The lower rating is more so for the experience of my group. The food and service are severely lacking. The mini golfing is a lot of fun, there's 2 floors with 9 holes each. The ambience feels like a vintage library on the second floor and a snowy cabin on the third. However, I highly suggest against getting the play and eat package. After playing 18 holes, we placed an order for 2 pizzas and 1 order of veggie tostadas. 1 hour into waiting for the food, when we inquired about it, we were told it was on its way. 30 more minutes pass by, and we are told the veg tostadas have sold out. 10 minutes after that (so it's now been over 1.5 hours), we get the veggie pizza. 20 minutes after that, we were told the Margherita pizza was sold out. I don't understand why it took so long for them to inform us that they were out of some of their menu items. It would have been nice to be informed. Other parties who ordered around the same time as us had the exact same experience. While it was nice to be refunded for our experience, it is ridiculous to wait 2 hours for 3 menu items to receive 1 and be told the others are sold out. While the place was cool, after this experience, will not be coming back. read more

Food: in one word, weak. The pizza was the best thing we had. No blue cheese dressing for wings, they were out of ginger beer and unable to make a Moscow mule, also out of guacamole so the chip/dip came with bland caramelized onion dip. Basically, average American bar food, nothing special. I would recommend going for a drink and golf, eat somewhere else. There are plenty of awesome food options nearby. The ambiance is impressive, lots of attention to detail and decor. The putt course was slammed, lots of waiting and crowding. Still fun, but try to go during off hours because it was too crowded. read more

Just a plain good time! Drink, play, hangout it's a good vibe. They have definitely elevated mini golf and outdone other similar concepts in the city. It's a three floor facility with plenty of structure and depth. Multiple bars, drinks and food to go around. If you don't want to play, plenty of room to just hangout. Be sure to make a reservation as even if it's not busy you can arrive at a time where the course is full. Only thing is I would recommend the GM giving a few lessons to the staff (beyond the bartenders) to be a bit more friendly to smooth out the rough edges. However all in all a very well done spot. A great new option for the play/drink category! read more

Puttery - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Honestly wouldn't expect much from a mini putt place downtown, but Puttery does not disappoint. Last Sunday surpassed my expectations. Hayley was phenomenal and attentive to our group. She honestly went above and beyond. Overall, I recommended my friends to come by and enjoy a drink perhaps as our new meet up spot. 10/10 and many thanks to Hayley! read more

Just went to the bar on a Tuesday for some after work drinks ya know. Had the El Diablo tequila drink. Really good. And the gin 75 also great. Steve was a 10/10 bartender. Super nice. And we played golf in the Arctic zoon! read more

Came here last Sunday with some friends, had an amazing time. A girl name Hayley was helping us, she was so sweet, definitely coming back again! read more

Had a ton of fun here with friends!! We did a group of 4, did both courses (library and ski lift). $23/person I think for one course of 9 holes. A bit pricey but such a cool experience! Really well done and a ton of space to hangout, drink/eat. Also excited for when summer comes for their rooftop! A great date spot! read more

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Absolutely blown away by the Puttery - what a fun place for a drink and activity! We stopped by on a Friday afternoon- it wasn't too crowded- and got ourselves a drink. It overlooks Randolph street and will be amazing in the summer! The drinks were great and well-priced... most importantly, you can drink and play mini golf! We had a great game in the library area (on the second floor). It's a par 3... and i think I'm just terrible because it took me way more than 3 shots haha. We'll be back! read more

Got a chance to check this out with my friends. It was pretty busy since everyone was hosting their holiday party here. We had multiple touch points with employees, the best one being the lovely lady explaining the rules to the lodge course. We had a blast but it was so hot in there. You're able to order from a waitress while you play, but no one ever came to our group throughout the course. It was cool how the screens were able to track your score based on where you were. I enjoyed it and would like to try out the other course and maybe a drink! read more

