| rev:text
| - This place is STUPID and the epitome of 'Snotsdale'. You could get better customer service from a 10 cent hooker. If your idea of fun is standing in a back alley next to a dumpster and being treated rudely by a douche bag bouncer who looks like he is from Oklahoma, then definitely come check out Citizen R+D.
Also, the only reason we came to Citizen R+D is we met the bartender at Citizen Public house the evening before and he talked it up as an amazing experience to my girlfriend, visiting from Chicago on a business trip ...Well, it wasn't.
We called in at 9:02pm with a party of 3. There was a group waiting in front of us so we knew we would have to wait a bit. The man on the phone said it would be about 15minutes. So, we stood in the alley next to the dumpster and chitchatted about girlie stuff. 20minutes later, 2 fine gentleman walked down the stairs and we thanked them for leaving, so we could have a table. They responded, "If we had known you were out here we would have invited you to our table"...darn. We continued to wait and 2 more large parties left....hmmm, why are we still in this alley? So, at 9:36 I called again. I said we are the party of 3 and wondering if there was a table, he said they are cleaning the tables. I asked if we should go to Citizen Public house for a drink instead if they needed time, since it was cold that night. He responded, "I don't care what you do." WHAT!? SNAP, Lisa got bitchy! "The only reason I am standing in this stupid alley is because the bartender told us to come tonight because he thought my friend from Chicago would enjoy the crafty cocktails." All of a sudden there is another voice on the phone. It was the bartender. He said it would be five minutes while they clear the tables. I said okay and hung up. My friend was pissed, and she is impatient anyway, and wanted to go immediately... we waited till 9:47 and nobody came to let us in. 3 other groups had come up behind us and my friend told them they should go somewhere else. We told them to go to Mable's on Main where you can go have an amazing cocktail in 'speak-easy-ish atmosphere' with great service and no wait for half the price.
In the end, I was embarassed I even took my friend there, she was supremely annoyed. We stood outside in an alley for 45 minutes, in the cold, and ended up talking 10 people into going to another bar. We found great drinks, for half the price, and better service at another joint.
The reasons it gets 2 stars and not 1 is the bartender who we met the night before at Citizen Public house is a good bartender and I have been here before on my birthday and we had a good time, but the drinks are expensive and they add an automatic 20% gratuity which is also stupid.
I don't foresee this place lasting long because the customer service is really horrible, and you really only need to experience a 'unique' place like this once. Not to mention the prices are ridiculous for a cocktail that you have to wait 20minutes for it's assembly. Now that I think about it, you really do just spend a lot of time waiting. Also, you owner idiots, if you are going to make people wait outside while you have open tables, you should probably have a different exit than your entrance. I had such a bad experience I think I have boycotted Citizen Public House as well... what a shame.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)