Billy After Dark (B.A.D) — Restaurant in Minneapolis

Sucks to give this place such a low rating. But it was not what I expected. Nor what it was hyped up to be.

First off, plan to spend $100 min. here if you are gonna bring a date out. I consider myself a bourbon and rye drinker with a diverse (not crazy) portfolio in that realm. So I don't mind spendier pours or whiskey. But when I struggle to find anything under $200-$300 a pour for a neat whiskey, that's a bit much. I understand that some of this may be imported but come on...

Second, the communication and interaction is lacking here. I rarely drink japanese whiskey, and in my experience, servers don't know much about the liquors being served. Not to say they can't, but most just don't know. So, I went to ask the bartender. Where I was almost shooed away and told to place orders with my server. After I explained I was just looking for a recommendation on a whiskey in a price point that is in the bourbon/Rye flavor realm, they were nicer. But the hostility right away was damage that had already been done to be honest.

Third, mens bathroom had a flickering light that made you feel like you were at a rave trying to pee. Didn't look very clean either. And the sink faucet was loose in it's mounting hole. Not a good bathroom for a high end restaurant.

Overall, this is a decent bar that makes decent drinks. But my bill should have been half of what it was, and the vibe of the staff needs to get better. I could name a good handful of bars/speakeasies I would go to before coming here again. And I would spend the same amount of money and not complain. This place is not up to the competition.

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Honestly really bummed to be giving this experience a two star, but unfortunately BAD did not live up to the hype. We arrived at our reservation time at 8:15 and were sat in the room in the back (not as atmospheric or similar at all to the front room- I didn’t even realize there was a back room) so that was immediately a disappointment. It then took us forever to get our drink order in, I can tell based on the photo timestamp that it was 8:59 by the time we got our first drinks. After that it took awhile to get our food orders in, so by the time it finally came out it was 9:50. The quality of the food was fine, nothing crazy. Drinks were the redeeming part of the night, which I would expect no less from a speakeasy. However the slow service turned us off ordering more than one or two a person. I really wanted to like this spot since seeing all the hype on social media, and with the price point I was expecting far better service. Unfortunately my experience was subpar, so hopefully someone can learn from...

This place calling itself B.A.D. for short couldn't be more fitting because it's really just bad overall.

The atmosphere is quite nice, though the music was so loud I couldn't hear anyone including the waitress. Unfortunately, that's where the positives end.

Drinks are mid at best, if they haven't run out of the ones want, like what happened for us. But hey, you can always get a $10 can of "cheap" beer...

And don't forget the mochi, though they clearly did. We tried 3 flavors and only the chocolate was edible, the other 2 had freezer burn and were honestly inedible.

Also, one of the two bathrooms was trashed with no hope of it getting cleared up until the next day. Probably not their fault but still, not a good look for a Friday night.

I wish I could say I was surprised but I had heard the quality had dropped over the years, I just didn't realize how far it had sunk. 2/5, and that's...