Our Place is a pub in Silverdale. It's the sort of place where people go regularly to drink. The bar honestly has it's high points and lows, as is normal for any establishment. The beer selection is not horrible for a pub of this type. They have miller and bud, but they also have Red Hook and Mac and Jac's. These beers aren't exactly beer geek dreams, but I like drinking them, and I don't believe every beer you drink has to be a masturbatory exercise in beer snobbery.
The food was your standard pub faire, it was cooked, it came with sauce and was probably bought frozen in bulk and deep fried. Again, you have to kep in mind you aren't eating at a five star here. For what it was, the food was very decent.
I didn't find the seats very comfortable the tables were dirty, the floor looked like it had never seen a broom and the tv's were obnoxiously placed. I suppose it's standard, but I think the place could use better furniture in the least. However , it's standard for the type of place so I am not gonna take them too far down for it.
I guess my major sticking point would be the service. While the people weren't openly rude, I didn't think they were very nice. Would it kill someone to smile in there? I didn't really feel very welcomed by the staff while I was there. I guess I would go back there, because the place was close. But I would hardly call the place a destination.
If I could give this establishment 0 stars, I would. Â
My husband and I are moving to California soon, and a group of our friends decided to get together as kind of a 'going away party'. Â There were 10 of us. Â Half the group showed up at 6:45 to get a table; we arrived just before 8. Â Since we hadn't eaten yet, we ordered drinks (a Hefewiezen & Diet Pepsi) and dinner (French Dip & Rueben) immediately. Â At 8:30, we still hadn't gotten our food - the place wasn't that crowded - so we inquired. Â We were told that a group of 16 had ordered right before us and this was the reason for the delay. Â Whatever, that's cool.. we understand. Â
At 8:45, a waitress comes around asking for the cover charge. Â We all kind of look at her and she explains that the band is going to start at 9 and there's a $3 cover if we're going to stay. Â We explain that our group had been there for two hours and that nobody had said anything about a cover charge. Â We didn't want to pay it, especially since we were in a completely different room from the band. Â She told us we either had to pay or leave. Â We told her we'd ordered dinner & still hadn't gotten our food; she told us we could eat and then leave.
The group decided this was the biggest load of bullshit we'd ever heard, so we told the waitress to go ahead and cancel our food order and we'd pay our bar tab. Â She had me talk to the manager who didn't understand why we didn't just pay the $3 cover. Â When we went to close out our tab - $5 for the beer & soda - we were told that there's a $10 minimum to use a card. Â What. The. Fuck.
Now, I will say that my husband used to frequent this pub rather regularly a couple years ago and says that the atmosphere was wonderful. Â He agrees that is has since changed dramatically. Â I'm sad to say that this was the first and LAST time I will ever set foot in this place.