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It's been a while since I've been to a place where the staff has just as much fun as the patrons, all while remaining professional - but this place was it! I stopped by with friends for a little after dinner fun. The place is new and you can tell by how clean the 2 floors are. There are 2 floors complete with a full bar and mini golf courses which seemed very fun. When we visited, DJ Pharris was playing music and had us dancing so long we never even golfed LOL! The drinks were well made and the staff had great attitudes to match. I look forward to coming back to play golf before it becomes too popular! read more

Puttery is a cool concept. Mini golf is a lot of fun, and it's cold in Chicago most of the year so why not put it inside? Add in a few bars and you're absolutely cooking. Unfortunately, you'll probably spend most of your time waiting in line as the mini golf gets super crowded and you need to wait for the people in front of you to move along. The drinks are also kind of expensive (but that's Chicago for you) so take note of that. read more

Puttery - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

What an absolute disaster on many levels. We went on a Saturday a few minutes before our reservation at 4, and the line to check-in was out the door. They take reservations online, but also take walk-ins, and the only system for seperating the two is the employee asking if anyone had reservations. However, I didn't even hear him say this until we were inside, so who knows how many walk-ins he allowed in first. You are given a wrist band when checking in and then go upstairs to one of the levels to play. We tried first checking our coats but that line was long too. When we got close the employee said she was cutting off the coat check because the employee before her had left a mess and she needed a couple minutes to organize things first before checking in any more coats. We aborted the line because we were tired of waiting. We decided to order drinks but waited 20 minutes to get them. The lines to golf on both of the levels were a nightmare. On the second level alone it was wrapped across the entire bar area. We got a server's attenttion who explained the "VIP" wristband we were given at check-in (I guess because we had a reservation) allowed us to cut in line, but nobody had explained that to us, plus the fact of cutting in front of a throng of people and having to wait a long time to golf each hole didn't appeal to us so we asked for a manager so we could get a refund. When the manager arrived he just said they were busier than usual and would just issue a refund without any question. Poor guy seemed pretty overwhelmed. When our drinks finally arrived we asked the bartender if they were indeed busier than normal, but he said that wasn't the case but they were severely understaffed everywhere. He said it was a total "$hitshow," which pretty much said it all. We then finished our overpriced low poured drinks and left. Not worth the $25 we paid each to golf. I've been to plenty of putt putt places that had their stuff together more than this place. Sure it's a big draw for the twenty-something Instagramers, but not for us. read more

Drinks were good and the food was as well. I had to leave early and couldn't play but this is a cute and fun venue. Lots of corporate groups were there. read more

Puttery - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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If you're like me, you learned about the Puttery Chicago from an Instagram post. The Puttery Chicago was always advertised as simulated getaway, but I didn't realize how much of it was "simulated" until I got there. The entire experience feels artificial with large props, lighting and even cheesy staff members. It's a prime example of social perception versus actual fun. Each floor contains a theme where: * 2nd floor features a larger-than-life library vibe (more difficult course) * 3rd floor features an Arctic tundra vibe (less difficult course) It costs $21/person to reserve a tee time, which in all honestly is a joke. The course will take less than 25 minutes to complete unless the you're truly out of practice on your swing. NOTE: Drinks are allowed on the course and the staff will advertise that you get "specialty drinks" only on the course. My advice skip the $18/cocktail price on the course and just treat yourself to a drink before or after your game. Overall, this may be great spot for a first or second date or out-of-towners, but otherwise I'm unimpressed with this place and their "alleged entertainment." It's downright too expensive, compact and not worth the money! The cost of tee time only includes once course! NOTE 2: Coat check is available, you just need to ask during check-in! read more

Puttery - My favorite hole of the 2nd floor Library course. Also see ambience and vibe of this course. - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Appetizer foods were just ok. But the place is adorable. Second floor is a book worm's dream since it's a library. Fun for a big group! read more

