Erin G.
Yelp
So what can I start off by saying about this place... Umm, the drinks are AMAZING and include so many alcohols/ingredients that I've never heard of (seriously, I was on Google to figure out some of the ingredients). The service is great, and location is within an outdoor mall with a lot of cute shops.
So let's talk about drinks. First of all, for a small place, they have a lot of drinks to choose from. The menu (at least for Spring 2022) was split into 4 categories: classic, rich, light, and imperial cocktails. Honestly, I have no idea what those words refer to, but the server was super knowledgeable about drinks and gave us suggestions from each of the lists of we were leaning in a certain direction. I got the South Hyde Park, which was super refreshing with Thai basil, serrano pepper, and lime--and to top it off, it had this amazing foam on top. It was a spicy but if you like a good spicy cocktail, it was really balanced. The other cocktails were given thumbs ups from my friends, even though some erre definitely not the colors that they assumed they'd be!
While we went in for a quick drink before going to dinner, we also got the smoked popcorn, which was, quite frankly, MIND-BLOWING. I'm not usually a huge popcorn fan--yeah it can taste fine, but I'm not going out of my way to get it. However, if all popcorn was like this popcorn, then I'd be getting it all over the place. It had a great mix of spices on it, and it was super addictive. Cannot recommend the smoked popcorn enough!
And I already mentioned this previously but I can't leave a review without talking about the service--it was fantastic and both of our servers were patient and shared recommendations and their thoughts with us (since of course I asked a lot of questions). The cocktails were on the same price point as most cocktail bars (but actually more reasonable than I would have expected). Looking forward to a chance to go back and try more cocktails next time I'm in that area!