I love the food and drinks at the Sample room, but every time I visit, there is something off about the service. I can't put my finger on it; its almost like the staff feels like the patrons are a burden.

On my last visit, I walked in and was greeted by the host. All the tables were full, but I was told that a booth had just paid their check. Most people would assume that means that booth is yours right? WRONG. It was getting close to the end of happy hour, so we went up to the bar ordered a drink, but waited on our happy hour food order. Since the couple was wrapping up we thought we would be seated and could put in our food order with plenty of time left. The couple left and to our surprise another group that came in after us(same size) was seated in our both. We did notice that someone in this group had been behind the bar. Maybe we didn't know the right people? We were a little upset but decided to stay. We were getting hungry and decided to put our food order in. By this time it was a few minutes after happy hour. We really like one of the small plates on the happy hour menu. I asked the bartender if we could still get the item and I even offered to pay more for it and I was told no. A table finally opened up. Our waitress seemed inpatient and abrasive with us. We had some questions about the wine flights and she was short and seemed annoyed. When it came time to order, I ordered the risotto(it comes in 2 sizes and is denoted by two prices like this $/$). I told her I want the small size. She snapped back - so you want the 6 oz? I said is that smaller size? She said It comes in a 3 oz or the 6 oz?....I'm sorry, I'm not a chef, I'm not sure how big 3 oz of risotto is. Give me break, I said I wanted the small size. Just say thank you and move on. It was like she was purposeful giving me a hard time.

The time before this visit, I was there around 2:00PM on a Thursday. The place was dead and I had to flag down the server every time I wanted to order a new drink and to order food. They never checked on us. I was planning on hanging out for a few hours with a friend, instead we moved on(with our money) to another bar

Like I said before, I love the food and drinks at the Sample Room, but you know what? I love the food and drinks at plenty of other places in Minneapolis. I will be spending my money elsewhere.