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Puttery is a great spot to have fun. My boyfriend and I attended a double date here. We were greeted at the door and had everything explained to us as far as what's upstairs and the process of playing mini golf. I believe one course is $20 a person while both are $25. It makes sense to just do both courses. While my boyfriend and I waited for our friends to join us we had our coats checked and ordered the ancho wings which were great. My boyfriend ordered the stand off margarita and got it 2 more times because it was really good. Be careful with these lol. I ordered the tasty green for my drink. We had a lot of fun on our courses. Some were pretty challenging. It was great rooting for each other to try to make a hole in one or even just get our golf ball in the hole in some of the most difficult ones. They had a board where we could tally up our scores which was easy to use. The service here was friendly and available whenever needed. read more

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Once again, an amazing Puttery experience! This was our first time at the Chicago location (previously visited the Minneapolis spot) and it did NOT disappoint! The time they only had two courses open, The Library and The Lodge, but it appears they have several more than that! The scores are kept electronically at each hole so you don't have to worry about the little pencil and paper. We didn't get any of their food (though it looked amazing), but we did partake in a few cocktails. My group loved the Rumble and the Tasty Green. They even have servers walking around the course so you don't have to keep running up to the bar! I do wish the holes were a little more difficult or unique, but the theming across the board was stellar. Definitely worth checking out! read more

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Service was horrible on a pretty empty night. Charged $28 for a drink and gave such a difficult time when asking for a receipt.

While the decor and set up of this place are adorable, just go to Puttshack. I had high expectations for this place as I always have such an amazing time at Puttshack. The host of my room was so unenetergetic and acted as if she didn't want to be there. The holes are literally all the same, just had to try to hit the ball up a hill. Could've saved my $21. The drinks and bartenders were awesome, however. A lot better places to have some competitive fun in Chicago. read more

Puttery - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Puttery is super unique and a great place to visit to have some fun! My girlfriend and I came here after bottomless brunch and had so much fun. For unlimited play it was $56 for the two of us. There are 3 floors with two courses. The courses are so cool as they have their own themes. They are challenging enough to get the friendly competition going. There are multiple bars though out and plenty of seating for lounging or eating. We did not get any food or drinks but from what we seen everything looked good. The interior is so beautiful with lots of photo ops. Before we even started putting, we spent about half an hour just taking pictures haha. We went on a Saturday at around 3:00 pm so it was pretty busy but not overly crowded. We did not have to wait to putt for a very long time which was nice. There were other couples, families, and birthday parties. Check this place out, it's a fun time for any occasion. read more

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Despite usually balking at the trendy, hipster/yuppy vibe of Fulton Market, I gotta say this place was pretty damn cool. SERVICE The front desk staff was super friendly, and very helpful while checking us in, but then for the most part stayed out of the way otherwise. ACCESSIBILITY I would say this is probably not a great place if you need accessibility accommodations. While they do have an elevator and the bar areas are spacious, the courses can be a tight squeeze in places and a lot of ups and downs as can be expected for mini golf. However I WOULD recommend coming to hang out in the bar areas. AMBIANCE Definitely not your typical putt-putt experience. This is putt-putt on caviar. They've got 2 courses and 3 bars and the decor here is very swanky cool. Tons of space and comfortable places to hang out and maybe even have a party or event. I believe I saw some outdoor rooftop-type space too, but it wasn't open when we went. The two courses were really cool. One has an alpine valley theme with lots of cute and fun obstacles, but an overall easier course. The other has a library theme that was considerably harder. I really appreciated the craftsmanship of the decor and design in this place. TASTE Apparently they also serve food, but we did not eat here. They have some tasty mocktails to enjoy for about $10 each. PRICE The price is a little bit more than I would expect mini golf...if I had been considering it strictly for my own purposes, I may not have gone, but I went for a friend's birthday and I'm really glad I did. CROWD We went pretty early in the day and were luckily one of only a couple groups in there. But then it started getting more traffic after a while. COMFORT I can see how you might get rushed along, or perhaps have to stand around waiting if a group in front of you is taking their time. So one piece of constructive criticism I would have is to have more places to sit between holes. I guess they don't really want people loitering around, but the more people here the more standing you're going to do. The bar areas had a variety of seating, including some plush couches along the walls, metal chairs at the low-top tables and the bar stools were not terribly uncomfortable. Definitely a cool place to hang out with friends, or a date, or even a corporate event, honestly. read more

