OK, so this time i wore pants and was able to get in. You wont let men in in shorts and flip flops but we saw a few ladies with shorts and flip flops and they were allowed in. DOUBLE STANDARD. Our son called while we were sitting at the bar and my wife answered to make sure everything was ok it took all of about 45 seconds and the owner of the place Stefan who bartends as well told her the next time take the call outside. When I think of a speakeasy i think of lounge couches over stuffed chairs in seating areas, a person playing a sax, intimate tables for 4 to 6 and a food & beverage menu that is very unique. Well let me just say the only unique item is their cocktail menu everything else is just ordinary items that you can get at other restaurants in Charlotte. So here is where i get a little perturbed, you had us pay for a membership for a speakeasy and all in all its a restaurant and nothing more. So we had to pay $10 to eat in your restaurant, ahhhhhh you got us but just that once. I had a drink that was smoked in a box that was outstanding, my wife had a few Moscow mules that she loved and that was the highlight of night. We had the meat and cheese board and it was good, we also had the risotto fritter and it was good. The menu like i said is not very creative and unique. Also, you do not have desserts and you really should, most all restaurants even fast food chains have desserts.
You really need to quit calling yourself a speakeasy, just because you go in the back door and walk down a hall way that does not make you a speakeasy. You are a restaurant.