Pooja S.
Yelp
Wanted somewhere to watch the NCAA Men's National Championship but needed a place that was close-by and wouldn't be too loud. It was a Monday night and until 10 PM, there were probably only 10 other patrons inside and about half of those people were at the bar. That left an assortment of high top tables for us to choose from, which helped with our group of 7.
The space was much larger than I expected. I didn't go to the outside area but it looked to be a decent size. When I was walking up to the building I could hear the game, so I assume they had a TV or 2 out there. In the main area, there was a large projector screen with the game, and the bar had several TVs. In one corner was the DJ booth and opposite it, next to the projector screen, was the karaoke stage (the large lyrics screen is diagonally across the bar facing it). At 9:45 PM the DJ told us we could move to the next room to watch the game without being serenaded, so we moved over. There were only a few tables in the next room in order to leave space for all the games (darts, pool, arcade), another projector screen, and I think another couple of TVs.
We could hear the karaoke from the next room but only as much as you would normally hear background music at a bar. More people seemed to show up after 10 but there weren't a ton of people so there was a decent amount of just normal music playing in between people singing. This seems more like a sports bar to me, so we appreciated that they held off on the karaoke but I'm not sure how they communicate that to patrons who are coming for the karaoke (which is what I assume is the reason more people showed up).
There was a waitress but she disappeared at some point and then one of the bartenders was taking care of us. This was fine once we knew that, but someone should have come by and told us or re-iterated it while picking up our empty glasses, if we all missed the memo the first time. They were both perfectly nice though.
The beer selection was pretty lame. I get it's a suburban sports bar, but even the nearby sandwich shop has a better variety of local craft beers. The other reviews made me hesitant of the food, especially with those prices, but I think the "Top Spin Trio" was a great deal - for $10.50 you get to pick 3 items from a list. I got a set of 3 mozzarella sticks, pile of loaded skinny fries, and 3 wings. It was good, but nothing special.
We might be coming back, but the prices for the lack of a deserving menu ($11.50 for an OK looking burger and some skinny fries?? $9 for the chili martini??) is definitely a deterrent. Would give 3.5 if I could but rounding up because of the potential of the place.
