Damsel Brew Pub — Restaurant in Evansville

Where to start ... We loved the $1 sample flight glasses. That's the one star. Our waitress was sweet. Totally not her fault that she was new and maybe didn't know that onion rings shouldn't be served 10 shades over brown. We were a party of 6 adults and 4 children. So to start we had the meat fries, which were basic fries smothered in pulled pork. Pretty good. We also tried the pretzels, the scotch egg, and the meat Twinkies. The scotch egg was a boiled egg then battered and fried, served with a horseradish sauce that had hardly any horseradish. It was just ok. The meat Twinkies my husband thought was ok. Not impressed but not bad. The kids LOVED the pretzels. I had the fish and chips. The fish was over fried, gummy, and not edible. Not much to say about fries. My husband had the fried chicken breast sandwich with onion rings. It was ok. Honestly, maybe the safe bet, just without the onion rings, since those were over fried to the point that they were also inedible. The same burnt shade of brown as the fish. How a cook could serve these and think they were ok is beyond me. My daughter had the kids quesadilla which was served buried under tortilla chips. She loved the chips. We made her eat at least one piece of the quesadilla since we were paying for it. Let's just say it didn't stay down. On our bill were these three dishes, a large order of the meat fries, maybe 8 flights, and I had a damsel mule. The bill was over $70 and was mostly inedible. We don't ever send food back so we did tell the waitress at the end in hopes she knows that foodwas way overcooked. Overall, the beer and drinks were cold. The food was typical bar fare but not very good bar fare. Go for a variety of beer and full bar, don't go hungry. Your review will probably be much better than mine. Sorry, no photos, I forgot my phone in the car...

Love the names for the food items. They lead to "we have to try this!"!! Which lead to sharing the Meat Twinkie and Meat Fries. Both were outstanding and lived up to their names. Loaded with Meat, deep fried, dripping with cheese, all the badness that tastes oh so good. They really should be found somewhere on someone's Fall Fest menu. For our taste test challenge the fries won. It is hard to win against fries. The next had to try was the peanut butter burger. It was dripping with a peanut sauce that was so good it had to be mopped up with the burger. The mushroom Swiss was everything it should be with a buttery bun that gave it all the flavor it need no need for mayo, ketchup or my favorite mustard. The Brussel Sprouts were deep fried, a unique take on this newly made over veggie. It would have been easier to eat with a spoon. But they disappeared none the less. Loved the decor inside and out. The waitress was amazing, so witty and funny, kind and friendly. We enjoyed our visit and...

Beer was good but that is about the only thing good about the place. Service was terrible and food was not good. We ordered Buffalo chicken fries that didn't come out till 10 minutes after our meal. They were overcooked and tasted like the grease had not been changed. Never got checked on the whole time until we finished our meal with no refills. However the table across from us was checked on twice by our bartender/ server. When finally getting checked on I explained how I felt about the fries and was assured the fries were fresh and grease was fine. No apology or anything. I have bartended and served so there is no excuse for this experience. The restaurant was not busy at the time. My family had been there as well previously and had the same experience i had after explaining my experience. Same rude Bartender same service and...