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| - I've been to The Yard three times now and I was a little surprised by the low Yelp rating when I looked it up. While I've had a good experience each time I've come, I can understand how it could really go either way on any given night.
Yes ,it's busy and the valet parking is everywhere in this area, but we've always gotten taken care of immediately. Check in has always been great and the texting when your table is ready is soooo much better than those vibrating disks. I'm a huge ping pong player and while other's have had a bad experience getting paddles, we've always lucked out. The first time we lucked into getting paddles by walking up to the first table and they were done. The last time, it was slow enough on a Friday night (which was a bit weird given my past two experiences where it was really crowed) that we didn't have anyone else playing and we were able to get them right away from the hostess. We have never scored the bags but at the same time, I'd much rather play ping pong so that is okay with me.
The food is pretty good and while I do think the pretzel bites are good, they aren't the best ever. Good but not something I would crave. I've gotten a few different things and I do like the chicken salad, though last time, it did seem a bit off. Other people in my parties have ordered the meatloaf and the chicken and seemed to like it.
Our servers have always been prompt but I can't recall any of them being overly friendly and service does seem slow. I don't think it helps that this place is HUGE. They probably get in several miles of walking every night. I do remember one time that they couldn't make our group some speciality shot a friend requested. Can't remember what exactly what it was but I did think it was weird. It seems more of a speciality bar that only stocks certain things. Last trip we ordered the Kona beer and it was served in a can. While I'm all for keeping up with the atmosphere and playing into the 'yard' theme, canned beer isn't really my thing. Can't recall if she offered us cold glasses or not.
What I do love about this place is that it can be a whole evening. Entertainment, pretty good food and really good people watching. Last visit, there was a good band right out in the center and I enjoyed listening to them. Too often you go out to dinner and then don't have much to do afterwards so its nice having an option for one stop shopping on date night. Overall, I like this place and love the atmosphere.
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