The Trolley Stop — Restaurant in Dayton

Honestly, I usually eat at Luckys, but I decided to be different today. I did see a vegan chickpea salad sandwich on the menu from the google maps pictures… wasn’t sure if it was still there .. I called earlier no one answered.. hours later I decided to go up there and I wish I didn’t . Security tried to be smart and ask me how I was doing .. which I replied good. And he said “ I’m good too thanks for asking “in which then I asked how he was doing. And he said he was joking with me. 75% of the time people who say they are kidding .. are not It was kinda aggressive if you want my opinion.. and this was my 1st time trying something different. The environment was not welcoming .. idk what was going on with the bartenders but definitely not so friendly to me. When I worked hospitality for 7 years of my last, I wanted to make money.. and it didnt seem like they cared about an outside/ not a regular coming up to their bar to order Disappointing.. I still tip $4 on my $18 bill. Didn’t get asked how my food was .. I mean come on .. there’s 12 steps of service . It ain’t that hard to please a customer .. especially if you follow the steps with the 2 minute/ 2 bites trick to see if they are good.. Anyhow bartender looked at me crazy asking about this sandwich, which yall don’t have anymore which is cool . I got the nachos , but it was just in a to go bowl and chips on the side 🤣 ain’t nothing special . Macho nachos was disappointing.

I will say I think the only good employee there was I think a server! She genuinely smiled. And said someone would be right with me when I was sitting at the bar waiting for service and wasn’t taken in account until I’m guessing they were regulars showed up.

Sadly I won’t be back here ! Guess newbies are not...

8/12/24 adding....Trolley Stop thank you for that information! 🙂

My friend, my mother and myself went there on August 9th to continue celebrating my 50th birthday from the day before. We had never been there before so I said I wanted to do a birthday lunch. The Trolley Stop was the place that I wanted to go. Parking was not horrible considering they had the Oregon district blocked off for the weekend. We came around 1:30 almost 2 o'clock, and it was not crowded at all. Our server was very courteous and made sure that everything was all right with our food. We all ended up getting salads and the salad was delicious! The only downside to going to the Trolley Stop (and they can correct me if I am wrong) But according to the words that was printed on the steps, the restrooms are upstairs, which is two flights of stairs. My mom has a walker so getting to the restroom would have been impossible for her. I don't know if they actually have a restroom downstairs but for anyone who has a walker or wheelchair...going to the restroom would probably be out of the question. But I could be wrong. The price of our salad was reasonable. It was a large salad and it was only $8. I would definitely visit again but not with my mom as she...

Two times now my wife and I have went to their brunch and both times the service was poor. Same server both times. Both times she was a little busy but only because she doesn't know the basic service technique which is to teat all your tables like one party. She makes WAY too many trips. The second time in particular upset me. We arrived, and shortly after, another woman arrived at the bar. We were given our menu's and told she would be back (water should have been given at that point). She eventually came back after maybe 10min but after giving a 3rd customer a beer (who arrived after us). The 2nd woman over heard us complaining about the service and she said it was not uncommon. What topped it all off was after the bar tender said it was just her, there was a server holding up the wall at the end of the room near the steps. I'm wondering why she doesn't give everyone waters at least. We'll probably be back since my wife likes this place but I'll try to resist going back (and I've been going here for years). They have a good following so loosing my business won't hurt them. Maybe the service is...