Scoreboard Bar and Grill — Restaurant in Minnetonka

I had my sister find a place because my dad is very picky about where he goes, I also like for her to pick restaurants that I can review that I've never heard of before. So she picks the SCOREBOARD which I've never heard of before because it's kind of off the beaten path of highway 7, As you drive up to this location you can tell that it is maybe on its way out because of the way it looks on the outside, not very well kept up weeds, hard to read the signs, The parking lot isn't very appealing either, needs work. Then you go inside and see that it looks like the same on the inside as it does on the outside, it needs major work! it looks cold, drab and like it's never been remodeled, Absolutely no appeal as a sports bar. Now let's talk about the food... My dad ordered a steak Well done, I made sure to tell the waitress to make it like a brick well done no juice, OK no problem she says and it came red and it had to be sent back! My wife, myself and 2 stepsons ordered burgers, Now one thing you can tell with burgers, if they all look the same, there's something Wrong! There pre-made and kept in a cooler for days or frozen, I asked the waitress if they were frozen? and she replies, OH NO! we get our meat fresh every day! I kinda giggled because I cannot believe that's true at this restaurant because there's no way they could afford that every day.. Also the burgers don't all look alike whenyou make eachone fresh. Anyway my wife, myself and my 2 boys never finished their burgers and I also told her about that. The waitresses says, Oh nobody's ever complains about our burgers! which obviously I cannot believe either unless people just don't have any balls anymore to complain about below par food. And I can understand now that there are problems with getting good quality people hired and they were probably were short staffed, again all you have to do is listen a little and pay attention a little bit more. People are willing to wait for good service and food. We also had a little trouble with my Burger, I asked for mozzarella cheese and it came out with Swiss cheese and they just scrapped off that swiss and added mozzarella and melted it again, Obviously! because it only took like 5 minutes to come back out We do have to say that their fries are exceptional! They were a little skimpy on the portions and we all agreed on that one. And lastly while they were figuring out our checks we did notice that they overcharged us for sodas so we had to have that corrected. The only recommendation I can give people for this place is, if you are with your buddies and you want to have a beer and watch a...

In case you haven't noticed, there's a common theme in these reviews. The staff and the management are awful. The manager was incredibly rude to us and especially one of our friends. Three of us who are nearly 30 ordered beers and our friend who is 20 ordered a coke. But because she was under 21 we had to "speak with the manager to see if she would make an exception to their rule that all people at the table must be 21 or older in order for anyone at the table to order a drink". The manager then came over and in the most condescending voice she himmed and hahhed right in front of us and took a look at our IDs again and decided since we were "nearly 30" she would "let it slide" this time. But was sure to add that we "better behave ourselves". What the @&!? Does that even mean? First of all, we made resevervations to even be there. Second, the surrounding guests were all well into their 70s-80s, which is hardly indicative of an environment in which we would plan to not "behave ourselves". Long story short we ended up walking out of this place after the manager left our table. It's hard to sit and eat and enjoy yourself when you're so blatantly embarrassed in front of an entire restaurant by the management staff for no apparent reason. We called later to relay our disappointment to the manager for how we were treated and she mentioned "we have the policy in place because when it gets busy on some nights we are not able to closely monitor all the tables". What in the hell are you doing "monitoring your tables!?!"... like the police?? I worked in the industry for 10 years as both a bartender and a waitress and I can honestly say I never "monitored" my tables. I looked out for my customers but I certainly didn't pass immediate judgments on any of them that they would automatically (at 7pm at a small bar in HOPKINS) be untrustworthy and try and sip on their friends' drinks.

There are too many decent restaurants and bars in this area to waste your time and money...

We were a group of four with a reservation. We were seated promptly. Cool, great, grand. We are of the ages 20, 27, 28, 30. After we sat down, the three "of age" people ordered beers and the 20 year old ordered a coke...like she (the 20 year old) always does...because we're not a bunch of hoodlum teens trying to sneak drinks. After the waitress asked for the id's of the beer drinkers she then asked for the id of the Coke drinker...We, off course, were confused because she ordered a coke. The 20 year old did not have her id (because she wasn't planning on ordering alcohol, obviously, because she's not a high school drop out) Apparently the "restaurant policy" is that they don't serve alcohol to any table unless everyone at the table is of age.......I'm sorry, but what?...What's that?...Has anyone ever in their life heard of such a policy? Sure, people under age can't sit at the bar, but to not serve adults at a table when one of the adults isn't of drinking age? Anyway, the waitress said the manager had to come over to the table to "give us a talk" before we could get our drinks, which consisted of her asking for the 20 year olds ID yet again and then saying "but I'll make an exception SINCE YOU'RE ALL CLOSE TO 30"...What the f'ing H does that even mean?...We felt incredibly uncomfortable, untrustworthy, and accused. So we left immediately and went to an "adult" friendly restaurant down the street, Kona Grill. They have a great happy hour...for both adults below AND over the drinking age of 21. Merry Christmas ya filthy animal, and a happy new year. Scoreboard? More like....bad....board whatever...