SODA review in Citysearch

I strongly believe there is truth to this. I have tried time and time again to go there out of convenience because I live so close, but more often than not it winds up winning the gold medal for SUCKING.

beyond the standard inattentive bartender shit (which happens more often than not in most places) here are my complaints three:



1. They pull a bait and switch.

Let's establish this fact: I like cheap beer. I just do. Budweiser, Pabst, Schaeffer, Rheingold, whathaveyou??? I like it. So, Soda seems accomodating in that they have bottles of bud or cans of rheingold for $3 (or they did, last time I tried). Anyway, I have been there three times when they sold me ONE bottle or can of said beer and on my second trip to the bar they were mysteriously out of them, meaning I had to buy a more expensive drink. That's fine, and I understand it happens sometimes, but I don't buy the coincidence. And even if they ARENT purposely gouging, at the very least they run a poorly stocked bar.


2. They have inconsistent pricing.

On a multitude of occaisions, the price of beer (usually draft beer, after my complaint from point one has happened) has ranged plus or minus a dollar between trips to the bar. Brooklyn Lager is either $4, $5, or $6.....but it is NOT all three. Extremely lame.


3. They are utterly incompetent.

Once last summer, my girlfriend ordered a margarita. OF COURSE, it took forever to make it, and get it to our table, but beyond that they made it somehow using ORANGE JUICE!!! And the ultimate kicker to this tale of stupidity is that when she sent it back for a replacement, they made her one with SPRITE. Nice call, genius.




Maybe it has gone under new ownership? I don't know. I havent been in about 8 months. I don't know if one could fault the owner, though, when the problem was clearly with the bartenders. They still there?


The tack-on gripe i'll add to the end of this is that stupid stupid lounge thing they put in the addition. Call me crazy, but I like to go to the bar to drink and socialize, and NOT watch a bunch of douchebags dry-humping to Mazzy Star. What's wrong with regualr tables and juke-box music like the front half of the bar? Pool table, maybe? Pinball? Anyone????

The service is pretty poor- it can be excruciatingly slow...

only been there a few times but thought it was cool, don't go out to too many bars but there I had good food, good service and thought they played cool music. seems aight to this kid... 8)

The douchebags are undeniable!

allright.....in fairness the dry-humping was only witnessed once, but the overly chill music seemed to be a recurring theme. It was like they added a lullaby room to the bar.

but really, the lounge thing was just an annoyance. The first three are what I actually care about.

Tony Balls wrote: the overly chill music seemed to be a recurring theme.

when were you there again? lately, theyve been making us turn down the tunes because theyve been getting noise complaints.

ill be spinning the 4th. come by if youd like to hear some non-lullaby tunes. ill treat you to a bottle of bud or something 8)

Tony Balls wrote: I might take you up on that. It's been at least 7 or 8 months since i've been, and it's about time to do a check in and see if I still find it to be bad news.

yeah, i used to not be a big fan. the screaming drunk college girls, the delays with the waitresses, the cokeheads instigating riots around the pool-table. but their clientele has been changing (for the better lately), they got rid of the pool table, and i realized that service was slow only cause they only bother scheduling one waitress for each room, for economy, i guess.

its still a good neighborhood bar, if you ask me. the tons of regulars, the djs and the booze keep me going back.

also: killer veggie burgers.

Tony Balls wrote: [quote=Tony Balls]I strongly believe there is truth to this. I have tried time and time again to go there out of convenience because I live so close, but more often than not it winds up winning the gold medal for SUCKING.

beyond the standard inattentive bartender shit (which happens more often than not in most places) here are my complaints three:



1. They pull a bait and switch.

Let's establish this fact: I like cheap beer. I just do. Budweiser, Pabst, Schaeffer, Rheingold, whathaveyou??? I like it. So, Soda seems accomodating in that they have bottles of bud or cans of rheingold for $3 (or they did, last time I tried). Anyway, I have been there three times when they sold me ONE bottle or can of said beer and on my second trip to the bar they were mysteriously out of them, meaning I had to buy a more expensive drink. That's fine, and I understand it happens sometimes, but I don't buy the coincidence. And even if they ARENT purposely gouging, at the very least they run a poorly stocked bar.


2. They have inconsistent pricing.

On a multitude of occaisions, the price of beer (usually draft beer, after my complaint from point one has happened) has ranged plus or minus a dollar between trips to the bar. Brooklyn Lager is either $4, $5, or $6.....but it is NOT all three. Extremely lame.


3. They are utterly incompetent.

Once last summer, my girlfriend ordered a margarita. OF COURSE, it took forever to make it, and get it to our table, but beyond that they made it somehow using ORANGE JUICE!!! And the ultimate kicker to this tale of stupidity is that when she sent it back for a replacement, they made her one with SPRITE. Nice call, genius.




Maybe it has gone under new ownership? I don't know. I havent been in about 8 months. I don't know if one could fault the owner, though, when the problem was clearly with the bartenders. They still there?


The tack-on gripe i'll add to the end of this is that stupid stupid lounge thing they put in the addition. Call me crazy, but I like to go to the bar to drink and socialize, and NOT watch a bunch of douchebags dry-humping to Mazzy Star. What's wrong with regualr tables and juke-box music like the front half of the bar? Pool table, maybe? Pinball? Anyone????

4. They allow children.

Ohhhhh...as if we didn't see that one coming...

meganlibrarian wrote: [quote=sterling2000][quote=Tony Balls]

4. They allow children.

Ohhhhh...as if we didn't see that one coming...

All of a sudden, this pops into my head:

SOYLENT GREEN IS CHILDREN! CHILDREN!!!!!

according to waiterrant, it's also organic.

sweet tea wrote: but is it fairly traded?


for what it's worth, i haven't had any of the problems listed above at soda. well, a friend of mine did get a margarita once, and it was pretty lousy, but in that made-with-whiskey-sour-mix way, not in an orange juice or sprite way. and i've had a couple of weird and/or inattentive waitresses, but only once or twice.

then again, i am always sure to wear my "juicy" shirt.

just kidding.

there are certain drinks at soda that can only be mixed properly by certain people. sad but true. next time, as sara rose for a key lime pie on ice. delish.