I have been going to this bar since it was the old Gala hall. I have seen it grow and develop into a bar that promotes inclusiveness. In the end, as being part of the community that fought so hard to be included and accepted in the beautiful community of Prince George, I feel that this bar (whatever name you want to call it) is a landmark of equality. I can only speak for myself and not a whole community, but for me this bar still gives me a safe space where I can be myself without judgment. When I can look at the dance floor and see trans, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and straight people of all (legal) ages and races having a good time together on the same floor with no sideways glances, it makes me proud of this community and thankful that there is a Lambda Cabaret. No matter the problems and hurt feelings that have occurred over the past ten-plus years, this establishment gave us a place to get together and be ourselves within a community that wasn't always the most receptive to alternative lifestyles, but which has grown in leaps and bounds. The fact that this bar has been able to open its doors to the public and still be a safe space for all races, genders, sexual denominations, and religions to co-habitate and get to know each other speaks volumes about our PG community.
It pains me to write this review, as I have a strong belief that we must support our local businesses. I frequented this bar because it claimed to be a safe place for a good night out. However, after attending this bar for many years, I have to acknowledge the poor management and their mistreatment of patrons. Their misuse of PatronScan leaves many people unfairly banned. This ban stretches far and wide, to ALL establishments that utilize their system. I have witnessed many concerning incidents. I will list ONLY A FEW below, because there are too many to count. During all of the below incidences, I was a designated driver and completely sober. All of the instances below are during different nights.1) We were downstairs sitting at the karaoke bar. 20 minutes before closing, the owner told us that the bar was about to close. I watched a person beside me ask if they were allowed to finish their drink. The owner said yes. Approximately 2 minutes later, the bar tender began yelling "we're closed!" and started clearing the drinks from the table. The person who had asked to finish their drink had their bucket taken away. The person said, "she said we could finish our drinks!" The bartender replied, "I don't care. We're closed get out!" The person responded (CALMLY) "calm down. We'll go if it's that important. I just thought you guys closed in 15 minutes that's all. Sorry!" Through many mutual friends, I found out that they had gone back and banned this person. I witnessed this situation first hand, and felt like they had really mistreated this individual, as the customer stayed calm and was simply confused as to why they were suddenly told to get out.2) I watched as my friend danced with someone. They were holding hands and doing a side to side, 2-step style of dancing. My friend was wearing very high stiletto heels, and had a few drinks. She was NOT drunk, but a bit buzzed. She was not obnoxious, she was simply dancing. She accidentally tripped and took her dancing partner down with her. Rather than asking if she was okay, the owner ran up to my friend, screamed at them, saying "YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN. STOP IT NOW!" My friend was mortified, and apologized profusely. The owner told her to sit down, so my friend came over to me and sat down for the rest of the night. She was incredibly embarrassed, and left the bar in tears. She kept saying that she just tripped, and she didn't mean to make a scene. On the way out the door, the owner gave a half apology, aggressively saying, "I just don't think you should dance until you fall like that. That's all." When my friend tried telling her she simply tripped, the owner dismissed her comment. I am the first to acknowledge when someone has had too much to drink, but this was not the case. To this day, my friend still talks about the scene that the owner made, and says she is embarrassed that everyone stared at her as if she was "THAT drunk girl." She was NOT drunk. She no longer feels confident to go to LAMBDA and have drinks, because she is scared that one false move will make her look like an irresponsible drunk person.3) I sat at a table by the owner, who was speaking to my friend. My friend came back with a confused look on her face. I asked her what was wrong, and she said, "that woman is the owner. She told me that she can feel peoples 'energies' and 'auras.' If she doesn't like people, she said she finds them on the Patronscan they use out front and at the end of the night she bans them." She went on to say that the owner said she will often lift bans if people come apologize to her for their misconduct, but I am unsure of who would be willing to apologize if they were unfairly banned?I was once a patron of this establishment, but I can no longer bring myself to go. I am extremely disappointed in their management's conduct, and I urge others to dispute their ban on Patronscan if they feel like it was unjust. Do not simply apologize to the owner to lift you ban if you did not do anything wrong.
Love this place! & The people in it! Always a first choice for me. I've been going since it started back 10 year ago and will continue to go as the years go by la-la-love
Great place! the environment is awesome, always feel safe in this very inclusive bar, and the cheap booze is a nice bonus. Will definitely be going again.
Candace is an absolute disaster. Worst person. Throws our bans like candy. The overall environment is fun but she makes me never want to go there again. Its unbelievable.
Lambda Cabaret is a Canadian Night Club based in Prince George, British Columbia. Lambda Cabaret is located at 1177 3rd Ave, Prince George, BC V2L 3E5, Canada.
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