Beer Bones Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Town of Colonie

I stopped into this establishment this evening and grabbed a beer out of the cooler and sat down at the bar to enjoy it. I was expecting to spend about $5 but was told mid way through that it was a $7 beer due to the $2 corkage fee. It's been over a year since I purchased a beer out of the cooler and was taken by the price and made a comment to the bartender that it seemed excessive and don't ever remember paying a corkage fee. Another patron that is a permanent fixture at the bar said that this has been the policy ever since they opened. I recognized him from the last time I frequented this establishment about a year ago and was polite to him as I always am. Anyhow I complained a little bit to both him and the bartender but did not think much of it. I asked if the owners name was Murray and they laughed and said that it was, but refused to tell me his real name and I just took that in stride. When the owner did show up I could see him talking to them and he approached me and asked me to leave because he said "I was complaining to the staff and the patrons that the price of my beer was too much". I laughed and said that's true and I mentioned that I don't ever remember paying a corkage fee. He said that it was built into the price and I probably never realized it. He said that the beer was on the house but insisted that I leave. I was going to tell him that I sat there waiting for a menu for 20 minutes which was never provided but I just said that it was wrong of him to ask me to leave before talking to me about things and based on the fact that I complained about the price of a beer. I felt unwelcome and insisted on paying my tab. It turned out that the $7 beer I was quoted was actually $8.99. The Owner who's real name was Rory offered to adjust the tab but I paid it and left after telling him him my opinion of his mistreatment of the situation. This seemed intentional and I will be taking my business elsewhere. I would not recommend this establishment to anyone I...

First time trying Beer Bones and unfortunately we won't be back.

Starting with positives, the place is CLEAN! No dust or grime in sight. Dim lighting with casual seating and somewhat busy for a Thursday night. Very cozy even with board games available.

The server was also attentive and polite and knowledgeable. I didnt know what drink I wanted but I described what I liked and he found me the perfect beer. Also kept us with us regularly throughout the night while busy. A great server and bartender.

The food is where things went wrong. We ordered the appetizer pretzel with beer cheese and my fiancé got a Beer Bones Cheesesteak which he enjoyed except for the small portions and maybe a bit more cheese. I got the bacon bleu cheese burger and both entrees came with what tasted like tostito chips straight out of the bag. The burger had one strip of bacon with a bleu cheese sauce that had zero essence of bleu cheese. It was also kind of cold and soaked entirely in grease which is normally great for burgers. Except this grease had an aura of frozen patty. The cheesesteak was finished because it was only half a hoagie and lightly loaded, reportedly passable flavor but small portion. The pretzels were good and the beer cheese was flavorful but lightly mixed and needed a little help fully melding. I took a few bites of the burger but admittedly couldn't finish it to the point we didnt need to go boxes. My fiancé also got sick the next day at work so take that as you will. All in all the atmosphere, servers and options are on point especially with the bar. The kitchen needs a little help with execution. Fantastic place to drink and hangout, not a great...

I write this review with a heavy heart because my first experience with Beer bones was really great. The first time I came was during off hours where there were maybe only 8 people in the bar including my group of four. Food and beer and customer service was on point so obviously me and my friends were really excited to come back during for trivia on Tuesday.

My second experience started off great. Food and beer was great again and we were doing really well in trivia (which is rare). We won the second round and got a koozie and stickers. The prize for the 3rd round was supposed to be glassware (just 1 glass) and somehow we won! So we were really excited. But when we went to pick up the glassware, we were told by the trivia host that the owner said we won too many rounds and can't have the glass. Then the team that won after us, got a bucket of beers AND the glassware. We were very disheartened after this. After doing poorly the next two rounds, the trivia host even said "how the mighty has fallen" in regards to us which disheartened us even more. We were able to get back up to third place at the end but was unable to enjoy the comeback due to how we were treated.

I wish I can just let this go and be able to enjoy this bar again, but I don't think I can go back without thinking about how hurt I felt during my second experience.

I will not be going back because of this experience. I only hope that the owner can grow from this and become a bit more fair or at least get on the same page as the trivia host on when to...