10/15/09

Tourist trap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Straight Truth

This is a tourist trap so beware!!!! Beer is $3.50 a bottle, real nashville bands do not play here, the staff is rude, and security tries to start fights not stop them. Good luck with the place though and there tourist beer!

If you want to see real live music in Nashville stay away from this place and Rock Bar next door (same people). Try going to Exit/In, Mercy Lounge, or The Rutledge if you want to see good live music. This place gets whoever can strum a guitar to play, then want you to pay outrageous prices.

It is pretty bad when you have to have your staff get on here and write good things about you!

• Pros: There are none
• Cons: To many to name

10/10/09

Don't bother

by TwangThang

I live in Nashville and this place does NOT represent Nashville nightlife. Too big and cavernous to be a music venue... the sound just bounces all over the place... and you can hear the music from the karaoke bar clearly on the CR side (and likewise, the CR music comes through to WannaBe's). Too many people talking while the performers are onstage makes it too noisy to enjoy music. Service was awful. Our server wanted us to close out our tab while the band was still onstage. When a friend arrived later, it was all we could do to get her a menu and then get the server to stop at our table so she could order. Last call was 12 midnight and within minutes they were pushing us out the door. Another thing - we were there fairly early and while the bar staff was setting up, they were throwing empty liquor bottles into a large garbage can, making horrible noise that was very unpleasant to our ears. SO not worth it...

• Pros: I'll get back to you on that one...
• Cons: How much time do you have?

07/17/09

DRESS CODE NOT FAIR

by GEMINI

WE WENT RECENTLY TO NASHVILLE AND ENJOYED EVER BAR WE WENT TO EXCEPT THIS ONE, 17 OF US WENT AND ONE GUY HAD CAMO SHORTS ON AND WAS TOLD HE COULD NOT GO IN WOW THAT WAS A SHOCK SO STUPID OF A DRESS CODE IN A COUNTRY BAR!!!!!!!! THE BOUNCER WAR RUDE AS WELL!! CAMO WOW DIDNT KNOW IT WAS SUCH A HORRIBLE THING TO WEAR , HEY WHAT ABOUT THOSE MILITARY GUYS / THEY WEAR SOME TYPE OF CAMO DAILY AND PROUD OF IT!!!!

• Pros: BAR IS DECORATED VERY COOL
• Cons: YOU CANT WEAR CAMO ANYTHING! THATS IS NOT RIGHT

06/11/09

Dont think about it

by Southernshow

WAITED 3 HOURS IN SUN BEFORE BEING TURNED AWAY FOR ALAN JACKSON TICKETS, ALONG WITH 2 OR 3 HUNDRED MORE.....RETURNED AFTER CONCERT FOR A DRINK, BARTENDER SHORTED ME $80 , THEN BOUNCER? {STEROID) GOON PUSHED ME WHEN CLOSING SECOND FLOOR ..... CAN SAY THOUGH THAT I TALKED WITH 1 NICE GUY ABOUT THE CONCERT.... ALL IN ALL WAS NOT GENUINE NASHVILLE HOSPITALITY WHATSOEVER....FANS DESERVE MORE THAN THIS. HOPEFULLY ,SOMEONE WILL CONSTRUCT A SMALLER VENUE FOR TOP ACTS ( 2-3,000) THATS MORE INVITING FOR THIS TYPE OF OCCASSION.

• Pros: Good design and layout
• Cons: Inept security and management

03/12/09

Not a place to have a good time.

by lavafan

This place is not unique or special. The service was really bad. We waited 10 minutes to get a drink in a bar that was not crowded at all. All the time while a security guy kept hoovering near our bunch expecting something to happen. The band that was there was mediocre at best and the sound system wasn't helping their cause. The Rock Bar was a joke with some crappy garage band playing to no one. We then tried the karaoke bar whose name was Wanna Be's...very appropriate as the people running it were trying to get tips from the sign-ups to move them up on their list. All in all, a pretty sad establishment. If you are looking for a good time for you and your friends, look elsewhere.

• Pros: The exit door
• Cons: The service, the music, the attitides....Well..EVERYTHING!!!

02/04/09

lots of fun. great live music.

by blondediva2216

My friend and I stopped in at Cadillac Ranch for some dinner and drinks. There's not much on the menu, but the salads we got were really good. Our server Katie was the sweetest girl ever!!!!! They had some great live music. We were there kinda early, around 7 or 8 so it wasn't super packed yet. But we liked it and I would definitely go there again!

02/04/09

Wouldn't Go

by partyfun

The bouncers are complete jerks. They think they are a big deal but they belong next door at "Wanna Be's". I wouldn't waste my time or money at this bar! The bouncers have a reputation for beating people nearly to death. They have several civil lawsuits they are currently facing. If you are visiting Nashville please go to another bar, this comes from someone that lives in Nashville and knows there are far better places to go to have a good time.

• Cons: Rude Staff

01/24/09

No Thank You!

by Cara01

Hurry! Go to ANY club besides the "Pinto Ranch"!! When my freinds and I went downtown to celebrate a birthday, I didn't envision a club bouncer, resembling the has-been rapper, Heavy D, harassing us. Please knock off the "God complex" you're a freaking bouncer not the secret service. I think they must have a nightly quota to see how many patrons they can tick off. I'm a born and rasied southern girl and have to say that this club needs to learn some manners. Please don't waste your hard earned money in this club, go somewhere like Decades where the music rocks and the employees know how to treat people. I don't look for the owner of CR to be around long with the current staff. Get a clue guy!

P.S.The grand opening of the shared club "Kharma" left much to be desired.

• Cons: Bouncers, Kharma wait staff, no "free seating" in Kharma

01/08/09

Bad club to end the night ...

by cymanager

Cadillac can be lots of fun but don't stay late. Great music most of the evening, from country early to rock later. However, for some reason they started playing trance music late Saturday night. WTF? The dance floor practically emptied, very few liked it but the DJ just seemed to play what he wanted, forget the crowd. Then last call at 2:15am. 5 minutes later the bouncers are literally pushing you out the door. Forget your last drink, there is no way you have time to drink it. It's like they forget you've spent a few hours and lots of money there. When they are ready to go home you are trash to be swept out the door. It boils down to the staff just does not care about the patron. They are only there to earn a paycheck and they don't care if you enjoy or ever come back. The club has good points but overall there are too many better places on Broadway to spend your money and be appreciated.

• Pros: Mostly good music and good lookin' people
• Cons: Rude bouncers, sometimes bad DJ

08/23/08

Pathetic

by globetrotter75

Good live music, big cavernous place, service (if you can call it that) is very ordinary and staff are rude. Left for 30mins to eat, on coming back deluded wannabe hero security loser in a dorky black suit wouldnt let me back in because he didnt like my cheap tshirt .As an overseas traveller I was stunned that a lowbrow beer joint like this demanded high fashion.Many other better places to go along Broadway and 2nd with cool staff. Dont go here unless you want a fashion critique from a total knobjockey !!!

• Pros: live music
• Cons: bad service