68 Jay Street Bar — Restaurant in New York

A small group of friends and myself walked into a nearly empty bar, I noticed the bartender roll her eyes. As we started to order, the first friend needed more time but the bartender became frustrated. Before taking the next order, she announced that she would not be separating checks and we'd have to figure it out. I immediately walked out. I'm from New Orleans and EVERYONE I live with is in the service industry. They never would have treated guests this way. Had the woman stated that separating checks would be impossible, I would have stayed. But her poor attitude and disrespect drove me away and I even called other friends to warn them who then canceled their plans. I am a big tipper and ALWAYS tip but I would not have tipped that night. This was the woman working...

Place looks beautiful but the experience was completely ruined by the bartender the minute my wife and I walked in here. Despite there only being 1 customer at the bar, we did not even get greeted with a smile or frieblndly glance. We awkwardly stood by the bar without our presence being acknowledged until we called her over to ask what there was to drink on tap or about happy hour specials. We tipped anyway but I have to say I have never felt so unwelcome at a bar in this part of town. We were prepared to kill 2-3 hours here before catching a later train, instead we just closed out our tab at the end of the first round and couldn't wait to finish up just so we can go somewhere...

I was hoping we would happen across a hidden gem, and this was it for us. After nearly pissing ourselves crossing the Manhattan Bridge in the rain, we were desperately looking for a bathroom. Heading towards DUMBO already, we stopped into this bar. When we finished going to the bathroom and I shared with the bartender that we were grateful to have a place to pee he replied with "Well you don't have to order a drink if you just needed to pee". Major points earned with that comment. 1 drink turned into several hours there and he even charged our phones for us! Locals at the bar were friendly. Overall a...