WENT IN TO CELEBRATE A GREAT DAY of WORK AT THE IBERIAN PIG ONLY TO FEEL A DEEP SENSE OF REGRET AFTER WE SAT AT THE BAR FOR LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. OUR MOOD CHANGED DRASTICALLY AFTER BEING SERVED BY THOMAS, WHO COME TO FIND OUT IS THE BAR MANAGER. FOR SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF, WHO TENDED BAR FOR OVER TEN YEARS IN ATLANTA, I HAVE NEVER HAD A MORE DISSAPOINTING AND AWKWARD BAR EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE. HAVING ZERO PERSONALITY AND LACK OF INTEREST IN YOU CUSTOMERS IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE POURING DRINKS WITH THE HELP OF A JIGGER, WHICH IN MY OPINION, IS THE TACKIEST THING TO DO IN FRONT OF CUSTOMERS AND HURTS THE IMAGE OF THE RESTAURANT. IF YOU CANT GET YOUR BAR STAFF TO POUR A FOUR COUNT WHILE MAKING MIXED DRINKS THEN YOU SHOULDN’T BE THE BAR MANGER OR A BARTENDER!
AFTER STATING WE HAD WORKED IN THE BUSINESS OURSELVES HE NEVER ENGAGED US ON THAT QUESTION OR ANY OTHER….AND WHEN WE ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION SUCH AS WHERE HE HAD WORKED OVER HIS TENURE IN ATLANTA AS A BARTENDER HE BECAME VERY ALOOF AND STATED THAT HE PREFERRED NOT TO TELL US WHERE HE HAD WORKED ……WHO SAYS THAT?? IT WAS JUST AWKWARD!!! TO PUT IT PLAINLY I WANTED MY CHECK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO TRY AND SALVAGE THE EXPERIENCE…WHICH I AM GLAD WE DID.
THANK GOD FOR OUR WAITRESS STEFANIE!!!WHO WAS FANTASTIC!!! (SHE SHOULD BE BEHIND THE BAR BY THE WAY). WE LET HER PICK OUR APPETIZERS AND COULDN’T HAVE BEEN HAPPIER…. WE ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING THE EXECUTIVE CHEF STOP BY THE TABLE AND GIVE HIS RECOMMENDATIONS. THE FOOD WAS AMAZING AND SERVICE AT THE TABLE WAS INCREDIBLE- I WILL DEFINITELY GO BACK BUT I WILL DO MY DRINKING PRIOR AT THE BRICK STORE
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