The Leaky Lifeboat Inn — Restaurant in Town of Hempstead

So I don't write reviews generally, but this experience was absolutely disgraceful on the part of the staff at the Leaky Lifeboat. Me and my buddy walked in around 2 AM on thursday night friday morning 15AUG25. When we walked in we were greeted by this younger guy bouncer with a beard and glasses. He took mine and my friends ID's clearly jokingly saying i dont know while looking at them (Mind you we're both 25 I'd say I look older than the dude working security). But what really irratated us was he called over some woman who didn't even appear to work there! He showed this creepy old lady our ID's with our REAL ADRESSES ON THEM. I said to him look I'll show you my old Military id (CAC) with the same name on it and he looked like he had no idea what he was seeing. Fed up we left and went to ridgewood station and didnt even get I.D'ed.... Long story short the staff like to waste your time and they apparently get to discriminate who they want to let in the bar. Just go to...

Thursday nights they have karaoke night but the problem is it's not your regular karaoke. If you're lucky you get one song you can literally be the first person and only sing one time that night. Other than that they're very nice but I come there just to sing and if I'm putting in three songs that night I want to at least sing two of them. It's kind of unfair if you were there first in line to put your songs in not a good policy for that I won't be coming back. Can't rate the food never ate there. First time I came there I was late I came at 10:30 and put my song in at a quarter to 11. That was understandable. Second time I came there I put my songs at a quarter to 10 before they even started. I was the first to sing and after that I asked him if he could play me the second song and he said he was sorry he couldn't because there were a lot of people and he wants everybody to have a chance I get it but I still think it's unfair First come...

Management protects criminals who steal from their patrons and management puts their customers on social media after clearly stating not OK to. -- Patrons beware. Go elsewhere -- First my jacket was stolen and an owner, Bill, lied that couldn't see the theif's face on video. Even one of his bartenders confirmed he was lying. Then the same owner pressured me to be recorded on his phone when I wasn't comfortable with it and I told him outright it couldn't be shown to anyone. He immediately uploaded it for public view on Instagram.

Patrons beware....