The Architect Bar & Social House — Restaurant in Raleigh

I used to love the Architect. However, last Saturday (around 11:30 pm) my fiance and I went out with a group of people to celebrate our engagement. Several were permitted to enter then one person was stopped and told to pay to enter. I offered to pay for the remaining members of our party but was told I was not permitted to pay for the other members of our group (about 10 total, four were not required to pay, those who were charged were persons of color). I asked to switch with a friend of mine to have her enter the club while I waited in line with my fiance and was yelled at to go upstairs. A woman who had too much to drink had fallen while leaving (steep staircase at the entrance not part of our group) and was being helped up by her friend. I could not go up the stairs and the bouncer screamed at me to move when there were people on the stairs helping the drunk woman get up. I asked why he was being hostile with me and said I would be able to walk upstairs when the stairs were clear. I handed my fiance a dollar for his entrance and went to walk up the stairs/around the fallen woman and was screamed at to leave. I was angry but calm and agreed to leave as our business was clearly not wanted. As my friend walked out without protesting the bouncer touched her without her consent. Our group had just arrived downtown and no one was drunk, disorderly, loud, etc. We were all calm and excited to dance. Neither myself nor my friends will be returning to this establishment. I had considered having our wedding at this location as it is a beautiful space but I am happy to say that we chose...

I came to the bar and ordered a double vanilla vodka/diet Coke.. it's 1am and the bar is surprisingly not as busy as it usually is for a Friday, but i had got an order in rather quickly (note: 1 star) Upon handing him my card to pay for my own drink he'd made be, I was charged $17 for the one, SINGLE "double" drink. Let's remind you:: I am not in a large city paying for a club price drink.. I am in a ratchet-ass bar in the middle of downtown Raleigh!!!! The bartender charged me $17 for a double at a regular.ass.bar!?! I asked, then begged the bartender to take it back after he rang me up, as I am not able to afford THAT much on any single drink.. He explained to me he cannot take the drink or charge back, so I asked to speak to a manager, and what do you guess, he said he was the manager.. great! also stating if I did not pay for the drink I would be ARRESTED!!!! Ok, so I had a budget - thanks for letting me in on how your boujee ass over priced bar that was such a rip off that no one (who knew any better) in their right mind would come here.. if you do, on a weekend night, you're at...

Do NOT use your credit or debit card here. My friends and I ordered a drinks. I did not start a tab because I wasn’t planning on having more than 1 or 2 at the most. Drink was $11…I tipped $3. About an hour and a half later we went back to the bar for a 2nd drink…same price. My card was given to them twice. One of my friends said check your account because there is a $50 charge on mine. I looked at my account and there were 4 pending charges from The Architect! Two for $50 each and two for $35 each…a total of $170 in pending charges for 2 drinks that totaled less than $30. I did not start a tab so there shouldn’t have been any amount held. The bigger issue is nobody could explain to me why there were 4 charges made to my card. The manager or owner said they’ve been having that problem for a few weeks now. A few weeks!?? And you still haven’t figured out a way to NOT put multiple fraudulent pending charges on people’s cards!?? That is unacceptable! We went for open mic night on a Wednesday. If you ever decide to go BRING CASH and be sure to count...