I recently moved to Charlotte and just wanted to finally get out of the house yesterday night and mingle a little bit. I found Sydney's after looking for a place that has a Wine Down Wednesday and for $10 wine bottles I figured "Why not." To make this easy for you I have a simple pros and cons listed
Pros:
-Great location with a parking garage right behind the building so I didn't have to drive around looking for street parking.
-They also validate parking after 5pm and all day in Saturday (saved me $6 ).
-Great music for a more mature crowd (late 20's and up)
-$10 wine bottles on Wednesday
-A quaint, intimate setting. Just the right amount of space for the crowd
-Great relaxed atmosphere with mature people, no nonsense going on at all.
-They have tables, couches, and bar seating (options are always good
Cons:
-The bartenders take a REALLY long time just to welcome you, even sitting at the bar looking at them in their eyes. It was really slow being that I went early (7:30p) so I think she just didn't know how to multitask too well.
-For this to be a Wine and Martini bar, there was literally like 20 bottles of wine and liquor combined on the rather large wall behind the bar. It looked VERY empty and unappealing for "bar" because you can see right up front that the options are probably very limited for alcoholic drinks.
-The food menu ???.... just don't eat here. It's not horrible but from my order of the "Jumbo" shrimp cocktail that was anything but jumbo (they were the size of the medium shrimp you buy frozen at the grocery store but I only got 6 "jumbo" shrimp for $11 . Yes, I was highly disappointed. The woman next to me at the bar ordered the Philly Cheesesteak egg roll and said it tasted like a gourmet hot pocket
All in all, I will return because I like the vibe of the place but definitely on a full stomach and the expectation to wait at least 15 minutes before I even get offered a menu.