Alice's Champagne Palace — Restaurant in Homer

Alice's Champagne Palace is one of those "It is what it is, so don't expect it to be more than what it is..." type places. If you go in with this in mind, you'll enjoy the food, service, and overall experience. If you go in wanting it to be something more than what it is, you may end up disappointed and you should stick to AJ's or one of the more upscale places.

It's a place where the locals go to eat and socialize after a long day of work. You'll see dock workers and deck hands. Construction workers and local businss owners. You'll definitely see a lot folks in their Xtratuf boots and they're not just worn for show like they are in other parts of the state.

Many go in with a group to grab a "bag of burgers and fries" which is one of the best deals in town. We've had the bag of burgers once before, and they were really good burgers and tasty fries! This time, we had pizza and chicken strips. Both were very good. Something we'd go back for, definitely.

Best of all, we learned about a local celebrity working here as a bartender. His name is Orion Donicht. He's written some music, toured the state playing live gigs at one point, and he's also written a few books, detailing his journeys. When an unexpected open mic night got going, the guy doing the guitar playing and singing invited Orion to join him on stage. They sang a few songs together, which turned out to be very entertaining. We're still not sure if it was a planned event or if the original dude just went up there and started playing lol Whatever it was, we had fun listening.

All in all we had some good food and had a good time listening to the music, whether planned or not. Also I plan to check out some of Orion's literature after hearing his story. I see one of his books is available on Amazon unlimited , about his journey to Alaska which he spread his father's ashes along the Alaska Highway. Reviews have me intrigued, so I'm going to give it a read.

All in all we'd definitely go to Alice's Champagne Palace...

Given the 4.4 overall rating my experience is probably the exception but I won't be going back.

We waited close to an hour for our order all the time watching those who arrived after us receive theirs and the waiter bar tender laugh and joke with the locals.

When one of my friends went to check on our food he was chased back to the table by the waiter bar tender who basically said our food will be there when it gets there. When the food was delivered mine and one my friend's was burnt. The waiter bar tender offered to return the food to the kitchen but we were already late to being where we needed to be so couldn't wait for the food to be prepared again. The waiter bar tender's response to which was, "so here we are".

For me it was the ultimately poor service and flippant attitude that got to me. The food', that which wasn't burnt, was good; the local beer is good, the milk shakes great, the atmosphere misleading.

Their motto on the marque above the door is, "Eat Like a Local" my experience tells me, if your not a local,...

Alice's was one of the first bars in Homer to go smoke free, and I've been a reliable customer there ever since. They have plenty of craft Brews on tap, good service, friendly bartenders. I enjoy watching games here and the trivia night is a lot of fun.They've dabbled in food throughout the years and it's usually been very good. The hamburgers on locals night are a great deal and delicious. If there's one thing that Alice's could fix, it would be the servers who work the floor. Most are good but some don't bother to learn the food or beer menu, so they're useless for recommendation.At least that's been my experience. In fact we had a server tell us that the soup was something that was completely different than it was because she never heard of borscht before and didn't bother to learn what it was....