This was such a sad day for Ben and I. Â We had just moved to this side of town and had just left a great pub - Beef O Brady's and were looking for a new drinking hole. Â Well to start with, since we are outo of SA, they allow smoking and they take advantage of it. Â So its not horrible but as we are not smokers and have gotten use to the smoking ban in SA restaurants this was quite a change. Â But they had a good selection of beers and so we ordered some and some chicken wings. Â Our waitress did not know all the beers and instead of showing us the list, which I did ask for a list, she rattled off some beers and we chose from what she stated. Â After we found the list, I changed my selection as they had one of my favorite beers, Victoria, which the waitress had not stated. Â When we got the wings all was forgiven and i was ready to give this place 4 stars. Â The Lemon Parm flavor was so yummy I was back in my happy place. Â Then at 7 PM they turned the music up to such a degree I had to significantly raise my voice to Ben to just have a conversation. Â I know I was not the only one who felt this as I could hear everything the people behind us stated as they also had to raise their voices. Â This was not good as they were sending back something (can't remember) because they said it was raw. Â So I asked my waitress why it was so loud and she agreed it was loud and lowered the volume. Â Again, back in my happy place but now at a 3 star state of mind. Â About 30 minutes later the music was loud again and I had a headache. Â
My suggestion to the owners, if there are only 10 people in there, keep the music reasonable so that people can enjoy each others company after a hard day at work.
They did have a yelp deal but when I showed it to the waitress and later the manager they seemed all confused on the deal. Â So that was also a let down. Â But they did honor the deal, but its a pain when people don't know whats going on and you have to walk them thru it. Â
Anyway, We were hoping for this to be our next "go to" pub but it is not meant to be.