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| - I have been to piano bars all around the country, from Miami to Cali and back and this was by far and without a doubt the crapiest one!! I genuinely like piano bars since they can be a really fun place to blow off steam while enjoying a good show; not here!!!!!! Never a good sign that the place was pretty empty on a Saturday night the weekend of Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucy Derby, but nonetheless I and four other guests sat down. I can easily handle the unstable tables or that all of the chairs felt like they were just about the break apart, I'm actually good with that. I can even handle the fact that it took our waitress almost 20 minutes to just say hi as she walked by to another table. I would even go so far to say I can handle the horrible tasting food, it's a bar right????? Your there for fun, not a gastronomic awakening!
What made this place the crapiest piano bar in the United States was the continuous Barry Manilow cover songs with an interspersed Elton John number- and they were horrible at both! The drinks are VERY short pours, let me say this again since it bears repeating- THE BARTENDERS SHORT POUR YOU TO THE POINT OF BEING OFFENSIVE. I went up to the bar (which was empty as well, I can see pattern forming here.....) and was met by a young man who was giving me the "what the hell do you want?" stare. I asked to have my martini look like a martini and not a 1/2 shot in a martini glass. His reply was "well that's what you get unless you pay for more". Holly crap, what a horrible place! Here's the bill lowdown- 2 martini's, 2 Grey Goose mandarin and sprites- total bill-------- $72!!! That's before tip (which they sure as hell don't deserve) or anything else since I paid for the burger with cash at delivery.
There are a ton of other great piano bars in the valley and there are some good bars in the Glendale area, just stay away from this shit hole. I would bet $20 that this place is closed by the health department within a year, that is, unless it goes out of business for being such a disappointment. DO NOT GO TO THE SHOUT HOUSE IN GLENDALE, AZ. Chewing tin foil would be more fun than going back there.
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