A group of friends and I came to Puttery together for a birthday party. The location is easy to find and located in the West Loop area of Chicago. There is a large bar area where you can sit down and order drinks. The bar also has a food menu available if you are hungry. Once you are on the course, there are staff members around that can take your drink order and bring them to you. I really enjoyed the library course and Puttery proved to be a great place to spend a Saturday afternoon with a group of people. read more

Puttery - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Went for the Halloween themed event. That's all this was. Looked like a grammar school classroom decorated for Halloween. Not enough seating for our party.. I get it it's a bar, but if you're selling tickets for an "event" wouldn't one think about that?? Drink was not good. Overheard other patrons leaving the place saying the same about the drinks. We bailed and opted for a real bar. read more

This was really disappointing. They were out of at least 4 menu items and the food we did receive was almost inedible. The ceviche was awful. Service was average. Kind of a strange atmosphere. read more

I didn't eat anything or play golf. This review is for looks and service only. Fantastic! read more

Puttery - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Catching up on Yelp reviews for 2024. I visited Puttery back in January as I always wanted to try it since I saw it on Barstool. This is a two part review as I played both courses and I ate some food. I made a reservation for me and my friend on a Saturday afternoon. Since it was the weekend, there were definitely a lot of people there. Let's start with the golf! Extremely cool vibe and concept. The Library was soo freakin cool and the Lodge was a good course as well. The Lodge was definitely the tougher course. Both courses are easier than Big Mini Putt Club - Wicker Park. Your putter is essentially a real golf putter, unlike the old school mini golf colored putters, which I kind of miss for nostalgia. Cost was about $25 for unlimited golf, which is a pretty good price. Each round took about 30-45 minutes as there were a lot of people. It was a big place and they have multiple bars and it looked like they have an outdoor patio for summer, upstairs near the Lodge course. Puttery opened about a year or two ago so it's relatively new and super nice. Mini golf and the vibe is definitely a 5/5. After golfing both courses, we had some food. Old Fashioned was pretty solid and cocktails were about $15. Beer and food is overpriced, but it's the West Loop. I ordered the Double Smashburger with fries. Food took absolutely forever, like 30+ minutes, so someone definitely forgot about it. Presentation looked fine, but it was cool/cold. I was pretty hungry so I was going to eat it anyways; however, I should have sent it back as my stomach was a little queasy afterwards. I was fine, but since the food took forever as it was forgotten, the burger patty was definitely not at the right temperature. Bun was extremely dry due to my issue. Patty was actually juicy, but again not the right temperature. Toppings were the best part. LTO was super fresh, pickle was good, and the cheese was melted to perfection and had good flavor. This was a terrible burger because it was forgotten, but if it was served to me on time, it had potential to be in the high 6's/low 7's. Fries were not crispy, but they had good seasoning. Bun: 4 Patty: 0 Toppings: 7 Overall: 3.67 Overall, come for the mini golf and the food/service could be much better. Food has potential to be good. I thought service was poor/bad. The employees for the mini golf were not hospitable and seemed like they hated their jobs. The guy at the front door was the friendliest and gave us information on how Puttery worked. Food came out extremely slow and pretty much got me sick. Bartenders barely did their job, I didn't think they were friendly and they never checked in. Another Yelper said that they were socializing with each other the entire time instead of doing their jobs and I would agree (reminds me of the staff at King's Bowl). Also, there were no TVs on the third floor bar. This was definitely an issue for me as it would have been great to watch some sports while we ate. Mini golf price was good, but the price of food/drinks is expensive due to the location in the West Loop. I really enjoyed the mini golf and will be back to play (and would recommend), but I will have to try some other food and maybe even skip the food. I will be attending Puttery again this week for a work event so we shall see if it has improved. Allie helped me out and was great to work with! read more

