Badlands San Francisco — Restaurant in San Francisco

I want to share that yesterday afternoon (August 28, 2025) I had a very upsetting and aggressive experience with the bartender who was on duty at that time. Around 4:30 p.m., I went with three colleagues to show them the place, since I had visited before and the service had been excellent. Unfortunately, one of my friends drank too much and at first she was sick in the restroom, then later near a trash bin by the men’s restroom. I approached the bartender and politely asked for a bag while trying to help my friend. At no point did she make a mess outside or damage any area of the bar.

I was trying to manage the situation patiently because I didn’t want us to leave right away, but my friend was taking her time. We weren’t disturbing anyone in fact, there were maybe only 7 people in the bar. Suddenly, the bartender came over in a rude and aggressive manner, telling us we had to leave immediately, and that if we didn’t, he would call the police. His tone was loud, disrespectful, and confrontational.

As the only man in the group, I couldn’t just abandon my friend, who is a woman and clearly needed help. I asked the bartender for a little more time, but he became even more hostile. Eventually, I managed to get her outside and sit her on the sidewalk. One of the bar’s customers came out to help us and even apologized for the bartender’s behavior, even though he had nothing to do with it, which shows he too felt uncomfortable about the lack of empathy.

I leave this review hoping that the staff at this place especially the bartender who was working yesterday can be taught to have a bit more empathy. While my friend is an adult woman who made a mistake by drinking more than she should, things like this can happen to anyone. And in moments like these, empathy and respect are crucial especially toward women, who are often the most vulnerable in these situations. Respect and understanding are among the most important values a human...

I had a terrible experience at this club on 4/27/13 that has caused me a lot of anxiety and emotional trauma. I think people should know what they are possibly in for if they go here, and since repeated e-mails to the owner have been ignored, I decided leaving a review here would be the best course of action.

At about 2:45 am I was standing on the dance floor having a drink, when 2 bouncers (?) randomly came up to me and grabbed my forcefully grabbed my arms. I repeatedly asked "who are you, what do you want, who are you" over and over, but they wouldn't respond. I said "let go I can leave myself", yet they continued to drag me out, so I tried pushing and elbowing them away. They never said one word to me the entire time or answered any of my questions, nor did they identify themselves as employees, just kept lifting me up and carrying me by my arms very firmly. They had me half way out when I started yelling "rape rape rape" because no one was helping me, and the person squeezing my right arm was being very aggressive. No one helped at all, just stood there and laughed.

I now have a huge hand-sized bruise that extends across my upper right arm (I have multiple pictures of right after the event to now). It's turned yellow and aching pretty badly at the present moment. Aside from the physical trauma, I've experienced emotional distress and anxiety. This experience made me realize that there really is no personal safety in clubs, especially when bouncers have ego's this large and are allowed to do whatever they want. I'm not sure where they get off treating people like this, or why they are just ignoring my e-mails (all I asked for was an apology), but this was not cool. Will obviously never come here again, and I doubt any of my...

Despite some poor reviews I read while researching the area I found this club to be a good place to spend a few hours on a Saturday night. Definitely not just a male gay crowd as others have discussed, on my visit it was a mix of LGBT and straight couples with the usual hen do crowd as well. Was relatively manageable until about 11pm after that the bar was pretty rammed. Drinks seemed to start around the $5 mark for shots etc. Dance music included Britney, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande so everyone seemed to know some of the tracks. Despite my initial reservations about going in on my own after a while customers were friendly and inclusive to an out of towner engaging in good conversation. Dance Floor was rammed yet everyone still seemed to have their own space. I took good care of my phone and money (CASH ONLY bar like ALL in the area! Which is CRAZY in a tourist area in 2019. From a safety point of view alone I’m surprised the city authorities allow this red flag that everyone going out here is definitely carrying cash!) Left at midnight and there was a queue building up. There wasn’t any Queue on my arrival just after 10pm. Music was loud on the dance floor but wasn’t crazy loud at the bar area so you could hold a conversation. I’d definitely go back. Door security were friendly and calm despite some serious anger issues from a dissatisfied customer trying to...