W. Wolfskill — Restaurant in Riverside

Here is somewhat of an update. I had to go back just to see if this place deserved a second chance. I went back a Tuesday about a week after new years.

I was disappointed by many things. The reason I found out about this bar was because they held a tiki night Tuesdays. That apparently has been discontinued. I was also disappointed that they were still using their holiday drink menu. This menu had only 8 drinks (a huge down grade from their old menu) and they were out of the ingredients for 2. The only positive this night was the server who though she was new trainee, could not have been nicer.

I came back at the end of January and again, even though they had printed new menus to omit the “holiday” title, the drinks were the exact same. The menu was then called “ the wonderful world of William wolfskill”. You would think that with a title like this, there would be a theme to the menu, however the drink names are just hodgepodge of nerd and pop culture references… which I do not mind; I specially enjoyed the name Carth Onasi Tea... in name only, the drink was not my cup of tea (pun somewhat intended). That speaks to how limited the menu is. I read the description of the drink and I knew it did not sound too appetizing but I ordered it because there was not much to choose from. I know to most people this will seem like a nitpick but what do these have to do with the eponymous 1830s California cowboy?

To sum up my thoughts, I used to love this bar but it seems that they are putting less thought and effort into how the run the place. I hope they are able to get it back together eventually but as of now, I do not intend to go back for a while.

Original review: Went last Friday evening. Was very busy, expected it to be. There was no where to sit. But there was one empty table. Only my friend and I didn't ask to sit there because there was a full drink sitting atop the table. We figured some one just went to the bathroom. Anyway, a couple entered the bar a few minutes later and we're seated there. As they arrived, the waitress removed the drink. Don't know if they were her friends and she was saving the table for them or what the situation was but we were really put off by that...

Drinks are delicious, but absurdly overpriced. Expect to pay at LEAST $12 for a drink. And that's not even the worst part- the manager is a total dick. In my experience we had just ordered another round of drinks about 30 minutes prior to two, btw it takes 15 minutes to get a few $15 drinks made, and at two am the lights suddenly come on and someone announces that "you have 60 seconds to finish your drinks before I remove them from you." True to his word he came around and told us he was kicking us out. With LITERALLY one minute warning. At least give people a few minutes to finish their outrageously priced beverages! But when I expressed this and noted that there was not even a last call I was told to leave immediately. I told the manager "if that is how you treat customers who have spent hundreds of dollars here tonight I am never coming back" and I quote his response "I hope you don't." I will never again give this establishment another penny of mine. If you want to be treated like scum at the end of a delightful night, this is the place for you. Your money is better spent elsewhere, where you can get decent drinks for half the price. I'd be surprised if this place stayed in business more than a year based on how they treat people that they are charging...

A friend and i waited over 30 minutes for a drink. We were asked 3 different times by 3 different bartenders what we wanted. We tokd them each time and they nor anyone else ever bought anything. Inordered a Mai Tai. It was just a glass if crushed ice with some color and barely flavored with something. It was horrible and we paid $10 each for it. The .oney was an issue, I've paid a lot more for a single drink. This was not worth $1. If the bar was slammed full if people and the place was busy as heck i could certainly understand why they were slow or making mistakes. It was not busy, just a spattering of people here and there. My friend ordered some food. We they brought us the bill and never even brought him any food. If they didn't like us for some reason but we'd never been there and they all seemed friendly. Just completely incompetent staff.

We left and went to Libations which is a half mile away. We were warmly greeted, sat at the bar and had drinks in hand in less than 5 minutes. A much better and .ore...