Bottoms Up Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Odessa

My boyfriend and I were going to eat a late dinner so I searched google for a late night place that served steak and came up with Bottoms Up Sports Bar & Grill. It was almost 10pm when we got there & we weren't greeted by a hostess so we seated ourselves at the table just to the right of the bar. There were only a handful of customers circled around the bar. Eventually we were brought menus and as she set them on the table she told us the only seats available after 10pm are bar seats This information was not to be found on their website nor was it posted anywhere inside the establishment or the menu that I could see. We volunteered to move to the bar but she insisted we keep the table and she would be back directly for our order. Less than a minute later she asked for our drink order. My boyfriend ordered a beer. No big deal. I asked for a Rum Russian. She is a fairly young girl so I wasn't surprised she'd never heard of it. So I told her it's milk with a shot of rum. A White Russian with Rum instead of Vodka. (btw White Russian is listed in their Cocktail menu on their website). She started rambling in confusion and said she would try to make it if she could find it on their computer. When she came back to inform me that she couldn't make my drink she also told us that the menu was limited after 10pm. I couldn't hear what menu items were available but the Ribeye wasn't on the list so at that point we decided to try another place. Again, no where on their website, in their printed menu or physically posted on their door or in the foyer is the menu cut off time listed. If she had given us this information when she brought menus she would have saved us all a lot of time and trouble. So here is my assessment: 1. The bartender lacked basic communication skills. 2. She is obviously terrified of operating outside the box. She became confused and flustered at the idea of mixing a new drink. It was as though she had a room full of customers relentlessly running her but that wasn't at all the case. There were probably only 5 other people in the whole establishment??? I think I'll try an early lunch sometime. Hopefully it was...

Well my burger wasn't cooked medium rare like I asked.. no biggy I should probably lay off the raw meat :P But my real problem was, my friend that I came with told me that this place has beautiful girls that are very socially interactive and polite and up and about and that there is a very fun atmosphere to the place, well the girls were polite, and beautiful! But they were all sitting down, if we wanted service we had to wait for our waitress to turn around and flag her down, outside of a few times when she just happened to be passing by... But pretty much every girl was on the opposite side of the room from people sitting down with backs turned and sitting down talking or on their phones, the only active girls were the two behind the bar, one in pink lingerie and a brunette with a dark top on with skull and cross bones on the back. I mention those two because they were creating the only atmosphere of fun in the room!!! Hooters food is no good, but the girls try to make up for that! Twin peaks, I've only ever been there once, the girls were rude, but the food was top notch! Bottoms up... the quality of both spectrums was lacking.. BUT!!! I'm going to give it one more shot in an evening soon because my friend said it's never been like that when he went, and he didn't even finish his burger because "the sauce tasted terrible", he said, on a burger he gets all the time.

Again, our waitress was extremely polite (when) we had interaction with her! And the food was good that I ate.

And maybe!!! My expectations are just to high... but waiters and waitresses get in trouble in most places for just sitting around right? Not that I want that.. It was just weird :/

Still 3 stars!!! I have...

As far as food: I had the first thing I try at any bar & grill, the Philly Cheesesteak. Absolutely the best flavor and taste I've had since I can remember; not to mention the seasoned fries were perfectly made and gone before I realized I had eaten them all! And the service? Far more friendly and attentive than the Twin Peaks & Hooters here have ever tried to be, checking on every customer with a very pleasant tone and attitude... Ivy (the drop-dead gorgeous, Amazonian angel that took care of me and most of the bar's drinks with the help of only one other beautiful partner in crime on a Friday night) was absolutely awesome and deserves a big raise and/or the sponsorship of any wealthy investors who decide to stop in for a drink! 😍 Two thumbs way way up! They'll have my business before any of these competitors going forward and that's a fact! Only drawback I experienced was the DJ during the time... Though he played a number of great classics from the club scene that were instant hits among most all the guests in the restaurant, he had no ability to transition between songs and did so in such a predictable way I was literally able to count down from three to predict the next song shift, making the atmosphere of the place have more the feel of an old TV commercial shamelessly advertising a short sample of 15 of the 35 tracks on a Greatest Club Hits CD compilation for the low low price of $15.99, haha. Definitely worth your time and money though, two...