Love Island Watch party 7/1/25. Pt. 1:
My friend and I found this bar on TikTok and saw they were taking part in hosting the current season of love Island and doing watch parties. My friend and I made the drive out there last night and the experience was fun because of the show and other viewers but staff definitely ruined the overall first impression and experience of this entire place. First and last time coming here. Would not advise coming here for future watch parties due to miscommunication and rude staff.
This will be a lengthy review, but I will try to sum it up as best as I can. My friend had called this restaurant earlier in the day in regards to the love Island watch party last night that they were hosting. She spoke with somebody and was told there were no more reservations available for the rest of the night and we would just have to walk in. My friend and I did that, arrived around 6:45 PM, and when we got there the place was pretty empty downstairs with only a few tables sat. There was only one host at the front, Holly, who was wearing an orange romper, helping guests. There was a couple who was in front of my friend and I and she was explaining a lengthy description of their watch party process for the night. My friend and I went to speak with her to her the same information and she explained that their upstairs was primarily where the watch party would be with the TVs there. She stated there were no more tables available at this time, no reservations, and that a waitlist was our best bet. My friend and I did that. I asked at this time for clarification about sitting downstairs at the bar, since there were TVs there too, and if we could grab a drink and stand only to watch the show. She explained that they did not want many people standing so they were not allowing this on the bottom floor specifically. We then asked if there was anything open on the main floor, with the bar while we wait for something to open up, she stated the upstairs area would be primarily the only area showing Love Island and only if there was " overflow of tables from upstairs," would the main floor put the show on the monitors, despite having TV monitors on already. She stated that they are going to be full for the night due to amount of reservations and are no longer taking walk-ins so waitlist was best option due to the demand. I went to the bathroom while my friend called other places for other wait times.
When I got back my friend was sitting at the bar with an open seat for me. I asked how that happened and my friend stated the couple that came before us had a reservation, sat at the bar, then decided to leave so gave the table to my friend. I sat down and my friend went to notify the host. I saw my friend walk over to the host. Mind you, at this time it was about 7 PM, there was still not many people there, there was only 1 host, and my friend stated she spoke to the host, explained the situation, and that we still wanted to be on the waitlist in case they were only showing the show upstairs. My friend stated the host asked for her name that was for the waitlist, my friend gave it to her, and then saw the host pull up the information on her tablet before giving the "okay" of us sitting in this area. We then started to order drinks and food while waiting. While we were waiting, my friend and I were talking to other customers next to us and one of the Love Island previous episodes was playing downstairs. Around 7:20 PM, when our food came out, the host came up to my friend and I, stood in the middle, and said verbatim with a rude tone, "So you guys snuck into here, but are still on the waitlist, that's bogus as hell." My friend and I were genuinely confused and looked at each other dumfounded. I immediately spoke up and said that my friend had spoke to her. My friend stated she just spoke to her, went up to her about the couple giving their seats, gave her name, saw the information displayed on the tablet, and was given the "okay" by her, the only host there. She also reiterated that it wasn't that long ago and if she was told it was a problem at that time, we would have not sat down and ordered food. Again STILL not busy, the host made a face and said, "You spoke to me? I don't remember." We were in disbelief. She then explained we couldn't do that because there were other reservations. I spoke and said I understood but we were under the assumption that it was okay, per the conversation that was had not too long ago from my friend and her, and that's why we're still here. We saw the TVs on playing love island so we asked if we could just stay at the bar to watch the show and no longer needed to be on the waitlist. She explained the same information from earlier but was continuing to talk in circles. I told her I was aware of the same information she already shared and asked if at 8 PM, when the show comes on, would they continue playing the show on the main floor, because then we would stay. PT 2 pics.. read more