When asked for fries xtra crispy, they nailed it! You know it's good when you drag your crispy…read morefrench fries across the plate of the wasabi aioli and chili sauce. Grouper sandwich with moist coleslaw and Swiss cheese was delish. Perfect light crispy batter. Who said cheese and seafood shouldn't be mixed? This was the exception to that rule. The Swiss cheese flavor added a nice after flavor from the grouper and coleslaw. Sushi nachos made out of wonton wrapper with avocado, ahi tuna, wasabi aioli, pickled ginger, and chili sauce was such a nice blend of flavor and generous portions...ten pieces. Double decker smash burger with jalapeño, candied bacon, cheddar cheese, pickles, lettuce, tom's, and carmelized onions. My wife had it medium rare and said it was the best she's ever had. The server, Lindsey, brought tea refills without us asking for it , which showed us how attentive she was. Ambience, with an "e" instead of an "a", was a classic ale house with flags of their beer selections, relaxed and friendly atmosphere. We got there a little after opening time, and, within an hour, there was a constant stream of customers, mostly locals, which was a good sign. who says fish and cheese don't go together. this grouper brioche sandwich debunks that theory

Place was packed at 2pm, and now I know why…read more The staff was friendly and had us seated right away, even with the crowd. The appetizer came out swinging with the Steak and Cheese Eggrolls -- perfectly crispy, packed with flavorful filling, and paired with queso that had just the right kick. Then came the wood-grilled Smashed Smoker Burger with Sarah's smoky aioli. Whoever Sarah is... can she please come cook in my kitchen? I'd put that aioli on everything. Every ingredient on the burger was balanced perfectly, and the fries had the ideal hint of salt to finish it off. Our waitress was super sweet and always checked on us. Definitely visiting again.

I recently hosted a special event, and Chef Audi came to my home to prepare an incredible…read morefour‑course Mexican dinner for my guests, including thoughtful, delicious options for both vegan and lactose‑intolerant diners. Every dish was outstanding, with layers of flavor that came together beautifully. Chef Audi planned the entire menu in advance and even tested it the day before to ensure everything complemented each other perfectly. My guests raved about the food. And when the evening wrapped up, my kitchen looked exactly as it had before she arrived, spotless. If you want to treat your guests (and yourself) to something truly special, hire Chef Audi from Frederick Social. She'll handle the planning, cooking, serving, and cleanup so you can relax and actually enjoy your time with the people you invited.

Not as many vegan options as I remember. Got the kimchi nachos. The vegan nacho sauce was either…read moremissing or very little. A lack luster dish. Brussels just ok. The notable thing here is their amazing wall of various beers, including Na options. Wines on tap also. Nice space overall. Patio seating. Nice staff. Very LGBTQ friendly. Have been here before for local pride events.

We had a great experience at Monkey La La. We had planned on going to Avery's upstairs for crabs…read more Since there was an hour wait we went downstairs to Monkey La La's for a drink and discovered you can still get the full Avery's menu. We sat right away. We had amazing crabs and the hush puppies were also very good. Last but not least the service was incredible. Our server Ben was attentive and personable, which is appreciated. Pricing was as expected for crabs. Atmosphere is more a bar than restaurant so probably not for young kids, but you know that going in. Still a friendly place and will definitely be going back.

Service was good and the food was delicious as well love the combos they have here . Sat at the bar…read moreit wasn't to crowded wish they had more happy hour specials

