UPDATE: Ashley, the GM, contacted me after my initial negative review. Ashley took the necessary steps of meeting with her staff to correct the behavior I experienced on my visit. Â She apologized and assured me that Willy D's conducts business better. Â I would give it a second try based on Ashley's wonderful customer service and follow-up.
Review Source:We love this place. Â So much fun! Â We didn't prowl around too much, so this review is about the dueling pianos. Â
Lena, Sheldon and Dave put on a great show, very entertaining, friendly and funny. Â Dave even did a rendition of Sexy Back at our request. Â Tried to stump them all but couldn't! Â They encourage the crowd to participate so it's lively.
Drink prices are reasonable, staff is friendly. Â It wasn't too crowded when we arrived but the pace definitely picked up. Â This is a great place for groups and a fun place to take your out of town visitors. Â
I'm a born Little Rocker and was back in town for a visit. Â Will definitely be back when I'm home to visit family.
I attended a birthday party here about two weeks ago and it was awesome. Â The Manager reserved a section for my group of fifty and we were treated great.
For a $5 cover charge we were able to go to Willy D's Piano Bar, Deep (downstairs with a DJ) and Prost (in the back with a small band). Â The ability to move around to all three bars for one cover charge was fantastic and offered diversity if you get bored.
Willy D's has recently doubled the seating area in the Piano Bar area and added some really cool VIP seating areas. Â This made it alot more comfortable, because this place is packed out every weekend.
We will definitely be back soon.
Sad that Willy D's has such harsh reviews on here! We always have a great time there! The top floor is the dueling piano bar and they always play great music, but it gets REALLY crowded on the weekends so get there early if you want a table!
The downstairs area- "Deep" is where they have a dj and they play hip hop and dance music. We went last night with a group of friends and were surprised to see they recently redecorated, there are all these little seating nooks in the wall  giving it a really cool loungey feel while there's still plenty of dance floor space. I always prefer Willy D's to Ernie Big's for SEVERAL reasons- 1) The upstairs "club" part of Ernie Big's is REALLY smokey (there's no smoking in "Deep" and I prefer to not be choking on smoke while I'm dancing!) 2) The DJ in Ernie Big's plays old music, nothing new at all and refuses to take requests per his manager 3) No one is ever in the piano bar part of Ernie Bigs.
I always take out of town guests to Willy D's and its always a great time! Definitely our spot downtown.
I like Willy D's. On the weekends there is always a good crowd and when the weather is nice there is a good crowd most weeknights as well (except for Monday cause they are closed). The people that work here are nice and the the drink prices are reasonable. I would recommend it to out of town folks looking to hang out with friends and a cold beer.
The downstairs of Willy D's is neat! It has a DJ and is quite a bit different than the upstairs piano bar! I like to hop between the two. It's like being at two totally different clubs!
I went here yesterday to check out Prost, since it opened recently. I didn't know it was connected to Willy D's until I got there...
1) Prost - I like the paintings on the ceiling and the couches. It wasn't crowded, which is also a plus.
2) Deep - It smelled like a gas station bathroom yesterday. I liked this place 1.5 or 2 years ago, but it has gotten progressively more crowded and the crowd has gotten worse. Deep used to have lounge feel to it (kinda), now it feels like a desperate meat market to me. It seems like this place is heading down the same path as On the Rocks, and that's not a good thing.
3) Willy D's - Typical. Crowded.
Bleh. Played out.
I could not rate this higher than Ernie Biggs because I am just not feeling the "pestering of tips" that seems to be a part of the show. If I had a piano bar, I would give the players part of the bar and just let them play and work the crowd. The drinks here are better and come much quicker. So that was a plus.. Still not an extra star because the tip war just kills it for me.
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