Tyler's used to be one of our go-to spots -- we were there once or twice a week for years. Sadly, after our last experience it's clear their over served bartenders would prefer to be bar-back bullies once their one or two swigs of liquid confidence start to hit than actual decent humans (I’m not talking about being decent servers, these guys need life lessons on how to be good people).

To be clear: the young women and day time male bartender, always wears a hat (sorry I don't know your names!!!) who work there are still friendly and competent, sweet, kind, everything you go there for.... but beyond that, the service is subpar -- particularly from the weekend male bartenders (the curly hair and tall one that seemingly always appears under the influence with thinning hair) who seem more interested in stirring up drama than doing their jobs. Like, these guys sized me up from the moment I walked in the door and asked if they were open…. The awkward stare from the door made me feel like maybe I was walking in at close or something.

For context, a few weeks back, my wife was clearly over-served after ending a work event that day, and I chose to drive her home as soon as I noticed we needed to go. Admittedly, I did do this in a hurry and couldn’t remember if I collected my card or not. The next day, I called the restaurant to make sure everything had been settled bc in the moment I honestly couldn't remember and, wanting to be responsible, I called to ensure no checks were left unpaid. I was told all was fine. Fast forward three weeks -- and roughly three visits later -- and suddenly a bartender corners us, claiming a $40 tab hadn't been paid and he had to cover it. We apologized and offered to settled it and he asserted a few times that we needed to not only cover that (which we had no issues with - in fact we explained the whole story of how we tried to rectify it the next day) but he just kept going at it. Further, he also DEMANDED we tip because the management made them pay it all (our response was "okay cool - got it- we will, like we said the first few times").

Honestly, for mangers reading this, if that's true you make servers settle unpaid tabs, why wait weeks and then confront us publicly instead of handling it like adults -- or better yet, through you, management? We were cornered at 1230am after leaving a movie by what could only appear to be two drunk employees, not even a manager. Further, the bartenders states, "yeah they wouldn't know if you didn't pay your tab?" So I guess we were wrong for trying to fix the situation immediately?

I mentioned to the bartenders that I totally understand the dilemma and their displeasure regarding having to pay the $40 and ensured they will be paid back. Still, the balding male bar tender decided to proceed to tell me he's now mad at me for being upset, refusing to let the conversation rest. I, clearly not wanting to drink around this guy, then order a water. This really set him off. What really sealed it for me, though, was choosing not to drink that night due to how uncomfortable the situation had become -- only to be chastised by the bartender. He actually said, "I'm mad you're mad and now you're not drinking?" It felt like pressure to drink just to appease his ego -- completely inappropriate and wildly unprofessional.

To top it off, the substance abuse issues among some of the male staff are impossible to ignore at this point -- the erratic, confrontational behavior says it all.

We're done with Tyler's. No amount of nostalgia is worth dealing with a toxic environment like this.