Barely Disfigured — Restaurant in New York

I was hesitant to write a review as the business mocked another person that left 3 stars but here goes. Two friends and I stopped in for a drink this past Saturday. It was busy but they found a space for us in the lounge. We ordered one round of drinks, which were incredible. The large group next to us was was about to leave. One of the men in that group, who seemed overserved, tripped and fell, knocking over their table, and all their glassware fell all around us. Obviously shit can happen. My issue is with how this one staff member treated us. This guy, who had previously micromanaged exactly which square foot we were to stand on while waiting for a table earlier, was pretty rude after we got covered in glass. We tried to return to our spot on the lounge after staff had it cleaned up, and after we had settled back in he told us to move again to give our corner seats to new guests. He also seemed like he was blaming us for the incident. We obliged anyway, and asked for new waters, as our original ones hadn’t been refreshed since the glass incident, and this request seemed to frustrate him. We decided to just leave after that, due to the stressful vibes, which also seemed to frustrate him. A bummer to drop $70 on one round to then get scolded by staff after having some drunk patron dump glass on you. My feet were bleeding all over Brooklyn later. Anyways, shout out to our specific server- she was lovely. And shout out to Zombie Hut down the block where we had a lovely time for the rest...

I was having a stroll finishing a cup of ice cream when I decided to check out this cool spot. Before I decided to stay and have a drink, I felt like checking the backyard, and the interior spaces of the bar. Randomly I struck up an interesting conversation with 2 people with whom we shared a common background. All of a sudden the waitress shows up, interrupts the conversation, and kind of forces me to decide whether I wanted a table or not. It felt awkward, like lacking tact or patience. Then she said it was not permitted to bring food from the outside. Instead of reading and understanding the situation and allowing some space and time for the client to decide (and for human beings to socialize) she kicked me out of the bar. Conversation finished abruptly. This was not cool and unlike NYC.

Other than that, the space is great and the interior decor inspiring.  Someone has put a lot of thought and effort and based on the other reviews, this place is cool and legit. It is just a pity the waitress handled the situation so poorly. Instead of allowing the flow of life to unfold, she was rather obnoxious and lacking empathy. Certainly, not the way to treat and invite a customer to have a drink.

Sunday,...

We went here for my partner’s birthday with a few friends and family last week (around 7-8 of us). Let me start off by saying, the drinks were good and we generally enjoyed the cocktails. The service was so bad, we wanted to get the hell out of there.

Since my partner and a family member had their birthdays in the same week, so we decided to have two rounds of shots to celebrate. We asked our waitress if we could get two rounds of shots. She curtly replied “this is not a dive bar”. And then proceeded to say something about how the bar is ‘fancier’. The subtext was clear. That pretty much set the mood for the evening.

We did not ask for free shots or ask anything for free. We just wanted two rounds of shots along with all the other drinks that we were going to order anyway. If you don’t want to serve two rounds at the same time - there are infinite more respectful ways to convey that to us. If you don’t want certain clientele - let the customers know so that we don’t have to sit through it. The disrespect and condescension was apparent for the rest of the time that we were there.

We were taken in by the reviews. We...