Erin D.
Yelp
When Texian Army, one of the supporters groups for Houston Dynamo, chose this as their bar this year, I was extremely hesitant. My experience from 2012 was not good, and I had not stepped foot in this bar since then. Nevertheless, I obliged since it's always best to be together with supporters of the same team when watching a soccer match.
We have had eight watch parties previously when the bar otherwise would not have had any business. It's not uncommon for us to show up to the bar, and there's NO ONE else there. We have given this bar a lot of business this year, averaging 20 people per watch party when they wouldn't have had any other business.
Fast forward to today, our ninth watch party, when the Dynamo game ended right as the Copa America final started, and what did the bar do? Abruptly change the Dynamo game to Copa without any warning. We had less than two minutes of the Dynamo game left, and the national anthems for Copa hadn't even started. Any soccer person knows (and this bar claims to be a soccer bar) that national anthems and ceremonies (coin toss, etc) take at least five minutes.
There are countless, alternative ways this bar could've handled the situation:
-Nicely ask us if the game could be changed due to an influx of people coming to watch Copa
-Warn us ahead of time that the game will be changed
-Change the channel like they did abruptly, but then compensate a drink for the inconvenience
-Put up signs warning people the two games are back to back (Lucky's & the Phoenix does this)
The bar did none of these things. We had people who wanted to stay for the Copa final but ended up leaving because of how rudely we were treated. Your loyalty means nothing to this establishment.
In addition, the food is overpriced for the quality. I've ordered the scotch egg (so overcooked, the egg's gray) and cornish pastie. Neither are that great. The tuna fish sandwich was pretty good, but I can make that at home. I've ordered waffle fries and have had a hard time giving them away because they are not good. Add to the fact that their drinks are $2+ more than other bars I frequent, and I will not be back!
P.S. My view is my own and not on behalf of the group. However, there were at least two others in attendance today who also will not be back.