It was a bittersweet experience, my husband and I live close by and I have heard very good things about this place at least when it recently opened.
We were asked if we wanted inside, patio or lounge area, we decided for the lounge area not knowing what it was, is a bar area with some small table/chairs set up after passing a door disguised as a book case, pretty cool kind speakeasy type of a deal, when we entered that area we were not greeted, we sat ourselves and waited until getting a menu, the place was around 30% of its capacity with one server and one bar tender, the server greeted us and got our drinks ordered. We were very disappointed when my husband got his old fashioned with an ice the size of the whole glass leaving around half an inch of cocktail actually in the glass, the rest was that brick of ice! We talked to the "manager" looked more like a cook with a cap and she didn't introduced herself, she took the drink away, talked to the bartender and left, she didn't come back to our table with any apology or explanation or anything. The bar tender came to our table with another drink and when he sat it on the table just said "old fashioned" not even looking at us and left. Was either the exact same drink or an exact replica with the brick for an ice.
We talked to our server and told her we didn't want the drink at all and she took it out of our tab, we asked for a Coke instead.
Then we tried to order some stuffed mushrooms, not in the menu but mentioned in their site and reviews, they don't have those anymore.
My husband got a pizza and I ordered a sandwich and both were great!
The lounge area is not that lounge-y is just small seats and tables and since we sat against the wall, they have spotlights pointing at the walls that make it difficult to read the menu due to the glare. Has so much potential to make it way better! For me looked like just a class room set up with colorful IKEA furniture.
Then we gave them a last chance with dessert, one of them was Tiramisu, they ran out of it, then we ordered the layered chocolate cake, they only had it frozen, our server suggested for us to take it to go and eat it at home after it defrosted, she tried, really did. We got the cheese cake, meh! Can be bought at any grocery store.
Haylee, our server, was the best thing that happened to us from this experience, that's why the 2 starts, she got five stars but not the whole place; bar tender and manager get zero; we won't go ever again and we do not recommend it to anyone.
Maybe if we would have sat in the patio and ordered a beer instead.... but if you integrate these other options to your set up, service and menu, make sure the experience is wholesome. read more