Sutton Place Restaurant & Bar New York

The bouncers and undercover cops set up a sting and my friend got arressted for touching a wallet on the floor that was part of the sting. He was arrested for larceny and spent the weekend in jail, even though we turned the wallet into the bouncers. Its just wrong that this place sets its patrons up to get arressted in order to get in good with the cops!!!

I went there yesterday night as I was looking to drink some scotch and eat something.

To my suprise, I was charged $17 for a glass of Macallan in the roof and then $7 on the second floor. Clearly one of the bartenders took me for a ride. When I asked them, each of them said the other was cheating and should get fired!!! It gets even better.

I asked for the manager to help me understand the prices. First, the security staff was not only unresponsive, but also hostile (they probably think that as I have an accent, I think with an accent). Second, one of the security guys posed himself as the manager and told me that prices are different, but did not know the prices, much less produce a price list. My sense is that the bartenders are working the cash register and let the security guys participate on it -- they can easily take a few thousand dollars each busy night and the manager may not notice. Third, one of the security guys suggested that if I did not like it I should leave (which I did), but when I was getting out they got hostile again.

My own take is that there are tons of great places to go to, why bother showing up at Sutton Bar.