Flying Bull Restaurant and Brewery — Local services in Durham

I visited this place today and really liked it. The staff was very polite and attentive. They quickly brought the menu and helped us choose drinks and food based on photos from social media.

I ordered the Chicken Shawarma. Personally, I would have preferred it in Armenian lavash to make it more like the Shawarma I’ve had in many other countries—lavash really makes a difference. For some reason, the Shawarma was quite messy, with a lot of sauce leaking from the bottom. Even the packaging leaked, and the whole plate was covered in sauce. But this didn’t ruin the dish at all; it’s just a small observation and a recommendation.

My friend ordered the Salmon Large Plate, and he loved it. The salmon was smoky and very flavorful. He also liked it very much!

We also got the Dip Trio and Truffle Fries.

The Dip Trio was surprisingly unique with interesting sauces and tasty pretzels and pitas.

The Truffle Fries had a rich truffle flavor and were topped with cheese.

For drinks, I had a lager beer (I can’t remember the exact name, but the waiter helped me pick it), and my friend had pineapple juice.

The restaurant's interior is really nice. Stylish tableware, lots of details, and the staff, including the waiters and bartender, all had matching uniforms.

Overall, we enjoyed everything and will definitely be...

Reservation for Saturday, 9/21? check Arrival and seating? check Water and menus? check Drinks? Food? Good or even adequate service? NOPE

Had a reservation, showed up and they seated us pretty quickly on the patio and gave us waters and menus, all good, then it went down hill. 15-20 minutes waiting to order, another 30 minutes until 1/2 of our drinks showed up (1 cocktail and 1 beer, still waiting for the other 2 beers). Another 15 minutes (so about 1 hour has elapsed now) and we've had enough, tell the hostess/manager that we are leaving and head over to Pie Pushers to try to get something quick to eat before our show.

We were told that several employees did not show up for work and our waitress and hostess/manager were polite, but awful their jobs. our drinks (aside from the cocktail) could have been poured easily by anyone in 1 minute or less. they could have told us they were understaffed and our wait might be long before sitting us they could have refused walk-ins (I'm sure many of the people showing up and getting seated were walk-ins) they could have even sent reservations away (why risk giving a bad experience if you are under-staffed)

A very poor experience which could have easily been avoided by good management and better...

My boyfriend and I went here for date night and at first, everything was great. The aesthetic is cute and we had high hopes. It was maybe 25% full and the staff did not appear busy at all. The owner took our order and we started with the deviled eggs, tuna crudo and Brussels sprouts. The only item that was good were the eggs. The tuna had way too little tuna, maybe 5 small bites, and 4 big bread slices. The tuna needs to be tripled or get smaller bread slices. The Brussels sprouts tasted like I cooked them and were completely overdone and burnt; they had no flavor. Next we moved on to the entrée. We had the steak and asked for it medium rare. Nowhere did it say that the salad it came with was spicy. Steak came out cold and the salad had so many seeds in it from the spicy red pepper that I needed a glass of milk (and I put hot sauce and jalapeños on almost every dish at hot). We sent the steak back because it was that cold (and we don’t send food back ever), and asked for no salad on the return. The steak came back with hardly any pink at all and the salad was still there. Overall a very poor dining experience, though the company and drinks were great. The owner had admitted to us that he had not done service of this level before and it...