De Jans Bar in Utrecht

Ik weet niet zo goed wat ik van deze zaak moet vinden.Als je wilt dansen op foute muziek is het waarschijnlijk precies wat je zoekt.Ik ben erachter dat ik er niet zo van hou.Het barpersoneel is vriendelijk en vlot. De prijzen zijn redelijk.Maar ik vond het erg vreemd dat de portier mijn legitimatie vroeg. Ik ben benieuwd wat hij daaraan wilde afleiden, want om de leeftijd zou het zeker niet gaan.Waar het wel om gaat is mij een raadsel hoewel ik een selectief toegangsbeleid niet uitsluit.

My friend and I (both of us brownwere told that our resident permits are fake and we need a real ID card, and aggressively asked to move out of the line, and next to us they let in two white men with the same residence permits. For a moment we were in disbelief of what had just happened. But after reading the reviews it was quite clear about the racist functioning of this place.

Horrible experience.The bouncers were biased.Apparently EU residence permits are not a form of ID.They didnt let me & a friend in on this ground.Saw the group behind us get in with a similar form of identification.No explanations were provided for this behavior.

Grappig om eventjes wat te dansen op foute muziek.Het was een prima sfeer maar de muziek is niet mijn ding dus we waren vrij snel weg.Wel lekkere biertjes op tap en vriendelijk personeel.Wat ik raar vond was dat de portier mijn legitimatie vroeg.Ik ben ruim 50 jaar oud.De leeftijdsgrens van 21+ is bij mij echt geen twijfel geval. Ik ben dus eigenlijk nieuwsgierig waarom ze evengoed een legitimatie willen zien..

Geen fijne service, word lacherig gedaan over dat je niet 21 bent. Verschillende redenen worden gegeven om je weg te sturen. Nooit meer

Na regelmatige bezoeken bij de jans bar geweigerd door de belachelijke beveiliging. 6 man zou ‘teveel’ zijn om 00:30. Jammer dat op zich een leuk café/club zich zo gedraagt.

Zeer onvriendelijk personeel! Niet te geloven dat dit anno 2022 nog bestaat. Autoritaire alfa mannetjes als beveiligers.

Werkelijk een bizarre avond beleefd. Ik werd aan deur geweigerd door de beveiliging. De beveiligers waren totaal niet toegankelijk voor een gesprek. Vervolgens mocht ik wel plaatsnemen op het terras om alsnog een drankje te doen, waarna ik na 1,5 uur vervolgens door dezelfde beveiliger werd weggestuurd. Kortom, waardeloze tent, waardeloos en arrogant personeel. Oftewel, als je niet met een rollende R praat zitten ze absoluut niet op jou te wachten bij deze toko!!!

Went here in the late afternoon. Great experience. The food was very good and filled my tummy. Nice waiters. Will visit again!

Horrible place. They will blatantly discriminate based on race. Glad I couldnt get in, who knows what type of people actually go here

Compleet uitgescholden door de bewaker omdat ik een vriendin naar huis wilde helpen maar daar wordt compleet geen begrip voor getoond. Alle persoonlijke beledigingen kwamen aan bod. Zielige tent.

Ondanks dat we met 30 man aankwamen, weigerden ze 2 van ons zonder reden. De bewakers weigerden een reden te geven. We waren net aan de avond begonnen, we waren nog helemaal niet dronken. Heel vreemd en asociaal.

Opzich een erg leuke avond gehad. Prijzen waren te doen, barpersoneel erg vriendelijk en het duurde allemaal niet lang. Muziek was prima maar niet voor iedereen.Bouncers en bewakers aan de andere kant mogen van mij wegwezen. Erg chagrijning, daarbij werd ik er vlak voor sluitingstijd uitgezet omdat ik binnen aan het roken zou zijn?Op de bouncers na is het dus prima te doen.

If I could give less than one star, I would. This place has extremely RACIST and problematic security. Seeing the other reviews, this is very obviously NOT a secluded incident. I am shocked that in this day and age, an establishment would allow something like this to happen (persistently). Do yourself a favor and do not waste your time and money on this place!

