I have no problem paying good money for good food. I don't, however, like spending good money on mediocre food.
I paid $15 for a very average Brown Derby cocktail, $17 for a sandwich similar to a filet-o-fish with a hot dog on it and $14 for three butter chicken meatballs. The latter were decent but still a bit pricey. The definition of a speakeasy is a place which sold illegal alcohol during prohibition. The biggest crime here was the price of the food and drink. In addition, you should be able to speak in a speakeasy right? It was too loud.
The service was OK but the waitstaff looked a bit like members of the Jersey Shore going to a prohibition party. Snooki once said "I feel like a pilgrim from the freaking '20s washing this s--t right now".
I felt like a pilgrim watching it.