The Grizzly Rose

Spencer Moore _{on Google}

Apr 8th, 2024

Super fun on family night! Took a bunch of high school kids. Door staff and staff in general were really great and helpful. Kids had an awesome time. Would give 5 stars, but the bartending staff was super unpleasant and uninterested.

Celeste G _{on Google}

Apr 7th, 2024

Glad I came to write a review--I see all these other people's experiences of racism and sexism, and I feel vindicated in my experience too.
I was waiting in line at the bar when 2 dudes cut in front of me to talk to the 2 skinny mini blondes who were directly in front of me, the only people in front of me in line. I thought they might walk off with the girls once the girls got their drinks, but the girls walked off without them--clearly not together/reserving a spot in line for them--and the guys proceeded to order drinks. I recognized one of the guys as the lead who had been teaching the dance class the previous week, so, trying to make myself feel better for being cut in line, ignored, and disrepected, I tapped him on the shoulder, confirmed with him that he had taught the class, and then jokily said he owes me a dance for cutting in line. Here's the kicker: instead of chucking, apologizing, and/or agreeing to dance a song, he DENIES he cut in line! Like, dude, I've been here the whole time and I saw you. What an ahole. I don't care if it's petty or people think I'm overreacting, but I'm sure as anything not GIVING YOU MONEY to treat me like that.
And honestly, I'm kinda relieved to have a definitive reason to not go back, because there were some other annoying things before that--particularly ladies nights on Thursdays are waaay too crowded, from the dance floor to the bar to all the people jam packed in the hallways creating fire and trampling hazards.
The partner dance scene is abysmal--leads apparently don't feel the need to take the dance classes before trying to lead; the result is them yanking follows' arms around into spins and dangerously attempting dips they don't actually know how to do. That can be especially dangerous, given how crowded the dance floor is. Plus, in the classes, they spent MAYBE 5 minutes teaching frame/connection, and that only in the beginner class. Well, when I've seen how that turns out of the floor, more work is needed on the fundamentals in class! (And I do actually know what I'm talking about here; I've been dancing/teaching various types of partner/ballroom dances for 10+ years. Too bad this feedback will almost definitely not get back to the teachers--you can see for yourself how the business just doesn't respond to negative reviews/try to improve itself at all.)
Gonna say more here b/c partner dancing is my main interest at venues like this. Heck, it's supposed to be part of the draw. In addition to most of the leads here just not being very good, there's also that annoying "club" dynamic where it's more about dating/taking someone home and less socially acceptable to just ask people to dance, where a dance only means one dance--like, guys assessed me before answering, as if deciding if they want more than just dancing from me; and one guy over twice my age hounded me the whole night because I asked him to dance ONCE; and that's if I can find people to say yes at all, because half of them don't know how and will only watch all night (like, why are you here?) or are "waiting for someone"/ "with someone" (dude, I didn't ask for sex, I asked to dance. Just because I ask to dance doesn't mean I like you; I literally do not know you). Basically just a bunch of small things that made my time unpleasant as a dancer. It might be fine if you only line dance or if you bring your own partner. Other than that, good luck.
2 stars because there's potential, maybe under new management, based on other reviews I've seen. Also, if you are a female and just go to drink on a Thursday, it's $10 cover and unlimited free drinks 8pm-midnight. I would love for you ladies to make them lose money on that.

Michael Walls _{on Google}

Mar 30th, 2024

Barry runs this place grizzly rose rocks better than love you Barry thanks for keeping it fun and save for our cowboys and cow girl Angels