Tonga Hut

09/04/09

What happened?

by sojourner at Citysearch

First let me say I am giving this place 4 stars because it has brought many a good night but last night....

Came to bar late last night, and Geez Luise when did Tonga become a haven for rude men? And when did the bartenders start giving evil eyes because you are having a good time in their establishment?

Lets take it back to the days when people were encouraged to dance, and play darts, and have "game-balls" and stay all night, lets bring it back to Trevor who is perhaps the best bartender in the valley, who remembers peoples names and who is genuinely happy to see you when you walk in the door.

Lets bring it back to when the regulars at this place were as different and oddly paired as Tonga is to a toy train station store.

What does a girl have to do to get a drink in this town?

07/10/09

Watch Out as Favorites Lose Big Time

by justmebeingme at Citysearch

Now it seems to be just a nest of nasty big eyed bimbos bartending on a nightly basis if thats your game be prepared to follow the rules..... over the top demands for a little haven in the valley that we all really used to enjoy going to for decades..... now comes in the new owner with no clue as to what we all loved and kept coming back to for decades. NO MORE TONGA HUT AS WE KNEW IT. It was our little haven. Now, you can't even blink without getting tossed out by a bouncer if the bartenderesss doesn't like you or if your talking to someone they want to solely monopolize.

Good Luck, SFV people - if you go in as a group looking for $1 PBR you are ok, if you go in solo -AND DROP A TON OF MONEY- lets say $30 - $50.00 be prepared to face bitter adversity just for sitting there!!!!!!!! Who wants to drop $50 in two hours and be treated like an infectious disease by whatever is behind the bar ??? Just for no reason other than they didn't know who you were and didn't give a hoot to find out, and/or didn't treat you with the respect you deserved for being a patron for a quarter or half a century and not even blinking to take your drink order- just skipping right to a new male customer for the bartendress to flirt with and plump up for more tip money !!! Not even concerned with my potential tip money, which i gave plenty of and still got no "doll eyes", no personal attention, no respect for sitting there and buying a drink there. They need to get their bartenders from a more realistic and professional arena or they need to inform them that the PAST REGULARS rule, even if the regulars were before their young times behind the bar. We were ALL behind the counters of THAT bar (the Tonga Hut) before them, and they need to take a look in the mirror as does the new owner. I can't wait to get 86'd for this current commentary, so that I can take the multi-voiced grievances along with mine to court to bounce the new owner into another orbit and to leave us as we were....very, very happy for many, many years til now. Did you hear that new owner? GET OUT OF OUR BAR or let us do our normal thing when we are there. Nothing out of the ordinary, for a bar.

Like Dancing, Singing Along to Music Playing.... when appropriate. Do people go to a bar to hear music and have a good time? Am I confused here?

Am I over-reacting ? NO, i've been in there about 8 - 10 times in the past 3 months. No mercy for some of us past regulars. They only care about the new $1.00 PBR people or any "guy" who enters the premises. And OK, some of the girls were somewhat nice to me when i was in there but it was superficious and the other girl bartenders were downright nasty, discerning, and clueless as to how to have ladylike manners and had me removed by bouncers for talking to the person sitting next to me. Ooochhh. Get a backbone chick, there is conversations and i wasn't out of line.

Does it sound like i have a chip on my shoulder ? well, if i wasn't treated with such disrespect and indiginity time and time again, "just sitting there quietly or trying to respond to nearby conversations"..... i'd say lets video tape them to keep them on their polite toes. It's the only logical solution to prove either side's story.

• Pros: at least they didn't tear the place down
• Cons: they have no clue as to what it was

01/25/07

I loved it!

by mrssarah at Citysearch

The Tonga Hut is a purdy rad place I hafta say... they have cheap well drinks and dollar PBR's as well as great drink specials. I mean it cant get any better? Or can it? The bartender Myria I think is her name was is Awesome! She made THE BEST bloody Mary's and Martini's EVER! She was alot of fun we enjoyed ourselves.

Thanks.

-Sarah

• Pros: people, drinks
• Cons: Uh there are none