Boo to Tarpon Club at Bud & Alleys

[InletBchDweller]

A bunch of Sowallers went there tonight after the play. After sitting at a table with no service we went to the bar to get drinks. At 9:45 I asked a bar back what they were serving from the kitchen. He said there were only 3 items but he was not sure what they were. He asked a bartender and then I placed my order with him (marinated crab claws and tuna dip) He (the bar back) told me that I had to open a tab with the bartender, so I placed the order and gave him my credit card. WELL, 45 minutes later and after asking several people about our food we left (I hope my credit card was not charged).
The security guy told us (after we told him we were displeased) said we should not have been able to order in the first place. To be honest he and the other staff memebers could have cared less and no apologies were given. THis is the last time I establish this place and will not recommend it to anyone else. This is not the first time this has happened so I guess I should have known better....
I am curious to see what the manager thinks of this.....and for the record I am not PUI, I only had one drink...

 

[Beachmom]

Very bad service on a really GRAYT night!! Too bad...we are the ones that come back- when no one else is there!! No more....

 

[Biff]

B & A's .......

Disapointnment....

A-Funn IBD, Cork and Beachmom will NEVER go back... the service is not satisfactory.....

We were there for an hour; never approached for food or drinks.... we ordered food on our own at the bar; and an hour later; no food.....and we were told, finally after waiting patiently that no food is served after 9:30 BUT they never bothered to tell us this. They were non-complacent and rude. How sad that they have become an establishiment that is a meat market and tourist trap...


not a friendly place:angry: Bad experience and if we had been told that we would not be served we could have eaten elsewhere as we had many starving people

 

[Cork On the Ocean]

A bunch of Sowallers went there tonight after the play. After sitting at a table with no service we went to the bar to get drinks. At 9:45 I asked a bar back what they were serving from the kitchen. He said there were only 3 items but he was not sure what they were. He asked a bartender and then I placed my order with him (marinated crab claws and tuna dip) He (the bar back) told me that I had to open a tab with the bartender, so I placed the order and gave him my credit card. WELL, 45 minutes later and after asking several people about our food we left (I hope my credit card was not charged).
The security guy told us (after we told him we were displeased) said we should not have been able to order in the first place. To be honest he and the other staff memebers could have cared less and no apologies were given. THis is the last time I establish this place and will not recommend it to anyone else. This is not the first time this has happened so I guess I should have known better....
I am curious to see what the manager thinks of this.....and for the record I am not PUI, I only had one drink...

I'm not PUI either - no drinks for me. Who saw a waiter???? We were there nearly an hour and never saw a waitress - not once! I also have had bad service at Bud and Alley's before. For the prices they charge, I expect some service - anything. Throw us a bone! :angry: There's too many good restaurants on 30A to sit with no service and have your night ruined.

I am another local who also will never return to Bud and Alley's and they will miss us locals in November. They have me off for the last time.

 

[Cork On the Ocean]

Re: B & A's .......

True Dat! Bye Bye Bud and Alley's. I'll be at Shades on the Loop, Red Bar and many of the NUMEROUS 30A restaurants that want my business!!!

 

[Kurt]

Biff's thread merged with this one.

Were they busy?

 

[InletBchDweller]

I dont think that they were slammed (from my 15 year previous bar/rest. experience) When I went to the bar to get a drink there was no wait, same when I ordered my food.
This is a great location for a bar but everytime I go there I feel like they are thinking here's another person to serve . I try to be polite to the servers and bartenders (being a good southern girl that I am;-) )and I feel I get no politeness back. There is one bartender in particular who I make a point to say "thank you", or "how are you doing" or "we had fun tonight" and I get nothing but a credit card slip to sign--that is it. Maybe if I frequented it on a weekly basis and they "knew" me it would be different but that is not the way a tipped based employee should be IMHO.
I have friends who love to go there when they come and visit us and this has been stricken off of the list. And to be honest, I dont think they really care.....JMHO

 

[JB]

A bunch of Sowallers went there tonight after the play. After sitting at a table with no service we went to the bar to get drinks. At 9:45 I asked a bar back what they were serving from the kitchen. He said there were only 3 items but he was not sure what they were. He asked a bartender and then I placed my order with him (marinated crab claws and tuna dip) He (the bar back) told me that I had to open a tab with the bartender, so I placed the order and gave him my credit card. WELL, 45 minutes later and after asking several people about our food we left (I hope my credit card was not charged).
The security guy told us (after we told him we were displeased) said we should not have been able to order in the first place. To be honest he and the other staff memebers could have cared less and no apologies were given. THis is the last time I establish this place and will not recommend it to anyone else. This is not the first time this has happened so I guess I should have known better....
I am curious to see what the manager thinks of this.....and for the record I am not PUI, I only had one drink...

Three words: Welcome to Seaside.

 

[sbartoldus]

Ditto. As a former bartender/server I have found B&A's to be unwelcoming. As someone newly local I have found friendly service everywhere else including the Red Bar, Rendez-vous, OFFH, and Borago to name a few.

For those of you who haven't made Amavida your coffee spot when in Seagrove, please do. They are so nice and have free wifi and fair trade coffee.

 

[InletBchDweller]

I knew better but since we had just left the wonderful play it was convienient.

Three words: Welcome to Seaside.