My husband and I enjoy craft beer so that was our main reason for choosing the restaurant. I wasn't expecting outstanding food but I did expect good drinks & good service. I enjoyed the Redline beer but not enough to go back after our terrible experience. It started with 4 of our party of six arriving at the restaurant around 630-6:45. They were told it was a 20 min wait so they all grabbed seats at the bar. My sister in law ordered a Cabernet and the bartender brought her a beer. She said that she had ordered a Cabernet and was brought a Chardonnay. The 3rd time she finally received a Cabernet. My husband and I arrived shortly after 7 and sat at the bar with everyone from our party until 7:45 when the host came over and told us we had 2 parties ahead of us and would be seated shortly. It seemed odd because there were many groups waiting when I walked in after 7 and all of those people were seated before us. Thankfully, a minute later a hostess came over and pointed to a table and said it was ours. We started to get up from the bar when the host came back and said the table was for another party. We watched him seat a party of 6 that had come into the restaurant after us. Our table was finally ready a few minutes later and our waiter came to take our order. 10-15 minutes after placing our order, my sister in law pointed over to the hostess station to show everyone that our waiter was standing around then pointed to the bar where our drinks were sitting waiting to be served. She finally decided to go up to the bar to get our drinks herself. A man behind the bar brought our drinks around for her. I asked about speaking to a manager. This man said he was the manager and was very prompt in getting our waiter. Our waiter was very attentive the rest of the night after we complained. The manager was also kind enough to offer a discount off our bill for our trouble. The service started going a lot better. Unfortunately, the food was nothing to rave about. I had the samon melt and it was extremely salty & tasted off. After the night we had, there was no way I was sending it back and waiting who knows how long for another meal. I ate some of the sandwich and took the rest home. I was sick with an upset stomach through the night and tossed my sandwich in the garbage in the morning. My husband did enjoy his steak. Everyone else said the food was just ok. (I found out later that another person in our party was also sick through the night. She had the fish & chips. Just an FYI.) When the bill came, the waiter asked if everything looked ok on it after he saw me looking it over carefully. I couldn't find any discount taken off. The waiter said he'd get that taken care of and brought back a new bill. That was the final straw for me. We won't be back. It's a shame. I love craft beer and pub food. I liked the atmosphere of the restaurant. But...there are too many other great restaurants with great food and great service to waste a night out being frustrated at Iron Spike.