Alanna O'Neal

Review of Blind Elephant Inc.

Normally I'd have nothing but raving reviews for t...

Normally I'd have nothing but raving reviews for this place, but it's been a while since I've been in and it's not what I was used to raving about. My friends are in town today and I was trying to show them some local spots and took them to Blind Elephant. I paid the membership and headed straight to the bar. From the instant we walked up the bar tender acted annoyed and impatient. There were about 6 people in the bar TOTAL and no one seemed to be needing any refills and were engaged in talking to their company. There were 5 of us and we weren't dressed to impress. It's a Saturday afternoon and we were walking downtown to show our friends the town we live in. My friends were asking about the drink specials just to get rude responses like "well, those are two totally different drinks and flavors" and practically an eyeroll away from helping us further. He was insistent we all order our drinks all at one time like he was so busy and couldn't spare the time to mix our drinks....remember....only 6 people in the entire bar. I inquired about a stack of books I saw sitting behind the bar that I was hoping to get to read one of. I asked if they were for reading or decoration, of which he said "those are ours".....whatever that meant. I was so upset at the level of rudeness I just experienced I couldn't even enjoy my drink. I spent the whole time apologizing profusely to my friends about the embarrassing choice of bar I'd just hyped up. I just wanted to go. That was a waste of my money and time. I'm honestly not sure if I'll be back after today, which sucks because it's been my dream to hold my wedding reception there soon because I love the environment and the live pianist. So. Thanks for the old school memories but management seriously needs to reevaluate their staff. This is completely not ok