Here to share a very unfortunate experience we had at Cruise Bar. We went to the venue on Thursday, to have drinks with friends and one staff member that we know. The venue manager ended up sitting with us too as he was also having drinks. At the start, we realised that he was completely intoxicated, but we didn t give the fact much attention as we all have been there and he seemed inoffensive. Moving forward he started to put his hand on my back and I didn t know how to react as he was the venue manager, drunk and in respect of our friend that works there. He kept going and I moved chairs. He then moved chairs to be closer and started to question me and my friends why I moved chairs and why we were looking to him in that way. We tried to change the topic and avoid a discussion, and he kept insisting. To a point that he started to scream with me and my friends. Screaming that we were making him feel like a bad person (plus other words that I don t believe would worth writing here) and that he was the venue manager and we had to leave the venue. Other staff members realised that the situation was getting worse and tried to take him home as he was completely intoxicated. However, he kept screaming with us and we decided to leave the venue. We left all the drinks we bought behind, but we took something with us: shame. Shame for not standing up against verbal violence, for not standing up against sexism, for not standing up against abuse of power. That is why we are here: to say that event will have marks on me: to feel frightened, powerless and treated ruthlessly. We know that owners don't have control over staff members attitudes. Furthermore, we acknowledge that most of them tried to help and recognised that it was an abusive situation. However, having a venue manager with that behaviour is something to re-evaluate if it is ideal. To start he was intoxicated, second of all he was abusing his power and to finalise he was sexist and violent. We hope that this doesn't reflect on other staff members as they were all embarrassed by his boss, but we would like to hear from the business how you will act regarding this matter. I found challenging to decide to expose myself like this but I believe this will prevent other woman to go through the same situation.
We loved coming to this bar on our Sydney getaway. We went pretty much every day. Beautiful view of the water & the Opera house especially at night. Great atmosphere, not rowdy & good live music on fridays & sat evenings. Very cosy sitting outside. Will miss this place!
We had the best experience and the place is wonderful and the staff even better. Best NY location in Sydney. Loved it
Cruise Bar is one of my favourite bars in Sydney. The bar has a great vibe, great list of cocktails, amazing harbour views. Happy hour on cocktails, live music. What else do you need. Love it. Thank you.
Attended an event, we paid to go to today, at the Rooftop bar. My girlfriend and I waited at the bar for 20 mins to get served while everyone around us was served. In the end we left as we were at a bar, to have some drinks and sadly this was for some reason, not an option. So we paid for an event, under the assumption we would have bar service. Apparently not. It is the first time this has ever happened in all our travels, I would have expected a better quality of service from a "premium" establishment. Very disappointing.
Fish and chips was amazing, best I've ever had! The restaurant had a lovely vibe and we enjoyed the view of the Opera house. Will definitely go again
Quite disappointed with the service and food. When the waitress bought our drinks she did not say a word, Not hello, here is you drinks, she said nothing. Yet you placed two drinks down on the table looked in the third one and took it away. I could only assume some strange object was in it. I hope she report it and not pulled whatever floating object was there out of the drink. As for the rest of the food the chips were not cooked right through, with all the technology we have these days cooking chips should be like boiling water. The wings I had would go down some of the worst I've ever eaten and the burger was terrible. My wife thought the salt and pepper squid was nice. With the location of this restaurant and high unemployment in the hospitality industry There must be some awesome stuff out there that could help make this restaurant one of the best in Sydney
A million dollar view, top live music and DJ s on the weekend and an extensive range of cocktails makes this place a top location to visit for an afternoon or evening out in Circular Quay. Service is good. Enjoy!
Good service. Good happy hour. Good views. What more do you need! Went here for a few drinks and some snacks I the evening after work. We sat on the ground floor. Everything during happy hour was very fairly priced while the prices outside of happy hour are more reflective of the prime location. Good view of the opera house and circular key. We ordered espresso martinis which were made fresh and tasted delicious. We also ordered chips both of which were slightly above average for bar food. A good experience.
It was a great sunny afternoon. No booking but they let us in for an hour anyway. The cocktails looked nice and taste delicious. The live music was top notch I think we will be back soon
