Victor's — Restaurant in Milwaukee

Came in to grab some drinks at bar with some friends and an older guy next to me started telling my friends and I the empty seats we are sitting on are taken. We moved 4-5 seats down and the guy continued telling us they were also taken. I got fed up and sat right next to him and asked him why those seats were taken when clearly no one was sitting there. No jackets or purses were anywhere near them. He continued yelling at me but I ignored him and was going to order my drink when he grabbed my head and head locked me. I finally got out of his hold while all my friends came rushing by me. The bouncer pulled me aside and I demanded to talk to the owner. The owner came by and we asked the owner why they didn't kick the guy out when he attacked me first. Owner said those seats were taken even though they were not there at that time. Never knew you can claim seats or heard of such a rule at any bars I went to. The owner said he'll buy all of us beer and call it good but I refused. I wanted an apology from the guy who attacked me but the owner simply said, "I cannot help you there". He said if we don't calm down he's going to kick us out????? He even acknowledge seeing me get attacked and yet didn't do anything besides bribing us with beer. Very unprofessional. Owner was either racist, knew the guy who attacked me or just being an ass that night. Never going...

After going there for fifteen years off and on we'll be finding another place to go for my birthday this year. The last four times I was there the music sucked. To be perfectly honest that's the only reason I started going there years ago because, I don't really drink all that much since I don't go out a whole lot. Now it has signs saying no drinks on the dance floor. No problem with that. I've stepped on plenty of glass before. The problem is that the dance floor is EMPTY. I don't go out to drink so much as I go to dance. I always preferred Victor's to other places even with it's reputation as a meat market because the dancing was great and the crowd wasn't stuck up. Since the tide has turned to bad music, empty dance floors and a crowd I don't like I'll be moving to something different. It's pretty bad when you can tell everyone isn't...

I wish they had rotating DJs since their current one plays the same songs every night (no exaggeration). He kills the vibe often, so the dance floor clears out and he doesn’t do anything to read the crowd.

This place has so much opportunity with its sheer size, large dance floor, 2 bars, and patio… but I barely come here because it’s so predictable.

There are also some strange men who stand like statues alone at the dance floor edge and quietly stare and grin at people. It’s the weirdest thing yet it happens every night. Some have even become so bold as to invasively/creepily record women they don’t know who are dancing on the mostly empty dance floor. And Victor doesn’t seem to mind, which doesn’t foster feelings of safety.

Overall the people are nice, but these issues make it hard to enjoy ourselves as much as we...