I'd rather pay someone to burn off my fingernails.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Well, the food is decent, the drinks are strong sometimes if you actually get served. But the service was so awful last time that I will never go back. I took some friends there from out of town on Sunday afternoon. We sat at the bar. At first, I thought we were just getting some punk attitude, which is pretty standard anywhere there's loud music and no frills. I've got tattoos too, but I'm not an a**hole. My buddy wanted a gimlet, and he was told "No." He settled for a beer after the bartender told him she didn't want to make anything. I asked for a mojito and was told there was no mint. I asked for a whiskey sour, and I waited. The bartender came back 3 times to ask me to remind her what I'd ordered. I waited almost 20 minutes for my drink. She also spent about 3 minutes giving my friend a hard time because she wanted a shot of Southern Comfort - not my thing, but I didn't think it was necessary to make fun of her. There was only one waiter (Jonathan) running his "tooshie" off and everybody else seemed to be standing around. It was clear the bartender was wasted and she was behind on giving everybody their drinks. Other people at the bar were exchanging glances and words about what the hell was going on. I had a couple stand behind me waiting for drink service for about 15 minutes, and when they were noticed, they were treated horribly. Others were asking me how long I'd been waiting. A while later I was waiting for my second whiskey sour, and when I had to remind her again what I wanted, I was told to "grow the f**k up." I decided to save my time and left instead. I like dives, loud music, and attitude. But I don't want to spend my days off in a place where I'll be treated like s**t. I think no matter what the theme of a bar is, customer service and smooth operations should still be striving towards a higher standard. It says a lot about a place when the employees clearly don't care about anything.
Pros: jukebox, patio, good food
Cons: awful service