Doug G.
Yelp
It honestly pains me to write this review and rate 1 star as we have been looking forward to visiting Buds & Brews since they opened.
To start, the service was easily some of the worst we have experienced here in Nashville. It legit started upon entry and never got better. We went on a Tuesday evening around 7:30 PM and we we arrived it was not very busy with 4 tables sat and no one ahead of us at the host stand. Still with this, it took 5 minutes for us to be sat. Once we were sat, we waited another 15 minutes before even being spoken to. It never got any better from here. What was weird is there were 5 servers on the floor, several sitting down at the host stand, yet none of them came by and acknowledged our clear wait.
After all this waiting, we were hoping the food would redeem the visit and sadly it did not. The food is overpriced and underwhelming. While the idea behind a few dishes, such as the school pizza is cool, the execution was lacking. Serving sizes and quality do not reflect pricing. For example, the tenders...solid sized tenders, but sloppily plated and sided with 9 fries, all for $14. And if you wanted to try some of the famed and infused sauces, you are looking at another $7 per. So, chicken tender meal easily ran you $21.
Speaking of infused items, sauces, cocktails and edible treats such as brownies and cookies are available here. Sauces will run you $7 each, cocktails are $12 and edibles range in price, but I did spot the brownie which was $25.
Overall, our trip here was a massive disappointment from start to finish. We had high hopes for this place, no pun intended...