Brothers Eatery & Pub

Went to Brothers last week for my wife's birthday since we had a terrible experience at O'Connells last year.

It took almost an hour after ordering our food to receive it, even worse is we were the only customers there at the time.  The waitress would go sit down to talk to the bartender and forget what we told her we needed on a few occasions.

I used to remember Brother's was constantly busy any night of the week and now it seems empty every time I drive by there.

The food was good except the chili on my burger was already getting cold when it made it to the table.  I didn't want to chance waiting another hour for a new one so I ate it anyway.  They do still give out a free T-Shirt and a brownie or shot for birthdays so that's probably the only redeeming factor about the visit.  I may give it another visit sometime but I'll say it won't be anytime soon.

When I went to OU, Brothers seemed bigger and cooler.  Now that I'm an alum I notice how the air conditioning isn't really cutting it.  I notice that the curtain is really an old bedspread with holes cut into it for hooks.  I notice a lot of things that went unscrutinized when I was more idealistic.

However, after the home-opener when several of the bars in Campus Corner have lines 30 people deep, what I notice most about Brothers is that the beer is cold and the bacon cheese burger was good!  I also ordered the queso which is Velvetta, sausage and Rotel.  No frills, no fuss, just damn fine.

And while I can not give them a 5-star rating I can sure as hell give them four stars for just being there, and having fast service with the food and booze.  In the end, that's what it's really all about.

I only go to brothers if I know the band that is playing. One of the bartenders was very rude to me and refused to replace my full drink that disappeared off the bar. Other bartenders were cool. Won't go back unless I have to... Or to say hi to my friend Marcus who works there. Also, this place is 18 and up, so be prepared for the younger crowd.