Barmel Supper Club

Good happy hour, nice vibes, live music, and cool place to get a few drinks. The lemon drop martini was delicious. We also got Belgian fries (homemade ketchup to die for!) and a salad with shrimp. It was a wonderful evening!!

We were recommended to visit Barmel by a local, and it didn't disappoint. For reference, we're from outside San Francisco and are a little obsessed by the story of Sally Stanford (look her up, she's fascinating). As we sat at the bar, my wife exclaimed 'Sally Stanford's Vahalla' and the bartender explained that her original Vahalla bar in Sausalito was purchased and moved to Carmel upon her death. Ask for the book about Sally :) Nice patatas bravas too. Great little local spot full of history, highly recommend.

Unpleasant experience all around. A friend booked a room for a small holiday party. When we showed up, we didn't get the private room nor the private bartender we were promised. So it wasn't a great start to the night. Our table area was cozy enough but there wasn't any music because the speaker was broken. My food was fine, but definitely nothing to brag about. My four friends all ordered the winter salad and complained of the bitterness. Instead of being a lettuce mix, it was 80% raddichio, which is a weird choice. We asked the waiter about it, and after some prodding, he brought over extra goat cheese and salad dressing to make it more palatable. Even then, most of the salads were too hard to stomach. Overall, there was very poor communication between management, staff and our group.

To the owner of the club- get a new doorman. This man will be the sole cause of your business failing. Discriminating against high paying customers because they don’t have the right look is completely absurd. My friend got turned away because he was wearing shorts and a hoodie. And honestly, I picked up some racist vibes from him. He had a snobby look on his face as we walked up to the entrance. Oh, and last I checked we were in Carmel, not Vegas.

My group attempted to have drinks here last night around 8:30pm. The first person in our group asked a female employee about getting drinks and she snapped at him and said “we can’t have you guys here because you’re going to take away tables from the couples and your group will take up too much space.” Then she snapped at our bride, that we were celebrating, and asked what we were still doing there. And as we all are trying to figure out where to go, by the fourth or fifth time of her snapping at my guests, I intervened. I attempted to tell her the size of our group and get more information from her, but she replied with “I’m sorry do we have a problem?” Me and several guests were extremely disrespected. Thankfully Hunter came to us and handled the situation like a normal person. Yes we ha