The Blue Whale

This is an amazing piece! Delicious food and great service! We enjoyed our experience and will be back!

Surprised how nice yet crowded. As predicted, tide for low tea comes in around 6 and leaves at 8. Old people schedule but for the very young. Look for blond bartender, lovely southern.

The bartender swore up and down he sold me a double vodka mixer at tea. It didn't even taste like a single. "You only need one drink," he said. All to the tune of $60. Can you say ripoff? No wonder the crowd at tea is light.

Fun place for tea every day of summer

Food was very good (tapas style). Good service. Great live blues music being played. We were there between 2-3:30. I would go back. It turns into a hopping bar from what we are told. Of course it is a predominantly gay crowd moving forward.

Depends on who you are and what you expect. Nearly everyone there appeared to be gay men in their 20s and 30s, and they almost all fulfilled the cliches you may have about them. I came there dressed as a woman and had hoped for the people there being ok with that (not gay though). While most didn’t care, some others made really nasty comments. I’m sure the same guys wouldn’t appreciate such comments about them in a bar primarily visited by straight people.

The crowd makes the place, and the crowd here is always smiling and having a good time. Who cares that the drinks are over-priced. It's The Pines, you're smiling, you're making some new friends, and you don't have a care in the world. So add to the positive energy and have a good time.

How the heck do you get hold of someone there? Every phone in every place is locked into the same account, and not one single person picks up a phone or calls you back. That is one effed up system of deflection. This is why I don't spend money anywhere in the Pines except the Pantry. Very weird indeed.