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| - Update May 2017: I'm changing my orginal rating from 5 stars down to 3 stars. After visiting about 10 times now, some of the polish has come off. Any establishment is only as good as the management, and I've observed several key areas where there is definitely room for improvement. The weeknight "patio therapy" that I found so attractive at first has now shown some serious flaws. First and foremost, a group of "regulars" consistently occupy a large table, usually front and center for the musicians, and they have grown increasingly loud and obnoxious, in direct correlation to the alcohol consumed - go figure. This can only happen when the servers cater to them and over-serve them instead of cutting them off. It's so blatant that the casual observer can scan the crowd and see the looks of disgust and annoyance on the faces of the other customers in the proximity of this group. Also,
as the crowds have grown for these events, the quality of the service has plummeted. On a Thursday night in April, there was a large patio crowd to see Harry Luge perform. Our server disappeared for over 30 minutes so we finally snagged another server passing by, who confided in us that our server was in the ladies room having a meltdown because she was overwhelmed. Seriously? Either she is not capable of handling a busy night, and/or the bar was understaffed, either of which scenarios reflects on the management.
Lastly, it's been seldom that my wife and I could attend on a weekend night due to me working a weekend shift myself. However, due to a change in my schedule, we were actually able to get out on. Saturday night to have dinner. We decided to stay for the band, as we had heard they were really good. We arrived at 8 PM and had dinner, and the band started at 9 PM. When I tabbed out after 11PM, I was surprised to see that our drinks had a band surcharge added to the price after 9 PM. When I asked the bartender, she said that since they do not charge a cover charge for the band, the drink prices go up once the band starts. Oh really? And you don't inform people of this policy in advance? Don't get me wrong, it's not the extra 3 dollars or so that I paid with the surcharge, it's the principal of the matter. I mean, I dropped a $65 tab in addition to the $7 Lyft fee that we paid each way, plus tips. So another $3 - $5 isn't gonna break me. But even clubs that do charge a cover have an option to beat the cover charge by arriving early, knowing you will be spending money while you're there before the band starts. But for us, having arrived earlier and having dinner and drinks, and then to find out after the fact that there is a surcharge being assessed without informing us made us feel like we were being nickel and dimed.
That's ok, next time we will go to another local club that doesn't charge a cover and doesn't gouge patrons by raising drink prices. Jolie's needs to get their act together to avoid being labeled "just another bar" which is currently my opinion. The food itself is not bad and the quality of the bands and live music are generally solid, which is why I'm now rating it a 3 instead of lowering it more after my recent disappointments.
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