If you are into the young, hip bar scene, this isn't the place. However, I'm not - and this is my favorite "hole-in-the-wall" bar for one main reason: the food. I'm pretty sure I've been there enough times that we've tried 90% of the menu and I've never had anything that disappointed. Drinks are typical but good and priced well.
I only hate when they play music because it's ALWAYS too loud. Not to be a hag in my 20's, but it's not a young crowd so don't pretend that it is. I go for a relaxed atmosphere and good food, which you'll definitely get most of the time.
Surprisingly good. Don't often have burgers these days but the $5 Monday deal was too good to refuse. I had the Black and Blue Burger (regularly $8.75) - it was great. I also added a salad (crisp and fresh) and a Redd's ale (cider - really good). Service was good and my waitress was excellent. Planning to go back Thursday for the all-you-can-eat crab (really??!!! In Michigan??!!)
Review Source:A group of 8 of us went in on a Tuesday for lunch and were happy to see that it was $5 burger special day! I had a monster of a burger with fried egg & bacon on it (actually 4 of us had the same burger). It had just the right amount of burgery goodness (not to mention greasy cholesterol)! I couldn't finish it AND my fries as well. The burger could have used a little seasoning (salt & pepper) while on the grill, but other than that I was happy & full. I'll certainly be back for lunch, and I'm eyeing the AYCE crab legs on Thursday nights!
Review Source:My wife and I were looking for a cheap-ish, not too far from home, night out, and the Bowery was our choice this past Saturday night because of the karaoke. We've also been here before to eat and play trivia during the week, but this was our first foray on a weekend evening. We were pleasantly surprised at the atmosphere, friendliness, and overall great time that we had.
Food-wise, they have some great specials, some of which I haven't even tried yet (yes, they still have All you can eat Crab on Thursdays- if you don't like the smell of crab/seafood- do NOT go on Thursday night). However, we have tried the $1 taco promo on Tuesdays and while it's definitely not gourmet, for bar food, they do a good job. My chips and queso on Saturday night was an odd cheese on top of salsa and heated item, and it was oddly sweet... definitely not something i'd recommend, but it was cheap. We've had the reuben and a burger there before and while nothing memorable or five-star worthy, we would not hesitate to eat here again.
Drinks are where this place earn the extra star for us because they always have a beer of the month (this month is Coors drafts for $3 even on Saturdays!), and they usually have a shot or two special as well... Cherry bombs for $3 is a steal also. Furthermore, karaoke was great with some decent singers, kind of a crapshoot since there's no books so the host kinds of improvises on the fly... but not a ton of singers means not a ton of wait to sing. Cheap drinks/beer plus not too long to sing makes the time fly!
Ok, this is somewhat of a Cheers-type bar... there are a lot of regulars, probably a 4-1 guy-girl ratio, its a more older and laid-back middle age type of crowd...and not a lot of servers/bartenders. But we've only been there maybe 3 times and we've been treated very well every single time. Is this a place you'd come by to meet someone to hook up with? Probably not. But is this a place you can go shop at Ikea the entire afternoon, come watch the Tigers game, get drunk for less than $20, sing a little karaoke and walk to the White Castle next door for sliders at 1AM? Definitely yes.
We went here for a trivia contest and we won't be back. Â
Most of the parking is in the back, and the back entertrance you need to walk thru where all the smokers smoke. Â It's a long corridor, full of cigarette butts and smoke.
The interior was classic bar, 40 years ago. Â Cramp and musty. Â Wait staff was very busy, since there was one waiter and one bartender, and about 100 customers. Â So it was slow service that got every other drink order wrong. Â Stay with domestic beers.
some of order food, I didn't trust it, and they said it was pretty good, they went with sliders. Â But while we were there, something happen in the kitchen. Â There was a big crash of dishes and a fair amount of yelling.
Maybe we hit a bad night, they were under staff, but I won't be back.
I've been in this place a couple times...one being last night and the previous time was a few weeks ago.
Let me start with the time a few weeks ago. My buddy and I grabbed a spot at the bar. It was a weekday. It was dead time - mid afternoon. I'd say there were about 10 people in the entire place. The bartender walked by us at least 5 times without acknowledging our presence. I told my buddy that I would count down from 30 and if she didn't say anything to us we would leave. Thirty - very slow - seconds later, we walked out. I vowed to never return.
Well, it only took a few weeks for me to cave. We went in last night to play trivia. They have 1/2 off pizzas for trivia players on Tuesdays. The pizza was surprisingly delicious. The service still sucked, but it was only because they were understaffed. There was one waitress for the entire place. She was as fast as she could be and friendly. I know that staffing can be a tough thing. One waitress was not enough, but two would be too many.
Overall, I'm willing to give this place another shot...simply based on the 1/2 price pizza special. Again. I'm pretty shocked at how good the pizza was.
I'm big on bathrooms and the men's room at this place is set up very awkwardly. If you're walking out of the stall, and someone is at the urinal, there's a pretty good chance you're going to have that dude's junk in full view - no matter how hard you try to avoid it.
Its food is where its potential lies. Hopefully that bartender who was there the first time no longer has a job. I didn't see her last night and if I ever walk in and see her again, I'll walk right out.
It's an alright place...
I would say it was more mid-aged people there -- unfortunately I don't fit that category yet.
I went right after work around 5:30pm to redeem a Groupon off. Â There was a new waitress on shift and they only had done the Groupon deal only a few times. Â They were unsure how it would work or if I needed to buy a drink first; but I had $20 that I had to spend. Â **Of course in the fine print it stated I had to dine-in.
I ordered two meals -- so the waitress brings out the sandwichs which one I was eating there and the other sandwich was to suppose to be for carry-out. Â The waitress was nice but her service was poor because she didn't know the meal; she kept saying "i don't know". Â **I gave her a break!!!
Well when I was cashing out -- I asked "WHERE'S MY FRIES FOR THE TWO SANDWICHES?". Â She said you don't get fries and then of course I gave her the confused face because the meal said "fries with every sandwich" -- so she verified and came back then apologized with two fresh hot fries.
**I might review this place later in the future (maybe) only if another deal comes around -- if I was paying full prices, then I might be a little more upset about the waiting.
Fun place to go with a group for all-u-can-eat crab on Thursday nights. The crab is good considering it's served in mass quantities - I usually get the baked potato side which can be undercooked at times, and they give you a blurb of watery corn too but hey....you're there to leave stuffed to the gills with crab, right? If this is the case, then The Bowery will not disappoint.
If crab is not your bag, they also have a decent menu with many other choices: burgers, nachos, sandwiches. 3 stars because the service is great sometimes, and 'meh' at others - and the food is by no means 'above-average' but it gets the job done for bar food. Luck of the draw I guess.
Some of the booths along the side of the restaurant were tore UP, like to the point where you felt like one might swallow your ass up, but I do believe those have since been fixed.
I like it because it's close to home and I love crab night, and I also have good memories of other fun crab nights in the past. My fun past crab nights are beyond Bowery's control, I realize this...but in a nutshell, I am sure I will return...
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