The Lamplighter — Restaurant in San Diego

Well, I am the first one to review this place, but I don't care. I'm really astonished about the way the sheriff spoke to me, after making racist comments towards me. He lied, saying I was a "Prissy Princess" and that I didnt want to so my work. He even said I wasn't in the front of the group picking up trash when I was. I was in the front in the very begginning, three times before he acused me of this. I think he was embarassed that the white person was doing all of the work and his eyes, that can't pysically possible, cause where he conesfrom white people are lazy and let other races do the work. Now, I'm gonna be blunt!!! I did the most work out of the group and he wasnt used to that. Im from the midwest, not the south. We helped the black people with the underground railroad. I cant stand it when people are so judgemental, they dont even take the time to get to know you. I even spent a year living with a black family, so I am the last person on the list to be racist!!!! Nobody is going to judge me without knowing where I came from. I've always treated people the same way no matter what background they are. We're all equal, at the end of the day, we didnt ask God to give us our skin color, we didnt get to choose...... But I guess this guy wants to make it seem that way. I will this place two stars, though for the first day I worked, but as I mentioned, during the second day, the incident with the sherriff really ticted me off??? What are supposed to do if you are humbly doing your work and you actually get accused of not doing it???? Also, my id was being visciously thrown at me twice , when I went on medical hold by the white old man with the long beard and hair at the front ofgice. What is it gonna take to get respect. I walked in treating them with respect, I expect the same in return. Not people who pent up anger inside of them. My ancestors were not the natsies, my ancesters, came here from ireland, canada, were also Native American; Cherokee. So, you see I transfered locations after being discrimiated and falsely accused. I was even being kept from doing work when I had was on my mecical hold even though I can still work, I just have problems in the sun. I wasnt making this up , i was being prescribed a high dosage of anti biotics after my firsy two days of work and I had a real doctor from the health department write me aletter saying I can work but only under a few restrictions. I know this place is racist, so racist they have to flip the switch. When some one agrees to make an effort to do work sevice for some mere trolley tickets, they do not agree to be discriminated..... a legal issue I guess these people dont mind playing...

Very disappointed with this place!

We were a large group of 13 people who had traveled across the country from Miami to compete in the USTA national championships. We all had dinner at the KC BBQ place and they recommended the Lamplighter for us to go Karaoke.

Parking was easy enough. When we got inside I was shocked at how loud the music was. You couldn’t hear anyone singing over the music. We got some drinks from the bar. We went up to the DJ stand where there’s a QR code to signup to sing a song. So I choose one and go back to my drink and cheer for everyone who’s doing karaoke before me. Three or four of my friends also sign up to sing something. After at least an hour, and the same people singing multiple times, including the security guard and DJ himself!!! I go up to the DJ and ask him if he knows where I’m at in the line up to sing. He gets on his computer and scrolls down a fake list of names and tells me that my name isn’t on the list. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Playing dumb with me. So I get on the app again and sign up AGAIN. And then I wait, and wait… The DJ sings AGAIN?!? I’m like WTAF??? So I ask this guy who’s gone up multiple times, “Do I have to tip the DJ in order to be able to sing?” He says to give the DJ a tip, but make sure that he sees me tipping him. Sure enough, he IMMEDIATELY calls my name!!! Seriously? So I sing and I tell all of my friends what went down. We left around 12:30am. My friends stayed and waited for their names to be called, which obviously never happened. My friend went up to the DJ and asked him about it and he motioned towards his giant tip jar and shrugged his shoulders. So my friends told him “You shouldn’t call this a karaoke bar. This is a pay to sing bar.” So, why even have a QR code up for people to sign up if you’re never going to let them sing unless they tip you? Like we didn’t spend hundreds of dollars at the bar?!? Or have a $5 cover charge and split it with the DJ and security guard since they both like to sing so much that they’ll put themselves before your customers!

We were in town for 4 days. We each spent thousands of dollars on food and drinks and bars and entertainment in those four days. We’ll be back again soon. We will NEVER go to the Lamplighter again. When I googled karaoke, 8 places came up within a half mile radius of my hotel! There’s plenty of places to go. They’ll probably treat you with a lot more dignity and respect...

TERRIBLE BARTENDER JESSICA(?)/tall brunette. I decided to check this place out last night for the first time since I live in the area. Walked in, typical dive bar vibes with karaoke going on. Grabbed a beer after having to use their expensive ATM since the bar is cash only. Sat at a booth to enjoy the karaoke vibes. Eventually, I decided to play some pool ($2 a game, meh) with another patron. After one game, I bought another beer. Shortly after that, last-call was announced; fine/cool, I was working on my last beer. Moments later, the bartender yells, "If I don't know you, you need to leave!" I thought that was pretty rude and exclusionary. Brushed it off as her just trying to close soon, though I'm sure most got the message when the DJ announced last-call. The bar wasn't very busy, as it was late on a Sunday night, so I don't understand why she had to take such a stance. As me and the other guy were wrapping up our last game, the same bartender, Jessica (I believe was her name/ tall brunette), yells the same line yet again, "If I don't know you, you need to leave!" Again, very rude and exclusionary. As I'm deciding which of the last couple of pool shots to take, she bends around the bar, looks right at me and says that she doesn't know me and that the others left there are her friends, so I was the one that needed to leave. I asked her if I could just finish the game with her friend. No response. I had enough of her rudeness at that point. I set my pool stick down on the table and marched out. Her "friend" told me not to worry about it and let's finish the game; "No thanks." I have never experienced such rudeness and entitlement from a bartender. Very unnecessary. Reading other reviews, I'm far from being the only one with a bad experience here lately. At this point, I wouldn't go back or recommend this place; especially with all the other solid options within a...