I saw this place on Check Please Arizona and thought it looked amazing so I decided to give it a try.
Right off the bat I was turned off by the forced valet parking. I asked if I could park it myself and was told no. I was about to leave but still came all this way to try it out so I let them park my vehicle. It's not that I'm a cheapskate, I just don't like people driving my car, it's lowered and has expensive rims on it and valet has damaged my things before.
Ok so, the car was parked and we went to the downstairs bar. I really love the look of this place, the bar was dark and really cool. I asked if they had a happy hour menu and the bar tender said "not really" and handed us a menu for food then told us the beer was $2 off, well drinks $6 and some wines were on special. I asked for my usual vodka martini and it was a generous pour but was a bit pricey at $9 even though I was told it was "6 and a half, or 7 and a half". Not sure why it's a mystery as to the pricing of drinks, it's a bar after all.
The menu for happy hour food was quite extensive but the prices were a bit steep. I decided to try the chipotle ribs for $9 and my woman went with the brie toast for $10.
The ribs were small and kind of tasteless really. They had a bit of spice and the meat was tender but they lacked flavor. The rice was wet and nothing to write home about and the little tortilla did nothing for me. Overall a very bland dish and pricey for the 5 little ribs that came. I compare this to something like the ribs and fries dish at White Chocolate Grill for $10 which has a half rack of delicious ribs and a generous portion of amazing fries. I go back to WCG for that. I would not go back here for this.
The toast with brie was sad. Tiny pieces of bread with a smear of brie for $10? Nothing to dip into? Garbage. You should be ashamed to serve that dish for the price you charge.
Also, downstairs had no wifi and there is no way to get any signal from a phone.
The bartender was ok but he left his duty to spend 15 minutes writing specials on the chalk board and left his patrons sitting there with empty drinks and empty plates. We might have ordered another drink but didn't have the opportunity to so we just left.
What a shame. I like the idea and look of the place but they fail on the food I tried and to have valet only screams pretentious LA wannabe restaurant.