Like my recent review of Lockbox, this is a four star review that might earn a fifth star at some…read morepoint.
This is a neighborhood bar with a hometown vibe. Bartender laid back and kinda dry, but kept everyone's drinks flowing and seemed like the kinda guy who probably warms up as he gets to know you.
The drinks aren't bad. Not great, but you're not here for craft cocktails.
I had the garden variety, made with Jamaican rum, curry orgeat, velvet falernum, Montenegro, lime, and grenadine. Sweet and a little watery.
The Baby gap was probably my favorite, made with mezcal, luxardo, grapefruit, dem syrup, angostura, salt, and malort spritz. I was really surprised by how much I liked this drink. It was smoky and a little savory.
I also had the HOA punch, made with Tito's, chamomile lemon ginger tea, scorched lemon, suav blanc syrup, and lemon. It had a tiki vibe.
Arcadium has movie nights, including "bad" movie nights which are campy and fun.
They do have a large beer list.
I was hoping to play some arcade games (I brought tons of ones and a roll of quarters), but they don't have very many games and several are out of order, so that was a bummer.
I'll try them out again.
Random fact: Arcadium is adjacent to Favor, a niche restaurant that's hard to get into, and they provide the cocktails for the restaurant when they do dinner services. I am going to try to score a res at Favor next week.