Well, I got threatened to have my ass beat by the owners and they called me "privileged" because I…read moreasked if they could stop screaming at me. How'd we get here? Let me explain. I'm not the type to start shit with someone who's working, I'm incredibly respectful to those on the clock, but I'm also not going to let someone rag on me. My two friends and I (25 years old each) were at this bar a few years ago, and the experience stuck with me so I'm posting the review now. My one friend was in the bathroom, and another had left a beer bottle on a pool table. Bad guy, for sure we screwed up there, someone came over and told us to move it and we did. So I go to the bar to get a beer, and I hear one of the waitresses calling us stupid and ridiculous for the beer bottle incident. I was like "whoa, actually that's my table and you should be careful when talking about customers... especially if you're right in front of them" and it was a really embarrassing incident. From there, I tell my friend at the pool table what happened and the owner (apparently) who was very drunk, overhears and starts yelling at us for initially having the beer on the pool table. Obviously, at this point, we'd moved past that and were more bothered at the waitress calling us names, so I tried to explain my point and she kept bringing it back to "you all don't pay for it, you have no respect, yada yada" -- and mind you, despite my age, I work in customer service. I excel in conflict mitigation, I was talking her down and she was not having any of it. She threatened to have some strong man beat my ass, she said we have no respect, she didn't hear my point at all and she had a posse of older people who were also blindly backing her up. Frankly, I should've called the cops because I'd never been threatened in my life, I'm not that kind of person. I really tried to bring this conflict to a resolution, and we had like 4 people all screaming at us that night just because I had the gall to tell my friends that the bartenders were talking shit about us. It was an awful experience and I recommend that, to anyone who might accidentally break a rule, really avoid this place. For the record, we still paid our tab and tipped the bartender/waiter (which I've been using both words to describe one person, whoops.) even though that'd ruined the night. We weren't rowdier than anyone else, weren't being loud or disrespectful, but they engaged in a screaming match with us and felt the need to stand their ground WITHOUT HEARING WHAT WE WERE EVEN CONCERNED ABOUT. We weren't arguing to keep the beer on the pool table, we didn't want to be disrespected about it AFTER we'd already corrected the situation, but that (to the owners) was worth SCREAMING AT AND BERATING their own customers over. Absolutely awful experience. Trashy owners 100% ruined it, hope their hubris leads their business to ruin. PS: I've never been called "privileged" and I literally laughed in the context of it. I calmly ask the owner lady, in the middle of screaming at us with her friend, to please calm down so we can explain our side to a rational person. And out of left field she says "you know how PRIVILEGED you sound??" I come from a very poor background. My stepdad was a plumber and my mom was mentally ill and couldn't work. We didn't have money, I grew up around this kind of trashiness and I know how to deal with it, just never dealt with it as the owner of a pub with a chip on their shoulder. It wasn't an "oh we owned the rich kid and now he's complaining on yelp" moment, it was just a hostile drunk woman harassing some younger men having fun at her bar. It was atrocious. We walked away from the situation to try to salvage the night and after a few minutes, laughed about it saying "that was so crazy" and apparently she was still hovering around us, listening, cuz she comes out of nowhere and says "IM NOT CRAZY" -- just to show she's still listening to us. At that point we knew we had to leave. She'd effectively chased us out because we didn't want to be disrespected over a little mistake on our part. Mind you, it wasn't my friend's mistake, not even mine, yet I faced the brunt of her criticism. Owners to a bar should have more decorum, this was just pathetic. I never speak out about these kinds of things, but this was really awful, I woke up today, years after the incident and said "no, people need to know." I'd never been so targeted, so maybe I am privileged, or maybe I just follow the rules and do everything I should and these people are outwardly more irresponsible, getting hammered on the clock and fighting patrons without stopping to hear what they're even upset about, than any business owner should be. The food was good though I mean, just keep your head down and be good for the owners if you're not ordering takeout I guess. Any amount of 'acting out' and they'll seek muscle man on your ass like they did to me.

