Oaked 110 Whiskey & Wine Bar — Restaurant in Snow Hill

We've visited Oaked 110 several times since they opened before today. Today we went for lunch with a couple of friends. The atmosphere is nice, although it was curious they had all these obscure sporting events on their television, including judo, but not the Master's Tournament third round. That might have been because I didn't see a male employee in this place. The food was okay. Nothing to get crazy over, just good. My wife and my lunches for nachos, a cheesesteak, shrimp pizza, three glass of wine, and three drafts came to $114 before taxes and fee. This place charges a $4.95 fee for using a credit card for payment. I know some restaurants have started doing this, but personally I think it's short sighted. How many people would go out and spend $114 for lunch or, hypothetically, $250 for dinner if they had to pay cash? Very, very few. Accepting credit allows a business to get customers they wouldn't ordinarily have who spend money they wouldn't ordinarily spend. Businesses that tack on a fee for customers using credit to pay are being penny wise and dollar foolish. If a restaurant has their menu items properly costed out, they should be making a healthy profit on every item sold. These aren't the days of Covid where businesses have to scratch for every dime to remain open. If restaurants feel the need to charge customers for using the very thing that increases the restaurant's income, they should fold them into the menu cost. And if they're going to charge for using credit, they should discount a bill for customers paying with cash. Also, if you don't know the fee is coming, as we didn't, check your bill. The fee is added after the gross total, along with the food and alcohol taxes. So when you tip, you're also tipping not only on the taxes charged, but all that fee. This annoys me enough that we won't be returning to Oaked 100 until they...

As a local, it's fun to patronize local businesses, especially when they come recommended! I can say the recommendation was spot on, with one outlier.

** Would have been a 5 star review for sure! Follow along...

The space is warm, cozy and fun! It felt very comfortable! (Minus the black stools, they can do better on those) You want to stay and drink but those stools yell, time to go!

The food was amazing! The menu was simple, not crazy but lots of good choices! The drinks were well crafted!

The only outlier was our server was extremely unattenative. Once the food was dropped we didn't see her till after my wife was finished eating. Problem was my meal needed a quick adjustment so my wife and I ate literally opposite of one another. My wife needed a refill on a drink by the end of her meal, which was the 1st time our waitress arrived back to check on us but failed to ask or refill the drink that time; nor the three additional times she came by, which was to bring my dinner back, and my new drink, which I requested. Then we didn't see her again till way after I was finished my dinner, not asking if the change was ok. This was very disappointing and took away from all the other positives! Staff can make or break you for sure !

So, will I be back, YES! Ill.juat make sure I don't get her as a waitress again! * Sode note, the server next to us was amazing...

The management group of this restaurant is horrible. I have tried to speak with them about my complaint many times and instead of responding to me, they just ignore me. It doesn’t matter what I do, they refuse to respond.

Edit. The response below from Oaked is not correct. The reason that they will not have me play there is not because of my style. I play the same style as many others who play there. The reason is that somebody three years ago decided to put me on a banned list for being uncooperative. We never had any negative interactions when I played there. In fact, they called me three days before a date to ask if I could fill in for somebody who canceled. I did and I brought nine people with me. From then on, they would never talk to me again and won’t tell me why I’m on the banned list. The response showd that they have no interest in forming relationships with their musicians. They don’t Value The musicians as they say. All I want to know is why I was put on a banned list and nobody will talk to me. Instead of rectifying the situation, they want to avoid it. Very unprofessional.

I also have emails from when they wanted to book me about six months ago at Bour agave until they found out that I was on the banned list. As soon as they found out that I was on the banned list, they ceased all communication . I still...