Garfinkel’s Whistler

I have been attending this club for my birthday and my friends birthdays for over 3 years. But this time, everything changed. The DJ was the worst DJ in the world. He only cared about looking like a hunk in front of the girls. He wouldn’t play:
–prettygirls by birtanny spears
–HOT HOT HOT by pointer dexter (honestly would have been an awesome song to play, it’s super up beat. Worth checking it or if u haven’t heard it)
–fire ball by pit bull (okay maybe isn’t that good but still it was my birthday.)
Everyone in the club was acting like I smelled bad and wouldn’t wanna hang out. At first It seemed like everyone was making a dance circle and I thought «this is awesome!» But then I realized no one was even watching. They just wanted to get away from the way I smelled. What ever. Even the cage djs at other clubs take stupid requests already.
Don’t go to this place. U will have to lame music and watch the DJ act like a hunk and get all the people to love him instead of you. And the drinks were expensive. My visa bill was like $ 200 or something and now I can’t afford anything. They don’t have ski shots or anything snow related.

Hands down one of the worst experiences I have had in a bar. The staff are immeasurably rude without a concern for the safety or satisfaction of the customers. I was verbally attacked by a coat check woman who refused to return a friends jacket because she had a «rude» face. The bar tenders made several drinks that were disgusting and had grime floating in them — when I asked the bartender for a new one I was told to «buy another». An extremely disappointing and disrespectful experience surrounded by staff who need a lesson in respect and hospitality. When in Whistler visit one of the kinder establishments where you are guaranteed to have a better time than my friends and I did at the low class establishment.

I wish zero stars was an option. We were coerced of the street to go inside then treated terribly inside. First off coat check was «required» regardless if that made you comfortable or not. After that as multiple girls I was with ordered drinks that tasted terrible and they asked politely to have a new one they were told sorry «deal with it.» After this, the only reason we were still staying was for a raffle. My name was drawn and called and there was a 10 second rule. As my group screamed and I walked up waving my hands another name was drawn when I was with 5ft of the podium. They then gave the prize (a snowboard) to the next name that was drawn who was clearly a friend. I would never recommend this place to anyone, the management is corrupt and the service is terrible.

Place is terrible. Staff is rude and don’t expect to talk to a manager or any senior staff if an incident happens.
Person at the door said 8 dollar cover, waited to get in turned into a 12 dollar cover… ok…whatever I guess
Paid it anyway to chill and dance… but nope not with this staff. Make sure u know someone here or have an inside connection.
After waiting an hour to get in, within 30mins a drunk girl and there party bumped into us and we got kicked out? Ummm ok, no supervisor no nothing. Haven’t even had a drink, I asked them to review the tapes and they said get the ***k out? Real Professional I guess… I would avoid this place unless u know someone on the inside or a security guard.
It also helps if you’re not brown…

Visiting from out of town? Don’t bother coming here. The clientele is rude, aloof, and just all around awful to be around.
I brought my boyfriend out to Whistler for the weekend, we went here for a drink the first night (Thursday) which is apparently locals night. We stood in line for a solid half hour so that the locals could just walk in and out at their leisure. The staff just didn’t care they had paying customers waiting.
Dress code is nonexistent, for some reason street clothes with a backwards cap or beanie is appropriate for everyone.
A couple of these ‘locals’ started ganging up on my boyfriend and I, starting a fight because they had the indecency to grab my ass. The security did nothing because «They didn’t see who started it».
This place was the worst. Crowded, rude, and unprofessional. If you can avoid it, do.

Unprofessional staff at coat check. And when there is an issue, don’t expect a manager to be around to figure out the situation. Avoid at all costs and go to one of the other establishments more central to the village.

Boy. .. . did we have fun here! We arrived kinda early, but there were already people dancing and taking up the benches and tables up against one of the walls. There are also pool tables.
The bar is huge. It’s a big square in the middle of the place, so easy to get a spot if you want to yell for a drink.
Crowd was mixed — not too young, mixed races, various age groups (admittedly, the vast majority were in their 20s and 30s). The music was better than at Buffalo Bills, not so techno-​y. Think more KTU (ie, take your favorite Taylor Swift song and mix it with a club beat).
Cool to hang for a while.

This place smelled like farts. Like real bad. I’m referring to it as Garfunky’s from now on. Go here if you want to experience a club sized Dutch oven.

When the weather sucks and there is no powder to hit the next day, then it is time for Garfinkel’s.
The cover is decent, it belongs to the usual night round if you are a real party man in Whistler.

My friends and I went here for college weekend. Place wasn’t too busy, cover wasn’t bad. But in the middle of the night they randomly came up to me in our large (30−40+ people) group and said exclusively to me that I was being kicked out despite doing nothing as we were all sitting down. I asked to talk to the manager and the bouncer refused repeatedly. They never would tell me what I supposedly did.
The staff is rude and just not nice.

The first time I went here there was free cover before a certain time. My group arrived before that time but they held the line until it passed that time — then we were forced to pay cover.
The second time I went here, the bouncers accused me and a couple of my friends of stealing a bottle from the bar ‘because we were the only ones standing near the bar.’ I tried talking to the bartender about it (who I bought drinks from AND gave him a good tip), but he was being extremely rude. After several minutes of arguing with the bouncers, they realized we weren’t the ones who stole the bottle.
Extremely unprofessional; avoid this place.

The place was a disaster and the DJ was a hack. We were trying to make the best out of it but ended up getting thrown out of the club because my friend was sitting trying to take a break from dancing. First time that’s ever happened in my life. The security/​bouncers are ridiculous. I would never recommend this place. I should’ve known better seeing that the club was not even fully packed. Aside from the beers, the drinks were mediocre at best.

This place is trashy and I love it!
The first time I entered this dungeon I was blacked out wasted… it was a good night.
If this place has a line then you know it is poppin.‘
They usually charge cover though.
I love waking up in the morning and seeing all the stamps on my hands/arms…helps me piece the puzzle back together.

Wow… I’m sad to see all the bad experiences people have had here. I’ve been to Whistler three times and we’ve gone to Garfinkel’s all three times.
My friend actually likes it so much she wanted to go two nights in a row once (but we said we wanted to switch it up).
We never had too hard of a time getting in. We check our coats and there’s a lot of room for dancing and sitting and a big bar. The crowd is good: people are on vacation and they are all friendly without being creepy. They’re chatty and its fun to see how many different places everyone is from. The music is good– typical top 40s. You can dance on the floor, the stage, in your seat, whatever.
We always have a good time and I’m sure we’ll be back on our next Whistler trip.

Some dude we met pissing outside a party somehow convinced us to follow his crowd to this place and got us in for free. After a wicked DJ set at GLC I couldn’t take watching the kids tweak out to Footloose. We did our circle through and walked out before buying any drinks.

I never got inside Garfs. I was about to enter the main room with a group of friends when we realized that one of us was missing. ‘Ruth just got forcibly removed.’ What? Turns out somebody let someone in through the side door and the bouncers thought it was my friend. Instead of asking her what happened or asking her to go back up stairs, they grabbed her by the collar and under her arm and *through* her out. Two of our friends who were outside attested to seeing her fly alla opening sequence of ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Aire.’ This was at the beginning of the season and we all boycotted it the rest of the winter. There are two many clubs in Whistler to be treated the way we were.