Belles' has gotten new Diamond tables, which are pristine and I hope they remain that way. They…read morehave pool league Monday to Friday. On weekdays, they offer a free hour of pool until 5 PM with a $10 food purchase. After 5 PM and on weekends, the pool table is $10 an hour. They also have Pour House Trivia on Wednesdays at 6:30 PM and Saturdays at 7 PM. Thursday nights is for Poker. And they have a couple dart boards as well. They have their own AMI jukebox so you can play your own music using purchased credits on the app. Weekdays from 11 AM to 3 PM they have lunch specials, which includes $11 for a sandwich and side dish. While they always had a great variety of beers on tap, I noticed they also had a new cocktail menu, which included French 75 and even a Peach Fizz. I was quite happy to see Prosecco on the menu. Belles' has its own parking lot as well so parking is never an issue. They also offer the following Daily Specials: Sunday 30% off all Appetizers $3.25 Domestic Pints, $15 Domestic Buckets Monday $17 BBQ Rib Dinner Tuesday $13 AYCE Steamed Shrimp 5-9 PM Wednesday $17 BBQ Rib Dinner Thursday Buffalo Wing Special 4-10 PM $4 Flavored Vodkas Friday $17 BBQ Rib Dinner Saturday $3.25 Domestic Pints from 7 PM - 2 AM It does get busy at Belles' so service can be a bit slow. You are probably better off going to the bar to put in your order rather than waiting for a server to come to you.

My friends and I love trying different restaurants in Frederick, and this was our pick for our…read morelatest outing. The restaurant has two levels, with the upper level overlooking the main dining area, giving it a warm and inviting atmosphere. The service was wonderful from start to finish. The menu offers a wide variety of delicious options, and everyone in our group was happy with their choice. I ordered the Lemon Fried Chicken Sandwich with a side of sweet potato waffle fries. When our server asked if I wanted apple butter with the fries, I said yes--and I'm so glad I did! The combination of the crispy sandwich, perfectly cooked sweet potato waffle fries, and the apple butter was absolutely delicious. I would definitely love to return and try more items from the menu!

Overall we've hit a lot of Gaithersburg, Rockville, Germantown and Frederick Restaurants over the…read moreyears. This was our first Fire and Oak visit. 1. The wings were exceptinally good. The Buffalo sauce was good but not horribly spicy. 2. The deviled eggs were awesome, add crab meat and i was ready for more! 3. The meatballs were awesome (yes were those people doing appetizers only) Overall the food was solid. This is definitely on our places to wander to again list!

I am absolutely appalled on the service and professionalism that was conducted at the café 611, Me…read moreand my team had an event in December at the venue, we paid their overpriced fee for space in FREDERICK MD due to having complications with our prior venue. Not even an hour into our event, I had noticed the security at the door being aggressive with the patrons, At our events we invite a community made up of our friends, loved ones and locals that share ideals and beliefs, such as PLURR and Decency. So this off rip didn't sit well with me. I understand someone has to do their job and in fact would want everyone to be checked and ID'd/verified before they enter our show for safety and legal reasons, So I will never get in the way of stopping staff from doing that as their job. What really spiraled the night out of control was when one of our own staff from our collective who we had as a greeter at the door looked uncomfortable so we went to go check on her and she had told us that a secondary man next to the security/doorman who was also checking people in had made inappropriate sexual comments such as asking her to sit in his lap because she looked tired of standing while gesturing towards his genitalia, this happened in the entry hallway. (being dressed up and looking good is not an invite to be inappropriate, we condemn that disgusting behavior to the highest degree). This combined with multiple other patrons complaining about being touched inappropriately as they entered and paid. (This second man, the security/doorman's brother wasn't even authorized to work and was allegedly fired months ago from Café 611 yet he was there "working" with permission from the owner) when I fully heard everything from multiple people. I walked up to the security and asked them to please not be aggressive with our patrons, as mentioned before these are our friends and family coming through and I personally love these people to death. The secondary man then proceeded to get aggressive with me, threaten me and tell me that he would take me out front to the street and kill me, To quote exactly what he said "I don't knock people out. I put them to sleep permanently. Would you like to go outside? Let's go outside" me at this point, I'm absolutely bewildered and the situation escalating (my only words to them in this entire exchange in front of 10+ people was simply asking if they could not speak to our patrons in a condescending or aggressive way) the customers that were entering the building and knew nothing about the situation unfolding were the ones that had to be the to step in between and try to pull him away from me as he was standing up to put hands on anyone that angered him. I let things cool down and walk away. I proceeded to address my issues with the person in charge of that night, immediately he was dismissive, but told me he would go over and talk to security. He walked over and I watched them speak. They shared a couple laughs for about 30 minutes and the man Hung out for another hour after that before he decided to leave on his own accord. At the end of the night when our event was over, not a minute after, right on the dot. Security and the Manager started yelling obscenities and telling everyone to get the **** out and made a comment about white people for some reason? Which left everyone uncomfortable and confused because this room was as ethnically diverse as it could get. Me and my entire staff went to have a full conversation about what had happened that night and recapping with the owner but he defended his "staff" even after having multiple (7+) patrons independently complain about being uncomfortable, he ignored any accountability, harassed us for his money while we were actively breaking down and loading all of our equipment into our vehicles outside because at that point it was clearly the only thing he cared about. demanded we pay him their split without any reasoning or understanding that the funds had to be transferred. Started acting like we were trying run off without paying him because we demanded a conversation about accountability first and then when it was all said and done shut the door on us so we couldn't return. I will never in my life come/promote/attend/etc here ever. This place has a bad history and I wanted to believe it wasn't true and still try to work at the 611 because good venues in the Maryland scene are hard to come by, but everything everyone has said about this place unbelievably correct. You all should be ashamed and know good and well this hasn't been your only instance or situation.

