Arbor Brewing Company - Corner Brewery

What in the world? This place is bizarre and I'll definitely never go back. I was greeted at the door and told just to sit anywhere in the bar. So I chose a booth and waited for about 15 minutes for my friend to arrive. No one ever came by the table and the bartenders just stood around. When my friend arrived I told her and we decided to walk up to the bar near our booth. Again, we stood and tried to get the attention of one of the bartenders who were still just standing there. Eventually one of the bartenders started walking toward us, (short woman, short, dark hair, didn't catch her name but caught crazy attitude), and we asked to order drinks and food. She said, "Didn't you see the sign? You have to order down there." Sure enough, there's a sign in the corner at the other end of the bar. Having never been there before, yet frequently visiting other bars and restaurants and knowing how this usually works, we were quite put off by the fact that no one bothered to explain this bizarre system. By the time we finally placed our orders it had been almost a half hour and we were just getting our first drink. After placing the order the bartender gave me a total. I explained that I intended to have several drinks and didn't want to run my card multiple times. She literally gave an annoyed kind of sigh and said that we can pay as we order, or (and she really acted annoyed here), she could start a tab. So, we each started a tab. Eventually the food came, nothing to write home about but it was OK, and then quite a while later someone came and took the plates away. We decided that we'd go somewhere else for drinks for the rest of the evening because we didn't want to leave the table for the other end of the bar for every drink. And in case someone who runs this place is reading this, you should know that we have a girls night once a month and we drink for hours on this special night so our bills are usually high. Because of this bizarre system and the cranky bartender, we each had only one drink and appetizer and then we went down the block and drank and had dinner somewhere else for the rest of the night. I can't imagine we're the only ones who had this experience. You might consider at least having the host or someone explain how this place works or even put signs on the tables. One sign in the corner is not enough when you have a system that doesn't exist anywhere else. The whole thing was really stupid and truly was the bummer of the night. Definitely won't ever return. I would give this place zero stars if that was an option.