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| - Husband (G.) and I went to see Ben Bailey ("Cash Cab" guy) with a large group of people last Friday night. This was our first time at StandUp Live and although there is a lot of room for improvement at this comedy club, we will be back mainly because of some of the people they have coming up.
Although we had a reserved table, we were cramped with people almost sitting on each others chairs. The table behind us was so close that G. got jostled every time a server tried to push their way through. With those servers carrying trays with hot food and multiple drinks above G's head, I was a nervous wreck watching them push through.
Speaking of cramped, I find it hard to believe that this club passes fire code. If there was a fire or emergency, there is NO WAY that everyone would get out alive.
Our server was not fantastic. She was a bit overworked, but having it take 20+ minutes to get a beer or water is a bit much. And then there was the 40+ minute wait to get bruschetta.
We had drink passes so we only ended up paying for one of our drinks and the bruschetta($6). There was no prices listed next to their drinks so I figured the martini would be in the $7-10 range. I was SO very wrong. Our bill was $26! I didn't see the itemized receipt as G. filled out the bill, but if we weren't automatically charged a tip, that means my weak, watered-down martini was $20. I was appalled the next day when G. told me about our bill.
The show itself was good. The first "warm-up" comedian was hysterical. I was laughing so hard I was almost crying. Sadly, I don't remember his name. Ben Bailey was funny, but I still thought the first guy was much funnier.
Like I said at the beginning, we'll be back, but we'll definitely be expecting poor service and extremely overpriced food and drinks.
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