1 /5 Espinosa Serena: Off The Hook, is an absolute beautiful place to visit. Has a pool table and darts to play with. Not to mention it seemed to have a large variety of food and drinks.
However, don’t let the beauty of the place deceive you. My friends and I (4 girls in total) were on a vacation from California staying for a week to visit a friend that recently got married. It was our last night before leaving and we hadn’t been to a bar yet. Each restaurant we had visited throughout the day, would recommend us a bar or attraction. We were definitely feeling a bar that night. Off The Hook was one of the many they’d recommend. So as any tourist we listened and went to the bar. We showed up pretty early 7:30pm or so. It was pretty dead inside. As we finished getting ready the anticipation and excitement built. It was our last night together and we wanted to end it well. We finally arrive and as shown in the video the place was super interesting and beautiful. We were satisfied.
We immediately notice that we didn’t get greeted by the bartender or any of the staff but instead gave us some dirty looks and immediately asked for our ID’s in a very nasty tone. I get it we look young and definitely look like we’re tourist. We hand over our ID’s and continue to look at the drink menu. I try to spark a conversation with our bartender all while having her hands on her hips and tapping her foot and if she was too busy to help us. Mind you it’s Tuesday and the bar seems dead but we didn’t mind to stay since it was recommended to us and we had limited options. I ask her what’s the best drink, she points me towards the best drink on the menu and I’m feeling up to having something new, so I order it. As she’s making the drink I ask what kind of vodka she’s adding. She gave me a glare with no answer. Once she’s done making my drink she then rises the bottle of vodka that she added to show me.
All throughout the making of the drink she gave nothing but nasty looks as if we were annoying her or a burden to be in the building. She then hands me my drink and I says
“That will be 10 dollars. Cash or card.” While rolling her eyes
I wanted to start a tap however it didn’t seem like she gave me an option and after her attitude we definitely didn’t want to stay for too long. I handed her my card and paid. Two more girls needed their order taken.
Instead of asking the last two girls what they wanted to drink or eat. She goes on to say
“There’s another bar you girls can go to instead.”
That’s when we all just looked at each other and felt super unwelcome. Didn’t take us long after that to put our drinks down without even finishing them and walking out.
We were all shook and upset. We even talked about it in the car as if it was just our imagination or if she was actually that rude.
We did end up going to different place to still enjoy the rest of our night but definitely will not be returning here.
I don’t recommend it unless you’re trying to feel like a burden in that establishment.
