Old Tavern Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Sacramento

I’ve been coming to this bar on and off for 20 years, not regular basis, but sometimes kind of time and my experience is always good. It’s an awesome location, I played pool on a regular basis and the tables are nice. The weight staff in the past has always been friendly and inviting. And then, a few weeks ago I came late on a Saturday night, Kaylia a part time bartender started hitting on me, a few weeks later I ran into Kaylia at hilltop, she was so nice and gave me her phone number, after that night I went to Old Tavern again about a week later, and the environment was very hostile for the first time ever. I was told by her co worker she doesn’t want to talk to me, and that’s fine, last night I went in and ordered a colors light, I had forgotten her name, I asked the manager what her name was , he responded by throwing me out of the bar, I have no idea what Kaylia is mad at me for, I would really like her to inform me, so I could apologize. It’s really important to me that I do not leave a mess behind, it’s very important to me that I reconcile wrong, unfortunately, I have no idea what I did wrong, and I find it very unprofessional that BAR has a rally behind a personal vendetta of an employee. A vendetta I do not understand or even know the reason, but I do know it’s very bad for business. And that heavyset Mexican manager, should be replaced with somebody who is professional. I never caused problems, I tip very well, often more than the cost of the drinks. This used to be a great neighborhood bar, and it will be again with new management that puts customers and community relations over the desires of a malicious...

Good ole' O.T. I went through a period of time in my late 20's when I was a bit of a barfly. The "divier"( I know divier isn't a word but you get it), the better. The Flame Club was my regular haunt, and wow that place has changed A LOT in 10 years! The day crowd still has a small crew of die hards but at night it turned into like a hip hop club! Anyway, so at the height of my barfly stage I would hit up Old Tavern maybe 3-4 times a week. The Good: Cheap, strong drinks (it's not a dive without the presence of both of these things imo) Relatively friendly regulars and bartenders Good people watching ( I love ya Ground Chuck!) Good jukebox

The Bad: Stinky, funky, bathrooms! The odor seeps into the bar and there are a few seats that are sometimes unbearable to sit in More fights than the average dive bar Dirty, stanky bathrooms! Did I mention the sewage aroma emanating from the bathrooms?

In conclusion, I haven't been a "regular" there for a number of years now so to be fair some of these things may have changed for the better or worse. But I did stop by for a quick drink with a friend last week and sadly the smell was still ripe as ever. The question is, would Old Tavern be Old Tavern minus the nostril assault? All I can say is that it was an oddly nostalgic moment when I caught my first familiar whiff so I won't turn down an invite. I just won't sit in the seats by...

This place is a joke. There's a line for the bar to order a drink, which is weird enough. But the bouncers here are on a power trip and the bartenders are... careless?

Long story short, we met friends there, took one shot together (except my girlfriend who didn't have anything), and my girlfriend went outside with a friend to chat. Apparently, while she was outside, she was doing things like jumping jacks and other movements and whatnot to stay warm. The bouncers saw this and immediately kicked her out for intoxication - no questions asked.

I tried asking if there was a mistake or if they had the right person but the bouncer just said the bartender told her to kick her out.

Okay.. went to the bartender and surprise surprise - they didn't say anything of the sort. Seems the bouncer saw my girlfriend acting "intoxicated" and asked the bartender permission to eject her, who blindly gave the OK.

Never had any sort of experience like this before. The bartender, Joe was his name?, expressed annoyance that I was protesting this and probably wrote me off as being drunk too, based on the way he didn't care at all about our issue.

Idk. This is a weird spot and I've never had an issue like this before. The staff needs to seriously evaluate what their definition of hospitality and...