Kristy S.

Review of Old Republic Bar

The Good: Courteous and patient staff, despite a t...

The Good: Courteous and patient staff, despite a total amateur night crowd. Limited wait time for food/drink, newly constructed beer garden with really cool features (outdoor bar, fire pit) and live music.

The Bad: ZERO enforcement of mask-wearing for customers on a PACKED (1.5 hour waitlist) Friday night. Spent approx 2.5 hours at our table and witnessed countless guests arriving and wandering both in the beer garden and restaurant with no mask. Additionally, bartenders were not wearing masks.

The Ugly: The issue isn t the food, and it isn t your staff. It s your leadership. Management will likely have to shut this location down due to COVID if they don t change, because there s no leadership in requiring guests to utilize a mask any time they are not sitting at their table. Help out the staff you have working the hostess stand (very courteous and hard-working, just very young) - it s not easy for them to demand mask-wearing upon checking in and they need a leader in charge to mandate this...guests are taking advantage. Hire a few extra people to help monitor who s coming and going and if they are wearing masks properly. Take this seriously and make changes. You are putting people at risk when it doesn t have to be that way.