Kimbale L.
Yelp
Cliff Notes
Price Range: High
Parking: Not sure, we Ubered
Perk: Bouncer was very nice
Non-Perk: Drinks were small and waitress was rude
Ambiance: Speakeasy
Dress: Smart-Casual
Noise: Low, no one was there, we were early
Temperature: Comfortable
Recommend: 15%
Dissertation
I typically do not like to give low stars without an extremely awful encounter. So, on this one, I had to give 2 stars. The first issue was the ineptitude in the reservation department. You can tell there is not enough communication between that department, the bouncer and the wait staff. My husband originally booked a reservation through an email that was confirmed (including the indication of a minimum purchase, which was fine). Several days later, he received a "sorry, we now have an event" cancellation, so we assumed we weren't getting in. Nonetheless, we arrived early for dinner at the Mijo restaurant, so my husband asked the bouncer if the Wax Rabbit was open yet for a pre-dinner drink and mentioned our reservation debacle. Turns out, there was no event that night, and our reservation for after dinner was apparently still intact??? The bouncer was super nice and said we could sit at a table while the rest of our party arrived. (He's the only reason I gave this review more than 1 star). Then the waitress, who was NOT nice AT ALL, said we couldn't sit there with MAJOR attitude, (mind you, there were maybe 5 people in TOTAL, as you can see in my picture) she then yelled at the bouncer, at which point he came to our table and said not to worry about it. (Head-slap emoji) Then the waitress came back and although we already knew what drinks we wanted, she didn't even let us speak, just threw down the cocktail list and walked away. I was dumfounded. Anyway, the drinks were your typical overpriced, small, Vegas style, something liquid to quench your itty-bitty thirst. After all, you are paying for the experience more than the alcohol content at these places...except we're (WAY) off the strip. The décor was okay, seats weren't the comfiest, but it was interesting to see. To top it off, when we were done with our one drink, even though we told the waitress that we were coming back after dinner for our booked table reservation, she wanted to charge us for a second round of drinks we didn't order, need or want (yet). Smh. we might give it another try since they may have been working out the kinks...and hopefully they have found a waitress with a more pleasant personality...
We were there on: 1/27/2024