Fox & Hound Pub & Grille

We were sat right away and our server was good. It started a little rocky but after that it was great and she was fun. Food was just A-ok though.

Fox & Hound would be described best as an upscale sports bar. It's interior is adorned in dark woods and large televisions everywhere. The booth seating is wrapped in leather, as well as the tablet itself. The place itself is very large and can accommodate a lot of people.

When the 3 of us walked in, we were greeted by some friendly, and beautiful waitresses.

Our waitress seemed fairly knowledgeable with the different types of beer they had on tap. Which is always good, because sometimes you run into wait staff that don't know and need to look at a card to give you an answer.

I had one of their big beers with Newcastle. Their pricing is a bit expensive and similar to Old Chicago, so about 6-8 dollars. Which is honestly a bit too much.

The menu items were about as standard as any sports bar. Lots of deep fried finger foods, with burgers and steaks.

I ordered the beer battered chicken fingers which were about 8.99 I believe.

Our food took about 20-30 minutes to get to our table. The food and the general reaction from everyone was, that it was mediocre. Chicken fingers were good, but were honestly a bit flavorless. It could have used some seasoning like black pepper at least. It came served with honey mustard which looked to be made in house. I felt full, but my 2 other friends said they were still hungry after eating it all. So maybe portions aren't as large as you would expect for the prices you pay.

I had 1 friend come in late, and the waitress accommodated him, but his experience wasn't as good. She took a lot longer to get his beer order, and when he ordered his food, she brought out the wrong item and failed to input the correct order, which took an additional 15-20 minutes.

Is this place any special? Not really. It's just like any other sports bar, except this one has a better interior that's a bit classier. The drinks are a bit too expensive and the food and service is mediocre.

I was in town on a business trip with a colleague who had been here before and gave it a good review.  He spoke so highly of the place that I was looking forward to the experience.  Sadly, I was very disappointed.

When we entered we were offered a choice between the dining and bar areas.  We chose one of the high "semi booth" tables in the bar area.  When we sat we noticed that the table had not been wiped after the previous diners had left.  When the server arrived she took our drink order, but seemed to not even notice that the entire table was wet and had crumbs all over it.  When she came back with our drinks I asked for some napkins to clean the table, and she cam back with napkins, but again failed to take any notice of the table's dirty state.  Also, no coasters for the drinks.  No wonder the table was a wet mess.

My colleague took a sip of his drink and commented that he had not been given what he ordered.  We called the server back to the table and explained that the bartender must have made an error.  She argued and read back our drink order.  We both agreed that she had indeed written down the correct order, but that is not what we had received.  She took the drink away and came back with a fresh one, this time correct.  

We then ordered an appetizer of soft pretzel sticks with queso, $8.  What arrived were four good sized soft pretzel sticks with a thimble sized cup of cheese.  Enough for about one stick.  What a bargain.

I ordered the the "Famous French Dip Au Jus," with fries, $12.  When the food arrived to the table I saw a decent looking sandwich and about ten french fries. Again, thanks for the bounty.  I sampled the sandwich, which was very good actually.  Props to the cooks.  I then dipped the sandwich in the au jus and immediately realized that it was out of a can, or worse a powdered package.  What a shame.  Such a well cooked beef to only be ruined by a nasty, processed excuse for au jus.  There is no excuse for this.  

But all of the other problems aside, the worst part of the experience was having a stream of the restaurant's servers proceed to sit and stand at the table behind us chatting and bad-mouthing customers and employees alike with a friend sitting at the adjacent table.

In all, a forgettable experience.  I wish I had seen the other poor ratings here before wasting my money at this establishment.  I will not be back.