I had a friend who stayed at the Kimpton hotel that the Blue Hound is in (I hadn't heard about it prior to this weekend) and she had a dining credit at the restaurant, so we decided to check it out.
The bad: Our server was initially very distant and not particularly friendly. However, after looking him in the eye, saying lots of "pleases" and "thank yous" and just generally engaging him, he was so much friendlier. The only other negative is that he seemed to get lost and didn't check back with the table often. We would've ordered another round of drinks had he come back more often. Getting the check with difficult as well. The I also had a friend that ordered the flatbread (not sure if it was pumpkin or sweet potato, but it was along those lines) with sage...it was a good concept, but not savory enough.
Now the good: The server lightened up and was very sweet once he got over his initial standoffishness. The drinks were pretty decent. I was looking for a Moscow Mule, but the server informed me that they don't have ginger beer, but ginger simple syrup. So we kind of improvised and it was still good. Everyone ordered a drink off of their specialty menu and enjoyed it. Food wise -the bottomless popcorn - YUMMY!! And they were generous with it. As I mentioned above, my friend ordered the flatbread - consensus at the table was that it was too sweet and not savory enough. I ordered the trout - DELISH!!! We shared a couple of the chicory salads - pretty good...the dressing was nice and light. Others at the table ordered the mussels and the flatbread of the night and they were all very happy.
Overall, I'd give the place another whirl...particularly for drinks!