Xrong Place Kolkata - Kolkata    Share

ASSAULT BY THE STAFF What do you expect when you walk in to a pub/bar/restaurant? To have fun, be entertained, good food and beverages. But would you want these at the cost of your own safety? Ask yourself this question before you enter Xrong Place. Three of us visited this sports bar in April and the night ended with my friends being beaten up by the hired goons and patrons of the bar on the street in front of Xrong Place. Did WE do something wrong? Yes, we showed concern for a girl who was alone, drunk and passed out when we saw that the staff dragged her to the ground floor seating area and dropped her on the floor. When we started asking questions, demanded that her family should be contacted and refused to leave her alone there with the staff - we were threatened, screamed at and then my two friends beaten up outside the pub with the residents of the lane watching from the balcony. This happened at 11 P.M. at night in the heart of South Kolkata. We spent the rest of the night lodging a complaint against the pub management. We didn't pursue it further as we got a good indication of how powerful the management and owner of this pub is given the fact that the police didn't even question the staff after we filed a complaint of brutal assault. We only go by ratings when we choose a place but do we really think how safe that place is? Maybe this should also be a parameter based on which we select our next hangout spot with family and friends. Until we have such a mechanism in place, let's spread the word and hope that others are taking lessons from your experience and not facing the same consequences you did.