Paul L.
Yelp
I wrote the first review of this place over a year ago. It's time for an update. I've taken away a star. (For whatever impact that makes :-( )
This is still a convenient hang-out for locals. It's not a destination. The food is mediocre and I've heard literally hundreds of customers make the same comment.
The service from the employees is good. Most of them are on the ball and make an effort to deliver good service.
The management, however, is a different story. There has been a revolving door of managers who seem to be in a competition to alienate customers and aggravate employees. I won't name names. I 'll also say that there have been a few good managers (out of dozens).
I come here a few times a week. I may pay for writing this review, but I think it's s constructive criticism.
- This is not a sports bar. I mistakenly made that claim in my first review.
- Very few people know how to operate the televisions.
- That doesn't matter because they refuse to show any sports (with audio) if it isn't a Houston team.
- This policy applies to NBA finals games, NFL pre-season games, play-off's across the board, anything - even if 20 of the 25 customers want to watch a game- Even if there are no Houston teams playing. I've left many times to go watch semi-finals and finals for major league sports elsewhere because they are playing some tired old pop music channel instead of the national game of interest.
I understand that they can't pick and choose between different fan bases every day. In general their policy makes sense. But they don't even make exceptions for things like game 7 of the NBA Eastern conference championship. Come on!!
Don't come here unless you want to watch a Houston team. I mean it.
You might want to eat first too!