this bar. First impressions looked fun and a cool kind of dive bar. We waited in like to get a drink, had our IDs out and ready to go and was greeted by a very rude bartender. She gave us the dirtiest look as if we were bothering her, still no problem they’re busy and we get it. The issues occurred when we handed her our ID and she walked away with them and bending them. Again we understood as we are from Michigan and work in the restaurant industry, we had nothing to worry about because we are 25/28. She came back and said I can’t serve you, these are fake. Her reasoning was because the MICH hologram (which she was shinning though with her phone light, should’ve been a UV light) were different on both our ID, I tried to explain to her that I know because my license is enhanced and to look it up in the ID book. We told her you can scan them, she told us they don’t do that there. We also tried to show her alternate forms of identification and she just continued to argue with us. She gave us our ID back and walked away… We were both extremely confused. If she thought they were fake she shouldn’t have gave our IDs back and we could’ve disputed it with the police, like you’re suppose to do. You learn this in TIPS training like every bartender is suppose to take, as we are both certified. Overall very unpleasant. So pro tip, avoid this bar if you’re from...