We joined the waitlist before heading over, and it was only about a 5 minute wait before being seated. The hostesses were very attentive and friendly, just as the servers were. Like many, many of the other patrons there on this Saturday afternoon, or was a big March Madness day. So, we spent a few hours there having drinks, apps, and pizza. It was loud from so many people, but not too loud that we wouldn't hear the music or each other.
Drinks:
My boyfriend had the 1/2 yard of Miller and pub glasses of Miller to follow. I had two cocktails, the lavender drop and strawberry mule, which were both AMAZING.
--The lavender drop had a perfect balance of floral/sweet/citrus that wasn't overwhelming.
--The strawberry mule was so crisp and refreshing, which what seemed to be freshly muddled strawberries. The mule came in a cool tin highball "tallboy" looking cup, but I will say also has lots of ice in it.
--Following the cocktails, I had their IPA + Pint for $15 deal which was a special for March Madness that came with a select 4 IPAs and then you pick one to get as a pint afterward. The server was a bit confused and hadn't heard of this at all, so she had to take the menu that advertised it to go investigate it further.
Food:
--We had a few apps, including the spinach dip, boneless wings, and then we ordered the Margherita pizza. The spinach dip was hot and tasty, but we wish it had come with more chips.
--The wings were very bleh, the chicken was a bit rubbery and tasteless. When ordering the wings, we assumed "sauce on the side" meant adding ranch on the side--it actually means putting the wing sauce on the side. This was fine, but I will say the wing sauces were also not very flavorful. We did Buffalo and lemon pepper. While I wouldn't recommend the wings at all, I really wouldn't recommend lemon pepper. It was more of a butter sauce with a hint of lemon (almost even like a hollandaise) with definitely nothing peppery about it.
--The margherita pizza was very tasty, I loved the twist of adding a ton of roasted garlic. (My boyfriend thought it was just OK.) I will say that the center crust under the toppings was SO soft that you had to hold it together with two hands because everything would fall apart and off the pizza slice.
Service:
We had two servers because we were there a bit longer for the games and it was in the middle of a shift change. Both servers were incredibly attentive and nice. However, the second server did make us feel quite rushed to leave and brought us our check before we finished our time there. We still had yet to order the pint that came with the IPA flight. So she removed the check, brought the drink, then brought the check back again (we hadn't requested the check at any point but she brought the check to us twice).
I do understand that we were there for a few hours, but during a major televised sports tournament with clearly many people also there for hours watching the games we didn't enjoy feeling rushed. I feel like fans watching games for a few hours is what comes with the territory of having a nicer sports bar vibe with a dozen flatscreens.
Overall, we would come back but probably be a bit more selective about the food we order. The cocktails I'll gladly come back for! read more