The Stillery — Restaurant in Westminster

Wife and I took our toddler son to check this place out yesterday (Sunday) late afternoon. It was relatively dead when we got there, the main bar was nearly full and there were just a couple of tables occupied in their huge space. Great TV setup for NFL conference championship games that were on. Our server, Logan, was great throughout the 3ish hours we were there in his section. Even as more families with young children arrived and sat in his section since he had the only section with low tables for kid’s high chairs. The rest of the place is all high top tables. We got the sticky sweet pizza (with the hot honey on the side to keep it off the pizza so our son could eat it) and a hot chicken sandwich with fries. The food was solid, we enjoyed it. The live music started at 5p (different from what the website calendar said), which we all loved listening to, and our son loved dancing to. The kids owned the dance floor, which was great for them on a slow Sunday afternoon. It’s refreshing (and surprising) to have a place like this near us in Westminster. I hope they get more people coming through the doors so it’ll be around for a while. Westminster Promenade is no Broadway strip in Nashville lol. The apartments being built around it should help when residents start moving in. I spoke to Scott and he suggested calling a few days in advance for a reservation when we do plan a night there with friends. He was great to chat with for a bit as well, gave us his personal cell number to call and make a res any time, even though they use OpenTable online reservations. The only drawback we saw was pricing. The food was a bit on the pricey side, but the drinks were very much on the pricey side. Even looking at their lower priced drinks, $6 for a coors light draft, or $7 for a PBR can is higher than most everywhere else around. While their main location is on the big Broadway strip in Nashville, it seems they brought those prices to Westminster, which aren’t locally comparable. There is free live music though, so it may just be that you have to accept that cost being baked into the drink prices. Be prepared for a larger tab than normal before going here. With that said, we look forward to going back with friends for a more lively and...

I was looking forward to trying this restaurant for the first time. What a terrible experience from the very beginning. Walking in and got seated right away, this was the only good thing about the total experience. Ordered the Queso and chips when we ordered it I made sure to ask to make sure that it would come out before our meals, server assured us that Queso would not be a problem it only takes a minute and would definitely be out before our food well it came out before our food alright and Queso was ice cold I could even push my finger in no way could I dip a chip!!!!!! So of course we sent it back when the server brought back hot Queso he informed us that the food would be out in 2 minutes!!!!! So of course then we sent back the appetizer so our food would be hot?? Well we should have eaten the appetizer because the food was cold. Well that’s an understatement I ordered the 2 handed grilled cheese and the cheese wasn’t even a little melted so I don’t know where they grilled it but they need a different way!!! I could actually pull off whole slices of the cheese not melted at all and the bread was cold and hard!!!! My husband ordered one of the pies and it looked like it had been cooked but I have no idea how long it sat before it was served but it was warm and that’s being generous!!!!! The only thing that was semi hot was the side of Fries that came with my sandwich. So sufficed to say that this was a total disaster we ended up leaving without even eating!!! I’m not sure what the problem was because this was early evening about 4pm the restaurant wasn’t even close to half full so why everything was so bad I’m just not sure. Liked what I saw on the menu but I’m not sure if I will chance the restaurant again. !!!!! So be careful and prepared before you go and make sure that you don’t order your appetizers and food at the same time, not if want everything...

Quick summary:

Definitely go for a bar/dance - like experience. A sit down dinner is not a priority here.

Long summary:

They did a great job with the renovation of this place! The vibes and interior look great. There are plenty of tvs by the bar for sports and lots of space and tables. It is just beautifully put together. We came here for dinner and I take one star away because of how difficult it was to enjoy with friends for dinner because of how loud it was. I was not expecting that. The live music was great but even when they went off stage for a break, the music would be blasting. We had trouble hearing the server and had no idea what we were saying to each other. It was all country music, to be expected which I enjoy but in the deep burbs, I was expecting to be able to enjoy dinner with friends. This felt like a cleaner, nicer Grizzly rose that wanted to be in a city. I wanted to get up and dance most of the time since I couldn’t talk to my friends anyway but not many folks dancing on the Sunday night we visited. The dance floor is large so I imagine lots of folks could dance! If the music was quieter during meal time, I’d probably go back for dinner. Definitely will go there for a bar or dancing experience.

I got wings and fries and the wings were delicious. Very big and juicy! The fries were surprisingly meh. They were dry and not seasoned much. I love fries!!!! McDonald’s fries are better than these. Husband got the Nashville hot chicken sandwich and he was a bit unimpressed. 2 of my friends are vegetarian and there were very few options for them. We don’t have a Nashville restaurant here that I know of so a vegetarian version of the Nashville hot chicken would have been a delight.

Service was great. No complaints there.

We got cocktails too. They were a bit...