526 Main Dueling Piano Bar
| Address: | 526 S Main St, Royal Oak, MI 48067, USA |
| Phone: | +1 248-591-9000 |
| Site: | 526main.com |
| Rating: | 3.2 |
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Katie Spence
Please note that this review is not a reflection of the entertainers themselves, they were wonderful. My issue is with management. I called to set up a dinner for my staffs anniversary party on a specific date. I received a confirmation email and invoice from the events coordinator for that specific date. I confirmed 2 separate times with the reservation host. Seems pretty easy, right? Nope. Not even close. When we arrived, the flustered host was panicking to find our reservation and discovered they had us listed for the next weekend. She scrambled to find her manager after telling me they had a lot of other parties scheduled for that night already. Meanwhile my entire team is gathering in the lobby, ready for dinner. They managed to get us a table at the back of the room upstairs. Which is the room we wanted, but I specifically asked to be up front. However they had 3 other parties already up front. I asked about dinner, and the hostess responded with, you were supposed to have food? Oh. Awkward. And walked away. I was already irritated. Now Im pissed. They put together a makeshift taco bar that didnt even feed our entire team. I had to ask for more food to be brought out. We never received the appetizers we had ordered. I NEVER saw a manager until I demanded to speak to one. Even then I was told he was busy dealing with an emergency plumbing situation. Im a manager too. I get it. These things happen. But Im pretty sure one of your staff members is capable of pointing out which toilet is broken. I saw the manager walk by and avoid eye contact with me multiple times before he finally came over to talk to me. He apologized, good job, and comped us with some chips and guac for the table. Thanks. They then proceeded to overcharge us by 4 people on the final bill. Bottom line, if you are looking to host a large group here, DONT. So thanks, Jesse (events coordinator) or ruining our anniversary party that I worked so hard to make special.
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Tyler Rodwancy
Ive been here many times without issue but the last time we visited we were treated very rudely. It was around 10pm on Saturday, right around the time the place starts getting busy (i.e. standing room only). We were standing near the bar along with half a dozen other people just watching the show and chatting (ya know, like what you do on a Saturday night in a bar). There was a small group of people sitting at the bar that I would say were in their late 40s that started complaining that they couldnt see the stage. At first my friends and I did everything we could to get out of their way so they could see but nothing was ever good enough and one of them began to get very rude. He was very passive aggressive just yelling about us to himself/no one to which I still just ignored. Eventually they spoke to the staff who sent one of the bouncers over to tell us we needed to move. After discussing it with him he informed us we needed to either go stand in the back of the bar near the kitchen or the side of the bar near the entrance. (But the other 6-8 people standing around the bar were fine) We decided to take our business elsewhere instead. Im not sure what these people expected but every single other time Ive been there on a weekend the place has been packed to the point that NO ONE sitting at the bar would be able to see the stage while sitting down. I have enjoyed good times here in the past but this was ridiculous, I will not be returning.
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Samantha Wheeler
Awful experience and never going back. I was celebrating my 21st birthday and we planned on spending the rest of our night at Tequila Blue.....that didnt happen. Four of us were casually sitting at the piano bar waiting for more of our friends to arrive. 10 minutes into our evening, some kid comes to our table and says he was told to check "everyones" ID......LIES! He only checked our table. Plus he made a stupid comment about one of our IDs because it was still vertical even though that person was over 21. Anyways, 5 minutes later the bouncer comes to us and says one of our IDs didnt check out and they believe its a fake. Mind you, they said this to a person in our group who is 23 and celebrated their 21st at this same place! I thought this was a joke. Unbelievable. The manager, who never even saw the IDs, was apparently the one who wanted us kicked out. Well fine, so we took our business next door to Blackfinn and had an amazing night. Tequila Blue lost out on a lot of business that night and future business because Im never returning.
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Steph V
Well it looks like Im not the only one who had an awful time due to the service I recieved this weekend. The bartender that was working the upstairs (Aaron I found out was his name) was hands down the RUDEST bartender I have ever had. Insulted me more then once. If I wasnt there for a party I would of left immediately. I ended up getting all of my drinks from downstairs because there was no way he was getting a penny from me.... The most disrespectful person I have ever encountered and the fact that he still has a job and can talk to paying customers like that blows my mind. I will not be coming back here and neither will the handful of girls that heard how he treated me. I plan on telling everyone I know about the awful service so they can spread the word too. DO NOT GO TO THIS BAR!
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Dennie Ann Audet
The worst place I have ever been too.. had a 2 week in advance notice for a party of 25, took 30 mins to get a drink and after 2 hours 6 of us had not even gotten our food.. those that did, it was cold and not like ordered... the manager is a complete ass, never once after 5 employees told him we wanted to talk to him came to the table.. they wanted to cash you out before you got your food.. the security and manager (all on too many steroids) hang out holding up the walls.. the employees get no support or help.. totally waste of time and money.. the upstairs was so packed I am sure it failed fire safety laws.. I was not comfortable there and hated the whole experience. And to boot came out to a parking ticket... after putting in 5$ so meters dont work either..
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aniket patkar
Tequilla BLUE Bar Review: we went there as a group of 12 since we were bar hopping for a bachelors party. the bouncer asked couple of us to stop and mentioned that the torn pair of jeans we were wearing are not ""Businness Casual" enough so we cannot enter. The Jeans had 2 quarter size torns on them. But the bouncer was adamantly sure about the policy. Mind you, out of the 12 people few of us were Asians. for Some apparent reasons, over-flowing cleavage and super-short skirts were perfectly OKAY for the "policy". The whole situation screamed RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. Would not recommend going there. Accidentally, if you stumble upon the same street, Go the MORRIEs Across the street with amazing Live music and spectacular atmosphere....
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Taras Vasilik
Manager was very rude in regards of letting me into the club. He confused me with someone that they threw out of the club few weeks ago. The only problem with that is that I was overseas for month and a half, and it would be impossible for me to be there at that particular time. He did not provide any proof and made himself look like an ass in front of me and my friends. He was rude not only to me but my friends that I came with. This is the last time I am going to this place, and encourage others to do the same.
