Overall *** My weighted grading system comes up with 3.17 Stars. It is the same owner as Bailey's and even my receipt says Bailey's Nanuet, I would not go out of my way to return here but I wouldn't necessarily avoid it either.
I found the food (outside of the burger) very good as was the price point but the service was pretty bad particularly the constant DING, DING, DING from the kitchen but that is something that can easily be rectified.
Setting *** Besides the underwhelming exterior it is a spruced up dive bar inside so you won't be embarrassed bringing the family or a date. The bar is wall facing and you have to walk through a dining room to get there so it loses points there in my book.
The crowd in the bar area seemed to be mostly 50+ singles and there wasn't anything notable going on. There is a line up of TV's above the bar but I didn't see them anywhere else.
The men's room in the bar area was spotless but it is single use, hand dryer only and has one of the most frustrating TP dispensers I have ever experienced.
Service ** Although our server started out on top of things and was very nice overall, as our Wednesday night progressed the glacial pace took its toll as we were there for nearly 2.5 hours which for a pub is simply ludicrous.
It was Trivia Night so we did have that as a distraction but we could barely hear the MC and the questions would jump from kindergarten to masters level from one to the next so that quickly became annoying.
My main issue though was the absolute incessant ringing of the bell from the kitchen. Granted we sat in the bar are (nearest the kitchen) and maybe they were busier than they expected to be but there was not a moments piece from that darn bell!!! Seriously if you are that busy, hire a runner or another server!
Food *** We also found the food a sort of mixed bag.
My starter of Wings were fantastic, huge, but still crispy and juicy. If not for the overly runny Blue Cheese they would rank amongst the best unbreaded wings I've had.
Wednesday is "Pasta Night" so I couldn't resist and ordered the Rigatoni Bolognese. This was no where near what I was expecting as instead of ground beef I'm pretty sure this was some type of beef short rib. The flavors were so good that it mostly compensated for the over cooked pasta.
Of course my son ordered a burger and while cooked a perfect Medium Rare the char/bitter taste from the grill was so overpowering it ruined the whole thing and was borderline inedible. The adjoining fries, which I assume they make in house, were just bits and pieces of foul tasting potato fragments and it was most likely time to change the fryer oil.
Value **** Wings $13, Burger $13, Pasta Special $12, top shelf G&T $8 represents great value. The entire menu seems very reasonable with the only question mark being the steak of the day only being shown as "Market Price". read more