Oak Street Pub & Restaurant — Restaurant in Manchester

The owner is racist. There was an incident when the bartender took my bosses' money and didn't give him the right change back. He gave her a $50, but she told him he gave her a $20. The bartender didn't believe him when he said he gave her a $50, and everything escalated from there. My boss was told to come back so that they could count the register to see if he was "telling the truth," despite this being the bartender's negligence as she should be much more careful when she is handling someone's money. My boss gave the bartender his phone number to contact him when they counted the register. Despite how ridiculous this is, my boss was nothing but understanding. This situation, that was in no way the fault of my bosses', was turned around on him to make him look like he was a criminal. After one week of waiting for this phonecall, my boss finally got the call from the owner of this bar to come and pick up his money. When he arrived back at the pub, the police were waiting for him as well as the bartender, who was the one that messed everything up in the first place, and the owner. My boss was still attempting to be understanding despite doing absolutely nothing to warrant the police being there. While the owner was handing him his money that he was owed for a week, the owner said, and I quote: "I don't like your kind here, anyways." After my boss collected his money, after he steps out of the bar, the police told him they are pressing charges on HIM for disturbing the peace despite being nothing BUT peaceful from the injustice inflicted upon him. He was also trespassed from the property. A police report was written on him when he did nothing wrong; he was civil the entire time. He came back to the office that day distraught from how he had been treated and I never saw him that torn up a single day of the many years I worked with him. Luckily, my boss is a lawyer, and he fought off the case and the charges were dropped. Lord knows how lucky he'd be if he wasn't a lawyer. Or how much worse the police would have treated him. Don't ever go to this bar; if you do, you're giving your money to a racist...

This place came off as if it's such a great bar, but let me say this... it is far from it. I personally witnessed the female bartender and owner take an accidental incident that occurred on the evening of 12/02/2023, from not being violent to full on outrageous. The bartender and owner clearly need anger management, therapy, and to take some serious training or watch YouTube videos on how to de-escalate situations. Even the bouncer/s didn't totally agree with how the owner and bartender were acting from their facial expressions. Luckily, the group walked out without incident other than arguing and yelling. Even with a huge older woman who really needs to grow up. She was pursuing the group of in my eyes a younger 20s crowd, adding more fuel to the fire. Again, thankfully, the group walked away, and no fighting happened because there were probably at least 10 of them. Seriously, I'm not recommending this place anymore, and I'm steering all of my family, friends, and anyone who asks for a bar recommendation away from this establishment. There's a lot safer, well established, and, more importantly, better management and staff at other locations. You just have to look and not...

If only there was an option for - 5 stars I would gladly accept it with honor!! I haven't visited this establishment in over 2 years and within 2 hours mind you, being one of only three paying customers over the course of that time was told I had to leave because of someone else's issues with the bar tender. (Taylor) I was only playing my third game of pool with a complete stranger at the time. I payed for a mixed drink mins before this transponded mind you and didn't even have the chance to drink my 10$ 12 oz glass of ice filled to the top with a drizzle of captain Morgan. This is directly after paying the bill and was threatened by her as well!!! Such unprofessionalism, seriously???? Tell me how a business open over 30 + years in Manchester, Ct needs to run this way?? I think it's time for the owners to part ways. I can't even tell you how many times I've simply driven by oak st pub and People fighting in the st and front door. You name it they got it lmao 🤣 rant...