The Twisted Oar — Restaurant in Buford

Horrible! After seating ourselves being ignored for about 40 mins after we ordered I got an excuse that the reason we hadn't gotten drinks or even a cup of ice for my one year olds juice was the register was down. Strangely this only affected my family because everyone around (who happened to be not of color) was being waited on very quickly. After saying something to my waitress with the black hair and piercing in her face 3-4 times I finally went to the bar and asked another waitress who seemed confused about a "down register". She got me the cup of ice in a Styrofoam cup that was beat up as if I wanted to give that to my son. My husband who already was out the door with our child was livid about the service. Instead of causing a scene we left and called to speak to the manager who only offered to serve us herself and said the young lady was probably busy. She offered nothing more for the inconvenience or the unfairness that was displayed. We were out there with groups of people who were on their way to meet us there of all races but once they heard this we relocated immediately. We love to eat out and tip very generously but I WOULDN'T give this place a penny. Like my husband said if she didnt want to wait on us she couldve just sent someone else over or in 2016 just say it. A place that displays racism or supports it will never get any business from me or my family. Especially when its displayed in front of my son. We always have fun at lake lanier and the other restaurants they offer. I don't recommend this place .And to think we got along with the other customers so well.. Now only if the staff will display the same...

Would give zero stars for this experience if I could.

Our family has been going here for years. Yesterday was the worst we have been treated at at a restaurant period. There was a long wait, and let me be clear, we were fine with that. Our table is called and I walk up to the hostess stand (pregnant and carrying a 2 year old) to be told “you were called on accident. Have a seat it will be 15 min.” Frustrating, as it’s much more comfortable to be waiting on the boat, especially with a toddler. But, things happen. We sit, and sit, and sit. We watch friends of the host and wait staff get sat. We watch people come up yelling and saying they had been waiting for 2 hours (so had we). And then, most infuriating, we watch a party of 6 that walked up and added their name 20 mins prior get sat in front of us. They had congregated around the host stand and apparently chit chat is the way to get sat at the Oar. At that point, soaked, pregnant and wrangling a toddler (more than 30 min beyond our second quoted- just give 15 min) we left. Get it together Twisted Oar!!! Management is joke when they are the ones contributing to the “seat your friends first and paying customers later!”

Highly encourage you to spend your hard earned money elsewhere. We certainly did. In fact, right down the street was an incredible...

Stopped in after the Atlanta boat show this evening around 6 for a bite & drinks. There was gaggle of older teens & young 20 something’s congregating in the isle along the bar on the way to the bathroom; blocking its entry. To say they were loud is an understatement. They were screaming with one another & chasing each other around the bar like it was an outside playground. I’ve been to amusement parks that weren’t near as loud. They were all also clearly inebriated (hope someone checked IDs). One of them was the daughter of one of the waitstaff. The manager (young, dark hair & large glasses) obviously knew them because she was doing shots with them & only serving that party. She also clearly had no problem with the chaos these people we causing because she was just as loud. The remainder of the restaurant was served by the other bar tender. We love local vibrant bar atmosphere establishments but we won’t be back there anytime soon. We each choked down our food & almost finished one beverage before we ran out of there. I can’t imagine anyone would want to eat a meal or have a couple drinks with kids screaming at the top of their lungs running around behind you. Hard pass.

Response to owner: screaming teenagers in a family bar/restaurant are not in...