AiNT NICKS TAVERN — Restaurant in Phoenix

Storytime. I have been coming to this bar for 18 years. Since it has been Wild Bill's Saloon. I have seen bartenders here come and go and have met new ones over the years. When one has been welcome to this bar, that came as often as my friends and I did, yeah, I got goofy from time to time. But rarely left a tab I never paid. Never picked a fight. Bought hundreds of shots. My friends and I had the stools by the main entrance. We got there shortly after 5pm and weeded ourselves out one by one. We had our beers and ordered each other shots. Eventually was down to 2 of us until the late crowd of fellas walked in. We'd get our 2nd wind. Gracie owned the bar then. New owners bought it. Remodeled a bit. Got rid of some smelly daytime regulars and those guys not making them any money. They enjoyed us. We were their anchor. New ownership comes thru. Don't go there as much. Homies moved away and passed away. But I still made an effort. I still promoted. But, I am still a presence. I might be hanging on by nights end but still manage to close out and call my Uber. Mind you I am coming from Tempe, Downtown Phoenix, Midtown Phoenix and still want to pay this bar a visit. We are down to a week ago. Forgetting I was there earlier in the day, I Uber'd there. Bartender pulls up the card machine and I know her and I thought she always enjoyed my patronage, but tells the bouncer, "I cant deal with him." I dont know this bouncer and he says I have to go. My mind starts working, "hmmm. I did not close out. I will get them next time." Mind you I walked in to close a tab but she didn't want anything to do with me. I ask the bouncer if I can wait inside to call my uber. Nope. Standing outside like a schmuck calling my uber. Brings me to present time. I walk in a few days ago. Ask the bartender, "Hi, do I have a tab?" "No. You don't have a tab. You are not welcome in this bar." "Ok, can I ask if it was your call Tanya or Chrystal?" She said it was hers. She made the case to Cheri the owner. I am not going to argue. It is their call. I never argue with a bartender's right to refuse service. I have so many other places I frequent where I am complimented for that understanding. Not that I am cut off frequently. I do shots. They do it with flair, "how about we stick to beers Nando. And Miller Lites, no Guiness or IPAs." "Ok! I know you guys are doing your jobs. Good looking out!" That said. As long as I have been going, ideally we are afforded a pass every now and then. What hurt was she told me, "You need help Nando." She does nor know me. She served no more than a dozen times during the day. I have a full time job. I go to school full time. I work 10 hour days. I am fine. I dont drink at home. I drink socially. Nowhere near everyday. I have benders. Yes. But, damn.

I don't care to go back. But if you want to be judged, go right ahead. Look around and see if you're the only minority in that joint. I never cared, but I wonder what changed.

I have no where near a following but will be a detractor...

Many positive reviews say, "Ain't Nick's Tavern" serves breakfast, lunch and dinner has a patio and they have hamburgers, appetizers, salads, french fries barbecue, etc and it allows dogs. A lot of places do. But, it doesn't allow dogs. It is NOT PET FRIENDLY! THE OWNER HAS DONE NOTHING TO DISPUTE THESE CUSTOMER REVIEWS SAYING IT IS. ONE ThEIR TODAY CUSTOMERS SAID IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR, THE WAITRESS SAID NO 3 YEARS AGO SHE (THE OWNER) CHANGED THE POLICY BECAUSE ACCORDING TO SOME PATRONS A CHIHUAHUA "BIT A LADY", SOME SAID NO IT WAS ONE LADY WHO DIDNT LIKE DOGS AND MADE A FUSS. I agree and support the owners right to change her policy to not allow dogs, maybe she doesn't like dogs. The patrons there said. "Oh no! She's got many dogs" So maybe it's a liability issue, maybe it wasn't good enough just to ban that Chihuahua from coming into the bar instead of banning everybody who brings a dog. I don't know. But to have such open positive communications from many customer reviews and not dispute them is negligence, it's not fraud but it feels like it. I only brought my dog today to meet a friend for lunch there out of my personal convenience. We went there at my suggestion because from the reviews I thought it'd be a nice new place for us to try. If I hadn't seen the reviews I would have left my dog at home. It ruined our lunch date. So now you know the dog issue, if you're thinking about going and thinking about bringing your dog don't believe to the reviews. Don't bring a dog. They're unwanted, Ain't Nick's is "not pet friendly" except everyone there wanted to pet my dog. The owner doesn't care, but I won't go back. It's very dark inside for a reason, the patio isn't that great. And the place is not convenient for me to go back. This was my public service to...

Usually Ain’t Knicks is a vibe , especially with Jaime on the karaoke. They have an arrogant bar back name Sal or something like that but this time they had a new guy Tony I think, he was pretty friendly. Went there on wing Wednesday and idk if crystal the bartender had a couple already or the age is gettin to her ears but my friend and I asked for lemon pepper wings and w hot sauces on the side. We thought we clarified 2 times we wanted the wings dry rub and then a sauce to dip into. Well we get the opposite! We get sauced wings with cups of seasoning on the side. SEASONING. ON. THE SIDEEEE. I send my order back which I know is rude but I am not going to dip into seasoning I’m not a psycho. and instead of rushing my food so I could eat with my friends, they take about 40 minutes to come out. Maybe 30 minutes. And I saw people come in way after my friends and I get their food before me! Then instead of triple checking my order to bring me the right thing crystal makes a not very educated guess and brings me naked wings w a cup of seasoning and side of sauce. Said she wasn’t sure and didn’t want to get it wrong. So instead of checking w me the person paying, she took a shot in the dark. She did ultimately take them off my tab but DUH. I go to the restroom after paying my tab (and tipping) when I come out my friend lets me know she’s talking crap about my $10 tip on my $46 tab. 20% of 50 is 10 so I even gave her a little extra when she definitely didn’t deserve it bc after she messed up my order my friends and I stopped getting offered drinks and service and we were at the bar it was pretty awkward. My friends and family and I...