Alley Bar — Restaurant in Ann Arbor

Came here bar hopping with my husband. He went up to order drinks while I sat at a booth. A server came up and asked for my order and I informed her that my husband was ordering and I did not know if he was at the front of the line. She said no worries I see him If his order is in I'll forget about yours. Sounds like a plan. My husband comes with drinks. Great it's handled he opened a tab. Suddenly the bartender comes up and accuses us of trying to get drinks for free and distracting her from making drinks by pulling her from the bar? She demanded we pay for the first two drinks. She was a red head. If they brought us all four drinks we would have paid. As far as I knew my husband opened a tab? It was an extremely confrontational encounter for absolutely no reason. It was a miscommunication we had never been to the bar we were unsure of the ordering system. We did not know there were servers to begin with. Someone needed to just ask us for a card and we would have handed it over. The entire encounter was not necessary. It was escalated to a degree that I have not encountered in the high end bar scene. Ultimately, I couldn't even enjoy the drink and dropped it off by the bar. I would be careful with coming into this bar as a newbie. Wait for someone to speak to you and follow their lead. Either way the drinks are a bit lack luster to risk that kind...

I really hate leaving a two star review for this place, but it is what it is. First off I want to start by saying that this place has a killer atmosphere, the bar back area is just cool to look at and the unique booths make for great conversation. Here is where the issue comes about... I was waiting for a reservation for dinner next door and had about 45 minutes to waste.

Ordered at the bar a single beer and cashed out... I noticed right away when the beer was poured that there was almost zero CO2 in the beer, it poured super flat... I tasted it and yeah it was flat as a beer thats been sitting out for hours. I asked for another, figuring it might have just been the tap, but sadly it was not. I told the guy, but he didnt really seem to care, but was kind enough to offer another beer. the second big downer was that I was charged incorrectly from what the Menu said by a $1... It might not seem like a big deal and I wasnt in the mood to say anything, but come on you run a business, please do better to get it right.

Kind of soured my opinion of this place as a whole... will likely not return in the future considering there are many other choices...

Came here for brunch for a good friends birthday. We all did the breakfast buffet and it was phenomenal! $20 for a drink (Bloody Mary, mimosa, or coffee) as well as a beautiful all you can eat buffet. This was not just your regular buffet, everything was absolutely delicious. The mussels were to die for!! I think I went back three times just for the mussels. I've posted pictures of the menu and a couple of our plates! Highly recommend for brunch especially for a group...