Place smelled and was dirty. The food was overpriced for the portion size. It took 20 minutes for a…read morequesadilla and the place was empty. The building has not been updated in years. Bathroom was disgusting and unkempt. Enough said.

I visited for the first time this weekend. While I did not try any food it smelled amazing! And I…read morewill be trying some my next visit. Nice hole in the wall feel in the bar area where we did karaoke. Dining area has a cool feel to it. The bar staff were very friendly and gave great service! They have karaoke on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday! Great time!

We had dinner there Saturday evening. There were 3 of us and we ordered different dishes. I…read moreordered the filet mignon which was cooked perfectly - I ordered a salad as did the others - they did not serve the salad until the meal came out (too late for the salad then). Someone ordered the Chicken Chesapeake which was okay - same deal with salad. The other dish was Chicken Linguine - it was not eatable - the pasta was mush and the chicken was overdone. Not sure who was in charge of the serving order, but salads should come out before the entree otherwise your food gets cold. Based on this experience we mostly likely will not eat there again or recommend it to anyone.

We stopped by on our way back to our hotel in DC and had a nice meal. We had the peach burrata,…read moremeatloaf, and the Mediterranean power bowl. We also had a couple of beers and ultimately left satisfied. My only gripe is I like my beer damn near ice cold and the beers here are just a bit colder than room temp. Regardless it seems like a great spot for locals to catch a game. Service was great and the restaurant is bigger than it appears from the outside.

I had the pleasure of spending part of my Fourth of July at Brewer's Alley in Frederick, Maryland,…read moreand it was an outstanding experience from start to finish. The atmosphere was festive, and I loved that they had special commemorative koozies for the holiday--it was a fun touch that made the day even more memorable. I ordered a frozen drink along with the crab dip and pretzel appetizer, and I can honestly say the crab dip was absolutely out of this world. It was rich, flavorful, and paired perfectly with the warm, soft pretzel. Every bite was delicious. The bartender was friendly, attentive, and provided exceptional service throughout my visit. I also spent time on the rooftop, and the view of downtown Frederick was simply phenomenal. It's the perfect place to relax, enjoy great food and drinks, and take in the scenery. The restaurant was spotless, including the restrooms, which says a lot about the pride they take in their establishment. From the incredible food and drinks to the immaculate service and beautiful rooftop atmosphere, Brewer's Alley exceeded every expectation. I can't wait to come back! #BrewersAlley #DowntownFrederick #FrederickMD #SupportLocal #RooftopDining #CraftBeer #MarylandEats #VisitFrederick