Skylark — Restaurant in New York

Went on a Saturday night with my girlfriend and one of her friends. The bar itself is fine, clearly a local spot for locals, outsiders not welcome.. From the beginning, I thought the bartender was being unusually rude, and as the night progressed I would even say his behavior was borderline racist (I am not white...in park slope I know). The bartender was extremely slow to take orders, even with the place being half empty; after ordering beers he got them "wrong" walked down the counter and started laughing with some regulars about "those idiots who don't know where they are". The friend with us is allergic to wheat/rye used to to make most alcohol, so she usually only has tequila when she goes out to drink. After ordering three shots of espolon, the bartender scoffed at us and exclaimed, "what, you don't want a beer!?" As if he was personally offended he couldn't serve us overpriced swill from the bar's dirty taps. And yes, the beer did taste off from the taps, I tried four different beers over the course of the night (things I usually drink from the bottle at home), and they all had a similar unpleasant aftertaste to them.To top off this amazing experience, I was shushed by the bartender presumably for being too loud. Meanwhile several regulars are at the end of the bar counter screaming their heads off and that's fine.. I will never return, and would caution that you stay away as well.. People of color are not welcome in this...

THE BARTENDER HURT MY FEELINGS.

I came to the skylark for my first drink in several months due to a bout of illness from my autoimmune disease. Despite the negative effects alcohol can have on the body I thought it might be nice for me to have a drink with my friends and take a load off. Boy was I wrong.

When I approached the bar the bartender had his back turned, and ignored me for a LONG time. I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, and assumed he was just busy. After waiting for quite some time a very beautiful woman came to the bar and to my surprise the bartender served her immediately! Due to my illness, I currently have a bald head and look EXTREMELY bad. I try not to let this dissuade me from venturing out into the world, but experiences like this don’t make it easy.

When the rude bartender finally did take my order I chose not to tip him, to which he said GEE THANKS A LOT. I have been smoke free for several months due to my illness, but after this interaction I went straight outside to smoke a cigarette, and will probably finish this pack by the end of the night. The whole experience was very upsetting and I will NOT be coming back. You have made a life long...

I was standing up outside the Bar. I ask my husband to join me for a drink at the Bar. He was on his way to the bar so I sat on a chair outside of the bar to wait for him to arrive. An employee asked me if I’m having a drink with them today I said I would love to. Before I could finish explaining that my husband was on his way and can I wait for him. The employee (a man not a gentleman) said the seats are only for people drinking with them. He was ever rude and dismissive.

How about a hell, how are you doing. Can I get you anything to drink today. Not much to ask is it? We need to be kinder to each other, especially when you’re in the service business.

We all have bad days but when you are services the public who are serving smiles, nice attitude, warm gestures etc. I hope this was an off day for him because there wasn’t a person in the bar. I hope he...