The Bends — Restaurant in Saint Petersburg

I like it here. Sometimes they have live music (wish it were a little more often). Drinks are decent and not expensive. People are cool, both working and visiting. Just wish it wasn't so... I'm gonna say clique-ish? Usually people are in groups of 4 or more, not exactly easy to meet people if you don't know anyone? Then again, my girlfriend and I are new to the area, she has anxiety, and I gave ASD, so... But even with that, we never feel out of place or uncomfortable here (we frequent Cocktail as well, but sometimes that place is overwhelming, for example [still a fun place]).Still, gonna keep coming back to The Bends. It's been our...

place had a great vibe and cool live music area. Unfortunately I had a horrible interaction with one of the female bartenders. I started a tab and tipped cash throughout the night when I closed out I still tipped, but because I was tipping with cash throughout the night I didn't tip a lot on the receipt. Long story short the bartender looked at my tip, assumed I was a cheap tipper and decided to make a scene and call me out, probably one of the most unprofessional things I've seen in awhile. I Doubt I'll...

Maybe this is typical now and I’m just out of the loop, but last night/technically this morning, I was denied restroom entry at 2:49am, over 10 minutes before they closed at 3am. I was incredibly polite, yet I was mocked and called “entitled” by the employee that shut the door. When I asked if there was anywhere around there I could go, I was told it wasn’t his problem. I’ve bartended and waitressed before and never experienced anything like that until last night. Is this normal post-Covid...