Twice as a single woman dining at the bar - I wait...

Twice as a single woman dining at the bar - I waited from 45 minutes to 11/2 hours (after being told at 4:30 that I could not order from the dinner menu until 6pm!) for my food to arrive. This past week I ordered at 7:15 and after a man (arriving after me) placed his order (after me) was served his food - ate his food - paid for his food - and prepared to leave before I was even served a piece of bread or had any communication at all from the blond female bartender. And there were only 8 people at the bar! What really is the problem? I paid for my wine and left Mesh forever.