Greg H.
Yelp
So much for the third time is a charm.... my wife and I decided to go to the Stella Hotel for a few cocktails and dinner. We had been there two others times which offered a very nice dining experience. Not so much this time, we waiting nearly 20 minutes to be served a less than generous Vodka pour - said to be a double? Need to step it up here big time, you are in the land of excellent Suppler clubs, Bartender seemed to be very new, when asked if this was considered a double he said yes... really.
Several Bartenders milling around the garnish area, seriously lacking any Management supervision / training. Servers milling about making customer drinks for tables - where is the Management....
The bar has two very nice flat screen TV's prominently placed behind the bar for the patrons viewing pleasure, great idea. Where Stella Staff fell far short is airing Smack Power Series / Cage fights. Do you know your clientele? This would be expected at a dive bar, not The Stella. Had to ask them to change it three times with short abrupt responses that they would get to it when then can, proceeded to watch men bleeding on the screen, how is that for ambiance. Spoke with patrons next to us, who could not believe this was happening....
Proceeded to order dinner, which came out as a happy hour chicken breast on a small plate for me, and one cocktail shrimp for my wife, which was tossed to us over the bar. I explained that we ordered off the menu and this is not what we ordered. After another 30 minutes or so, we were finally served the correct / originally ordered meals. Food was very good.
Thankfully we were there when Nolan came behind the bar, he quickly realized what a state of disarray the bar was in and promptly took the appropriate action to try to rectify an already bad dining experience.
Love the look / atmosphere, but going to take a pass for sometime until they get their act together.
Disappointed at Best.....