Ginger's Bar — Restaurant in New York

One would think that this was a safe space, all things considering. But at the end of the day, it clearly is not and there is differential treatment based on, may I dare say...skin color or whatever their issue was that caused them to be passive aggressive towards me and my date. I had a very disturbing experience there last night and when I tired to explain to the bartender why I was unhappy with the service considering I'm paying $15 dollars a cocktail, zoe I believe their name was, was unapologetic and they tried to shift the blame as if I did something wrong or in their words "you should have said something earlier and I could have moved you to another part of the bar" ???? (Why would I be responsible to do anything besides pay, respect the space, and have a good time?)

I work in the industry and know standards of service, so this made no sense considering what happened:

We wanted a final drink so we sat at the end of the bar near the door, waited at least 15 minutes before even catching the eyes of "zoe" until they finally came over and thanked us for waiting. Fine, i get it, there was just a surge so we were understanding of that and appreciated being acknowledged for waiting. But as we were sitting there trying to enjoy our cocktails and talk intimately, the Doorperson/barback began aggressively stacking dirty used glasses in front of, next to, and around our fresh drinks and me and my date for at least 20 minutes as they cleaned up from the rush that cleared out. Key work is "cleared out". Why in Gods name, when it is an empty bar at this point would you decide to start rudely reaching over and stacking 4/5 cups high of disgusting used glasses around and in front of paying patrons? Review your camera's, I'm not exaggerating. Why isn't there a professional protocol about bussing dishing respectfully and in a sanitary manor? Why was there no bus pan at the end of the bar in a discrete place? Why out of all the open space on that long bar, are you slamming dirty dishes next to me, not only stacking them, but slamming them hard and aggressively? Not even saying "pardon my reach" and reaching over us as if we didn't exist? Who wants to go out for a nice drink at the bar and have to deal with that? clanking glasses and being surrounded by empties because the barback has no consideration or respect? Why did they think that was ok to do in front of me? This was ABSURD to say the least.

It got to the point that even my date noticed and felt awkward and unwelcomed. I'm sorry if you didn't like the way we looked or you had an issue with an interracial relationship or an issue with POC (but now as I read reviews I see there is a problem for POC here) or whatever your their problem was but that is not the service we deserved after paying premium prices on drinks only to be surrounded by filthily dishes with no consideration for our experience. I left and but came back to ask the name of the manager and I was told to go to the website, and again, not even apologized to. Additionally zoe tried to excuse this barbacks behavior by saying their the door person just acting as a barback today because we're understaffed. That's fine, but don't allow them to have a cross over role if they don't know how to do it respectfully. Zoe also kept loudly saying "she" referring to the door person trying to insinuate that I had purposely mis-gendered them. Zoe literally was trying to again, make me out to be the bad guy when all I was hoping for was a simple apology and acknowledgment of the poor experience.

What a shame of an experience to be honest, on a day like yesterday, the day after election day, to deal with this sort of pompous attitude and extremely passive aggressive taunting from the barback/doorperson. But of course I'm the bad guy right? SMH, sadly I would personally stand clear from this place if you don't look the part. The bar staff needs to be retrained on being welcoming, professional and accommodating. But hey, Queer space or not...this is...

My girlfriend and I went here several times on our trip to NYC and it was our favorite bar of the ones we visited. Their drinks are very reasonably priced (cash-only, but there is an ATM inside) and the staff is very friendly. The vibes and decorations are great and you see a wonderful mixture of women there (it's not strictly young, old, fem, butch, etc.). The music isn't overbearingly loud, the drink names are fun, and the outdoor seating out back is quite nice.

My only concern is that the maintenance is a bit lacking. In one of the bathrooms, I noticed that the door frame had taken quite a beating, and you can see that there are two layers of tiles on the floor because the top layer has broken off in some parts. Not that I expect perfection (especially in a bar with cheap drinks), but I do worry some of the deferred maintenance on display will create a serious repair bill in the future that would be much cheaper to deal with now. Also, the pay phone...

My friends and I went to Ginger’s earlier today after the pride parade in Manhattan. It had a great atmosphere and drinks. We wound up leaving to get food and were told we were welcome back to eat our food there as long as we cleaned up after ourselves. When we came back we were let in by the bouncer, but the bar tender called us over to re-check my friends ID. They asked her a bunch of questions related to her age and she answered every single one correctly but we were still kicked out. The bar tender was condescending and made a completely unnecessary comment to my friend. We’re turning 25 this year… They handled this unprofessionally and didn’t even use an ID scanner to verify the validity of it. It was very confusing because when we were in earlier, we were served alcohol without our IDs being checked by a different bar tender. I wish we had a better experience. The bar had a lot...