We came down from the suburbs to celebrate a Birthday and frankly we were so disappointed . We didn't expect to have gourmet food or anything, but the whole experience fell short. The decor was cool, but could have been better. The music started out Halloween themed and bar like and then got worse as our time slot went on. We were told there were only 2 interactive drinks but they really were just drinks with eyeballs in them. Since we were there for a birthday, we wanted to order some group food. We ordered Nachos, asked for no beans, Buffalo Wings, and 2 burgers & fries to split among 6 of us. The burgers were delicious, but the Nachos arrived with beans and we were told there was no ranch or blue cheese sauce for the wings. We would have sent wings back, but staff disappeared for quite a while. My group was hungry so we started eating them as the waiter was no where to be found. When we finally saw him again, over half hour later, I mentioned that we were disappointed in the wings with no sauce. He called the Manager who gave us a tude about eating them, but gave us some credit. We didn't even mention that our Nachos came with beans when we ordered without because by that point, we realized the staff just did not care. No one picked up our dirty plates. I got them together and they were only taken away when I paid. Our waiter was nice, but he was the only person there. What was the topper was that the restrooms had no paper and clearly were not tended to at all all day. Bars at 4am closing time on a Saturday nt. look better than that did for a laid back Sunday nt that really wasn't too busy. We took our own tour only to discover that we could have played golf too..no one mentioned that. I really am not a complainer, but I was just embarrassed that I planned this birthday night out for our friend who loves Halloween, and it fell so short of how described on Instagram. There also was no birthday dessert available. Just thought you should know that if you do this next year, at least have menu food on hand and hire someone to keep up with cleaning during the experience. read more

Wonderful date night!!! The interior of this place is super bougie, we loved the entire vibe. You can get food and drinks and the floor overlooks Chicago along with a cute rooftop area. Would be great for either large group events or date nights. The golf portion features 9 holes and it's theme resembles a ski lodge. I think we paid $47 for the two of us to play a game. Everyone was super nice and we got to play almost immediately once we walked in. The only thing that i felt weird about was that when you go to pay for your game in the beginning the screen asks if you'd like to tip, in order to play a game??? I would remove that feature. read more

Came here with a group of 8 friends! We were helped right away by Wayne -- he was super friendly and accommodating! The facility is very spacious and clean. Will definitely be back again soon! read more

Puttery - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Puttery is a really fun spot in West Loop if you're wanting something more than just dinner and drinks on a night out in the area. You enter the building and take the elevator to either the second or third floor, both of which have a 9-hole course. The second floor course gives Harry Potter vibes while the third floor course is ski lodge themed. Both floors also have seating areas outside of the courses for food and drinks, and the third floor even has a nice rooftop area. The courses are fun and have digital tablets at each hole to keep track of scores. Staff is very friendly, and the drinks are delicious. I would definitely recommend checking out this fun spot! read more

Puttery - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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I visited on 3/15 with three other people and was met by a very rude front door attendant. I walked in and said hello, and he suggested that the reason I was being kind upon entry is that I didn't have a reservation. After a bit more attitude from him, we decided to press on and buy the tickets to play one course, despite all four of us feeling a bitter taste in our mouth from the rude behavior we had just encountered. Upon going upstairs to the courses, we realize that both courses had private events going on and that we would need to wait an hour to play. I don't know if the model is just to allow everyone in, but when it's that crowded it takes away from the actual putting experience. The manager ended up refunding us for our tickets, and I appreciate that. I would also echo another reviewer on here to say that there are always several reservations open online even on weekends, making it seem like there is space to play. We were there a weekend prior with no reservation (because every single time slot was open to reserve online) and it was also very crowded, but we didn't receive any attitude so we just rolled with the fast pace of play. Bottom line, I would rather be politely turned away for a full house or no reservation then receive the unprofessional communication that we did at the front door. read more

Ended up going on a Saturday afternoon, which was not busy. There are 9 holes for you to go through. There is not much to do when you have to wait for the team infront of you to play, but at least there are alot of little props arpund to look at. They also have a rooftop bar which is nice to go out and have a drink. read more

