I had never heard about this place. Randomly walking by on our way to another bar and decided to come in because I love reggae.
We sat inside at the bar and honestly... I still don't know how I feel about my experience.
Pros:
- Interesting menus, both cocktail and food. They make a lot of their mixers and I learned something new. I have been using aquafaba to replace eggs in baking but I never thought to use it in vegan cocktails to mimic egg white foam. AMAZING!!!
- The decor I liked. The paintings and murals were fun.
- The staff was friendly and informed.
- There's a huge patio which I liked but my friend didn't. He thought it was too big. I loved the mural and the lights.
Cons:
- The fancy pants drinks are too fancy pants.
a) They are spendy. Too spendy.
b) They take forever to be made. We didn't place our order until the couple next to us had theirs done and then ours were made, which all in all took about 20min. This is unacceptably long for 2 cocktails.
- The music playing wasn't reggae. It was rap/hip-hop with a few dancehall/reggae songs thrown in. This is not why I walked into here.
- It's too formal. I'm not saying make this a dive bar or a beach shack but if you're serving food that I have to eat with my hands and are giving me paper napkins, then the bartender shouldn't be wearing a tie... It's about balance here.