Slechte muziek en zeer respectloze bewakers. Voordat je binnen bent moet je jas al uit. Je mag niet eens binnen appen, dan word je al naar buiten gestuurd. Bizar en ongekend respectloos als je het mij vraagt. Oh en je moet betalen voor de wc.

It’s a racist place! I was with a couple of friends, both of them European (I’m Latin). In the entrance they could enter without any problem. However, in my turn, the security guard just told me “you’re already to drunk” “you cannot enter”. After explaining him respectfully that we even started to drink he reacted aggressively asking me to leave the line. I just told to a friend this horrible experience and we found that another Latin friend had the same experience. The guard told him (only to himthat we was too high to enter. It’s unbelievable that people continue going to this place

Dont feed this business with a staff full of xenophobes.

DO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE. Its a racist and discriminatory bar/club adding to the fact that none of the staff and most guards are very impolite and disrespectful. I went there with two other friends, one of them from Latin America (the other and I are Europeans). The guard let us enter without any issues but when it came to my Latin friend, the guard just said "no" saying that my Latin friend was "too much/and drink too much". We werent drunk or disturbing anyone. He wouldnt even hear us and started being passive/aggressive and looking down at us. Racist and discriminatory. Do not go there, this has to stop now.

Got told there were already enough Germans inside got only inside when I started speaking Dutch. Judging from the comments Belgians, Italians, Spanish and other Europeans are also not welcome. Racist place.Edit: My last review got deleted somehow. I find it important for people to know.

Lol they said men are not allowed to have a bag with them (fanny bagbut if a woman wears whatever bag then its fine, but hold ur horses, if the man with a bag asks if its fine if a woman friend holds their bag then u will only get angry responses from the security and no answer about the question. Kinda sus imo.

Do NOT go there. If you decide you dont want to leave your coat at the "garderobe" (which is, of course, not free), the abusive security guard will chase you and physically assault you, as in forcefully grabbing and shoving you. It would be a much more decent place if they charged an actual entrance fee (instead of tricking you into paying once youre insideand used the money to hire normal human beings as security staff.

Kale gorilla van een buitenwipper, wou ons niet binnen laten omdat we er al de dag ervoor zouden zijn geweest. Niets was minder waar natuurlijk, of ze laten geen Belgen toe, of we hadden geen vrouwelijk schoon mee. Voor een gewoon danscafé schatten ze hun dus te hoog in. Tip aan gewoonweg iedereen: ga gewoon ernaast binnen in t pakhuis. Iedereen welkom en topsfeer.

Awful doorman inside. He forces to give you the jacket inside (i.e., implicit entry feeand, if you refuse, he kicks you out pushing in a very rude way. What is most unacceptable is that the doorman (a big, tall and strong guypushed several times my female friend, a woman!!! I am so upset, thats gender violence. They definitely should kick out this guy.

Stealing your coat when you enter.

Holy fack wat een ongelooflijk nare ervaring was dit. Ik ben getrapt door de wcmevrouw omdat 2 euro voor 2 personen blijkbaar niet genoeg was om mijn behoeften te doen. Verder ook hele saaie muziek eigenlijk dus achteraf ook best fijn dat ik weer snel weg wilde. De beveiliger kon alleen maar turks en heeft waarschijnlijk je zusje lastig gevallen. In ieder geval dat was de sfeer.

The bouncer thought I was wearing sweatpants when I was in fact wearing smart trousers. Didnt want to let me in and was extremely rude about it.Wouldnt recommend this place to ANYBODY!

Amazing

Unbelievably rude, unprofessional and disrespectful security staff. Not worth your time or your money.

Nice cocktails and great atmosphere

My friend and I are both Dutch residents but had our vaccination in another EU country. Because the EU certificate was not recognized by their CoronaCheck app, although we were permitted to consume, we could not use the bathroom no matter how many times I explained the rules. As a paying customer and EU citizen I was utterly shocked and said that I have to report this behavior since I am being discriminated for having been vaccinated in another EU country (I pay my taxes here). The reaction of the staff was: you have to pay and leave if you want to report us. I will definitely not come back and I encourage others to speak up if they are treated the same way here or in another place.