Puttery - Ski game area - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Went here on a rainy day in Chicago and really enjoyed ourselves. Fun, upscale design is casual yet really nicely designed. Great vibe. Lots of fun. Highly recommend this. read more

The food is a lot better than we expected with big portions, and options for different preferences and diets Service is attentive and the 2 courses were challenging and a lot of fun. It's a fun environment and great for friend get togethers read more

Ok, this place was a little confusing to me because it's SO beautiful which I did not expect for a putt-putt place! Every room has a different, beautiful vibe and each floor as well. There are two putt-putt courses, the library which is supposed to be the harder course and then upstairs is the ski lodge which is a little easier. We opted for the ski lodge, mostly bc we wanted the wintry vibes. Servers come around to you while golfing to bring you drinks, etc. Both the females that helped us were super sweet, I wish I had gotten their names! My friend got a mocktail that looked beautiful and tasted yummy too! We played our round of putt-putt then hung out for a little while longer. This place is definitely somewhere I'd come back to for a fun date night or even just to have a drink without playing any games. read more

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My friends and I came here a few months ago and we had a pretty poor time here. Also it was kind of crazy that they had us tip $18 before we even walked in... and the staff wasn't there the majority of our visit! I don't really know why but for some reason, the staff kept leaving and we had to ask the poor bartenders on both floors for help. The staff member who finally showed up and registered us in the system couldn't care less and took a while to get everything situated. Also there was a party that ended before we got there, so there were some drunk people who were confused and walking on the holes to find the bathroom. They were pretty nice though so no complaints for that of course. We started on the top floor and whoever designed it must hate people. It looks pretty shabby and the holes are just extremely rugged and poorly thought out. It was funny how on the last hole, there was a graveyard of balls that fell into the tree area that was oddly there. When we went to the library course, we knew that all of the budget was probably spent on that since it was extremely nice. It was so pretty and fun to play on! We did have to ask the bartender again to find a staff member though to start. The people before us ended up leaving on hole 2 and the staff member quickly took them off the system so we didn't hold the rest of the people behind us up which I appreciated. I did think it was weird it switched to some laser tag galaxy theme on the last few holes, but it probably cost a lot to make the library part so I understand. That course was super fun and enjoyable to play. Overall, the staff situation was disappointing but the bartenders were awesome when it came to helping us find staff. Even though the library course was super cool, I don't think it was worth it for the price and our experience there. read more

The food was very surprisingly tasty. I went for a happy hour with work. They had pokey bowls, but that was my least favorite item. The drinks were also pretty tasty. I just had white wine. The service was very attentive, and they kept the drinks flowing. Ambience was also very nice. The course itself was pretty fine. I was in the lodge floor which is the third floor. They have great seating and an outdoor space as well, which is great when the weather is nice. read more

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This is a super fun spot whether it is a team building event which is what we did, a date night, or a night with friends, Puttery has it all. It has a sexy upscale vibe with a bit of low key fun built in. The food and drinks are great and they do have options for gluten-free and those who don't do cows milk but can do sheep and goat cheese. We had a charcuterie and a few drinks with a round of putt putt before our dinner across the street. The service was great at the bar. I would love to be able to have more time to spend here. We will be back! read more

Puttery - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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This is a super fun concept and I absolutely loved the decor not just the course itself but the dining and bar area had the best decor it was so cute. We didn't dine in but I did order The ginger beer and that was delicious. everyone was friendly and delivered good service. There was a group of 4 before us so that left us to do a lot of waiting but it was fine seeing it's only 9 holes so we did some extra putting while waiting. Definitely a fun thing to do! read more

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This place sucks. The staff was super cagey and unhelpful. The place was empty and they couldn't cared if we lived or died. We got bad vibes from the second we walked in the door and we never felt anymore welcomed after spending $60 to get in the door. It was dirty clearly from the night before. Staff socialized with each other the entire time and didn't have ingredients to make a mimosa. They kept pushing a Playboy Seltzer that clearly wasn't refrigerated. Legit 1/5 stars, be smart. Go to Top Golf. read more