Freddy’s Speakeasy — Restaurant in Twin Falls

Where to begin.

You can tell that a lot of thought went into the concept itself. However the execution needs work.

If you serve hard alcohol, especially “immersive cocktails” - it is unacceptable that there were not small plates available. If you want to eat, apparently you have to call in and let them know so they can prepare it beforehand. Odd. If the goal is to create a high-end cocktail experience (clearly the case when the cocktails cost nearly thirty dollars and they encourage you to dress to impress…) - it is incredibly cheesy to ask clients to open a tab before ordering. Really, really, cheesy. Can’t emphasize that enough. If you’re charging nearly $30 for a cocktail… in Twin Falls, Idaho… it better have molecular gastronomy or smoke and sparks. Their cocktails were very basic, but dressed up with dazzling descriptions in an attempt to make clients believe they’re getting something special. I’ve been to many of the best cocktail bars in Paris and New York that share the same price point. If that is the price point, the cocktails and rest of the experience better match the value. The cocktails themselves were ok. For the price, they need to have more complex flavor profiles and creative offerings. Serving a Moscow mule with a different name does not make it any more special. (The cups were not even real copper… yikes.)

The menu itself: wow, that’s it’s a lot. In nice cocktail bars, the menu should be skimmable so the clients don’t need thirty minutes to decide. Include some pictures of the glasses used, or flavor profiles, bullet points. We also saw that the same drink in one menu cost $18 and in the other cost $26. The server apologized for giving us an old menu, but my takeaway was that they bumped the price for the same cocktail by nearly 50%? Wow.

Bathroom: They need to clean up the area leading to the bathroom. It’s used as storage and just looks unprofessional for the level at which they’re trying to operate.

In conclusion: serving water in plastic cups, asking customers to open a tab, not offering food, while charging $18-$26 for an average-tasting cocktail creates an incredibly disjointed experience that certainly needs work if they are aiming to position themselves as a premium offering.

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