J W's Bierstube

I think my husband  and I must have gotten the same LOUD and could-care-less- about- the- customer waitress that Ben D. had back in Feb! We stopped in yesterday afternoon for lunch at 11:15.  We were pretty much the only customers in there. The waitress was blatantly complaining (to put it nicely) to the bartender for about 5 mins. before she even greeted us or came to our table.  She then took our drink order: 1 water and a raspberry iced tea.  She went back to the bartender and said we wanted 2 iced teas.  We should have left then.  She returned with 1 water (miracle!) and 1 regular iced tea.  I said I thought I ordered raspberry iced tea and she said "oh yeah" and went and traded it out.  When she took our order, I asked for a BLT with real mayonnaise (not salad dressing, aka Miracle Whip). She assured me they had real mayo.  My husband ordered the hamburger steak WELL,WELL done. While we waited for our food, we were still nearly  the only ones in the restaurant.....and our waitress followed the bartender up to the front door area and resumed her 'complaining" about some previous customers and co-workers.  I drank my iced tea and hoped she would at least glance at us so I could get a refill.  When I was finally able to get her attention and flag her over to our table, I said "I know you're really busy, but could I get a refill on my tea?"  She said "Oh, no, I'm not busy, I'm just talking".  Well. DUH....No Kidding!!!!!
When our food finally came, the BLT definitely had salad dressing and NOT mayo on it.  I got up and brought it over to the bar and asked if they had made a mistake and forgot the real mayo.  The waitress assured me it was mayo.  I asked to see the container and sure enough the one she brought out from back in the kitchen area did say real mayo on it.....but she opened up a brand new bottle and said that this is what the cook used.  It was not even cracked open.  When I was up at the bar, my husband came over with his hamburger steak and showed it to us and it was BRIGHT red inside.  A far cry from WELL.WELL done.  The waitress said it looked okay to her.  Really?  The cook came out and he looked dazed and confused.  It would be my guess that the could-care-less waitress did not specify anything on our order to the cook because she was too busy being mad at the world and looking for the bartender so she could continue ranting and raving to him.  My husband said "Just forget it, we are done here." I asked if she wanted for  me to pay for the iced tea and after thinking about it said, "No, I guess not".  Well, THANK YOU. but no thanks.  We will never go back to the Oakdale Bierstube.  And no wonder it was so empty of patrons at lunch time on a Wednesday...there was absolutely no customer service and I can pretty much say that the waitress there drives customers away.

Cold Beer, good Bartenders and space to spread out. I like the atmosphere, its that classic Mn bar that you can find up at the cabin or barried in a downtown setting. It's that Minnesota nice feel. Plus they have TVs everywhere, perfect for the game.

This place is a total mixed bag... I have come here and greatly enjoyed the experience, but I have come here other times and left honestly wondering what I was thinking.

The other evening is what this review will be based on, as this was kind of my final straw when it comes to here... I walked in and spent almost 15 full minutes sitting at a table right next to the bar. A waitress was on the patio having a cigarette when I walked in and sat out loudly talking, yelling, joking, and swearing up a storm with a very drunk guy that was sitting at the end of the bar. Even after coming in the only acknowledgement I got for sitting down was her letting me know that she would "be there soon."

Fine, I moved up to the bar.
The bartender now actually offered me a drink immediately. I got my staple Vodka Tonic and waited for my brother and his partner to arrive before considering that I would like some food. The menu was placed in front of me and the bartender scurried away. No heads up on specials, or if there was anything good.

I spent the entire cocktail debating on something that I wanted, and after two separate check ins from the bartender asking me if I was ready and me saying no, there was no suggestion made on his part. He stood there staring at me for a minute, and then basically walked away after SIGHING. Like, sorry I don't know what food I want to buy and pay for in which you would collect a tip on?!

To end it all, I ended up paying for the one drink and leaving. The service here is ridiculously awful, and unless you know what you want, don't plan on eating or drinking anything.