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    Big Bar On 2

    3.4 (12 reviews)
    Open 4:00 pm - 1:00 am (Next day)
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    Rebecca S.

    Atmosphere 5 Stars Food 4 Stars Service 1 Star (and that is being nice) Staying at the Hyatt for a huge Volleyball Tournament on MLK weekend. The hotel has to be near sold out if it isn't sold out. Sunday evening after my sons game we are tired and hungry and i decide we will just grab a bite in the hotel. The bar is hoping for a football game and all the tables in the bar area are full. We cleaned off a small area with counter seats at the windows. I walk up to the bar and ask if we need to order up there and the girl says "no someone will be with you." I ask for a menu and she says "Oh looks like we are out. They are all at tables." I wait a while and then ask a table of people that look like they are done with their meals if I can have a table and they say sure we are all done. Looking around, dirty dishes on peoples tables, menus on peoples tables and I see one poor kid running his butt off. Finally I go up again and ask the same girl (who looks like a manager) if I can order and she says "Oh he hasn't gotten your order yet?" "No and I would like to order please." She reluctantly takes my drink and food order and brings my sons soft drink and a table number for our order. 20 mins later I still have no drink. I'm pretty fussy by now. Looks like she may be a manager because she has a radio. Two other guys with radios and none of them really helping this one guy I see running around. Finally I ask a boy they found somewhere to come help and he comes back and says ok about "10 mins" WHAT? Are you kidding me? I wait 5 more mins and see the girl who took our order at the bar and go up. "Oh you didn't get your drink yet?" "NO!!" She says ok I will have them make it right now. I stood there and waited. Was it good? Sure. Was it worth waiting damn near a HALF-HOUR for?? NO!! Was it worth $16??? HELL NO!! It was on their drink menu. SALTED Caramel White Russian. Menu said Salted Rim. Did I get a salted rim? No. So then it wasn't a SALTED Caramel then was it? No. Ridiculous. After about an hour or so our food finally comes out and looks good. I ordered a Chicken Quesadilla. The menu says with Sour Cream and Salsa on the side. Does it come out with Sour Cream or Salsa? NO. Neither. I request the side of sour cream and Salsa. My son requests Honey Mustard for his Chicken Sandwich. After 5-10 mins Sour Cream and Honey Mustard show up. I said I asked for Salsa also. "Oh ok" Do you think I ever got the Salsa? No. Never. I gave up at that point. Now in all fairness, our food was really good. The cooks in the kitchen were doing their job. The servers were hustling. They were trying. They bartenders were trying. IF there was a Bar Manager that is who FAILED. It just looked like chickens with their heads cut off and no one helping them. No one stepped up to take control and keep things afloat. I took my bill up to the bar to pay as the server never came back and the poor kid was swamped. My bill was $53 for a Chicken Quesadilla, Chicken Sandwich with Fries. soft Drink and a White Russian. I was being kind and gave $7 tip as I wanted to leave zero since I served my self and the place was a train wreck. I would have given a 25% tip to the cook if I could. Do better Hyatt. Help your staff out. Seemed like managers just didn't care.

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