A friend invited me to The Compound to listen to the amazing Chuck Hall Band. I had no idea what to expect due to no time to Yelp beforehand.
Plenty of parking and pleasant landscape greet you upon opening the front door. I arrived at the time Chuck Hall was due on stage and didn't have to pay a cover :-) friends held a table right in front of the stage. I love that this venue is spacious and inviting with tv screens playing streaming video of live concerts prior to the band taking stage.
Drink menu offered a nice selection and was not overwhelming. I ordered their Cruz margarita, only $3.....woo hoo!!!!! And quite yummy I might add.
I will have to agree with other yelpers that the service was very slow. It took a good 20 mins to flag down a server, with several empty handed ones passing by. After ordering our drinks it took another good 15 min to get them :-( I work in the food industry and tend to be picky but I fully understand off days. The place wasn't packed and didn't seem under staffed so I don't know what was up.
Ok, margarita time !!!!! With drink in hand I stroll across their yummy menu filled with many options. Far from boring bar food!!! I selected the guacamole and chips for starters. Feeling festive I order the ten mini tacos and mix up the meat fillings, chicken, salmon, shredded pork and beef. The speed of the food was far faster than the drinks! Guacamole was served with a generous helping of delicious chips fir dipping. Guac was good, just needed a little sea salt. The tacos arrived within 5 mins of the guac.... Now on my second margarita and feeling the blues being delivered, I'm a happy camper. The tacos were amazing, plenty of punched packed in a mini size!
The band sounded great here. Not too loud and super clear. The servers seem to go astray when the band was playing and was super hard to get a drink. Service seemed to get worse at this point. We had more offers to take our unfinished plates than to order drinks. Weird!!!
All in all I would go back to see another band play and give the service another college try!