FloBama Restaurant and Music Hall

Scale 0  to 5

Atmosphere:  5    Just beautiful.  I love what they did with this place.   The tables all appear to be re purposed wood and the table stands are actually old barrels.   The bathrooms are nice, although one of the urinals in the mens restroom has been out of order for what seems like forever now and some of the sink nozzles have been ripped off.   They have two pools tables nestled in the back, out of the way of traffic, which is the best place for them.   They have the premiere sound stage in the shoals, but took them awhile to realize how to utilize it.   I think turning down the Doc Daily and Alabama Shakes show then it selling out in Sheffield kind of opened  their eyes to the local music scene.  

Beer:  3.0   Their tap selection is very similar to OTR and at this present time, may be the exact same.   Although I think they may have Angry Orchard while OTR has Magic Hat.  But their bottled selection is not as extensive.  For the most part, it is run of the mill crap.   They do offer Sam Adams Boston Lager and that is usually my go to here.  

Food:  4.0    The food is pretty good.  Some things I have had here are pretty standard and nothing to write home about  -- baked potato, potato salad, polish dog, cheese sticks, but they have some items that are a pleasant surprise.   Their wraps are delicious and they have a wonderful white sauce to put on them.   Their mustard slaw is probably the best I have ever had which makes their slightly above average polish dog and their pretty good hotdog take on a whole new meaning.    

Service:   1.6  Unfortunately this is where they lose me.  I would even have their rating lower if it were not for their manager.  I assume he is still there.   I think his name is Josh.   He has went out of his way to appease some of my complaints in the past.   But I still seem to get the same inattentive service every time I go in there, whether there be 100 customers or 4.    The waitresses generally seem to have very little knowledge of the food or drinks and I generally find myself asking questions, then waiting a good 10 minutes or so while they go find the answer.    Generally these are questions you would expect your wait staff to know.  

Overall:   Really neat decor and building.   Come for the atmosphere, leave for the service.

Took over 1 hr to get food. Never got appitizer. Even asked for it to go after our food came out...never got it. I ordered wings, which had obviously been sitting for 20 min or more. Terrible terrible terrible. Only plus was the live music

I'm from Texas and even I really enjoyed their pulled pork.  It was melt in your mouth amazing.

FloBama has a large stage for music, plenty of TV's and seating and a great bar.  This is your typical sports bar that if college wasn't out for the summer would probably be packed with lots of University of Alabama students since the off-shoot campus is within walking distance.  Nonetheless the crowd was still 20-30 somethings the night we came.

My friend and I came on a weekend to watch some bands who were performing for the WC Handy Music festival and we had a good time.  The place was packed with people.  

They have a massive menu with plenty of bar food options.  On the nights they get busy it can be difficult to get draft beer so to be safe just order bottled beer.