Drew F.
Yelp
First, let me say this: The concept of this establishment is spot on. To be honest, I was going to give it four stars because of the singer (She rocked), and the wait staff was extremely friendly and nice. However, the manager killed it for me. As a former bar manager and currently in the service and hospitality industry, managers must assess the establishment and make decisions accordingly. It was my birthday weekend, and we made two separate reservations. They have two shows, so we made one reservation for us at the 7 pm show and another reservation for a larger party at the 9 pm show. When we arrived at 7 pm, there were 6 or 8 people in the establishment, so we made 10. All was well; we ordered drinks and calamari. We enjoyed the music and really enjoyed ourselves. Fast forward to about 8:30 pm, and some of our guests started to arrive. We were sitting at a small table for two, so we asked if we could move to the larger area. There was some hesitation, but they agreed to move us after we explained the situation with the two reservations. So here is where things got really awkward... the manager got on the microphone after the set was over and was basically like, y'all have to leave. I understand there are two shows. Still, the establishment was practically empty, my larger party made the place look packed, and how are you going to kick someone out of an establishment when, for one, it's not like we purchased tickets to see the singer; that happens to be a benefit of patronizing the establishment, two if that is the policy, as a manager I would have expected you to observe that your establishment was nowhere near capacity. I even asked the hostess if they were expecting additional patrons for the evening, and she replied, "Maybe some walk-ins," which tells me the reservations were probably done for the night since the 9 pm show had already started. After he made the announcement on the mic, he had the audacity to approach my larger party to ask them to leave when they had just arrived for the 9 pm show. This further tells me he wasn't paying attention to the room, nor did he understand what was going on. I get it: managers can't be in multiple places at one time, but that's why you rely on the staff to paint the picture for you. The manager appeared to have just wanted to clear the establishment, not knowing that my party of 10 was the largest group in the building. He blew a perfect opportunity to ensure my guests were comfortable and capitalized on a potential profit from my guests. However, because of the treatment, we left and patronized another establishment. MAJOR FAILURE on the manager.