Stone City Saloon

The food sucks here.  We usually have good service when it comes to coming here to get drunk, but this last time me and my friend were upset with the bartenders.  First it was not incredibly busy there so no excuse.  One girl at the bar refused to work a certain area of the bar (our area we were standing in) the other did the ultimate FU to us.  Me and my friend were not wasted, not rude, not beligerant, but we did indicate we were looking for a drink in a calm manner as gentlemen.  She continued to serve the same customers over and over skipping us, turns out these customers were her friends.  She skipped over us continually.  Then to add insult to injury, some off duty staff members walked in and stood behind us and she served them drinks right behind us like we did not exist.  We had to stare at their delicious drinks that we could not have even though we had been standing there 10 minutes!  I was offended beyond belief and my friend was pissed.  When she finally served us my friend kinda threw the money at her slightly and she made a comment, and he calmly told her the reason why and she got NO tip from him.  
Later we moved to the table and got served timely and the waitress was great.  I have been here a decent amount of times and service was great those bartenders working that night in late March to early April 2013 on the weekend were aweful and this place looses a star.  The other star deducted for lousy food.

It was a Sunday afternoon in August when we first came in with a party of nine.  I'm not sure why I have waited so long to write up the review.  Could it have possibly been the fact that it was not exactly that memorable of an experience?  Most likely, I just forgot.  So here it goes now.

We were clearly the first customers of the day (we rolled in around noon,) and perhaps caught the kitchen and staff off guard.  Since the seating consisted of a few booths, bar seating, and all high-top tables, they quickly put together a section of high-tops for us.  With a name like Stone City Saloon, I was expecting more of a C&W kind of place. Really, the decor was minimal; neon bar signs and a polished cement floor.  They did have a lot of open floor space,  so I can assume at night, this place can easily be converted into a dance club sort of atmosphere.

Our server came over and introduced herself, and proceeded to take our drink orders.  Mostly, it was iced teas, sodas, and maybe two people had tap beers.  I am not quite sure why it took 20 minutes to get them.  After we got our drinks, we ordered both appetizers and main dishes.  

The menu consisted of mostly burgers, sandwiches, normal bar food, and a few entrees.  For appetizers, we ordered two combo plates, which had all the fried veggies and cheese you could want, and some potato skins.  These were pretty decent, as far as fried food can be.  For main courses at the table, we had seven burgers and two salads.

When the food made it to the table, there were a few thing wrong.  Instead of fries, one of the burgers had rice.  Server swore my husband ordered rice with his burger.  (I'm sorry, who gets rice with a cheeseburger?)  One burger was completely missing from the order.  Server claimed it took longer to cook that particular burger.  Since when does, burger, onions, cheese and bacon take extra time to cook?  I would much rather her just admit that she forgot to put the order in.  We all would have been fine with that.  All told, it took another 20 minutes (that seems to be the magic number here) to get the burger and order of fries out to us.  By that time, most of us were halfway done eating.

I cannot speak for anyone else on the food quality, but mine was good.  Not excellent, but serviceable.  I ordered a southwest chicken salad.  Chicken salad it was, but I'm still not sure where the 'Southwest" part came in at.

Perhaps the best part of this visit, was playing bags outside after our meal.  I think it had more to do with the company I was with.  They do not charge you to play bags, only ask for a photo ID to reserve the bags. There was about four to five setups outside, with plenty of tables and chairs.  The pitchers of ice water on the hot day was a great touch.

I went here for their NYE party. I would totally come back and give this place another try! The NYE ticket was $50 and included all you can drink, champagne toast at midnight, and food buffet. My only regret is that I didn't eat beforehand. The food looked delicious - and that's only the buffet! The ordered food looked (obviously) more scrumptious. The staff was a hit and miss. The bouncers were stereotypically not friendly, servers ignored us, bartenders (except for one wonderful woman) never noticed me. The DJ was great and very friendly. The previously mentioned magical bartender was so good at remembering me, I just waved hello and my drinks were ordered without saying a word. The table set up was weird. There were enough to make it look like a restaurant, not giving a large dance floor, but not enough tables for everyone to get one. I'd for sure like to see how this place is without a special event.