Switch Columbus — Restaurant in Columbus

Super cute, historic, and intimate space. I met a colleague upstairs for a meeting then popped down for a quick drink before we left. We waited behind one person. Cameron was our bartender and was super helpful and efficient on our first round of cocktails. Unfortunately, when we went back up for another round, there were maybe 3 others waiting to order, not egregiously busy, but after about 4-5min waiting to put our order in, he was no where close to being done with the others. So we just decided to call it quits and head out.

The drinks, although good, were on the pricer side for this part of town. They were prices I’ve seen at higher end downtown hotel bars or restaurants. The problem seemed to lie in that when you are marketed as a craft cocktail bar but only have one bartender (maybe this isn’t always the case but it was 9pm on a Saturday…) the serving time will back up very quick, and patrons may choose...

I wish I could've experienced Switch but the hours listed on Google don't match the actual hours as I was informed by the bartender today (Thursday) that Switch is only open on Fri & Sat, even though the hours are listed as 5p-12am on Wed & Thurs and 5p-2am on Fri & Sat. This is quite disappointing since I drove over from Dublin, I had invited friends to meet me there and the bartender said this wasn't a recent change to the hours of operation. I had to go to a link on their Instagram page to find the actual hours. One would think updating Google would be on the list when changing hours...

Brian (I hope I remember his name right) was awesome. The drinks he created on the menu and the drinks he created for us were delicious. We tried every drink from his fall menu and the flavor ideas were tasty a genius.

When he did not have an ingredient at the end of the night he whipped up this delicious substitute my friend loved.

He did not accept anything but perfection for the drinks he served us. I was glad I came when little people were there, it was the best experience with a bartender...