Fat Tuesday - Westgate

The first time here, will be back. The food was great, and the service was excellent! ( Kevin was the Bomb!) Truly recommend.

We attended fat Tuesdays Saturday, June 1st 2024 with a group of 14 people. We spend well over $1,000 on drinks, food and slushies through out the night. Tipped our bartenders well and even made friend with the bouncers at the front door checking IDs. It was not busy what so ever when we first arrived. It started to get very busy and packed with different types of people and vibes around 10pm. That being said, everyone is bumping into each other and what not. A 40 year old women grabbed one of our friends and threw her to the ground for absolutely no reason. When I told her she needed to back up from us and chill out she then pressed up against my chest and attempted to swing on various people in our friend group. Next thing is know security has ME in a choke hold dragging out the front door saying I need to leave and i was not welcomed. Trying to catch my breath and explain to security what happened he said he didn't care and we needed to get our things and leave. As we waited out the front entrance to decompress and decide where to go, we realized these people NEVER GOT KICKED OUT!!!! Later that night around midnight, a friend of mine who was NOT with our group posted on snapchat of the same people getting in a physical altercation. Needless to say your security is on a power trip. Doesn't know how to read the room and should receive additional training from managers and staff. We would come here 1-2 times monthly with the same large good and spend around about $100-$150 a person while there. A shame that we will be enjoying Salt next door from now on.

So after dinner at a nearby restaurant my friend wanted to stop at Fat Tuesday for a drink. We walked over and took our ID's out and one of the female security aggressively is saying no! No! To the guy scanning our ID's. Then she comes over to him and whispers something in his ear. The guy scans my friends ID and then pats him down. As my ID is being scanned he asked me if my friend was drunk. I said no! He walks like that due to an illness. He said he didn't think he was drunk and told us to enjoy our night. The drink was okay but I was so annoyed it was hard to enjoy it. Fat Tuesday was kind of empty on a Sunday around 10:30pm.

Despite Taylor Swift being right next door for opening night, we found our way into Fat Tuesdays and got a table in the back for 4 people and when the other half of the table closed out, the rest of group joined us. We were pleased with the variety of drinks and fair pricing, even with a HUGE event nearby! With it being St Pattys, there were some overly intoxicated people inside but it seemed handled well by staff! Our server wasn't overly attentive or eager to help but did what she needed to. The only complaints with food and drinks (which were great) was our chicken Caesar salad which we got after everyone at our table ordered as well as the people next to us who ordered way after us. When it finally came, it was missing chicken but while waiting 10 plus minutes for our server, we found LITERALLY 5 or less teeny tiny chunks at the bottom of the salad, maybe 1/20th or a chicken breast at the most. It was almost comical! But the drinks did their job, the server came around and we just acknowledged it was a busy day and dismissed the shortcomings. Another side note is a peculiar note at the front listing things such as "no du-rags, hoods, baggy clothing, gang colors" amongst other things which my fiancé who is a person of color found somewhat uncomfortable. They also had a drink called Lynchberg (with an "e") which we couldn't figure out what that was in google. Again, kind of uncomfortable. Reviews we saw after stated racism so we are hoping that's not true or that something is done.

It's been awhile since I've been to Fat Tuesday, so decided to stop by for a drink after shopping at the nearby outlets. Loved that they offered a flight of their daiquiries as I couldn't decide what to order. For my flight, I chose the dirty banana (Banshee + White Russian), white Russian (Kahlúa + Vodka + Milk), mangoberry (Mango + Strawberry), and fruit cocktail (151 Colada + Banana + Mango + Strawberry). All four were good, not too strong, but I could see how these can become deadly quick. Out of the four, my two favorites were the dirty banana and mangoberry.Service was super friendly and welcoming. Parking is easy to find just out front or in the various parking lots in the shopping center. Although we were a little too early for HH (starts at 4pm), it's definitely worth checking out!

Fat Tuesday was a delight! Red, our amazing waitress, provided top-notch service with a friendly smile. A must-visit spot for fantastic food and excellent hospitality! Awesome vibes all around

Red is the best, got the Miami vice and it was amazing! thank you for the 50% off! Go here!!!

Omg the drinks here were amazing!! I got the electric lemonade and I can thank RED for the 50% off our first drink!

Jim Crow LAWS -I was on an outing with my wife and felt incredibly embarrassed and racially profiled by the bouncer at the front entrance. I am a professional and have never in my 20 years ever have ran into a situation where my outfit has been deemed inappropriate for the occasion, but your truncheon at the front gate saw fit to make sure I was excluded. Not only was I refused entry, I was pointed to some small 4x6 print out of some recent policy that is not posted on either your website or on any community posting, even more insulting a man before me went right in with a hat on and that was also apart of the policy that was also not posted anywhere online, yet the Golem at the front had no issue with the white man being against policy.

Came here for a batchelorette party on a week day and received, more the perfect, service. Staff was great, they even comped us some free drinks and martigrass beads for the celebration. The drinks were tasty, and strong enough, so our group was dancing the entire night away