Hopscotch Kitchen & Bar — Restaurant in Oklahoma City

First time I've ever had a hostess encourage, even taunt me to leave a negative review of her place of employment, as she laughed with visible satisfaction(?) over our disbelief that we were being commanded to present our valid state IDs for inspection by the dude wearing the security shirt, before we were allowed more than two feet inside the door, expecting (hoping? begging?) to be seated so as to merely DINE AT WHAT WE BELIEVED WAS A RESTAURANT (silly us!). So, here's that review you asked for, black hostess with the egregious attitude!!

The sign out front indicates the place is, among other things, a restaurant, and Apple's map app also indicates that it's a restaurant, scratch kitchen, kid friendly, pet-friendly patio, etc. Neither mentions IDs required after 8:00 p.m.!!!!

So my would-be dining companion's DL had expired about a week ago, unbeknownst to her. Both of us were so taken aback we had trouble believing what we were hearing from the matter-of-fact security dude. So I leaned over to the white hostess chick, and simply asked, "I just want to make sure I've got this straight: We cannot even sit outdoors on the patio, after 8:00 p.m., and order off the menu (even if we're not ordering alcohol), UNLESS we present a valid state ID?"

Even she was glib and her attitude a tad belligerent in expressing her own pleasure as she confirmed my understanding.

In order to learn this little, but critical fuel/time saving tidbit about this place, you'll need to visit the web site and note the fine print, "Then it's adults only time for 21+," (after 8:00 p.m.)!! As well all know, everyone visits a restaurant's web site prior to actually going to the restaurant. Hell, I don't even drive-thru at McDonald's unless I've first thoroughly looked over the web site (/extreme sarcasm).

Thanks, Hopscotch, for wasting our time and fuel, and in the process, further limiting our remaining restaurant choices pre 10:00 p.m. Thanks also for the in-your-face indifference of your front house "hostess" staff to a couple of customers who were making the mistake of walking through the door armed with money. I'd hate like hell to witness how your feral hostesses react to thieves attempting a robbery of the place, considering how the rabbid bichez treated people attempting to be customers (a mistake all three assured will absolutely not...

This place is kind of confusing. The plates and food offerings have the potential to be AMAZING. However, I think they must have hired an amazing chef to come up with their menu ideas and food offerings, but the people they have in their kitchen to deliver on the vision are incredibly lacking.

We ordered two appetizers - the smoked salmon and the beer cheese and pretzels. The inside of the pretzel was still dough. We showed it to the waitress, sent it back, and the next one was delivered with our meal and it was still dough in the middle. The beer cheese had a strange tang to it as well. The smoked salmon dish was beautiful, and the components all tasted good on this one. It was served ice cold which was a little strange, but still - good components here.

For our meal, we had fish and chips and the BBQ ribs. The fish itself was excellent quality fish - flaked just the way you would want. The batter had good flavoring as well but it was insanely thick. We had to rip off tons to eat it normally. The fries had good flavor, but they were served cold and not crunchy at all. The BBQ ribs were just strange. See the picture for yourself - they cut the ribs up and piled them in a heap and they were an unappetizing gray color. They were incredibly tender, but also incredibly fatty. I assumed there would be barbecue sauce with it since they were called BBQ ribs on the menu, but they were served with brown gravy and not barbecue sauce. For dessert, I couldn't leave without trying their brick Rice Krispy treat. I was so excited to try it, and it was insanely huge. However, it was incredibly stale. I was so sad. It had a sticker on it that said it should be thrown out on Friday (two days later), but there was no Krispy left in those rice...

The entire restaurant is open seating. Instead of having an assigned server, you can flag down any employee. This was convenient, since it drastically cut down on wait times... but it also may have contributed to part of our order getting messed up (more on that later).

The atmosphere was nice. Not too loud, even when the restaurant filled up with the dinner crowd. There were pool tables available for use, plus several other free games lying around, and a patio with outdoor seating.

Unfortunately, the food was mediocre at best. Between us, we got the rotisserie chicken, meatloaf, fish and chips, and various sides (broccoli, carrots, sweet potato fries, mashed potatoes). Of those, the sweet potato fries, meatloaf, and mashed potatoes were decent. Everything else was bland, unseasoned, and very dry. It wasn't so bad that it was inedible, but it wasn't something I would pay to eat again. Particularly since there are other restaurants in the area with similar menus/prices and much better food.

Part of our order also got messed up, and the "fix" was disappointing. I ordered broccoli without cheese, and it arrived with parmesan on top. When I requested a redo, I expected a small side dish of new broccoli. Instead, they took my entire plate, and returned it with what appeared to be new broccoli, with no parmesan on top. Unfortunately, they didn't remove the cheese that was underneath the broccoli, which was not immediately obvious until 10-15 minutes later, at which point it had soaked through most of the remaining florets and rendered them inedible. Thankfully this didn't cause any major problems because my cheese intolerance is moderate. But if you have allergies or severe intolerances, be very, very clear about it...