Lakeside Lounge — Restaurant in Nashville-Davidson

have been coming here forever, but won’t ever be back after last night.

my friend parked in the lakeside lot, walked over to my car so i wouldn’t have to walk in to the bar alone, and then we went directly in to lakeside. we spent 2+ hours in there, went outside to leave, and my friend’s car had been towed by the owner roughly 20 mins prior. while we were literally sitting inside buying drinks.

apparently he assumed she went to another bar because “somebody saw her go into another establishment” which she did not. at any point. we asked him to pull up our tabs which would show us having been there the entire time. (security and bartenders agreed we’d been there) but the owner was incredibly rude and essentially said “we thought we saw her go into another bar. not my problem. too bad.” and refused to reimburse for wrongfully towing a paying patron.

wasn’t planning on spending $200 for parking where we were designated to park! so be careful if y’all plan on coming here— your car might not be outside when...

I witnessed a fight inside of the bar, just feet away from the security station. Nobody on staff took action, so patrons had to break up the fight. Once the fight was separated the staff removed only some involved and allowed the others (who were adamant about continuing to fight) to stay. Nobody on staff followed up or checked on the patrons who stepped in. Shortly after, when exiting the bar we witnessed a clear case of domestic violence in the parking lot. When asked to do something about it the security guard said the woman "deserved it". He proceeded to yell at the women who stepped in asking him to do his job. The manager witnessed at least a portion of the incident outside and later claimed not to be aware of it when asked. These incidents were completely mishandled by multiple staff members which indicates to me that safety is not a priority at this establishment. Until lakeside takes action to educate their staff and make some major changes to their policies/culture I would not...

The security guard is a psychopath, saw him get up in a girls face and screaming at her for no reason for going in the bathroom and he kicked her out. He was a whole foot taller screaming in this tiny woman’s face and at her friends as well. He insulted my boyfriend upon our arrival another time, last time I ever went there trying to give it another chance, and we complained to the bartender and left to go next door and saw him trying to pick fights with people in the parking lot right after!! I cannot believe they would employ a person like this, what does he contribute to the place but picking fights with patrons, insulting women, and just being all around an unpleasant person. Also, a lot of my friends said they saw a man beating up a woman there this week and the bouncer just watched and didn’t do anything, said she probably deserved it!!! Absolutely INSANE that you would employ someone with that mindset. Really sucks that one person can ruin a...