Alright, I admit it; I was intrigued by the name of the place, thinking it might be a cool sports bar to hang out at, watch a game, have a drink, and eat some good pub food.
Well....I guess you can do that, but I rather go to a few other places first.
We went for dinner on a Friday night. It wasn't incredibly busy in the restaurant, but it did take forever to get some service. The food was cheap bar food; nothing more, nothing less.
Overall, I'm not planning on going back, except maybe to try the back patio in the summer...we'll see.
If you're thinking of going there for dinner, just go somewhere else.
The service at this place is absolutely horrible.  I've gone a couple of different times in the evening and for lunch.  The food takes way to long (waited 45 mins for a sandwich at lunch) and the staff is rude and unprofessional.  Seems like they just want to be a bar/party joint and don't care about the quality of their food or service.  It's a  real shame because with so little choice in the Lynchburg area there is a need for a quality hang out spot.  Perhaps it's the lack of competition that allows low end places like this to even stay in business.  Go someplace else or save your money and stay at home, because this place is not worth it.
Review Source:This review is for the "restaurant" side.
I really wanted this place to be great... but unfortunately it didn't turn out that way. This was my third attempt, and it definitely wasn't the charm.
We sent our crab cake sandwich back because it tasted more like a random spice sandwich with a few pieces of crab thrown in. The beef stew was bearable, but not by much. One of our friends ordered some sort of turkey sandwich that came with a side of food poisoning. He was terribly sick the next day.
The wings used to be great here when it was Muddpuppies/Jazz Street, but now they just taste soggy and flavorless. The pulled pork sandwich was passable, but their burger was decent.
The service is a bit slow as well and the staff really didn't seem to know what was going on. They always had to check to see if they had something in stock.
I hate to give this place a bad review, because they are really trying to create a good music scene in Lynchburg. The bar side can be a fun place to meet friends and listen to decent bands, but I would stay away from the food to be on the safe side.
If an incredible band is playing here like Jeff Coffin did a week ago, I might have an appetizer while I'm waiting for the show, but definitely would not order dinner here again.
This place totally confused me.
I couldn't tell whether it wanted to be a nice restaurant or a bar and it looks like it's separated into both those things. When you walk into the entrance, you can either go one of two ways. On the right there's a long bar with bar tables and short booths. On the left it looks much more quiet and even elegant.
My wife and I wanted to try this restaurant and wanted a nice meal out last Thursday so we chose the quiet side.
Now, it pains me to be this critical because I understand what it takes for everyone to do their job and do it well, but our waitress was the hostess and I think we might have been her first table ever. She was totally confused about everything, checked back with us a hundred times, and in between a regular waitress was checking up on us. It was all a bit much.
I am rarely critical of actual food, but I also thought that the plates were poorly designed. For our appetizer we ordered an artichoke dip with fresh vegetables and grilled pita. The pita was soft and difficult to dip, the vegetables were sliced thinly and there was way more dip than there were "dippables".
After some confusion about my order, I was brought a caesar salad which was totally overdone with rye and... maybe carraway? The bite of the flavors was pretty difficult to deal with. I'm not sure if they were trying to do something special, but it wasn't a balanced plate at all.
Again it is really difficult for me to criticize actual food because I appreciate the work that was done in design and preparation, but these things are what defined this restaurant for me.
After our salad we were brought our entrees. I ordered a bratwurst/knockwurst entree and my wife ordered a grouper entree. Starting with my wife's plate, the grouper fillet was pathetic. There is no other word for it. It was small, thin, and while it wasn't my plate so I wasn't able to spend any time with it, it was mushy and flavorless.
My bratwurst/knockwurst... I guess I should have asked if there was anything special about it, weather it was a special meat, if they prepared them themselves or what because this tasted like wholesale boiled bratwrust. 1 of each were placed on a bed of thinly sliced grilled bell peppers and next to that was a penne salad that I didn't understand why I ordered when the entree said it came with some type of slaw.
By the way, neither of our entrees came as they were described on the menu.
Anyway, my wife had the penne salad too.
This was another poorly designed/prepared item. Penne, tomato, dijon and I can't remember what else. This was all tossed together. The tomato broke up so you got these weird squishy pieces that were actually kind of disgusting with the dijon on it. I couldn't handle the texture/taste combo.
All my wife got was that miserable mushy piece of grouper and the penne salad that neither of us could eat, so I let her have some of my wurst.
Overall, it was a very disappointing experience. I really wanted this to be a nice place because it's so close to home for me and I loved Jazz Street Grill. I will give it another shot, but here are some things to consider:
It's not a restaurant where you can order a bottle of wine. They only offer 6 actual bottles to purchase out of maybe 16 different wines. Otherwise you have to buy glasses and those prices are not reasonable. 2 of those bottles are sparkling.
Beer prices are reasonable, about $3 for a draft of non-import and it was not happy hour.
There are more sandwiches and bar-fare than entrees on the menu (this should have tipped me off).
Our dissatisfaction might have been from our inexperienced waitress misunderstanding our orders, I don't know. I felt so bad for her because I could tell she was embarrassed, but a bad waitress isn't going to ruin a place for us. It was the food.
I'll try it again when i'm in the mood to throw down with wings or a burger and beer, but honestly I think $8 for 12 wings is a bit much too.
Excellent food, everything else is questionable.
The menu is typical of a bar & grille, but much better than expected. Â I didn't see or taste anything that was frozen or out of a box.
This place has an identity crisis. Â I think it is trying to be half bar and half restaurant, but is successful at neither. Â Half of the building is a bar and smoking area, and the other half has a small bar and dining room. Â I felt neglected sitting in the non-smoking dining area. Â Getting drinks took around 10 minutes and it reeked of cigarette smoke from the other half of the building. Â I only saw 1 waitress for the half full dining area. Â I'm guessing they were short on help that night.
They had only been open around a month when I went, so hopefully they have straightened out all of the execution problems by now.
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