Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen

I don’t write reviews. And since this was an embarrassing one, it took me couple of days to pen it. But with the kind of experience we had at jockey hollow, if I don’t do this it will be a disservice I will be doing to the people of my skin color.

To those who just want to get the gist:

Conclusion: I was refused my second drink of the night, with no apparent reason. My friend and I are soft spoken, well dressed, professionals in late 30s. We are mothers, wives and all we needed was a break from our family and work, to enjoy a good conversation.

****** detailed story******* On 04/05/2019, at around 7:10, my friend and I (we both are brown in late 30s), came to jockey hollow to enjoy a ladies night drinks and dinner after work.

We went to the bar downstairs and grabbed a seat at the bar. The place had about 5 to 6 customers at that time. There was just one other customer at the bar at 7:15pm)

We noticed the bar attender did not smile or even gave eye contact. We ordered a round of tequila shot. He served a shot of tequila in a drinking glass.

I kept noticing his face. He was already disgusted with us, and we had no clue why. My friend and I were speaking gently and just catching up with some family talks.

Then we requested him to get us another round. He refused, yes “REFUSED” to pour us another drink. He said he cannot promote binge drinking. I asked him “when have a second round of drink become binge drinking ?” He arrogantly said “I can’t serve you drinks. The head barattender James will not even serve you a shot. Atleast I did”

There was another barattender standing beside this guy, and I looked at him with a curious eye. Is this really happening? Are you guys kidding? Are you playing a prank on us? I realized, they are serious! I’m actually being refused to be served a second round of drink, in this day and age, in a bar! Holy Cow!

We closed the tab, paid $25 for 2 drinks they were kind enough to serve us.

By this time I was shivering with disgust, and embarsssment. I was so upset with the way we were treated.

We went upstairs to talk to the head bar attender James. He said he cannot address this behavior immediately, because he cannot move away from his spot. He also said he do not have a problem serving us shot. This is not their policy. He also said he will have a conversation.