Lauren Bates

Review of White Oak Kitchen and Cocktail...

Asked to be seated outside and the hostess told us...

Asked to be seated outside and the hostess told us there were no tables outside when we could see two empty tables. We inquired about the empty tables and she said that all the chairs were taken for other tables, but there were four chairs at each table. She said she would look into it by talking with the other hostess and to wait at the bar. We waited at the bar and she did not go to talk to anyone. We then asked the bartender about the tables outside and she said they were open and talked to the manager who was sitting at the bar and did not get off his ass to check if there was an available table. We ordered drinks and an appetizer. The appetizer came before our drinks which makes sense since it took 20 minutes to get drinks that should have taken 2 minutes to make tops. Oh and we finally were seated at one of empty tables that we had alluded to all along. And it was not a busy night. The plus side was their water service was impeccable.