Awful experience. I had the horrible idea of eating dinner at Lucille's before seeing a show at BB's, and I regret it. The food was terrible, some of the worst I've ever had in NYC (and I've lived here my whole life). I give it some leeway for being a TImes Square tourist trap, but this was still well below normal expectations. The worst part of the restaurant is how you have to pay 2X what the food would cost anywhere else, for terrible food. Live Blues music was good.
The concert I came to see was good but the experience was completely ruined by the aggressive and violent security staff. One security member in particular, a short black man with long dreads, was pushing his way through the audience looking for smokers and literally shoved me and my girlfriend in the back on 3 separate occasions on his search. At one point he found someone smoking right next to us and in his effort to stop them, he violently slapped my girlfriend across the wrist while reaching out to confiscate the cigarette from the person next to her. The staff has absolutely no respect for the patrons. Perhaps they've realized anyone stupid enough to spend their money here doesn't know better or won't complain about the treatment?
It's a crowded place, the music sounded fine, but because I was hassled and shoved at least 3 times by this juiced up bouncer I couldn't enjoy any of it.
I wanted to register a complaint but know that the manager would only look out for his minions, and I had a feeling the cops outside wouldn't have done anything about it either, so the least I can do is warn everyone else not to waste a dollar at this establishment. You WILL regret it.
Pros: Good music
Cons: The food, the drinks, the prices, the bouncers, the waiters, the bartenders, creepy guys copping feels in the crowd
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