Babes At Vitense Grill And Bar — Restaurant in Madison

I had a horrible experience there last night. I met two friends there at 4pm to watch the Cubs game and sat at a table near the bar. The female bartender (shorter curly hair, red shirt, white vest) seemed to be the only one working at the time so we kept going up to the bar to order drinks. About 30 minutes later the bar got extremely busy and she was struggling to keep up and looked upset and unhappy and made unprofessional comments about patrons "yelling" to get a drink. Her demeanor was disappointing, but it gets worse. Noticing she was getting busy and overwhelmed, we flagged down a woman who was just starting to waitress the tables to get us drinks and more food. The bartender noticed this and yelled at the waitress that we were "her table" and that she would take care of us loud enough for us to hear and become uncomfortable. We obviously did not want her to serve us because it was taking 10 minutes to get a drink from that bartender, so we chose to keep the server and not go up to the bar for drinks anymore. The waitress we had was wonderful and accommodating, but the bartender AGAIN yelled at the waitress for servicing us. It was so awkward for us to witness and put a damper on our night. That's not even the worse part. When we asked to separate the food and drinks, the bartender bought the separate bills out (food & drinks) and we wrote a tip on each (one presumably for the bartender and one for the waitress who got us food). The bartender took these two back to the bar and we thought everything was fine, until we saw our waitress and told her we handed in the slip already. She went and asked the bartender for it, and the bartender said she "accidentally" threw it away. We couldn't believe it so then we asked the bartender and she said the same thing! Didn't apologize to us, and didn't print out a new slip for the waitress. I cant believe I witnessed such childish and unprofessional behavior from a bartender, yelling at patrons, yelling at waitstaff, she is just very unpleasant and makes people feel uncomfortable. I will not come here again as long as that...

My girlfriend and I ate here a week ago and I was shocked by how horrible the food was. The waiter actually recommended the turkey sandwich I had too. The meat tasted like ground up condoms and salt. It was the lowest quality food meat I have EVER had. I wish I could say I'm exaggerating but I'm not. I've never even written a review for anything before but I just had to do this because a friend of mine said he ate here too after I was bitching about this place and he said he had a cheeseburger that was totally sickening. I know I'm not alone and every time someone says "hey babe" to there girlfriend I get pissed off because I start having flashbacks of the nasty food I was trying to force inside my body. I feel like an idiot for paying the bill I just didn't wanna snap in front of my girlfriend. Her food was also gross but not quite as offensive as mine. I'd be embarrassed to work there if I had to feed people dog crap on a plate everyday. I just had to get this off my chest. Hopefully one day I can forget about this day that I was screwed...

Babe's is more than meets the eye. I wasn't sure what to expect when I walked in, but was impressed with the very modern and Madisonian decor. It's been easy to become attached to the restaurant. The staff is great and everything I've eaten there has been wonderful. Try the fish tacos and definitely save room for desert. I'm not a chocolate cake person, but the chocolate cake with layers of fudge kind of amazing. It's best shared between 2 people. The carrot cake is just as good; even though it's a big piece I really hate to share. I keep missing the live bands on the weekends, but rumor has it, the restaurant is usually packed and the crowd is a lot of fun. I feel like Babe's is a can't miss if you live in...