Bristol Bar & Grille

Terrible!  The crab cakes had shells and other pieces in them. The grits and shrimp was flavorless. They said cheese grits but there were no cheese flavor at all  the shrimp were small and seemed possibly canned. Given the chance I could show them how to cook some grits!

We dined there last Saturday evening, and I was surprised at how easy it was to get a table during the peak dinner hour...especially on the river....server was excellent and the food was just OK...I've had much better for the $$. I have no complaints, but it just wasn't anything special for the money.

Would I go back? Not sure, probably not. Louisville has many very good resturants..I think I'll spend my $25 for a New York strip somewhere else next time.

This is my 2nd review for somewhere we didn't eat because of a terrible hostess, but I was so offended that night that I had to get on here and vent.

We were originally going to eat dinner across the street (can't remember the name, but it was closed due to a fire), so we walked over here on a whim.  There was a group of 12 of us in town for the Louisville Farm Show (not really my thing, but my boyfriend and his buddies meeting up every year for it).  A few of the guys did have hats on, but pretty much everyone had button down, some form of plaid, shirts on.  So, yes, we weren't the dressiest bunch, but we were my no means rolling in from a day in the woods.  

Anyway, I approached the hostess stand, immediately notice that the place is only half full, and get excited since we have a large group.  I tell her that we have 12 and she immediately looks everyone over with a look of disgust.  While she was doing this, I eyeballed the crowd and saw a few other guys dressed similarly to the guys in the my group, some with hats on even, and didn't think our attire would be a problem.  Well, apparently it was, but instead of telling us to our faces, the hostess gave us the run around.

First, she says, "we're full right now, but you can go downstairs and wait in the bar at Hooter's, it'll be 20 min."  We thought, ok, 20 min, not bad, we'll just wait up here.  She walks away and comes back a few minutes later and informs us that it'll be at least an hour.  OK, there are multiple empty tables there, JUST COME OUT AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK!!!  I had never been so offended in my life, obviously, we left and didn't say anything to her.  If our money's not good enough for you, we'll just go downstairs and eat at Hooter's since obviously that's where we belong.  HOW RUDE!!