Address: | 2909 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657, USA |
Phone: | +1 773-935-7500 |
Site: | madriverchicago.com |
Rating: | 3.3 |
Working: | 5PM–2AM 5PM–2AM 5PM–2AM 5PM–2AM 5PM–2AM 11AM–3AM 11AM–2AM |
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Nick Achtien
DISRESPECTFUL AND BAD MANAGER! I had a great time with the friends I was with. After about an hour or so, it started getting crowded. We adjusted and were pushed closer which was understandable. Its a fun bar, lots of people. Due to how crowded it was, it started getting hot. I took off my coat and set it down at a nearby table. A bit later, I looked around and realized that the tables and realized that not only was my coat missing, but same with my entire partys stuff. I approached the bartender and asked what happened to the tables, specifically my coat. She told me "talk to a bouncer in a blue polo" to find out what happened. The bar has a lot of people in it at this time and it will be extremely difficult to find an employee in a blue polo at this moment. I ask for the manager and he tells me its not his responsibility and that I should have been keeping an eye on my coat. I walk around for about 15 minutes and find someone who looks like they are a bouncer and ask what happened to the tables. They point discover that there are about 15 or 20 coats in pitch black. I had to pull my phone out to use as a flashlight because it was so dark there. I find my coat and approach the manager to let him know that I did indeed find my coat and the way that he responded was very inappropriate. Specifically, I said "hey man, your employees took my coat and moved it to the corner of the bar. Thank you for letting me know they moved everything!! (sarcastically)" He again repeated to me that it was my responsibility and not his. I returned and said "its not my responsibility if your employees move everyones coats and they all go missing". **He looked at me at me, raised his hand and made a puppet motion and moved his fingers like a talking puppet.** I got very angry and told him how disrespected I felt and how he shouldnt treat customers like this. He called the bouncers over to throw me out. I left respectfully and no one had to throw me out. No manager should EVER treat customers like this. I am giving this a bad rating because of the disrespect I felt from the manager and strongly recommend people not to go to the restaurant because of the immaturity that the he gave me.
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A Private User
I went here for a girlfriends birthday on June 6th, 2009 and had a great time until the end of the night. I was in the bar and a fight broke out right next to me and was stuck in the middle, which included me being shoved and my purse and cell phone thrown all over the place. I had no idea who the people were fighting and a guy I did not know was nice enough to help me up and find my stuff. The staff did NOTHING to stop the fight, and when I went outside with a guy friend to explain there was a fight going on and what happened, they just laughed at me and asked what they should do about it. I was shocked that they didnt do anything to stop a fight in their bar, and then laughed at me when I already had visible marks from being shoved. Once the guys who were fighting came out my friend pointed them out, which caused the guys to start shoving my guy friend. This happened directly IN FRONT of the security and they told US to leave or else they would call the police. Obviously, the guys starting the fights knew the security and the staff wasnt going to do anything. I would NEVER go back here, I was so applauded at how security did absolutely nothing to keep the other people safe. And our waitress was very slow and rude. If you do not know the staff here I guess you are out of luck.
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A Private User
At initial walk in, I was thinking this would be a decent place. A perfect bar/club hybrid. But from the moment I got up to the bar, it was bad. I gave my order 3 separate times before somebody agreed to make it. Price wasnt bad($14 for jack& coke and a long island). While Im standing there, some jackass keeps intentionally bumping my shoulder. It got to the point where I turned around and started pushing him, and would have gotten into a fight with the guy if I hadnt been pulled away by a girl we were there with. Fast foward 30 minutes till drink order #2, which took about 15 minutes for 2 coors lights, gave the guy a $20, and he gave me $7 change. Im about to leave a tip, when i realize something doesnt seem right. $6.50 for a coors? Took me another 5 minutes to flag him down and question him, and convince him that he owed me $5. No tip for him that time. Hire another bar tender, seriously. $10/hour for the bartender would be made back 5 fold in the hour without a question. I will say however, that the staff aside from the bar was great. A friend got way too drunk, and the staff was extremely helpful, nice and courteous in dealing with the situation.
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Hannah Mitrovich
Good music, fun atmosphere inside. Outside however is a different story. In my most recent experience there was a long line outside and it happened to be freezing out. They said there was a $20 cover for guys and my friends didnt care so we waited. The line moved a little and we were about 7 people back when a bunch of people started leaving. Instead of letting us in the bouncer would tell people behind us that if they "gave him a dub" hed let them to the front. We watched at least 7 groups of people cut in front of us because this guy demanded bribes. It was freezing out and I asked him if he planned to take bribes all night or if wed be able to get in. He then proceeded to yell at me as if I was just some drunk girl but I was completely sober. Anyway, my views on this place have changed drastically after one night. I recommend management looks into they sketchy/rude bouncers....
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Aaron Melamed
I have came here a few times and I think the space itself is not that bad and they play pretty good music but besides that it is not a great bar. I think most of their drinks are over priced ($5 for a miller/bud). One time I tried ordering a gimlet which is a drink every bartender should know and is barely more difficult than making a rum and coke, a drink so simple the name is self explanatory. The bartender made my gimlet in a pint glass, after asking me if she was correct in thinking that it was gin and lime juice. I informed her she was and then she put in half gin and half lime juice and then asked if she should top off the pint glass (which was about 3/4 full at this point) with the rest of the lime juice. Definitely the worst gimlet I have ever had and didnt both trying to fix it since the bar is so loud it would be difficult to explain how to fix it.
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Yaya Wali
really cool atmosphere and setting, but they wouldnt let my friend in the bar because they said her ID was fake. but it wasnt. also, i paid $15 for the wristband "open bar" event and I regretted it. they wouldnt allow you to get anything good. the well drinks were seriously well af. 1% alcohol to 99% juice. they could have kept the wristband and I could have bought $15 worth of REAL DRINKS that night. i wasnt feeling it, so much that I just left my Friends and went home and called it a night. but the place seemed really cool and they had good music. im down to go back and give it a second go.