I will never forget the vicious management and bartenders.

However, if you like a great look, great selection, you'd be happy. Be very careful not to complain to the manager about the staff, you will receive retribution and they will ask you to leave. The manager sides with staff over costumer, even when the bartender says something misogynistic and hurtful to a customer.

My buddies come in for the race every year. This is the third year we've come to Nicky Blaines. We've had a great time in the past and this year was no exception.
I love coming in for a cigar and drinks. Looks like this is becoming a tradition. I highly recomend checking it out!

It is unfortunate when you frequent an establishment and grow to know what to expect from it, and then it lets you down. I love going to Nicky Blaine's but lately it's become more of a hassle than it's worth. Reading the reviews on here are disappointing, but understandable. I would expect the staff and management to defend the place, but is this website the place to do it? A place for which I once had a lot of respect, has quickly lost that respect, in my opinion. Allowing your crew to post rebuttals to guest complaints is unacceptable, but when the owner is doing the same what can one really expect? I used to enjoy going in to Nicky Blaine's and savoring the company of the familiar bartenders and their kindness. It seems lately they are more concerned with the back rubs they are getting from their staff than the customers at the bar. The rudeness presented to customers is appalling. I would normally recommend this place, but lately it seems to have turned into an incestual friend-fest. I know the bartenders are better than that, yet they haven't been showing that lately. I hope that ownership refocuses their concept of the bar that was once a success and realizes that their bartenders don't need to be wh**es on sale for all to view. Just run an honest establishment with genuine service and people will flock to your place. When you make people feel less than human for doing nothing more than walking into your bar, you're losing customers. Gone are the days you can act arrogant and think people will return to you no matter what, returning are the times you need to put your customers first and let them know you are thankful they are in your establishment. Times are tough, and your customers have plenty of places to choose from, do you think your place will be the one they choose?

To those of you who have read the previous review titled horrible service/horrible staff...I would like to give an more accurate account of that evening. Mr. Clark and his party were informed of our policy of all parties of 6 or more be on one check by the manager when they sat down. I explained more thoughly when I came to the table to take their order, that they could give me multiple forms of payment but I could not seperate the bill. They were given great service and had a good time until the bill was set before them. They begun complaining immediatly, I again explained that each of them could hand me a card and tell me how much to put on it. (most restuarants and bars have a one check policy for parties of 6 or more) As Mr. Clark stated he came to me to complain...What he didn't state is that getting with-in inches of my face raising his voice and trying to belittle me is more than complaining. Two of my fellow co-workers came to my side one ready to defend me physically if need be the other to tell Mr. Clark that I was simply doing my job. He proceeded to berate my manager along with several others from his table all to no avail. They sat for 45 minutes firguring out their bill ranting as loud as they could about us and cussing us when they did not think we could hear. When they finally gave me the tab with the cards to pay Mr. Clark again got in my face to tell that he better recieve every F***ing penny of his god**** change. After calling us a few more names they left threating to write bad reviews. All over having to think I had 4 beers at 5 dollars a beer I owe....Well Mr. Clark I am sorry that you are such a small human being with such limited life experience that having to divide a tab with your friends is such a traumatic experience. I am extremely sorry that you think getting in a lady's face, raising your voice and belittling her should get you what you want. I however am not sorry I did not thank you and your friends for coming in.

Wow! What HORRIBLE service we just had at your indpls restaurant! Upon being sat for my friends bday party we were told we had to give a credit card for our party of six to get a seat. We gave a card and immediately asked our server if at the end of the night we could split the ticket between the guest, we were reassured yes. After ordering, they were out of 3 of 6 orders (makers mark, new castle, miller lite) we celebrated my friends bday. At the end of the night we were given a bill and told we need to separate our own bill, (on a Thurs night with max 25 in bar) including tax and tip, and then tell our server what to charge each card. 3 separate parties pleaded with the "manager" for help with our bill and with splitting, we we're only told "sorry we can't help, it's policy." We spent over an hour figuring our "bill" with calculators on our cell phones, our server or manager offered no help, we figured it out, and Nicky Blaines lost 6 customers permanently. We think the ma!
nager should have worked with us and the staff could have easily spilt our bill and included tip to make it worth all of our time. We are extremely displeased and cannot in good faith recommend your establishment to anyone that we come in contact with. Our server or manager never thanked us, appologized for the major inconvenience, or recognized the $30 mandatory tip we were forced to give for inadequate, unprofessional service.
PLEASE, do not go there with more then 2 people the hassle is not worth ruining your night and the expensive drinks do not ease the pain of being abused as a consumer