Thirsty Turtle Sports Grill — Restaurant in Nashville-Davidson

I will never be returning. The "Manager"/the owner's wife was our server. Practically ignored us the ENTIRE time we were there. She CLEARLY did not know the menu because any time we asked her a question she had to ask someone else. We placed a drink order DURING HAPPY HOUR. She goes to put our order in. Comes back and tell us they're out of the specific drink. No problem, it happens. We order more expensive drinks. Because she won't give them to us at happy hour price. Not the best but cool. Then she leaves us for another 15 minutes. And finally bring us our drinks. And says rudely... Do you want food? Mind you, she is Latino with a fairly thick accent. My date says she wants 10 chicken wings and then proceeds to tell the manager what flavors she wants. I proceed to interject and say hey lets just share some wings because that's what I want too. I say I would just like 20 wings instead. Thank you. She then goes to put our order in. We wait a long time. My drink is never refilled. The food comes out and 30 wings are sat on my table. I immediately say this is too many wings and attempt to send them back. The manager shouts from the bar across the restaurant that that is what I ordered. And I say no it isn't. So she comes over to my table to argue with me about these 10 extra wings. And we just say it's a misunderstanding. We don't want them. Can you please take them back? She argued with me for a good five minutes. And I start to get frustrated and told her that I want to speak to a manager. She rudely says I am the manager. And I tell her well then you should have no problem fixing this then. She walks away. Clearly disgusted with me. So we decide to set the extra 10 to the side and not touch them. A few minutes later a gentleman walks up to me and says he is the owner. I was like awesome. And he asks me what's going on. I tell him and he reveals that the manager is his wife. I'm like ok. That explains somethings. The owner then starts to make excuses as to why it cannot be taken back. Saying that weve eaten the extra ten wings when they were sitting RIGHT THERE. And we of course say no we haven't and hand him the tray. He then goes on to LECTURE ME about wasting food. Saying that his family came from nothing and he built the place from the ground up and on and on. And that they never throw things away. I haven't been lectured about CLEANING MY PLATE since I was 6 years old. I'm livid at this point. Never got a refill on my water. The wife comes over and slams my ticket on the table, says she took off the extra, and storms off. I have never been treated so poorly in my life. I will never set foot back in...

The Thirsty Turtle was better than I expected. It is a sports bar, but so much more than that. I have to mention that the orders we placed did take around 40 minutes to get to us, but the place was crowded so I understood.

The staff was friendly for the most part and really seemed to aim to please their patrons. The crowd was sort of a mixed bag. People from all walks of life, ethnicities and cultures, male and female, and 21 years of age all the way up to what seemed to be around 60+ years old.

I really like diverse crowds and places, like the Thirsty Turtle, that accommodates all walks of life. I would say the Thirsty Turtle pulled this off oh so well and, if I had to score it 1-100%, it'd be a solid 90%, maybe 92%, which is not bad for where it's located. My friends and I had fun and we will certainly be going back to party there again.

I ordered and ate a half rack of ribs, which fell off the bone and we're absolutely scrumptious, as well as splitting a burger with a friend, which was so packed with deliciousness that I could barely open my mouth wide enough to get it in. Very tender and juicy, with tomatoes, lettuce and, of course, bacon... And lots of it!

I only gave the Thirsty Turtle four stars because they seem to be so busy that I noticed that mistakes were being made in other people's orders. We got lucky and everything we ordered came just as we ordered it.

I recommend this place to anyone who likes to kick back, watch sports, play games and just have a fun night with their friends and/or family members.

I'd say it is a good date place, but I would only be referring to married couples. I noticed a lot of singles were in there and probably not the best place to find true love. But I am happily married, so who am I to say?

But again, the Thirsty Turtle gets two turtle thumbs up! Wait, do turtles have...

If I could leave a rating of zero, I would. I met my fiancé for dinner here. Before he arrived, one of the male waiters made a pass at me-despite my engagement ring. When our food arrived, my nachos looked like someone had thrown up on my plate. The steak was the consistency of rubber, the lettuce looked like it had already been chewed, there were huge undercooked chunks of pepper throughout the plate. There wasn't even any nacho cheese on it. The dish was inedible. The manager came over and apologized for the food like they're supposed to. Well after that-our waitress was no where to be found. At least 15 minutes after my fiancé finished his burger-still no sign of her. We calculated our bill and decided to leave cash-enough to cover the bill and a tip larger than our waitress deserved. I got in my car and was pulling out when I turned to see our waitress TAPPING ON MY WINDOW. Yes, she followed me to my car with a male waiter to tell me we underpaid by five dollars. NOW you're paying close attention to me. I asked for an itemized bill and to my dismay-my fiancé's beers were almost twice the happy hour price listed on the menu-hence the calculation error. I asked why they cost so much-got a vague answer. I asked why our waitress didn't tell us this beer was charged differently even though it was on the happy hour menu-no answer. I paid and went to sign my check. The same male waiter comes up to me telling me I have such a great smile and asking why I wasn't happy, and some other stuff in broken English I couldn't make out. An uninvited display of generally creepy behavior-once again-I am wearing an engagement ring. The whole experience was utterly disappointing and makes me question why on earth I thought this restaurant was worthy of venturing out into the black hole...