Paige H.
Yelp
Came here for my moms 53rd Birthday, I will never go back and I will tell everyone I know not to visit.
Lasted less than 20 mins. We drove in from San Antonio because we saw good ratings and wanted to try something new for the occasion while staying semi close to everyone as we live within 2&1/2 hours of one another so we met up with my aunt, uncle and other aunt (mind you everyone is well over the age of 45 but me). We sat there for a little while as my extended family had already gotten drinks before me and my parents had gotten there. My aunt and I go up to the bar because she wanted to buy us all a round and the bar tender asked me for my ID. I am not use to getting ID'd but have zero issue when it happens. Unfortunately on this occasion I had left my wallet in college station when visiting my sister this last weekend and it was in the mail so I didn't have it with me.
I simply said "oh i don't have it with me, no worries I just won't get anything" out load as I was happy just sitting with my family to celebrate and catch up plus they had a sign saying I could be there with my parents even if i'm under age, which mind you I am not. He responded with "you can't be in the bar".
I am 22 years old, almost 23, and I understand and respect any establishments rights and privileges to serve whomever they please. I respect the law and was completely un-argumentative to his claims as once again I am the one without my ID so I was happy although embarrassed to walk away and ask everyone to leave had the situation been different. But the situation was absolutely backwards and totally ridiculous which is why I feel people should know before going.
What caused us to leave this establishment and never return in the future is that he said this to me as he had just served a father with two children under the age of 12 and had a teenager who was barely 16 standing with him (oh and were still standing at the bar when we were having this discussion too). I walked away and informed my parents of what he told me so we could just leave because I genuinely didn't understand, was upset and felt like I was going to ruin my moms birthday bc I didn't have my ID with me and I couldn't just go home and leave them to enjoy and my aunt stayed back to make the point of exactly that. It was unfair to tell me i couldn't be inside bc I didn't have my ID with me (even tho i am 22) when there were 3 minors standing at the bar. Absolutely ridiculous, I was honestly blown away by this and their attitudes, embarrassed as to why I was singled out when there were children who were actually under age in the bar who weren't being kicked out and thrown as to how an establishment can operate like this.
You cannot have rules for one group and different ones for another especially stating they're laws and have to be followed when you aren't following them for another group of people. To treat someone like that and argue with them when you are contradicting yourself in front of them is beyond me. Absolutely embarrassing for any employer to have someone like that on there payroll.
(Even if they don't know the laws or rules, they should ask someone who does or get a manager instead of standing there looking stupid making up rules that aren't true or enforcing them for only specific individuals which makes the establishment and themselves look even worse and I want the owner to know about it.)
I have worked since I was 14. In retail, i've served in the food industry, i've done the entertainment side of things and now work at an attorneys office doing collections, needless to say i've dealt with alot of people, unhappy customers, crazy situations and not so great situations, and yet still i haven't come across this level of stupidity and absurdity. In those 8 years I've seen a lot from a lot of people both patrons and workers but never something so stupid like this which ruined my entire groups plans for the evening who only wanted to enjoy the new discovery they made and instead had to scramble to find alternatives to celebrate her birthday and we would have been happy to do so there had we not been essentially forced to leave by bartenders.
All in all, just wanted to let everyone know that there really are still shitty places out there to visit if you choose with even worse employees! You won't enjoy!