Merchant & Trade is trying to hard, and is very underwhelming for what you going in expecting. I went with two other girls on a Tuesday evening for some drinks and appetizers. It was a gorgeous night weather wise and we were looking forward to hanging out on a roof top. It took us about 15 minutes to get from the bottom of the building to Merchant & Trade because the two bouncers that worked there had us "fake wait" in a line ACROSS from the elevator, not even next to it....in a section by itself. We were the only people waiting. This was absolutely absurd, not sure what message Merchant & Trade is trying to send by making three girls wait behind a velvet rope on a Tuesday when there is more than plenty of available seating upstairs. Once we were seated we ordered a few drinks which were very disappointing. I ordered the pineapple vodka cocktail, insanely sweet and anything but smooth. My friend ordered a dirty martini with blue cheese olives which were stale. After that we played it safe and ordered a Tito's with club soda and lime.... the soda water was flat! The appetizers were OK, the tator tots are very interesting but a little mushy in my opinion. I gave two stars for the view, that is def by far the reason to come here. The view is absolutely gorgeous, and they have very modern fire pits outside which compliments the décor of the bar perfectly. I gave one additional star for the server assistant, Jaquon (sorry if I am spelling wrong?) Jaquon was BY FAR the nicest, most attentive, and most helpful person who works at this entire establishment.