Sidecar Barley & Wine Bar — Restaurant in Jenks

This is a place that can be hard to get me into.
Overpriced drinks that are too sweet, bad food that tastes like plastic and microwaves, and a know-it-all staff that doesn’t seem to know anything at all. It’s the kind of bar where the lighting is just dark enough to hide the sins of mediocrity, where every surface is sticky with the ghosts of spilled cocktails and poor management. They’ve got a lot of bottles and unfinished wood walls, but don’t let the aesthetic fool you—this place has all the soul of a suburban Cheesecake Factory on its third divorce. You walk in and some bored gruff with a man bun and a chip on his shoulder gives you the once-over like you’re the one being judged. The cocktail menu reads like someone Googled “trendy drinks 2025” and never looked back. Everything’s sweet, smoked, or caffeinated, and somehow still manages to taste like cough syrup diluted with tap water. And the food? Christ. If you can call it food. A microwaved pile of beige, frozen appetizers dressed up with chives, parsley and a $17 price tag. I've had more honest meals in airport terminals and gas stations. At least those don’t pretend to be anything other than what they are. Then there’s the staff— clueless, smug, and disturbingly confident for people who can’t tell mezcal from malt liquor. Ask about the wine list and they’ll start reading the bottle labels to you before handing you handing you a warm Pinot Grigio that smells like bathwater. God forbid you ask for a beer recommendation—they'll just point to the stone cloud light that’s supposed to taste like Highlife. This bar is a monument to everything wrong with modern nightlife—a vapid echo chamber for mall employees, bank bros and anyone too distracted by sugared rims and overpriced charcuterie boards to notice they’re getting conned. If this is what passes for culture in your city, you have my...

We met with friends there last night3/2/24 We ordered a Blue Moon …sorry we are out of that. Tried to order a Mango Cart…sorry we are out of that too.Went for a Michelob Ultra…on tap. Waiter Collin brings our order along with an app. 50 minutes later we have to go to the bar because he doesn’t see us trying to wave him down…it seemed very under staffed. The table beside us was dirty with glasses at 6:30 pm when we got there and the same glasses were there at 10 pm. It could be a great place but when we went to order another round of drinks at the bar the drinks we got were wrong. The food was great but the lack of service and over all cleanliness was disappointing . The patio is great but when it’s an hour between drinks and it seemed like no one owes a tray to clear and wipe down tables the place very quickly became messy and dirty looking. Staff are kind but just unaware or need more training. Nobody was in a hurry and it is clear this place could be awesome if the bar was stocked for the weekend and the staff were given some training tools on how to pick things...

A friend and I ordered drinks, the stuffed mushrooms, and the trout dip. After waiting quite a while, we asked when our food would be ready. The bartender said the cook had disappeared, our order hadn't been put in yet and that he and the other bar back didn't know how to make the trout dip but our mushrooms would be out soon and that our food would be comped. We waited by the fire pit where a couple of other patrons complained about the food service as well. Again, after waiting a while, we were given trout dip and spinach dip. (Um, okay?) Both were very good. Upon leaving and asking for our checks, we asked if the food, in fact, had been comped as was told to us. He said he did not know what we were talking about. In the end, the food was comped. The food was good, the drinks were good. The service...