Kelsie P.
Yelp
Be prepared to be disappointed. Don't expect any sort of contact from this establishment when you reach out either. I've messaged them 3 times on their website AND sent a follow up email asking for someone to contact me and I haven't heard a word from them. Which is like giving me the middle finger, in my opinion. I work in customer service and I know what it's like to receive a bad survey or poor review without any knowledge beforehand, so I wanted to give them the opportunity to discuss this matter before leaving reviews on all platforms but they've left me with no other option at this point.
I booked reservations for a group of 4 on Friday 12/3 at 845pm for my birthday celebration. We arrived 10 minutes early and were advised by the hostess that they were running behind. No problem. We were taken to our reserved igloo close to 9pm. However the server did not come back to take our drink order until 9:25pm. After ordering, it took quite a bit of time to receive our drinks. When our server brought our drinks we specifically asked about the 90 minute reservation as we were unsure when the 90 minutes started since we were sat late and it took so long to get our drinks. She seemed unsure of how this worked and indicated there wasn't a set end time. Then our server only checked on us one additional time at which we requested to order a second drink. Again, this took quite a long time to receive these drinks and then they forgot one of the drinks. At 10:30pm, a different woman came to our igloo and said "I have to kick you out", even though we had just received our second round of drinks.
When our server initially took our drink order, she stated that they were short staffed that night. While I understand that this is not our server's fault, this is completely unacceptable. I consider myself a reasonable and understanding person and I fully understand the challenges businesses, including my own, are facing right now. However, you should not offer reservations if you cannot staff for it appropriately. On top of that, we are paying a hefty price for a service. If you cannot deliver the service, then you should not be charging for this. When I say "hefty fee", I paid $150 for a reservation only fee for four adults. This money does not go towards your tab, which I was aware of when booking.
The woman that told us she was kicking us out was extremely rude and we were taken aback by her lack of professionalism. I want to make clear that I fully understood when booking that there was a 90 minute reservation time, however, there were far more appropriate ways she could've handled the situation. For example, she could've come to our igloo 10 minutes prior and advised that we were approaching the 90 minute reservation. She could've asked us if there was anything else we needed as our reservation was ending. We are educated and considerate individuals and would've understood that it was time to leave. Again, this is why we specifically asked for details regarding the time earlier but we were not given a direct answer.
I've since shared this experience with other friends, family, and co-workers and those that have been here all had a similar experience. If this is on your KC Christmas bucket list, either lower your expectations or take your money to one of the other 10 pop up bars.