This is another restaurant with a huge local cult following- I still don't get it. I think I'm not the target market for this establishment so maybe that's where my dislike comes from (seems targeted at families or the 55+ crowd)
The food that I've tried there has all been literally horrible. Worse than Rusty Rudder terrible. I don't send food back, ever, especially appetizers, but it happened here. I don't understand where all these amazing reviews come from.
The bar is tiny, like eight stools max, and its tough to get a drink (decent drink specials, nothing to write home about). I have not sat in the dining room and have zero desire to do so. The building itself is super cool, I hear its imported from Europe somewhere....probably Ireland...
The Comedy Zone is okay, comedians are hit or miss, but its set up weird (all big round tables of eight, so at least two people will have to wrech their neck to see the stage) and the wait staff is sssllllooowwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really wish they had multiple sizes of tables, I don't like sitting with six randoms when we're out on a date. This is the first comedy place I've seen set up so generically, like they could turn it into a middle school prom on a moments notice if they wanted. The waitstaff for the comedy zone is horribly inexperienced or undertrained, I had to ask our same waitress four times for my first beer, and it was obvious she just really didn't care that much. Which was super irritating because its a good 1.5 hours of waiting for the comedian to start after the doors open.
I would go back to the Comedy Zone for free (not worth the $10 ticket price), but I've pretty much had my fill of fails for the Galaway Hooker. I think people like it because the name sounds slightly controversial with the word "hooker" in the title...seriously, that's got to be it, because there isn't a single thing other than the cool building that makes this place worth while. ("hooker" is referring to fishing, btw)