My hopes---they were high! Our community so needs a restaurant like this! I wanted it to better than it turned out to be. Here's my perspective:
Dinner for a group of 4 on 1/21/2017: Appetizers- the lobster and crab bisque was definitely NOT a bisque...we thought it was more of a jumbalaya without the okra-score 3/10. The goat cheese, however was a hit-score 10/10. Main courses: Lollichops-score 9/10 and the crabcakes were an 8/10-very large. The bar staff were excellent in contrast to the wait staff. Our waiter and the gentleman who served our food were not friendly and had trouble serving our food to the right people at our table. That's what you would expect from Applebee's, not Hamilton Walkers. I do realize that trying to hire wait staff in a college town with low unemployment is a challenge, but there should be competency training on how to interact with customers and how to implement a system where the servers always know which patron ordered which dish.
The building and décor get a two thumbs up. I will wait for a time to give it another try hoping that the chef gets some of the recipes worked out and the staff get more training.