Rocka Rolla — Restaurant in New York

The Good - Vibe, Music, $3 Bud goblets and generally cheap domestic beers.

The Bad - The bartender tried to charge us $50 for 3 Spaghets. For those who don't know, a Spaghet is a Miller High Life (listed on the menu as $4) with a shot of Aperol in it.

What's even crazier is that they poured less than half a shot into each beer. I'm certain these were not full shots because they poured them into the bottles of high life without letting us take swigs first, and there is simply not room for that much extra liquid in a full bottle of beer. That's why at every other bar, they pour a shot on the side, or give you the bottle and ask you to take a swig first.

We thought it was a mistake. The bartender said "No mistake, a shot of Aperol is $11". Which is ridiculous for a few reasons -- (1) These were half-pours at most, (2) Aperol is a liquer, and should never be $11 a shot anywhere except maybe an airport, and (3) Even so, (4 + 11) * 3 = 45. So where did the extra $5 come from?

The bartender tried to "give us a deal" and told us since they already poured the drinks, they'd only charge us for 2. We asked how much that would be and they said "$40". Which also doesn't make sense if they were about to charge $50 for 3. Very shady. We simply said we weren't gonna pay for those and ordered Buds instead.

A spaghet is a standard dive bar drink that typically costs anywhere from $7-$12 in NYC. So Rocka Rolla if you're listening, you gotta re-evaluate your pricing model here. But beyond that, I'm now skeptical that bartenders will just purposely overcharge people they think aren't...

I showed up at this place at 1:50am. I was previously at a few bars, and had a few drinks. I was somewhat drunk when I arrived, but far from belligerent or excessive in any way. Maybe I stumbled or something but walking in, but the bouncer stopped me before showing ID to inform me that I wasn’t going to be allowed in. His reasoning seemed to be that I was already drunk. Well, I don’t know much about the laws, but arriving at a bar at 2am almost ensures that you are going to be at least a little drunk.

In any case, I wasn’t allowed in. I’ve been to this bar before, and they have a fun banana drink. They have a good coffee drink. But you don’t allow slightly drunk people in at 2am on a Friday? I can’t imagine why. Maybe they think they’re really special or something, not sure. But they aren’t. It’s just a bar, and not allowing slightly drunk people into a bar at 2am gives you a one star rating. I’m sure it’s not the bouncers fault, even though he wasn’t exactly nice. It’s not like people at the bar aren’t drunk. They just had a problem with me for some reason, which I’m going to take offense to because I don’t think there was any reason to not allow me to enter. It was really stupid and whatever stupid policy that was governing that decision should be revised. This is my friends favorite bar, but I can’t support it if it’s going to not allow me in after a few drinks. Maybe I...

I’ve never been treated more rudely by a doorman than by this ego-monster at the door.

We walked in around 11pm, the bar was maybe at 25% capacity, and this horribly-mannered man with a massive ego to defend turned us away as rudely as he could, and for no reason. He first claimed that we were intoxicated, which was impossible since we hadn’t had a single drink yet.

I’ve lived in NY almost 10 years, treat all hospitality staff I meet like new friends, and have never been tuned away from a bar, unless it was over capacity.

He was so insanely rude I felt compelled to take a photo of him. So there he is.

Anyways, we moved on to another establishment, but one member of our group went back to this bar later in the evening and was turned away again by the same man, different reason.

Dear bar owner, this man should not be dealing with customers, and especially not representing your establishment at the front door.

Nothing is going to fix that overly-inflated ego other than a psychologist or a trip to visit a...