First & last visit to the Bamboo Room. After heari...

First & last visit to the Bamboo Room. After hearing about an Irish folk band playing I went to the Bamboo room on 6/8/13 and was extremely disappointed and disgusted by both the service and the behavior of the patrons. Apparently this place has a practice that says you can reserve your tables all night, but the staff doesn t observe this so you can get seated, start a tab and then get bullied and kicked out of your seat by rowdy drunk patrons who say they were there first but were outside. The band was great, the little that we heard, but we were forced to leave because of the rowdy customers.
Upon arrival we were told that we could sit anywhere, there was at least 8 open tables in the front by the stage so I found a table with 4 seats. About 10 minutes later a woman came from outside and said that this was her table and that her group was outside and the waitress was supposed to hold the table for them. So my boyfriend and I got up and moved to another table, for which the woman said that the next two tables were also taken. Annoyed, we moved to a fourth table down with 4 chairs. We were served by the waitress and started a tab and at no time were we told that this table was also taken. About 20 minutes into the performance we were approached by yet another couple who insisted that this was their table and that we needed to move. After explaining, again, that we already had a tab and that we are expecting 2 other people, the husband of the woman became very angry and grabbed the table and 2 chairs and physically moved it. His body language and demeanor was very confrontational and aggressive. He stated that we could move or find some other chairs and basically didn t give a crap. There was no way to deal with this situation in a civil manor because this couple was completely ready to get into an escalating conflict over some seats. Having been treated this way by 2 parties really ruined our night and we decided to leave, no sense in being around people who would pick a fight over seats. Upon leaving I told management, but the woman who claimed to be the owner was so intoxicated that it wasn t worth wasting my time on. In the end I d rather spend my money in an establishment that has more civilized clientele and more professional and respectable management.