We landed here about a year ago, come in once a month or so for Karaoke night. We are always…read morerallied in by our friend who loves to sing and is an ex-professional metal singer.
We love downtown McKinney and so many establishments have that southern charm, friendly service, and just love people.
We always bring in a group of paying patrons. Early on we felt there was a clickish vibe, but never thought anything about it. We make friends everywhere, since we are travelers .
Last few months we noticed a shift, bartender ruder, lack of service, the regulars shifting their gaze as if something was wrong.
Last night ended that for us, and I'm sure they will be thrilled. Our bonus son chose to come here for his celebratory event. We invited a variety of people we knew, local talents, professionals, and family. Hateful comments about having a few balloons and party hats and how "you BETTER clean all that UP, I'm not doing it."
We were treated with disdain. No service, each person had to get our own menu when we were ready to order, , and silverware after food was served, no one took our drink orders, when we went to the bar-our tabs were closed after each drink order.
The bartender, Chevon, (who is always there) was rude and ugly to our whole group and to those she didn't even know was in our group. The new DJ, (Shawn) skipped over our friend twice.
Chevron (bartender) who didn't know the person she was speaking to was my sister, said "I hate that guy, all he sings is rock songs."
I mean... it karaoke. And that guy she's talking about has been bringing a group of people here for over a year.
So carry on the "high school drama" there are a ton of places in McKinney that are lovely and welcoming.
When you are hateful to singers, doctors, nurses, business owners, and veterans... that news will travel fast.
And as rude and ugly as this review is, it's not near as rude or ugly as we were treated, individually and as a group. If you are gonna be bias to people, you don't need to be serving them.
It's sad, because I know Karen and what Spoons means to her and her family. I hope they clean house and start over in the back.
FYI (Shawn was a really nice DJ, he was so kind to people celebrating others.)
But other than that, I wouldn't recommend The Garage for any new Collin County resident, any bridal party, bachelor party, or group celebrating anything... you can DM me and I'll give you a personal list of plenty of places to go. Many of them walking distance.