Bar Louie

The bathrooms are nice.  You don't need to touch a door after washing your hands. The retro decor is stylish.
You seat your self, wherever. Service was unbelievably slow.  There were only a handful of people, and still a beer and a wine took several minutes.
They must have held my calamari until my husbsnds sliders were ready, because they were cooland toughening. Something deep fried ahoud be hot.
It was hard to get a second drink.  We then asked for our check.  A few minutes later she asked if we wanted anything else.  We said no just the check. When I finally set my empty glass in the middle of the table, she asked if we would like our check now
The location is a little out of the way and parking is odd on that side of the mall.
Prices run a dollar or two above other similar restaurants in the area. There is nothing on the menu that you couldn't get better, hotter and cheaper somewhere else. The first beer we tried to order was out. There is no happy hour, which is unheard of in southwest Florida..

While visiting Fort Myers from Fort Lauderdale, my friends and I chose Bar Louie as our dinner destination over the surrounding Olive Garden, Carabas, Outback, etc. because we wanted to try something new.  Good decision? Eh, the verdict's still out.

When my group of seven arrived on a Saturday night a tad before 6pm, the place was empty minus a few occupied tables and were told to told sit anywhere we wanted. My eye was immediately drawn to the bar where a plethora of beer taps was on display. Nice! Unfortunately when I got down to looking at the menu, there was nothing that great; there was a big selection, but nothing out of the ordinary. The martinis on the other hand did look pretty good and they had some yummy looking libations BUT no prices. I absolutely hate hate hate when a menu doesn't have prices, I think that is tricky and their way of overcharging for drinks. We ended up getting a pitcher of red Sangria which was $18 (had to ask for the price while ordering).

The rest of the food menu is pretty standard with burgers, salads, sandwiches, etc which is fairly priced. I ordered a California Chicken Sandwich which was a chicken breast, avocado, tomato, bacon and cheese, served with fries which, if I remember correctly, was around 10$

The food took a fairly long time to get to our table, and seeing as the place was nearly dead, it was hard not to hold this against them. Plus, no one got anything more than a salad or a sandwich, so the 30+minues we waited was just too long.

When the food came out, I have to say that the menu seemed to read better than how the food was presented in person. My sandwich was decent but nothing knock-out and I really didn't care for the fries that much. And this is coming from someone who LOVES french fries. See my yelp profile where it asks what my last meal on earth would be? Yeah, fries. I hardly ever come across one I don't like, but these had some odd spice to it, creole seasoning I suspected.  My friend Cheetah Jen said her mac n' cheese was cold and had to send it back to be heated up. When it returned, it was definitely stirred or moved around which she was not a fan of, and I don't blame her! With all the horror stories out there, you've got to be careful! I don't think our waitress did anything to her food though, albeit she was a tad slow, she was still nice and pleasant enough.

Would I come back here for the food? No, probably not. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't anything that was bringing me back. The service wasn't stellar and the atmosphere wasn't anything super swanky or fun to make me want to revist. So all in all, it's a pretty average place all around.

P.S. I hear they have $1 burger Tuesday... but everything is al a carte. ie: 50 cents for lettuce, a dollar for cheese, etc etc. Still a great deal though. I can only imagine how crazy they get on those nights.

Just came here for drinks. Bartender was slow and unenthusiastic. After a beer we had shots, and it was the weakest "liquid cocaine" I've ever had. Not impressed. Decent atmosphere, though.