I really wanted to like this place. I've been there four times, and all four times have been bad.
First time was during the opening, and so I gave them the benefit of the doubt that it was opening jitters. Couldn't get a drink, and when I finally attracted the attention of the bartender, he looked at me as if I had 3 eyes. All I had asked for was a beer list as they have quite a few draft beers. He handed me the list the staff was training with. Okay, not a problem, I was able to order a beer from that list, and was then told that they didn't have it. I was about to ask what they did have, but I thought better, and just ordered a Miller Lite.
Second time was after a long day, and a bunch of us decided to go and grab a couple of drinks. Again, no one would pay attention to us. No particular kind of group, we were a variety of men, women, Hispanic, white, and a few colors of the rainbow. We finally got the attention of the bartender (there were two) and were able to get out drinks. When we tried to get another drink? The register was far more interesting than we were, and we stood there for 15 minutes while he figured out how to use the register.
Third time was for another gathering with a group of people, all whom had not been to the bar before. Everyone was looking forward to it, but I had my hesitations as to whether or not we could get a drink. It was just the same as before. This time there were three bartenders and we still couldn't get a drink. We were not drinking fancy, we just wanted beers and maybe a mixed cocktail. I couldn't even imagine trying to get a Manhattan or something that required more than two ingredients. Once finally served the drinks after being overlooked and ignored by the fascinating register again, yes same bartender, we all sat down. It started to get busy, and I was hoping they may have gotten over their initial jitters of opening a month ago.
Fourth, and final, time. We sat down at a table, figuring we could maybe get served faster. We ordered drinks and waited for our remaining party to show up.
I have to say, the menu is GIGANTIC for any bar/pub/restaurant. It's also all over the place. Steaks/Protein bowl/Seafood/All sorts of burgers/Pastas/Tacos/Flatbreads/Wings/all sorts of sandwiches including avocado toast/and a variety of apps and desserts.
After the rest showed up, a few of us ordered food and another round of drinks. I ordered Indian style wings. Others at the table ordered the pretzel app, loaded Tator tots (which we asked what came on them as friends on a previous visit stated they got chili on theirs when the menu doesn't say that. server verified it came with bacon, sour cream, and cheese), and the assorted nuts.
The second round of drinks came out, and you could tell the draft beers, were not what we had each previously ordered. We were trying each others beers to see if maybe someone had the others, but everyone agreed that it was a different beer all together. Then the food came out, and we never saw our server again.
Tator tots ($13.99) had chili, no bacon, no sour cream. My friends decided to eat the tots even though they didn't have what was supposed to be on them, and they were tasteless. I tried a bite and I have no idea how you can make chili not have a taste. Also, served in a small soup bowl.
The Indian wings were not tossed in sauce, or even baked in a sauce (as the picture on the website shows), it had a drizzle of sauce that was starting to already crust on. The wings...no taste other than overcooked chicken. I ate two (out of the six $12.99), and there was no flavor at all. I put some salt and pepper on the second wing before eating it, but had to put it down because the smell of the wing was wrong. It wasn't an Indian food smell, it was an old cooked wing smell. I ended up not eating the rest for fear they may have been off.
The pretzel ($12.99) was about 5 x 3 inches, basically the size of my hand. The pretzel was good, but so small for the cost, and definitely not a shareable item as you would have thought for the price.
The nuts ($7.99) were fine, I'm sure out of a bag or jar.
We were all a bit confused. We tried to find our server...we waited for someone to come back to the table...no one came, so two of us got up from the table and went to get another round of drinks. Once the bartender stopped talking to the other bartenders and servers who were all sitting at the bar, she asked who our server was. We didn't know, but just then she popped up from the chair and asked, "oh did you need something?". Once she brought the next round to the table she asked everyone how the food was, but by now it's too late to do anything about the food.
Could I have gotten up and said something was wrong with my wings, yes. Could I have had a better experienced server, probably. Could the kitchen have perhaps not served food that was inedible and/or incorrectly made, yes. Will we be back, NO.
Man, I really wanted to like this place. read more