how could i give only three stars to a harry potter themed bar as a harry potter fan?
here's the breakdown:
Atmosphere: 4/5- the place is cute and hip with harry potter references sprinkled throughout their decor. On the evening we went, 90's music predominantly played in the background. The place is small - so not too great for large groups; it was quite difficult for a group of 4 to secure a table the evening we went!
Service: 3/5 - we wanted to order the chocolate toads however the kitchen had already closed by 11PM. Our waitress was extremely accommodating and made the extra effort to provide the last cookies and cream toad for us in the end! The only qualm on service was it appeared to only be one person waiting the tables for the entire bar so it took ages to take our order (a good almost 25 minutes) and another 15 minutes to flag her down for the bill....
Food/ drinks: 2/5
- Chocolate toads (flavours on offer: cookies and cream OR dark chocolate birthday cake)- we opted for cookies and cream and was disappointed that the toad was just simply a solid piece of white chocolate with oreo bits melted in a chocolate mould. Given the size (where it is actually only worth 4 small four bites) and what it was made of, it was NOT worth 6 dollars.
- Betterbeer - this is NOT like the butterbeer that you get at universal studios. The drink has a citrus-cinnamon flavour which does not match well with the whipped cream dalloped on top. It comes with a toasted marshmellow skewer which also did not complement well with the flavours of the drink. Both my friend and I weren't able to stomach past the first two sips and the drink was left relatively untouched.
I may visit again just because i'm a sucker for gimmicky themed bars and because I want to prank any of my unsuspecting friends with their infamously deadly dementors kiss shot.