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| - Our group of friends have been meaning to try this place out for the longest time; the mentions of cheap beer and cheap quality food appealed to us a lot. After many, many months, we finally planned a night at this place.
We arrived early (6:30PM) and had no trouble getting a table. The place started to have line ups around 8:00PM. The inside is decorated in a style similar to its sign outside...have to say that it is quite unique. There are drawings/paintings inside on the walls, on the booths, in the washrooms...etc. We sat at a table relatively close to the door, so every time the door was open (which happened a lot) I shivered. I debated putting on my winter jacket but it is difficult to eat finger food with a jacket on and the sleeves hanging, so I just dealt with the cold breeze every other minute. The place is dark, so I had trouble reading the menus hung on the top of the bar and on the walls. Some items were written in with light coloured marker, so it wasn't difficult to read, I was actually unable to read it.
Anyways, onto the things you can ingest.
We went for the cheap booze. The pitcher only costs $12 or $13 (forgot) so we got one thinking how great of a deal it is. Hmm...but I was disappointed; speechless with the quality of the beer inside the pitcher. I complained about water-down beer at another place, but holy poo...the "beer" I drank wasn't even beer; it was some yeast-flavoured water, LIGHTLY flavoured. I think they put around a tablespoon of beer in every pitcher filled with water then add yellow food colouring to make it a bit more yellow. Actually, I think they're cheap about the food colouring too, because the beer is still very colourless.
Besides beer, we got the fajitas, it is half price on Tuesdays and we never had something like that. It was pretty enjoyable, it reminds me of the burritos I eat when I'm drunk and downtown. But I wouldn't buy something like that for the full price ($19.50? or $18.50). Our friends got King's Crown (or something like that) which is a nacho dish for around $15. It's topped with a lot of things and sounded delicious. It wasn't a disappointment, but the portion was smaller than what I'm used to at other places for the same price. So overall, the food wasn't all that cheap...or at least overpriced for the portions given.
They do have $2.50 bottles and shots were like $4.00 depending on what kind of shot you want. I didn't get any though, because I just wanted to get out of there as soon as I can. It isn't just the cold breezes or crappy pitcher that I have to complain about. There was this really LOUD buzzing noise that goes off every now and then. I am not sure what triggers the buzzing, but it was loud, it was annoying and it startled me every single time it buzzed. How the hell was I suppose to enjoy my half-price fajita and yeast-flavoured water when there is an obnoxious buzz every now and then?
The only reason I am even giving this place a 3 is because one of us (obviously not the not the one who wrote this review) really enjoyed the way this bar was decorated. Or else I'm giving this place a 2. and "2 stars" because the service was pretty good and the servers were friendly and attentive.
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