Fletcher's Pub Oakland Drive — Restaurant in Kalamazoo

No blender? A great price on Monday margaritas, but no blender... I kid you not. Can you call a bar with no blender a bar? Among the positive things, a great waitress, a great manager. This place is huge and offers wonderful high backed booths. And if you'd rather watch TV than interact with your friends or family, the number of TVs is astounding. They also have a large outdoor dining/drinking area which wasn't open but looks like fun and an indoor area for children to play.

I hesitate to leave a negative review when so many restaurants fought to stay alive and keep enough staff to remain in business because of Covid. Most restaurants I go to are understaffed and staffed with new personnel, many of whom have no experience in the restaurant industry. That said, an 18-year-old bartender who forgets to put the alcohol in the drinks which arrived during the meal, food that arrives cold, and no check-in by the waitress to see how things were. 5 limp onion rings... The menu is almost too extensive. Although, a separate Lent menu is rare and welcome for those who practice.

We did ask to speak to a manager, who was fabulous. Genuinely concerned about our dining experience, gave an honest response about the difficulties in maintaining a good dining/drinking experience without enough staff and a bizarre explanation regarding why they had decided to operate a bar without a blender.. She offered us a free drink or dessert and made the drinks herself. Personable and professional.

I won't go back, but if I did, I would update my review to consider the changes if and when staffing issue were resolved. This place has many of the ingredients for a good restaurant/bar. As it is now, with mediocre food, alcohol-free drinks, and a shortage of staff, I have to...

Amber the manager at this establishment is so disrespectful! She cussed me out and acted like she wanted to fight me in the parking lot….I got chicken tenders and fries and the tenders were burnt and tasted terrible. I usually get them from the fletchers in oshtemo and they are amazing stopped at this establishment thinking they were going to be the same since this was fletchers to. But they were terrible! No seasoning at all on anything not even the fries and I was over charged…the chicken was also burnt. Amber just decided instead of just giving me a refund and sending me on my way she was going to cuss me out and disrespect me over some terrible food and there mistake that was not my fault. I was simply hungry and a paying customer. Instead of an apology for the whole situation she cussed me out and then proceeded to follow me out to the parking lot as if she also wanted to fight me??? Like really this is the kind of example you’re setting for your employees?? How is this lady even a manager??? Amber is disrespectful and it’s disappointing. I will gladly drive all the way to the other side of town to the fletchers in oshtemo to get there food. Don’t waste your time or hard earned money at the fletchers on Oakland. Amber is the manager and very disrespectful. She will treat you like their mistakes are your fault. Not sure why or how this lady is a manager. She definitely wanted to fight me and I’m sorry I’m grown I don’t fight in parking lots over anything. Especially chicken tenders. lol smh to much… I just can’t believe how disrespectful she is. They need to look at her qualifications to be a team leader/manager! I will never be back and I really hope no one else gets disrespected by this lady like I...

Mayor’s Riverfront Park

Let me start off by saying that you will not regret your trip to this facility. When I think of world class soccer pitches, few come to mind ahead of the perfectly manacured luscious grass that makes up the field at Mayor's Riverfront Park. One little known fact is that the semifinal of the 2006 women's world cup took place on these hollowed ground. It was a nail biting 1-0 win to North Korea over Vatican City. The game itself paled in comparison to the magnificent grounds upon which it was played. The pitch itself is not the only exceptional facet of this fine establishment. Just west about 100 metres is a world class playground with climbing structures guaranteed to challenge even the experienced of American Ninja warriors. Truly a hidden gem, Mayor's Riverfront Park is the often forgotten 9th modern wonder of the world. One simply cannot go wrong with a playing experience upon this pitch. One also cannot go wrong with the exponentially scrumptious soft pretzels handcrafted by only the finest artisans for your consumption and divine pleasure available for purchase.

This has nothing to do with the restaurant but I thought I would share...