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| - After two back to back terrible experiences at RRBC, I won't be back. Friday night, we drop in for an after work drink. The bar was crowded, so we asked the teen hostess about sitting at the two top adjacent to the bar. We were told it was reserved. When we asked about another table, we were rudely asked if we intended to order food and not just drinks. We decided to leave.
The next night, we returned only because our friend was hungry after the movies, and we didn't want to go far or to a chain restaurant. A different young lady at the hostess stand again asked us very abruptly if we were going to order food because tables are only for dining. Some context- neither I nor our anyone in my party look anything like the types who take up a table for hours and order one beer each or just one app and drink waters. Do those types of people even frequent this bar? The typical crowd is 35 year old+, nose in the air yuppies from "River". It's not a Denny's. I find it hard to believe this is a chronic problem.
Exasperatedly, I told her yes, we intend to eat and spend more than the minimum amount of money required to be seated at their fine establishment. At about 10p the restaurant was about half empty but the bar was full. I had to wonder if they turned away and/or turned off any potential customers who might have wanted a beer at a quiet table but didn't feel like eating.
Overall the food is ok (a little better recently) and the beers are acceptable but not anywhere near GLBC, Market Garden, or Platform. Their patio is nice on warm days but it's not nice enough to have to endure rude hostesses and to be interrogated about what I am going to order the second I step into a restaurant.
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