First impression review. It was a "lit" (active, social) vibe last night. ( we had decided at the last min to give this place a look after our Christmas dinner and it did not disappoint!) Thanks to the amazing patrons!
I give 4 stars because it is new (opened 2 months ago). However the manager may want to do better at hiring professional bartenders! And a manager that is great at managing fast paced, active environments!
The service fell noticeably short (and this place only serves drinks). it was a busy night but not that busy that we kept being overlooked while sitting at the bar???
I don't smoke cigars but their display is nice and I like how it's laid out inside and its outdoor patio.
Service fell short and the DJ could use more lessons but the vibe was awesome (great concept, layout and eager guests looking to enjoy the Christmas holiday season!) this place opened about 2 months ago... possibly still working through the "new" unexpected mishaps (I'm guessing). this is a generous review (if the place was established longer and had service like this I'd rate it a 2.5-3).
They have onsite catered food or you can order your food in or bring your food with you.
Tip: please know niche markets require great service! You should only have happy faces and welcoming service at your bar and food areas so that ppl are invited to look and buy! Made to feel invited to stay and buy some more...see win and win!
Ppl are not going to feel comfortable approaching your bar staff that doesn't make eye contact, or the weird older black Caribbean man worker that thought I was just supposed to engage him in conversation... so odd, he kept removing my water, he just stood staring and trying to strike conversation and he literally had just arrived for his shift! To avoid this awkwardness, I kindly just engaged my party and refused to answer his weird questions or acknowledge his aggressiveness... meanwhile he was not a bartender and he had just arrived for his shift. so that made it even more bizarre the way he just stood in such an interjecting way and tried to impose himself on us.
It made me uncomfortable because we ordered a bottle of sparkling and he kept cleaning around us and it concerned me how closely he hovered over an open bottle so I let him know that (I moved the wine out of his way) because I wanted to make him aware but he didn't care. It got to the point where my friend and I turned our chair to face away from the bar in order to kindly give the body gesture that we didn't appreciate him bullying his way into a conversation with us! So for this we couldn't keep water with our drinks... so that I'd have to ask for more water, just childish behavior.
service was unnecessarily slow and there was only 1 nice professional bartender the young Caucasian woman but she got so overwhelmed quickly at the bar and pretty much worked the area alone because she was the only inviting presence (the black women bar tenders only catered to some of the guys they knew. The young black guy knew my friend and we couldn't even get him to give us timely service just a lot of unnecessary drama, misery and chaos at the bar ... GET PROFESSIONAL STAFF PLEASE!!
One welcoming, professional bartender cannot manage alone with standoffish colleagues who then realize she's captivating all the patrons and then once the manager show up they told her they will manage their section but never did... just made us wait... being ugly and nasty on the inside but smiling and walking past their patrons while clearly observing us awaiting their attention and then after getting their attention they will make you wait even longer (rolling my eyes) just stupidly ignorant and childish behaviors that I have observed to be the native way service workers display their rudeness but please stop, it isn't cute and it's so dated like 1990s behavior or that 1960s "sure" tone...that sloppy work ethic played out in the 90s DO BETTER!!!
as the night wore on it expectedly wore down the only nice bartender but she still kept going with grace but she felt bad dodging patrons to keep allegiances with her lazy colleagues.
There was a (older Caucasian woman at the bar that appeared to be a manager but she wasn't managing these folks well) bar was loaded with like 3 - 4 bartenders...yet I witnessed several patrons from different parties all pulled for this one nice young lady as mentioned earlier... that should tell ya something!! read more