@realcainmosni @NudelnAlDente Yes. I was reading the replies looking for somebody acknowledging this. Target demographic.
Also they're forcing people to find them on social media, to encourage promotion of the place on social media. There's a certain logic to that.
Depending on just how trendy & busy the cocktail bar is, they may even *prefer* you to leave if you're the kind of person who doesn't have instagram, or (heaven forbid) you let your phone battery run out. Cool people don't do that 😄