This was a busy place about 20 years ago when it was a regular hang out for me and my buddies. It used to have great pool tables and you often had to wait for a table almost any evening, even though there was well over a dozen in the place. It was always busy. Went back yesterday (on a Sunday afternoon) with an old friend and I can't believe how downhill its gone.
First of all, the pool tables are completely rundown. The surfaces are badly worn and stained and there's only a few, beat up cues. The walls are beat up and a trip to the men's room really showed how neglected this place has become. The door handle to the stall was missing so you had to turn the inside hardware of the handle. Also, no soap in either of the dispensers.
I arrived before my friend did and decided to eat (this was before I'd made a trip to the bathroom, otherwise I would have skipped the food). The bartender raved about the food and I asked what he recommended. He said the curry chicken was great so I ordered it. When it arrived, it basically looked like an entire jar of store bought sauce cooked in a lot of oil and dumped on a plate with some overcooked broccoli scattered around. However, the rice was perfectly cooked. I could only eat the pieces of chicken and some plain rice as the sauce was just too greasy and had a bitter aftertaste.
It was sad to see a place that used to be so lively turn into such a dump.