nYne Bar & Bistro — Restaurant in Spokane

I'd like more details on the rules here lol.

I just recently moved from small-town Montana (only been in Spokane for half a month), soo I'm still getting my bearings around here. I went to the Pavillion for pride yesterday. It was my first ever time experiencing pride, and it was amazing! But unfortunately I couldn't do anything for the main events of pride today because I had to work until 6. However, an amazing volunteer at pride told me that he heard Nyne is open for all ages until 9pm(I'm 19 for reference), and that there would possibly be a drag show; awesome!! So I think, "cool! I can go there after work and still get to do something on pride!" Well, my shift ends, and I make the 40 minute walk to the bar. The door is open, I see no line, and if I remember correctly, there was a sign outside saying it's open to all. So my unsuspecting little 4'10 ass waltzed in without a second thought. I get about halfway in the bar, just kinda standing there, when someone who I assume is a bouncer comes and grabs my arm and says he needs to see my ID. Confused, I go "oh- is it 21+?" (Because if it is, I'll gladly just leave and hang around some shops or something instead. I'm not gonna try and stick around if I'm not allowed.) He then proceeds to pull me out the door while he asked why I thought I got to skip the line. I was even MORE confused because I saw no line coming in. I don't know if I just managed to come right when he stepped away for a moment and no one happened to be around??? Reguardless, when we got out I did see a couple people who looked close to my age standing outside. I instantly apologized and told him I didn't know there was a line. He asked again to see my ID. I ask again if it's 21+ because if it is, I'll just be told to leave anyway once he sees I'm 19 on my ID. He says yes, I apologize again, explain that I was told it was all ages until 9pm, and start to leave. AS I AM LEAVING- THE DUDE YELLS AT ME TO "GET THE HELL OUT" ExcuSe mE? Bish I'm not IN- lol I AM ALREADY LEAVING HELLO????

I gotta say- if this is Nyne's bouncer/security, then I personally think he should be fired. If this is how he deals with a simple misunderstanding with a nonconfrontational anxious 19 year old kid, I can't imagine how he deals with confrontational drunk assholes.

So- what happened? Is it all ages until 9pm? Do you need to be 21 to go in? Do you need to be accompanied by someone 21+?? In my lil town you only got carded to drink, not simply enter, so I don't know all the ins and outs of rules like that yet.

If someone could clearly explain to me and anyone who may see this what Nyne's rules are so no one has to go through something like this, that would be great.(not sure if you can reply to reviews, but if not and you do want to reply, just reference me in a separate review and I'll try to remember to check back every so often to see it) Because if you're an anxious and depressed kid like me, an interaction like this can send you spiralling. Luckily, I have enough of a handle on myself to keep me from having this kind of thing hurt me too bad aside from a solid half an hour of my brain going a lil haywire on me. For someone else, this kind of thing may push them over the edge. Be careful, guys.

Edit: About a few weeks after writing this post, I saw a bit more clarification on the rules- I think? I had seen some things on FB and even the q&a here about it being open to all until 9pm like I was told. I dont know if it was just a pride thing to not be for some reason? Either way, I'm still quite disappointed in how things were handled that day. I cant find anything recent on it so I once again have no clue about exact rules lol. It's especially disappointing as many of the reviews for this place are quite good, saying its a safe atmostphere, when I felt the opposite. I've heard some good things by some people I've met, too. Hopefully no one else ends up going through some shiz like I did and it continues to be a good...

Last night was my first time coming to the nYne bar and the vibe was great when I walked in. I was feeling cute and ready to have some fun. I had just walked in not even for 2mins I’ve been there. I walked str8 to bar and ordered a “pineapple and tequila” from a woman looking person. Not sure what they identify as, but immediately their attitude towards me was so nasty. I was completely caught off guard. Their response to me was “ we don’t have pineapple tequila” and I said “no I just want a pineapple juice and tequila drink”and then they say “ you’re saying it wrong it’s tequila and pineapple” and I’m looking like girl what I simply just said pineapple and tequila what’s the difference? And they go and rudely correctly me and I’m like what is your attitude? And they go I don’t have an attitude and I’m like yeah clearly you do I’m just tryna order and they go if you keep talking ima have you kicked out. Like she was just nasty towards me over me saying pineapple and tequila. I’ve never had this problem before. As a bartender myself I have never said anything if someone says pineapple first. I immediately know what they are saying because they added the and tequila. Not just saying pineapple tequila. So as someone who’s born and raise in Detroit I was bout to snap on them cus the hostility and nasty approach towards just was just gross. So instead of escalating thing’s I asked a different coworker to get their manager. She didn’t wanna make my drink. Like she was just rude. The manger was so nice and said that they would deal with the issue with her later. I hope she does and not enable her to have that nasty abusive behavior. Because that’s just not okay. It takes a lot for me to make unpleasant reviews and I felt the need to because of the way she was towards me. I’m not exaggerating her attitude was just gross. If I go back I will completely avoid that person. I will never allowed that person say anything to me again. Other than that the vibes was decent....

I don't usually like to write bad reviews on here, but I feel like I should because of my experience last night. Yesterday was my 21st birthday, and nYne was the bar I was most excited to go to. When we went inside, I was immediately excited to see so many queer people hanging out, doing karaoke, and overall having a fun time! My friends and I headed up to the bar and I told them I needed to use the restroom, so I told my fiancée to order me the drink I wanted and then I went over to the other bartender to ask her where the restroom was. Politely, I said, "Excuse me, do you guys have a restroom?" And she looked at me annoyed, rolled her eyes, and then told me in a very condescending tone how to get to the restroom. I was immediately hurt by the interaction, especially because my friends told me she rolled her eyes again when I walked away. I didn't really understand what I had done wrong and of course, being tipsy on my 21st birthday, and with the interaction being so unexpected, I started uncontrollably crying. I'm a sensitive person, and going bar hopping was something I was excited for, but I was also really nervous, and this experience was the last thing I expected to happen at a place that immediately felt very welcoming. The other bartender was very kind to my friends, they had blue dyed hair! I wish I got names before we left, but we basically chugged our drinks so that we could just leave. I have only heard good things about nYne, so it was very unexpected to be treated that way, especially since I felt like I was being...