The Salt Yard West - Albuquerque

I?m afraid I cannot recommend this venue. We went to see a drag show last night, and the show itself was everything I wanted, but the venue was poorly managed. Some adjustments were made during the night after some customers complained that helped makethings more comfortable, but these were things that should have been done at the outset. Here were the main issues: 1. Notenough bartenders. The line was incredibly slow and long. 2. Then, they did add another line by letting people who got in lineafter us form a line. To be clear, they started this new line from the middle of the line we were already in, so people who werebehind us in line got drinks before we did. After we had been waiting 30 minutes in line for a drink, it just seemed reallyunfair. A man behind us was so mad and kept groaning to us and his own party that he couldn?t believe it. 3. This is thebiggest one, which is crowd control. It was?lacking. We paid extra for table seats near the front, and so many people who didn?tpay for the seats just came and stood in our space and in front of us. Someone (maybe a manager? asked the people to move backa couple of times and we had to kind of barricade ourselves in. I didn?t see the first part of the show very well and nearly gotinto a fight with a drunk woman who came to the front and danced for about half the show, standing in front of my table andbumping me a lot as she danced. I tried to be polite, and she did move after someone complained, but it took too long and mademe really uncomfortable. I regret spending the extra money. I loved the show, but overall the experience still ended up beingsoured for us and seemed pretty unfair. It just doesn?t seem to be that nice of a venue, so take your money elsewhere. (Editswere for clarification and to change my rating to one star. Upon further reflection, two stars was far too generous of me. Thiswas about a week ago.

Great time had by all in my group of friends. It was a Sunday when we went so it wasn't crazy busy. I wasn't a fan of the fried foods we did have but maybe I hadn't been drinking enough ????. Overall we enjoyed our time and the bartender was great. Ididn't get his name but he helped make a few drinks for me and needs to name is signature drink he made for me when there was nomint for my mojito.

This place is nice but the bathrooms were really sad. Sorry to say but Revel has cleaner bathrooms. Not a bad place to hang

They were having a huge rock show 4-midnight and they ran out of almost all the beer and liquor. What kind of bar runs out of beer and liquor on a Saturday night? The bands playing were excellent but the lack of food and drink was lame.

Looks good. Stopped by with friends. Someone tried to start a fight with us because we didn't want to talk about politics.