MILK+ — Restaurant in Salt Lake City

An amazing night tainted by greed. I went to MILK on New Year’s Eve. My group wanted to get there early so we could get a good table and have room for our group. We arrived around 8pm. We paid a $15 cover where the girl who checked us in said there was no show (we asked) it’s just because of the holiday. There were two sets of seating around the dance floor, raised booths that had reserved signs and smaller tables right next to the dance floor that did not. We went and asked the bar tenders if those lower tables were for reservations only and they said nope it was open seating, so our group settled in (10 of us) we ordered food, drinks danced had a great time! At around 10:30pm security came and told us and the table next to us (that had someone in a wheelchair) that we had to move because those tables were reserved and already sold, then followed up with “but if you want to reserve it you can for $400” we let her know that we had been there since 8pm had asked, was told that it was not reserved seating and how can the tables be both sold but also available for purchase? Not wanting the night ruined we moved to a small 4 top and continued on with the evening. It was noted that those tables remained empty the remainder of the night. This seemed SO unnecessary and dishonest.If the tables were actually reserved why didn’t they have signs like all the other ones? If they were actually reserved why didn’t bar tenders tell us it was open seating? If they were actually reserved why didn’t security talk to us immediately? Instead we were able to be there for 2.5hr but once it got busy there was a shake down for extra $$. Super disappointed and disheartened. The food was amazing, DJ was amazing, could have easily been a 5 star without the...

I had a really bad experience at the entrance. I felt discriminated. With the guy bc I gave my PASSPORT as an ID. And the guys he was just looking at it. I saw that the equipment bars use to scan ID worked perfectly with mine so I asked what was wrong and he started asking me question about my status in the country. I got upset and I said what doesn’t that matter?? He just said is my job. Well I got in and I asked one of the security members for the manager, she took me to a guy I asked if was the manager bc I had a concern. he wants but he asked “what he could do for me” so I told him what happened. And he said the guy had the right to ask anything to make sure everything was alright. I told him that that was not right that he didn’t had the right to ask those kind of questions. He just said “I’m sorry but is the way to be we can do it” I said is not true you can’t is not right and I left bc he didn’t seem to care or he doesn’t know what someone at the entrance of a bar can ask or not and migrations status is one thing they can ask. “He said to make sure everything is already “ I was like.. as long as I have an ID and is not expired I am allow to get in, that is why you scan the ID and if there is nothing wrong you can’t ask that at all. You know how many people go and not from here and show a passport as an ID identification? Can be a student Can be a tourist etc. you milk + don’t have the right to ask questions like that. I have been going to milk since it was open and never had to deal with it. I have gone other clubs and bars and never had this bad experience in my life is a bar they don’t ask that. As long as you have a valid ID and is...

I have been going to Milk+ since they first opened. They have a larger space but the overall feel is rather cold. It has a very corporate vibe, like you are going to McDonald's. Cold and impersonal, you are just a number.

And one progression I have noticed over the months is the cost going up. At first there was no cover, now there is. At first coat check was free, aside from the option to tip, now there is a mandatory fee. It seems as they get more popular they are finding more ways to squeeze money out of people.

They claim to be a queer club. I feel reasonably safe there but it doesn't feel like a queer club. It isn't as friendly as most queer clubs are. They do social media aimed at the queer community but they don't seem to be involved in the queer community. Furthermore at least one of there staff is transphobic and they seem to have a lot of hetero presenting couple there. Again I feel safe there but not protected.

If it was the only option in town I would definitely go there. The music is somewhat hit and miss, but usually danceable. I still go occasionally when they have a special event I really want to see. But I go knowing I am going to pay more for everything and that I am just a number to them.

We have several other queer bars/clubs in town that are a lot more friendly and feel like a queer club, not McDonald's. Personally I spend most of my time in clubs that make me...