Jodi B's Restaurant — Restaurant in Forest Hills

I am one of the founders of the Pittsburgh Liver and Onions Dinner Club in which we had a dinner at Jodi B's on a Wednesday evening at (3/15) 5:30 P.M. There were 21 of us attending. We were placed at a long table in the bar which is separate from the main dining room (which was great and appreciated). The main dining room wasn't busy at all during our stay.

I had ordered with my liver and onions as an appetizer a plate of onion rings (5.00). When the waitress was distributing our meals (which took place in back of me; I was seated with my back to her), she announced "who has the onion rings?". I had raised my hand (because it was fairly noisy) in response.

For some reason, the waitress somehow became offended by my action of raising my hand (I'm assuming) and was very rude in shouting out they weren't mine! How embarrassing this was as she repeated this in front of my peers! And, how wrong she was-I was the only person in our group to order as an appetizer (5.00) onion rings!

I made the decision to not press the issue any further and say nothing. Waiting, I was wondering if I would ever receive the onion rings that I had ordered. I never did.

The onion rings were on my bill, but I wasn't charged for them. In addition to not being charged for the onion rings, my bill was 10 dollars less than what it should have. So, because of the waitresses incompetency's, Jodi B's actually lost 15 dollars on my order alone; also, I did not tip the waitress (sorry, I don't waste my hard earned money on individuals who literally embarrass me in front of a group of people).

This experience was truly bizarre. I have no idea why, literally, I was denied and refused an order of onion rings. And, I was publicly shamed and embarrassed.

The bar and restaurant were both clean and tidy.

My meal (liver and onions with a side of french fries and coleslaw) were lackluster at best. The liver and fries were extremely greasy; just drenched in grease. It was served hot, but, it reeked of a greasy spoon.

The cook did accommodate one of our participants in pureeing her meal as she has temporary dietary restrictions.

Because of the structure of the Pittsburgh Liver and Onions Club, each dinner we have is planned (location, events, etc.) by another person in the club each meeting and because the founders allow for one to decide where to have the dinner, I won't disallow anyone from going to Jodi B's. But, I will certainly discourage it...

This place had some really good food, but I just don't feel like they like black people. Let me explain, I walked into the business and instantly got a nasty look from the lady at the front counter, okay whatever lady I'm not here for you, first thing she asked me was am I picking up to go (red flag)... Like sitting in wasn't an option, I kid you not The place was full of white people, I love everyone so don't take me wrong here. But I grabbed my food to go and I felt like I was overcharged so on the drive home I made a phone call back to figure out what went wrong, they left me on the phone for 10 minutes exactly and then hung up. I called back instantly when they picked up I was met with a rude lady on the phone she was talking over me and wouldn't let me get my questions out. I told her I just want to figure out where we went wrong, she told me the prices that I saw online were wrong and they were charging more I said okay that's where the mistake happened you guys need to update your online menu's and I hung up. But she was very rude smdh The food was great but I'm never going back there and I realize why no black people were in there I feel like we've all been treated that way...

The food and atmosphere were fair. Average.

We had a server who was less than average. She was terse and abrupt. I do believe it was her personality more than just having a bad day. I mentioned my ice tea was too sweet. Instead of asking how she could remedy the problem, her answer was, "It's 'sweet' tea. That's what you asked for." I didn't argue. I wanted to say that I didn't want sweet tea as my dessert but I kept quiet. Instead, I asked for a blend of sweet and regular ... a 50/50 mix to make it drinkable. Then it was fine.

She wasn't friendly in the least and actually got into an argument with the lady I was with which I won't go into. It was a tense situation involving the manner of her service. She's far too abrupt and aggressive when serving food. Set a plate down, don't slam it down. Remove a plate, don't grab it away. You get the picture.

She was the day manager. Her disposition was not the best for working with unfamiliar customers. She'd be better in the kitchen. Plus, she didn't think a thing of vacuuming the floor while customers were eating. That's just inappropriate. It's noisy and not clean. But, as I said, she's rough. She'd be better suited as a bartender in...