Rebecca S.
Yelp
Naja's, where the fun goes to die...
We got married at a hotel in the area, and we looked around for a bar that was walking distance from the venue, and open late. Boom Naja's was one of the only places around. Therefore, we decided to host a meet up on Thursday night at Naja's, for anyone in town for our wedding. This was mainly due to the fact that this would be our after hours wedding bar on Saturday. If it wasn't for this, we would have chosen somewhere else without a doubt.
Most of our friends and family could not understand why we picked Naja's for the get together, they were not impressed. Dirty, only beer and a few bottles of wine and that is it. They do have a good selection of beer, except they were out of the only beer my husband and I wanted (Pliny the Elder). Either way, we had the meet up there.
While we were there that Thursday, I talked to the bartender and explained that our wedding was that Saturday night and we were telling people to come to this spot after. The bartender replied and said that it is pretty common for weddings around the area to do this and he happily confirmed they will be open until 2am on Saturday night.
Cut to our wedding night, reception ends around midnight, 12:30am by the time everyone gets out of the venue. Whoever is left makes their way over to Naja's which was about a 10 minute walk. I am in my wedding dress still along with our mom's, uncles, wedding party and wedding guests.
When we arrive, they refuse to serve us because we are apparently too intoxicated. I know that this is their job and I understand when it is necessary, but they denied the majority of our wedding guests before we were barley in the door and I know not everyone was intoxicated to the level of denial...
If Naja's is used to handling wedding groups, I would imagine those crowds are very similar to our group. People that are having a good time, drunk of course, after midnight, after a very fun event, on a Saturday night, hoping to keep the good times going.
Overall, my groom and I were extremely sad that we gave Naja's our business not one but two nights, only to get rejected after our amazing wedding, with wedding guests that did not want the night to end. It was a huge let down for everyone and a very sad ending to our perfect day. Naja's will never remind us of happiness nor a good time.
Having any wedding related activity at Naja's is honestly one of my biggest wedding regrets after the way we were treated. Don't operate a dive bar if you cannot handle drunk folks on a Saturday night.
Don't believe my story, take a look at the low rating reviews on Naja's yelp page. Almost every single review talks about how poorly they were treated by the staff...