History YMMV / BarRescue

** Jon Taffer chews out a bartender at [=OBanions=] for not wanting to train because she only got 3 hours of sleep. She points out that she only works part time, so it makes perfect sense that this is not her top priority, and it's a [[LogicalFallacy false equivalency]] to compare her to the owners who have it as their top priority when their houses are on the line.

** Jon Taffer himself falls into this trope at times. He has a tendency to run in guns blazing and humiliate, devalue, and emasculate the person he deems responsible, even when he doesn't have all the information. This sometimes results in him blaming the wrong person for what's going on, such as in "Second Base" and "The Hideout", where he blames the manager for the owner's failings. His attitude even causes an innocent manager to quit in "The Hideout", and it takes the whole episode for the manager to return. In plenty of instances, like "RJ's Replay", he defines the owner by their failure and treats them like they never had any honest success in their life when they actually have. He's also been criticised for being somewhat against themes. Sure, he [[JerkassHasAPoint may be somewhat justified]], but his lines about how businesses should not have a "soul" in "Piratz" makes some people view him as fitting the stereotype of the by-the-books businessman.

** Jon Taffer himself falls into this trope at times. He has a tendency to run in guns blazing and humiliate, devalue, and emasculate the person he deems responsible, even when he doesn't have all the information. This sometimes results in him blaming the wrong person for what's going on, such as in "Second Base" and "The Hideout", where he blames the manager for the owner's failings. His attitude even causes an innocent manager to quit in "The Hideout", and it takes the whole episode for the manager to return. In plenty of instances, like "RJ's Replay", he defines the owner by their failure and treats them like they never had any honest success in their life when they actually have. He's also been criticised for being somewhat against themes. Sure, he [[JerkassHasAPoint may be somewhat justified]], but his lines about how businesses should not have a "soul" in "Piratz" makes some people view him as fitting the stereotype of the by-the-books businessman.

* FriendlyFandoms:
** With ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' and ''Series/HotelHell'', two other programs that feature a loudmouthed hospitality professional trying to save failing businesses in that sector. Any Bar Rescue clip on Website/YouTube will likely have comments wishing for Jon and Creator/GordonRamsay to do a {{Crossover}} of some kind.
** Amusingly enough, one of the food experts that Taffer's brought in, Chef Jay Santos (you'll recognize him for having dyed his hair blue), competed on Hell's Kitchen and in the most recent season, became the Sous Chef of the Blue Team!

* JerkassHasAPoint: Many fans and commenters on Website/YouTube reuploads have pointed out that, despite Piratz Tavern desperately needing a massive image change, Jon's rebranding of "The Corporate Bar and Grill" isn't particularly interesting, memorable, or eye-catching, and that the interior lacked any draw or distinct features. Although everyone (except the owners and staff of Piratz) agree that the pirate theme was never going to work for the bar, many also agree that Jon screwed them over by giving them an incredibly unappealing redesign that left them with nothing else to work with. [[note]]Some have suggested that even as little as a less formal name, like "9 to 5 Bar and Grill" or "After Hours", would have been enough to draw in the after-work-businessperson crowd that Jon was attempting to attract, and that good service could have brought people back after the name got them in the door. Some even think that simply just toning ''down'' the "pirate" theme and making it more of a seafood restaurant/fish&Chips place would have been better[[/note]]

* NeverLiveItDown: Chilleen's On 17, despite being one of the bars remaining in business to this day (as of writing), is best known as the place where some idiot [[HorsingAround rode their horse inside]].

