Mixology Buffalo

To sum up my love of this bar: LAVA LAMPS

They are everywhere.

This place is a riot - neon, bright colors, random decorations ... it's awesome.  I love the set up - tons of room around a bar which sits in the middle of the room so you can see people across the bar easily.  There are little booths hidden here and there and even a back room with a Playstation.  Their side patio is tiny but full of random plants.

The drinks are a little uninspired and the beer selection isn't the best.  Also, they are known to run out of things as the night goes on (the only reason I was drinking a Budweiser, I swear).

We came in with a HUGE group of people and they called in an extra bartender.  They even brought out free wings and nachos for us.  They were very friendly and accommodating.  I absolutely love this place.  Too funny.

Went with a group of friends on a Saturday night.  The place was pretty empty as we bellied up to the bar.  We reviewed the cocktail list and chose our drinks.  After waiting for the bartender to finally decide to stop walking in circles while staring at the floor for 10 minutes he finally asked us what we wanted.

Conversation is as follows.

"a rusty nail"
"we dont have rusty nails"
"um..ok, a wuu wuu"
"we dont have that, what is that?"
"its on the menu here"
"oh, its on the menu?  ok"
"ok, so a wuu wuu , 2 tom collins"
"wait....let me wright this down"
(wait another 2-3 minutes)
"ok, a wuu wuu and 2 tom collins and a root beer float"

we wait. the root beer float arrives at average taste.  

The wuuwuu arrives and tastes horrible.  Beyond far away from what the cocktail actually tastes like.  Seeing at the bartender didnt even know it was on the menu and he just looked at the menu for the ingredient list he didnt take into account that cocktails usually have different amounts of ingredients.  He clearly just put 1 part to 1 part to 1 part.....etc.

now the Tom Collins.  My friend ordered the Tom Collins because they didnt have Rusty Nails....which for those that dont know is Drambuie and Irish Whisky.  BOTH items that are behind the bar and filled with liquor.  So he just didnt know what they were.  (Again, they were on the menu and this time a 1 part to 1 part would have worked)

Lets start out by saying that the Tom Collins was first memorialized in writing in 1876 by Jerry Thomas....THE FATHER OF MIXOLOGY!

The Tom Collins was again so beyond wrong and incorrectly mixed that it was just not even funny.   We were told the total was 30 dollars and we asked the bartender in honest and non harsh tones about the cocktails....conversation is as follows...

friend - "excuse me, i dont think these are made correctly"
bartender - "what?"
friend - "these dont taste right (friend turns to me) do you want it?"
bartender - "well you dont have to pay for it but you'll never be served here again"

at this point we see that literally 80% of the customers in the bar is or group

friend (now agitated) "thats ok, i live in New York"
bartender "with that attitude i can tell. you're a bitch. you owe me 30 bucks NOW!"

That was it.  we just paid and left it at that.  they lost 8 customers.  I spent the whole night telling my friends and my out of town guest about this new place and how we should go etc and we got treated like pieces of garbage because the inept bartender was too arrogant to just admit he maid some bad life choices and is not in a job he has no right in having.   I got the impression he used to manage a self serve car wash that went under.

Depressing, we we're planning on making that our usual spot.  The owner DOES make solid cocktails...this guy was just a wreck.

For now I'm only giving this four stars because the kitchen was closed. I've been watching yelp for a few weeks hoping that some more people would post reviews before I committed to going myself. My brother came to visit me this weekend so we figured we would pop in as it's right around the corner from my new house. The bartender was just about to close but he agreed to one drink, which was a good call because then people started pouring in. The owner eventually showed up and took the time to chat with me a little bit. What they're trying to do here is very exciting and we are in dire need of it in this neighborhood. I'm particularly looking forward to the patio that you can bring your dog to sit with you ( no dog drinks I would imagine!). The bartender was  recently trained so he's still figuring out some of the mixed drink process, but he was quite friendly and very amenable to our requests. Before I realized it we had been there for three hours and had a great time. I'll definitely try to make this the new local hang for me and my friends.

Decor is funky -- kind of a mishmash as some of the other reviews stated. The bar is quite sizable with very comfy seats and I love all the little seating areas around the room. It's almost like a Trader Vic's combined with futuristic 1950s style. I got a look at the menu and it looks excellent-all kinds of tacos and tortas.  We'll definitely be back soon.  Oh yeah, drafts are $4, and only $3 from 4-8pm.  They had roughly 8-10 beers on tap, and it wasn't all Blue LIght, Coors Light, and other cat piss.