Ok bar with Okish burgers and beers.

Wij waren met een groep van 12 personen een dagje uit in Utrecht. Na verschillende restaurants gevraagd te hebben om op hun terras te mogen zitten, hadden ze of geen tafels of geen personeel. Toen we hier kwamen konden we na een coronaregistratie op het terras plaatsnemen. Hier prima geluncht, de jongedame had enigszins moeite om de bestelling in haar pda te krijgen, maar het was allemaal naar wens.

Literally no alcohol in the cocktails. We ordered several drinks and there was hardly any alcohol. RIP OFF

They rip you off. They are using special glasses (Bier Winstthat should contain a certain amount but contain less. For 0.25cl of beer youre paying 3 euros.

The service was great, the security whatsoever was the worst. We had a coule of drinks and smoked some cigarettes (NOT WEEDand when we wanted to use the toiled we werent alowed to do that. The security on the door accused us for smoking weed and rudly sent us away without even listening to us. The manager did nothing about it. You guys need to have a reality check and learn what hospitality and humanity means.To the guys on the door: please buy urselfs some glasses and a few manners-Never again !!! Not recommended at all!!!

We have been there a few times and all of them we have received racists coments. One of them the security man didnt let me un because he was sayubg that there were already lots of Spanish people inside. He shouted at me and became aggresive he is clearly racist, never going back again and You shouldnt neither.

Racism observed. The guard asks for a students ID card and denies entry. Even though you have visited this places like 7-8 times in one month. Being Indians is not a crime as we are evolving economy of Netherlands..

Nice place to have drinks and enjoy some good quality dance music!

DJ is wack

Not Expat friendly. Only highlight of your night is getting through security, the rest is just downhill from there.P.S. Security personal are racist and you might go through a physical altercation, if you arent dutch.

Rude and racist bouncers. They wouldn’t let my friend in because she was Spanish. Everything people have said about the xenophobia at this place is 100% true. Avoid.

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Music is oke, beer price is a little high. Its always very busy and you have to pay everytime you go to the toilet.

Rude doormen! Dont even try to enter..

I just had one of the most unreasonable experiences of my life. I was holding a small backpack while on the club. First security guard comes and asks me to put it in the wardrobe. I explain my ID, wallet and phone are there and I cant leave them in the wardrobe. I am using my backpack as my handbag. He understands, nods and goes away.15 minutes later, another security guard comes by and tells me I must put my backpack in the wardrobe. He wouldnt listen to reasons. I was pushed from the middle of the nightclub all the way outside by a man who would just simply NOT LISTEN. He was violent and impossible to communicate with.Security staff are supposed to be there to make sure everyone at the club is safe. My tiny backpack was surely not a hazard or security risk to anyone and it was surely smaller than most handbags that are used nowadays.After being pushed outside by this man, who surely didnt have my wellbeing in mind, and just wanted to show off his power to keep people in or out, I decided to walk away. Im never coming back.

We were consuming at the local, each of us paid for the wardrobe, and paid for the bathroom. However it seems it wasnt enough for them, as they told my friend to put her light shirt in the wardrobe. After telling the security guy that she already left her other jacket there, he kicked her out of the place. When he saw our friends, he told my other friend to put his denim jacket in the wardrobe (which he was wearing). And even after we left the place, one of the security guys got out of the bar and followed us few meters while we were leaving (?until my friend asked him what else does he want, therefore he went back inside. All security guys there are just non sense.

There are no words to express how awful this place is, but I thing that "xenophobic and razist " can summarize them all. (I put one star because I am forced to, otherwise it would be - 10)

Pretty crowded the last time I visited, but crew kept everything under control. Friendly crew and bar staff. Prices are reasonable for the outgoing student crowd.

Went with a friend and got inside. But the guard doesnt let a friend inside because "his pupils were weird. Asked a cop later and he was okay and when we went back with the argument he became passive aggressive.

A place that is breaking the law by not offering free tap water. Also be ready to draw your wallet for deposing the liquids that are sold by them for money to begin with. Skip this place and go to their neighbours instead.