** Jon Taffer himself falls into this trope at times. He has a tendency to run guns blazing and humiliate, devalue, and emasculate the person he deems responsible, even when he doesn't have all the information. This sometimes results in him blaming the wrong person for what's going on, such as in "Second Base" and "The Hideout", where he blames the manager for the owner's failings. His attitude even causes an innocent manager to quit in "The Hideout", and it takes the whole episode for the manager to return. In plenty of instances, like "RJ's Replay", he defines the owner by their failure and treats them like they never had any honest success in their life when they actually have. He's also been criticised for being somewhat against themes. Sure, he [[JerkassHasAPoint may be somewhat justified]], but his lines about how businesses should not have a "soul" in "Piratz" makes some people view him as fitting the stereotype of the by-the-books businessman.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids:
** One of the issues that pops up from time to time on the show and crossing over into WrongGenreSavvy. Bars may be part of the overall restaurant industry, but your clientele is much more narrowly focused to adults and serving primarily drinks. Yet whether out of misguided decorating ideas, or intentionally trying to also double as a family restaurant, some owners forget this.
** Blue Frog, pre-remodel and rename to The Local, had the owner's mother make a rather poor attempt at going for a classic American look (Similar to say a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel Cracker Barrel]] family restaurant). Having a bunch of children's games plastered all over the bar doesn't say to people "Hey come in for beers and cocktails!"
** Piratz Tavern, given the dressing up as pirates by the staff could be mistaken at being aimed at families with young children to a certain degree (though it's apparent that they've gone about trying to avert this, since changing back to Piratz from the Rescue's redesign as Corporate Bar and Lounge).

** The Chicken Bone was flat out pointed out in the episode about the fact that it came way too much off as a family restaurant when there were actual family restaurants nearby. They were renamed to simply "The Bone" to try and help differentiate the location, but went back to The Chicken Bone. They shut down in 2014.

** The staff from Metal and Lace (formerly Headhunters) Bar also deserves a mention. They were working for an owner [[PointyHairedBoss who has his head far up his ass]] that he still did not pay his employees after the show ended, and then they were put out of the job after the bar closed.

** Jon Taffer himself falls into this trope at times. He has a tendency to run guns blazing and humiliate, devalue, and emasculate the person he deems responsible, even when he doesn't have all the information. This sometimes results in him blaming the wrong person for what's going on, such as in "Second Base" and "The Hideout", where he blames the manager for the owner's failings. His attitude even causes an innocent manager to quit in "The Hideout", and it takes the whole episode for the manager to return. In plenty of instances, like "RJ's Replay", he defines the owner by their failure and treats them like they never had any honest success in their life when they actually have.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Many fans and commenters on Website/YouTube reuploads have pointed out that, despite Piratz Tavern desperately needing a massive image change, Jon's rebranding of "The Corporate Bar and Grill" isn't particularly interesting, memorable, or eye-catching, and that the interior lacked any draw or distinct features. Although everyone (except the owners and staff of Piratz) agree that the pirate theme was never going to work for the bar, many also agree that Jon screwed them over by giving them an incredibly unappealing redesign that left them with nothing else to work with. [[note]]Some have suggested that even as little as a less formal name, like "9 to 5 Bar and Grill" or "After Hours", would have been enough to draw in the after-work-businessperson crowd that Jon was attempting to attract, and that good service could have brought people back after the name got them in the door.[[/note]]

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Jon Taffer chews out a bartender at [=OBanions=] for not wanting to train because she only got 3 hours of sleep. She points out that she only works part time, so it makes perfect sense that this is not her top priority, and it's a [[LogicalFallacy false equivalency]] to compare her to the owners who have it as their top priority when their houses are on the line.

* HarsherInHindsight: All the times Jon Taffer has worked closely with Anheiser-Busch become this when he [https://www.outkick.com/bar-rescue-host-jon-taffer-crushes-bud-light-for-slapping-customers-in-the-face/ vilified Bud Light] for their partnership with Dylan Mulvaney.

* NauseaFuel: Easily rivals ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' in terms of disgusting work environments. Two bars in particular that stood out were Headhunters (which was so thoroughly infested with cockroaches that exterminators had to be called in) and Fairways (whose kitchen was so filthy that mushrooms were growing in the freezer). More under {{Squick}}.

* ValuesDissonance: The show's dim view on bars that try to double as family restaurants or have an '18 and over' night. The United States has a high alcohol age requirement of 21, which is steep by the standards of most of the world, so trying to appeal to people under the age of 21 opens bars up to major liability issues for little benefit. As a contrasting example, the United Kingdom has a minimum drinking age of 18, and people as young as 16 are allowed to drink alcohol in a restaurant setting if it is served with a meal and an adult orders it for them. Thus, a pub that wants to serve food to families and older teenagers faces significantly less risks in doing so, and "family pubs" are indeed common in the country. For that matter, most chain family restaurants have attached bars as well.