Anna May M Abris

Review of Sweet 36

Came here on a Saturday night at 8pm to meet up wi...

Came here on a Saturday night at 8pm to meet up with friends from out of town. We were going to be a party of 6. At the door, they ask you what you are here for. It felt like a trick question. I'm like, "Uhhh... drinks?" The bouncer then said, "well if you want a table, you have to put your name down with the hostess." I said, "our party of 6 wont be complete until 9pm though so it'd be pointless to put us on the list for a table now." The hostess and the bouncer looked at each other and begrudgingly let us in. It's like, Geez, do you get paid per table here?
There was an empty table right next to the bar and I asked if we could sit there while we wait for the whole party to get there. We were told that that specific table has no waitress service and everything we need would have to come from the bar, which is perfectly fine by me.
My friends and I started off with some pours of cider, Hefeweizen and the CH IPA, $8 each. We also got the Bacon, Bacon, Bacon Burger, the Double Smashed Burger and the Fondue Burger ($17 each and comes with pickle and fries) The burgers took forever to come out and our Fondue burger was even given to the people seated at the bar by mistake. The guy just so happened to be an honest guy and looked at me and said, "I didnt order this. Didn't you guys order food?" If he didnt say anything, I wouldn't even have noticed that our food went to him instead.
The Double smashed burger apparently won an award at the NYC Wine and Food festival for best burger. To be honest, it was just an OK burger, nothing astonishing or spectacular about it. I asked for it medium and it came well done and dry as heck.
Because we were seated in the no man's land table, nobody ever came to ask us how the food was or if we needed anything whatsoever. I had to go get my own napkins and condiments at the bar, to boot. I couldn't find salt or pepper shakers anywhere and those fries desperately needed it.
They had board games that you can bring to the table, which were fun. We really wanted to play the Giant Uno card game but alas, the sets were being monopolized by 2 tables.
This place seems to be a big hit for birthday parties as we observed multiple groups wander in en masse throughout the night with party balloons in tow.
I must say, the Saturday night DJ was awesome. Great mix of dance music to drink and bop around to all night. If only there was space to actually dance to the fun tunes.
Overall, it's a cute twist on a beer hall. I'd come here again for happy hour since the beers are on point and cheaper. But I doubt that I'll be getting the bland burgers again nor sitting in the Fend For Yourself no man's land table ever again.