The Trove — Restaurant in Dallas

2-star show & 2-star service = 2-star experience. I was really excited for drag brunch today! We had reservation for 3 for a friend's birthday, and arrived early as instructed. Sadly, despite this venue's great location, crowds with great energy, and what was seemingly a cute place with capable staff, we left disappointed at intermission. The entire place was very disorganized; there was no hostess stand or anyone welcoming you in or helping guide. We wound up asking the bartender what to do, and he directed us to another gentleman running around with an iPad. We were seated behind the jewelry cases, which I found charming, and seemed like a good location for the drag show, centrally located with a view to the bar. Then we waited. Someone brought water. And we waited. I eventually looked up the cocktail menu on my phone. When the waitress finally arrived, we were prepared with our drink orders, though no menu had ever been provided. There was no visible QR code either. Drinks came in a fairly reasonable amount of time. I then began to see food being served at other tables, and eagerly awaited our service. Again, sadly, it never came. We sat through half of a mediocre drag show where most of the poor queens looked like they were sad to be there. Snagged the waitress after a time for another cocktail. Someone asked for chips and they showed up. Still no one ever asked if we wanted food, you know, the "brunch" we came for, nor so much as offered a menu. We left at the break, hungry, disappointed, and still looking for a cocktail. I see potential in this place; it could be a lot of fun, and the crowd was initially here for it. But the execution was a sad excuse for a fun drag brunch experience. Until I hear otherwise, I'll stick to The...

We went to the 2-5PM Drag Show show on a Sunday. Overall, the atmosphere, music and the show itself was amazing. The host was great, hilarious and kept everyone entertained. The dances were on point and everyone looked amazing. The dancers were kind enough to stay back and take photos with us afterwards. Of note, we were a large party of 14 and purchased the VIP lounge package combined with the Crown VIP lounge package (total cost around $1200, included 4 bottles champagne, 4 mimosa carafes, 6 appetizers and 8 shots).

Some Cons to the event were as follows:

1. Our seating was mediocre, for our VIP package, I expected the lounge area or the high top seating. We were seated on 3 small round tables and it seemed a little tight.
2. Our server was probably the worst part. She was a young girl, didn't smile even once! and overall gave off "I'm miserable" vibes. She also didn't seem to be aware of the packages we purchased and what they entailed. I had to remind her of how many appetizers were included and about the round of shots included. Also the mimosa carafes were tiny and juice only (for some reason I assumed it would be juice and champagne mixed but nope, only juice).
3. our packages included 6 apps. We only ordered 4, and forgot to order the other 2 (and server never asked about them). Food was okay..
4. There is only one bathroom, so during the half time break, the bathroom line gets extremely long.

Overall, great experience and we ladies had a blast! We got the birthday girl trashed so goal was achieved. I would definitely go again, but would likely not purchase a package again (or alteast not the VIP ones). We ended up purchasing 5 extra bottles of champagne and still going to the bar for drinks...

Never been on regular non-brunch day

Summary: The drag brunch on Saturday was questionable for my friend group and I. If I were to go again, I’d get a table before the day of perhaps and maybe try something not on the “brunch menu”. Food 4/10. Service 4/10.

Drag queens were all flawless. Let’s start there 10/10.

The restaurant experience, however was not it:

While I understand that our group got a table last minute, I don’t think it’s fair for the restaurant to sell tickets for the brunch online for the tables way in the back. Especially the table we were at. $18 for each seat for seats where you couldn’t even see the performances at ALL. It was a rip off. Even if those seats were free, I would have not appreciated my experience. The section I am speaking of is close to the restrooms way in the back on the left side. Our view the whole time was a wall. Not a single drag artist was enjoyed because of this.

Server was trying his best (I guess). However, they also never checked up on us. We had to track him several times for assistance. It was bad.

Food: hate to say it, but brunch menu was not it. Or maybe we just got unlucky with our food. Regardless, it was down right bad. A huge no for all of us.

we ended up leaving early after we asked our server if we could stand up closer to the bar to enjoy the show and he said no. It was such an infuriating and unpleasant experience overall. Shoutout to the drag queens for holding this place up though. Y’all...