Fore Score San Marco — Restaurant in Jacksonville

This is the first time we went. The hostess took us back and said, “ this is a touch screen, you swipe if you want to play games, we have a variety. The mouse and keypad are useless” then she left, the waitress came to see if we wanted a drink and brought us some water. There were 3 menus to share with 6 people. Every 2 minutes the waitress would ask if we were ready to order. After we all got to look at the menu and decide we put in our order. About 25 minutes later some of the food came out. Some of us were still waiting. Before all the food came out, the hostess comes back and says,” you all have 10 minutes left and I need you to leave.” The woman paying for it explains we just got here and we should have at least until 2:10. It was barely 1:35. At this point the hostess is arguing about the time and says she explained this in the beginning. Which she did not. Then she says to the women paying, “why don’t you tell me how I’m supposed to do my job?” To which the woman explains this is not the time or place for this discussion and get her a manager. At this point , we are still waiting on food, finally get it all and we ask for them to wrap up all the food to go. I go up front to pay and the hostess refuses to take my money. She looks at me and says “oh no!” And points to the manager and says “ you, pay there” . And rolls her eyes at me. Now, at this point, I have not said anything to any of them. So I go and stand to pay the manager. I told the manager if she would have communicated better, since we had not been there before, this all could have been avoided. The manager then says, “well if you would have told us there was a problem and you did not understand at the beginning we could have fixed it.” I replied to her, “it’s hard to know we have a communication issue when we have never been here before, and then are surprised to find out we are being asked to leave”.

After all this, we probably won’t be back. The service was horrible, the staff was very rude when we did talk to them. Although there was one guy who came out of the kitchen, who was very nice, very polite and very helpful.

Food was overpriced for what you get and took forever to come out of the kitchen.

I genuinely feel like if they had mature adults managing the place, took time to teach the staff how to explain how it all works, and maybe suggested if you are only renting the bay for an hour it would be better to only order drinks, the experience would have been so different. It’s a great concept. But the way it is executed needs to improve. I read through all the bad reviews and they all have the same theme. The staff and management need replaced. They tend to keep repeating the same bad habits. One other suggestion, a timer on the bay. So everyone knows when it starts and ends.

Top golf is a much...

When I was told we were going to "Fore Score A Golf Tavern" for a friend's birthday shindig, I did a subtle eye roll in the back of the Buick as I'm not the biggest golf simulator guy. If I'm hittin a golf ball I want to be at the range hitting absolute dingers, 450 dead center. Even if I shank one on the simulator, it's never my fault… The simulator must be broken… It couldn't POSSIBLY be my error.......

We arrived 30 minutes early and after signing some waivers and a short walk through a beautiful modern style front room full of customers, we arrived at the back of the space where there were 2 simulators just ready and waiting. Idk why I was expecting a grungy environment, but it was quite the opposite.

After we sat and ordered drinks, the birthday boy starts messing around on the simulator and realizes that there were like 15 different games including but not limited to football, cricket, baseball, basketball, and zombie dodgeball.

We started off with football, and I was running play actions and gun slinging that pill like I was a prime Brett Favre. Damn I miss Brett Favre. His mentality was so inspirational. Could throw back to back picks and come out on the next possession throwing absolute piss missiles. Goldfish memory.

After football, my girlfriend and I decided to put our differences aside and team up against the world renowned Zombies in zombie dodgeball. I was lowkey doing the most, pretending I was Ben Stiller's character in Dodgeball (I know he's the antagonist but I love his character, he carries that movie on his back idc), and planted my back foot right where the chair meets the floor and rolled my ankle pretty bad to the point where I had to limp off. A new low point for me... "How'd you get injured?" "Oh I was playing Zombie Dodgeball..." Damn I'm getting old.

The food matched the fun, as they had an elite soft pretzel, sliders, and flatbread pizzas. A soft pretzel is like literal crack to me these days, and it was so hard to restrain myself from eating the whole thing but I did it. Another test from God, passed.

Fantastic court vision by the staff here, checking on us every so often and re-upping our drinks at optimal times. Eyes in the back of their heads.

An idyllic place to have an adult birthday party. I might have mine here tbh. I need that zombie dodgeball rematch.

Okay, I'm off to watch some Brett Favre highlights. THANK YOU FORE SCORE!

IG...

Update: I spoke with the owner, they took responsibility, and stated there would be changes with the people involved.

It's a small, family, owned business, which deserves a second chance. It's a great concept, and there are some very tasty dishes (Bacon & Pimento Sliders, Buffalo Dip especially).

(Original Post) What an awful experience overall.

I’ll start with positives. The food was pretty good, bbq pork flatbread was messy but tasty, Bavarian pretzel was just ok, bacon & pimento cheese sliders were quite good. Beer selection was lacking, and our server couldn’t tell us what was on tap, despite the menu only saying that they had a variety of rotating options for IPA, Lager, Sour, etc.

The waitresses were rude, the manager was worse. I won’t be back, and I love golf and bars. I came here for my birthday, the service was so bad we were going to the host stand, and bar to get drinks or attention because we couldn’t get consistent service at the simulator bay. It was like we were an inconvenience to the staff, they spilled almost every drink they brought to the table on the person they gave it to, never an apology, didn’t even bring over napkins.

After cashing out a $600+ tab for a 3 hour bay rental, drinks, and dinner, we came back because there was nothing close by, spent another $90, and got accused of not paying, asked to show a bank statement, obliged, then even after showing the charge on the account, we’re accused of not having paid again, and the “manager” Amanda was horrible to deal with.

She kept suggesting that we swipe again, even though the waitress could see her tips in the system, and we could show the charge on our account. She shouldn’t be in the hospitality industry.

The place has great potential, but the staff last night completely ruined the experience for our group of 8. I’ll...