I used to really despise Kickstand considering I got food poisoning my very first time there. Then in a rush to find a place for 20 people on a Friday night at 8pm (graduation time too!), my parents insisted we try it out. The servers were very friendly and whipped us together a table in their private room in seriously like 0.2 seconds. Everything came out quickly and our server was very attentive. I've tried it a few times since then, and each time my food is decent, at the very least.