Scotty's Brewhouse

This past Thursday night was the first time I had eaten at Scotty's since first semester and as always the food, service, and ambiance was great. My friends and I walked into a loud, vivacious crowd of people eating, waiting to be seated, and sitting at the bar. I immediately remembered cleanliness of the restaurant. The floors were kept tidy, the silverware was organized, and the restroom was clean as well.

As far as location, Scotty's is located at 302 N. Walnut. I have always thought this was in a convenient location. It is on the corner of Walnut, which is about a 5-minute drive from most IU campus dorms. However, without a car, it may be a hassle to get to the restaurant especially when it is too cold to walk in the wintertime.

Every time I go to Scotty's I usually order the sweet chicken club wrap, which is spectacular, but this time I decided to change it up and I ordered the bar-b-q ranch chicken salad. This was a great decision. Not only was this salad topped with many vegetables such as onions, tomatoes, and corn, but also the chicken was cooked perfectly and seasoned with just the right amount of salt, pepper, and BBQ sauce. I am also very picky about heavy salad dressing and in general I am not a big fan of ranch. However, this salad was an exception. The dressing wasn't too heavy and the lettuce was not drowning in the ranch. It was also a lighter ranch than the traditional bottled dressing. I was very pleased with the way the salad was presented and I was extremely happy that I didn't have to say, "Light on the dressing, please".  

Lastly, all of Scotty's salads are priced as regular or half sizes. This was very helpful considering the regular size is very large. I ordered the half size, which was approximately 7 dollars whereas the regular is 12 dollars. I think this is reasonably priced not only for a family of four dining out, but also a college student. The rest of the menu is also very accommodating in regards to price.

From the time we sat down until the time we left, the service was impeccable. The waiters and waitresses are constantly refilling beverages and stopping by to see how everything is tasting. They are very cooperative with big groups and also creating separate checks. Never once was a waiter or waitress rude or condescending. Whatever we needed was brought immediately without hesitation.

All in all, my experience at Scotty's was amazing and I will definitely keep going back until I graduate from IU.

Alright, here is my late update for Scotty's. I'm sad to say that I will not being going back. After my last review I was contacted by the management at Scotty's through email and they tried to make it right. I told them I was going back for the BSC Championship game (I said late update). I took a seat at the end of the bar and ordered wings and a beer. The service at the bar was better than in the past but what I saw in the kitchen was disturbing. There looked to be mass chaos between the kitchen staff and the servers. This led to outright arguing between them. All in full view of people at the bar. What really did it for me was when a cook (male, mid twenties with a face full of piercings) threw "something" at a server and it landed in some soup she was holding. She very loudly told him that since "that" landed in the soup he could get her another one. She handed it back to him and turned to speak to another server. At this point the cook took a spoon and dug out the offensive "item" out of the soup while laughing along with all the other cooks. He then handed the soup back to the server and she took it to a table. I don't know what was in the soup, it could have been a crouton for all I know, but it could have also been something really horrible. Furthermore, if the kitchen crew is too lazy to get a new soup after they threw something in it, I'm scared to know what else is going on back there. Overall, my assessment of Scotty's is a failure of on the ground managers. The guys in dress shirts and ties look like they are in way over their heads and they just don't care about actually being managers. This allows the other staff to run wild and act like, while kids. I have no problem with people having fun at work, but its just a bit too loose at Scotty's.

I went to Scotty' Brewhouse while on business travel to Bloomington on 9/24/2012.  I really like the place.  I always like to try local brews when I travel to a new place and the ones here were great!  The local brown ale (forget the name) was amazing, as was the bourbon barrel ale.  

I'm a Texas boy and burgers are one of our staples, and had the Shewman Special.  It intrigued me to have a burger with peanut butter on it, but it was raved about in the menu so I gave it a shot.  It was fantastic.  Cooked just the way I like it and the peanut butter added just that extra little bit that was awesome.

The service was great, we never ran out of drinks and they were all very friendly.  Overall a great experience and if I'm back that way I will definitely hit up Scotty's again!