Now I am giving this pub a 4 because I love trying new and interesting beers, and this has the best beer selection I have ever encountered. It also has pretty decent food, I have tried most of their menu items and apart from the smallest serving of nachos I have ever seen, they have generally impressed me. I have never had an issue with their food, it has always been well cooked and their menu is inventive and interesting pub fare.
Having completed my Beer Passport "Around the World in 80 Beers" at Bottlescrew Bills, I spent a fair amount of time at this pub last year, especially in the summer on their patio. Unfortunately, I haven't always had the best experience at Bill's and that has caused there to be large gaps in my dining frequency.
- Last summer I found eight fruit flies in the bottom of my glass of bourbon...yes...the bottom. The waitress apologized and my drink was complimentary, but I'm sorry, complimentary drinks are for beverages with ONE fly, EIGHT flies constitutes some sort of gift certificate or at minimum a very sincere apology from management!
- The service is often very slow, I recently was there with a large group and not only were drinks missed, some people wanted to order food and the waitress provided menus, but never asked, and never returned.
- Again with the flies, a friend of mine once had a big juicy fly in the top of his pint glass and although he alerted the waitress, who appeared to express genuine concern, a new drink was never brought, only the bill...needless to say she didn't get a tip.
Overall I will keep going back for the food and the beers I can't get anywhere else but am a little cautious of any drink that did not come out of a bottle.