My very first bar I went to in Michigan!
This place is always dead, I don't know how it stays in business,
The bartenders are somewhat rude and I spoke with one of them him about his rudeness he apologize and didn't mean to come across that way but he didn't seem very genuine about it
Drinks are overpriced and not much liquor in the drinks.
I'm still not sure what type of bar it is .. but I will say very diverse.
Meh.
First, I think on a Friday or Saturday night it's full of the spillover from The Oakland, so if it's supposed to be a Gay Bar (which we didn't realize until we looked it up on Yelp), I think it might be a little confused...
The bartender was nice enough for the couple of drinks we had, but the drinks were just so-so and the atmosphere is very strange. Confused is the only word I can use to describe the decor as well. It was like modern, but not, with Buddha sculptures and strange light fixtures... Â I don't like a place that creates cognitive dissonance when I'm out for a chill night. Sigh. If you're in Ferndale there are definitely better options.
Went in there last night.
Meh.
It went from no one being in there (except an aging lesbian couple) to a bunch of heterosexuals (this is a gay bar, right?) stampeding in.
The bartender who is also supposedly the manager & heterosexual (again....this is a gay bar, right?) is a prick. Instead of tending to his bar he seemed more interested in playing on dj'ing websites on his laptop or leaving the place entirely to go out and smoke. Professional. When said females came in (and some sort of friend/associate of his) he was all over them yet paying no mind to that actual gay customers there.
I was astounded to find out that my Sapphire & tonic was only $5.50. Well it may have came out of a Sapphire bottle, it was not indeed said gin. We stayed for one drink and then I had to get out of there.
It's sad that this is "fabulously fashionable Ferndale's" one & only gay libation establishment. Word of advice, dude....the bartenders next door at The Oakland have engaging courteous bartending skills down. Learn from them.