Beach On Bourbon — Restaurant in New Orleans

My boyfriend and his friends went to The Beach on Bourbon for Super Bowl weekend, expecting a fun night out. Instead, he was violently attacked by a bouncer for simply saying, “Excuse you,” after being bumped into.

The bouncer responded by shoving him to the ground and repeatedly punching him. He was picked up multiple times, thrown down again, had his necklace ripped off, and endured more punches while defenseless. All he could do was cover his face and try to shield himself from the attack. Throughout this, he was subjected to homophobic slurs, and the bouncer falsely claimed my boyfriend was trying to jump him—despite the fact that he’s only 135 lbs and was there with a group of young girls his age.

That same night, he emailed The Beach on Bourbon to report what happened. The next day, someone named Megan responded, saying she had spoken to Adam, the Operations Manager. She asked if he could come in to meet with them after they review the security footage and discuss the incident.

On the day of the scheduled meeting, they postponed to the following day. Wanting to be cooperative, he agreed. Megan said she would be meeting with Chris and Adam to arrange a time and would follow up. She never did.

Four days later, he reached out again, asking if they were still willing to meet or if he needed to contact someone else. Megan responded, then unsent her message, only to later say they were conducting an internal investigation.

Now, two weeks have passed, and there has been complete silence. The lack of accountability and the blatant disregard for what happened is beyond infuriating. The fact that my boyfriend was targeted and brutalized simply for being gay and smaller—especially in a city like New Orleans, known for its inclusivity—is sickening.

Bouncers are supposed to de-escalate situations, not overpower and beat someone who poses no physical threat. My boyfriend is not a fighter, nor was he aggressive in any way. He was literally in tears, begging them to stop, while they continued to assault him.

This is unacceptable. The Beach on Bourbon needs to be held...

If you want to listen to an accurate review about this place then listen up. everyone that goes to Bourbon Street and knows what Bourbon Street is about this is a dirty wild and crazy place that can act afool with other fools. Beach on bourbon is no exception but what I like about this place is the band called the Wawa band Yes I did say the Wawa band they have a singer there that goes by the name of Queen and she can be very rude and have a very foul mouth so don't go there being all sensitive to the way she talks. this woman has an extremely incredible voice and if you go there to drink and to have a damn good time then this is the place to go to, then this is a band to listen to. they play all of the 80s type music and play some of the new music to dance to, they also take requests, you have the two singers Queen and Ronald, the other guys in the band look like they can be someone's parents make that someone's older parents but they are very good at what they do I really enjoy going there and I really like the singers and i think Ronald is such a cool guy and he can really be funny at times, go there and have a good time request some good ole R&B music or whatever it is that you want to hear and if they can play it they will do it they do play Garth Brooks I don't know how many of those songs that they know but they do a damn good job and what they do again don't be a sensitive type person because Queen is herself and ask right when you go there and you will have...

Honestly I wouldn't be giving this establishment any star if I had the option.

I was denied entry upon arrival though my Husband was admitted right in front of me. The man at the door checked my bag and took a look at me and my friend (who is a lesbian and quite obviously so) and he laughed pushed my bag back into my hands and asked us to leave. So we sat outside waiting for my husdand asking why we weren't allowed in without any reasonable explanation.

My friend went down the ally towards the back where another security guard was standing, to ask what it is that was preventing us from getting in. Instead my friend was man handled by the guard as he scoffed and mocked her pleas for an answer. When I had pointed out my husband was inside, they went in and removed my husband and pushed him out of the club forcefully and told us we had to go.

All the while I was sober and taking care of my husband and my friend who were enjoying themselves while we were here visiting for out anniversary and vacation. Whatever the reason for these security guards behavior was beyond me (But I bet it would be safe to say it had to do with us being LGBT) and I am not going to recommend this place to anyone I know who plans to come visit New Orleans.

So much for the openness and kindness of this city, I guess the pride flags everywhere are...