So fun! A few of us came here to see Trevor Wallace when he was here around Superbowl time. I wasn't sure what to expect when purchasing the tickets, but we had a great time! Tickets were $30. This location is at Town Square, so there's plenty of free parking with a short walk. It's a first come, first serve seating arrangement, so doors open roughly an hour before the show. We got there a little less than an hour before, and we were sat in the 4th row back pretty dead center. Once you check in, you head up some stairs and give how many are in your party to get seated. The way our seating worked was a long bar with chairs that pull up to it, so if the person in front of you has their chair all the way back, their hair could end up in your food. If you want to ensure you get a decent seat and don't have to sit too far back on the sides of the stage, get there as early as they will allow!
After we got our seats, we looked over the menu and ordered some drinks. Once those came out, we ordered food. Getting there an hour early was the perfect amount of time to get it, get a seat, and eat your meal before the show starts. Our server was Nile (I believe that was her name), and she was very nice and got our orders pretty quick! We ordered the chicken caesar wrap and wiseguys wings with buffalo sauce. The wrap was good! It was very big, I didn't finish it all. It also came with fries, which I subbed for onion rings. My sister got a root beer float with her food, and it honestly looked really good! The food prices are all pretty reasonable, somewhere between $9 and $15. The show was really good and we overall had a really fun time! I would definitely come back.
Anxiety inducing questions I had that may help you:
How is the seating? - For the front areas, it's a bar style table and seats that pull up. The seats aren't fixed to the floor, so you can scoot around for whatever space you need. There were some small tables for 2 people, as well as high top tables and chairs.
How long will I be there roughly? - We saw Trevor Wallace, and he had an MC and 3 or 4 openers.
What is parking like? - Very easy and free! You can park near Guitar Center and walk a little bit. You can also park in the garage (I believe West garage) and do the little walk from there. It's pretty close to...
Read moreI'm a big fan of Wise Guys downtown but am always disappointed when my husband tells me that the show we're going to is actually at the Town Square location.
This used to be the old McFadden's restaurant, so it's restaurant-shaped rather than theater-shaped. Some of the seating is situatated in such a way that you'll have a very poor view of the stage from the sides.
It's a large venue yet they're dead set on having all of the chairs touch each other despite the fact most Americans' shoulders are wider than the back of a metal bistro chair. You will be shouldering your neighbors no matter how thin you are. Taking just 2 chairs out of the rows with tables would give people some space to not be crammed in like sardines.
Like all the Wise Guy's comedy locations, there are no gluten-free options except for beverages & the root beer float. Their fryers are shared and the menu is all snacky bar food that I'd love to eat if I didn't have Celiac disease. Unfortunately there's obviously no outside food allowed so I'm out of luck.
Lastly, whoever is booking talent sends the stinkers to this location. I've seen people with name recognition perform here as well as a boatload of Zzzz comics who stick to the done-to-death generic "I like sex & weed"- type "jokes."
Parking is sometimes a challenge due to the fact everyone in the universe has apparently left their car at Town Square before catching an Uber to the airport, so come a little early to find parking and to make sure you don't end up missing the show.
If you have a choice, even though the other location also has some of these problems, for whatever reason, they book better talent at their smaller downtown Arts District location.
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Read moreSo this is my second time coming here and got two different experiences.
First experience was great. Our waitress was on point and there was a lot of available seating (the headliner wasn’t as popular but was hilarious). The seats were not comfortable at all especially when I sat there for 2 hours I was uncomfortable but there was a lot of room to where my girl, her sister and I could do our best to enjoy our show. Food service was good not that much of a wait time for food and drinks.
Second experience. My girl and I went last night and the comedians were great. The seating was real bad we felt like packed sardines and when we order the wings it was so uncomfortable because we barely had room to enjoy our food. I couldn’t enjoy the show because the seats were uncomfortable and you don’t have any leg room at all. Wings were spicy but good and the drinks were subpar (got a mojito and it tasted more like sugar with no alcohol).
So all in all food fantastic but would eat there unless the headliner isn’t that popular then grub down because you will have room to enjoy your food and the comedians. Come early on a popular headliner night so you can get better seats and not have your view blocked by a big round cylinder pole or just cough up the extra bucks for vip if they have it that night because Pauly don’t care about you being comfortable he just cares about your money.
Also you guys should give some perks to employees who work at the towne square you will get more business and locals to come.
Food-5/5 Drinks-2/5 Venue-2/5 Service 2/5 it took the waitress 30 minutes to get our order and another 30 minutes to get our...
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