Milk Bar — Restaurant in Raleigh

Unfortunately, this seems like a very common theme in the reviews and my experience last night at milk bar was no different.

Milk bar has rules set up in their dress code that actively discriminate against certain groups, like Blacks.

I would never recommend this place to a friend, family member or colleague and will not be back.

I was wearing nice and expensive Oreo black and white retro Air Jordan 5's. For those that are unaware, these shoes cost about $200 online and are stylish. I was approached by one of the bouncers and told I could not get in.

I looked inside and people were wearing beat up running shoes and other types of shoes that looked much worse than what I had on. The bouncer told me the reason why I wasn't let in is because "Well, you are wearing Air Jordans and we don't let people in for wearing Jordans".

The GM then told me that they make rules to enforce a dress code. This "Dress code" is EXTREMELY casual, allowing for hats, shorts, sneakers, running shoes, etc. Keep in mind that this place is a bar, not a club.

They told me that this is how "Raleigh is" "you must not live here" and that every place on Glenwood has the same types of strict rules.

I am upset that you have a rigid rule in your dress code that allows you to actively discriminate against a certain group of people who enjoy basketball, street fashion or who might like to wear Jordan tennis shoes.

It should be noted to everyone who got this far in the review that I went to 3 other bars later in the night on Glenwood and they all let me in no problem :)

Voice of the customer's matters but the GM didn't really care to hear what I had to say. She told me that "business was great" so I guess she didn't mind losing a potential great long-term local Raleigh customer.

As a young professional living in Downtown Raleigh and working in the budding tech scene, I enjoyed visiting your bar a few weekends before and I was excited to start the night with our group at Milk Bar but sadly I will not be back. I really hope you take this issue seriously because you are losing a ton of money as a result!

Good luck with your investment here and please write back to me when your rules and actions...

Stopped in for a break during a ridesharing shift. I was pleasantly surprised by the atmosphere and vibe inside. I was hoping for a lively yet contained crowd. It's not fun when you're over 35 and simply either cant move with a beer in hand or claim a spot at the bar without being asked to move every 5 seconds so someone can get a drink. Everyone was very friendly, seemed to be respectful and courteous of each others space and I did not witness anyone being too aggressive or simply being too drunk to ruin things for anyone else. Music was great, BUT NOT TOO LOUD where you cant hear the person next to you which can really be annoying. I used to live in NYC and that can just get too over the top.. that being said as someone new to the area, I felt very comfortable amongst the crowd, had a handful of people get me to raise my glass and even felt like like joining in when I would get near a small group of people that were dancing... AGAIN...LIVELY but not to over the top like New Years or being at a college bar.FINALLY, I just stayed for one beer and the bartender ( female) was SUPERB... very friendly, great smile and even as busy as she was seemed unnerved while racing back and forth to try to help everyone. Kind of wish I could have stayed longer ...... but there will definitely be a next time.

Personally, I think having a reasonable dress code seems spot on... not tacky yet not too formal at the same time. I will say that as a part time driver I have already taken 2 different sets of people that wanted to find a place to go out after concerts and convinced them to try The Milk Bar.... in both cases they agreed and I ended up with a couple of nice tips... if they had a positive experience that contributed, then all...

First and Last Time at Milk Bar!

There is a reason why Milk Bar has been in the news in the past for discrimination and it still holds true today. I went with 6 friends last night there. A friend of mine was sitting in a bar stool and a bouncer came up and said “you need to get up right now because you are blocking a walkway,” when there were other females (Caucasian and she African American) who were also sitting in the same area she was. My friend did what she was told, got up but I guess because she wasn’t getting up as fast as he would like and couldn’t because of how short her dress was and as high as her shoes were, he got in her face and said “You could move faster!” And got in her face and started yelling at her. She was trying to telling him “you don’t need to talk to a lady like that, I am moving,” and he just kept yelling at her in front of the whole bar! We decided to leave and talk to a lady named Jennifer. The whole time we are trying to tell her what happened, he was trying to cut my friend off from telling her and Jennifer was throwing up hand signals and not really wanting to listen to her side of the story and Jennifer said “He asked her to move because of fire code of having so many people in there.” So you ask the girl that’s African American and not the Caucasian girls? When my friends walked off, a friend of mine who are both Caucasian pulled Jennifer to the side and explained to her how it looked racist from our stand point and Jennifer said “It is so easy to use the race card these days.” Now I see why it’s called the Milk Bar! It only caters to those that are milk colored. I don’t know how anyone could support a...