Over Under - The Village Dallas — Restaurant in Dallas

Went on opening day hoping it wouldn’t be busy because it was raining pretty hard, I was right, there were maybe 10 people there. I got the Pretzel as an appetizer, only to find out there were two decent sized pretzels. Both were your typical concession stand pretzels which I consider to be low quality. Got the chili dog, gotta say it was pretty good, but it came on a very thin wood paddle which isn’t ideal when eating a messy hotdog, I can only imagine it’s a worse situation with the Chicago dog on their menu. Wings were nothing special, depending on who you ask slightly undercooked, very average Buffalo sauce. Seeing that I wasn’t super impressed by anything I figured I give them one more chance to impress with dessert. I got the ice cream sandwich thinking it would be of similar quality to the village country club desserts, yet again disappointed. What came out was a rock solid ice cream sandwich that was “dipped” in chocolate, it looked like it could very well have been a store bought item. Overall, I would say my experience was nothing special. I’ll be coming back eventually to try out some of the other stuff on the menu. Also when I was sitting at the bar I caught the stench of a dirty drain. I know the place is new so they may or may not be bleaching their drains, we’ve done that at every bar I’ve...

WARNING: READ BEFORE COMING. My family and I went to eat/drink here and the bartender was unbelievably rude. When I told her I had a large order she glared at me. I could hardly get a sentence out without her mocking me, hurrying me, or interrupting me. She said “tell me what you want!” and was so snappy with me I gave her the list on my phone to which she rolled her eyes to. When she saw ribs on the menu she said "we're out!" and then fumed when I ordered something else. She asked me where my card is and I couldn't hear her and asked her to repeat and she shouted "I NEED A CARD TO OPEN THE TAB!". Everyone around me in the bar was staring at this point. When I told her I wanted a particular beer she said we are out and I was looking at the beer and she shouted "tell me what you want so I can pour your beer!". When I asked her for waters twice she told me to get them in the back and I told her twice they are out and she glared and walked away. When she brought our food out she set it all at the end of the table and said "the rest isn't ready" and walked away and we didn’t see her the rest of the night.

My sister works in the service industry and said that is the rudest encounter she has experienced.

Besides that, the food here is simply not good and they were out of several...

Short review: Mediocre food, no differentiation from any other sports bar in Dallas, unnecessary restaurant as part of an overall larger redevelopment project. Details below.

If this were a review of a generic, standalone sports bar located anywhere else in Dallas, this would be a 3 star review. I didn't perceive anything special about it.

The food itself is adequate. Sports bars are not known for food. The food itself is basic pub fare/bar grub. I've had better and I've had worse sports bar food. I don't dine in sports bars all that much as I'm not much of a sports fan as I prefer to play sports than watch them.

This is a one star review because the restaurant is unnecessary. Undistinguished pub fare in the middle of a bunch of apartments is not what I perceive as a recipe for success for a restaurant. Dallas is a competitive restaurant market and there's not much of an incentive to come here. I don't perceive how this restaurant would attract anyone who doesn't live in The Village to come here and Village residents alone are not sufficient to support the place.

To use a sports analogy, I perceive this place as a swing and a miss.

EDIT: To owner's response -- Over Under is a strikeout. It was a totally unnecessary concept. There's no way to positive spin it....