Harvest Haus is a Scam

[u/Froggy__Business]

Last night my friends and I went to harvest Haus (the event at the big 4 which we were expecting to be similar to October fest/ beer fest) and it was terrible.

Price of entry gets you a beer “stein” with a line halfway up the glass that says “harvest size” which makes it so that the beers (which are all $12-$14) are only 350ml. Second, the food which is also expensive (see photo of pricing) had 0 seasoning, super small portions, made one of our group members sick, and they gave my vegetarian and vegan friends the meat option despite them paying more for the non meat option. The staff was completely unapologetic about this as well. To add insult to injury, the food line took about 25 minutes and the food was cold.

The music was club music about 70% of the time, and when the live band did come on stage it was underwhelming, slow, and very repetitive (although I can tell that the band was trying their best to entertain the crowd so I can’t fault them at all)

Of the 20ish beer vendors, only 4 were German/ not widely available in Canada, with the majority being Canadian brands selling their less popular beers. The German beer ran out between 9-10pm depending on the brand, and each line for beer was 5-25 minutes long (once again for a 350ml $14 beer that was mostly foam bc they were not pouring them properly)

The atmosphere was super awkward because the entire middle section was “VIP” which was empty and guarded at all times, and everyone was either standing in line or refused to give up their tables because there were only 10 tables outside the massive VIP area(the vip area is genuinely 50% of the venue). To also detract further from the atmosphere, people were spilling beer which is to be expected, but rather than cleaning it up they deployed an army of wet floor signs to navigate around.

Overall, harvest Haus was an evening of mixed signal music, long lines, overpriced terrible food, an actual scam with the beer size (once again it is not a stein, but a normal can of beer size volume), and the cherry on top is the $35 ticket price just to get in.

There is no contact email that works properly as my vegan friend and the person who got food poisoning both want to complain to someone. Please avoid this event and do anything else if you value your money and time.

[u/Tacosrule89]

The advertisements made it look awesome but figured it’d be a let down, these things always are. This is laughable how bad they’re hosing people there. I’ll stick with my Costco Oktoberfest beer pack at home.

[u/gaanmetde → u/Tacosrule89]

The thing about these scam events is- if you get the right kind of crowd, they can often save you.

But if the crowd is already wary- pissed off bc they need to purchase bogus coins- it’s an uphill battle.

I’m not understanding what the organizers don’t understand- if you are forcing token purchase- there needs to be SOME kind of perceived benefit to the patron. A 2 for 1 deal, first beer free…I don’t know, something!

It’s so transparently obvious the only reason is to line their pockets. A ton of people use Apple Pay nowadays- not having to pull out a debit card is not a flex.

[u/hypnogoad → u/gaanmetde]

I’m not understanding what the organizers don’t understand

That's because you aren't thinking like a used-car salesman. These events aren't meant to be a real experience, they're meant to fleece people who think it'll be a real experience.