Foodie Friday: Speakeasy - Salina, KS
This bar has always caught my attention with its old school name and cool looking
exterior and I was pretty excited to return all these years later to give this place an
official review. And to get to do it with Danny! Scroll on down to read about our experience!
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Location: 2030 S Ohio St, Salina, KS 67401
Hours:
Sunday-Wednesday: 11am-12am
Thursday-Saturday: 11am-2am
Happy Hour: 11am-6pm Monday-Friday
Accepts cash/card
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Danny and I walked in through the swinging double doors and were both surprised to see the place so
hopping on a Tuesday night. I let Danny pick where we were going to sit and he decided
tonight we were going to belly up to the bar. I grabbed a couple menus off an empty
nearby table and we got to looking at food options.
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There were so many things on the menu that sounded good, but eventually
we landed on an order of the loaded buffalo chicken sweet fries for an appetizer.
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And then Danny ordered the Whiskey Creek burger with skinny fries
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and I ordered The Hangover burger with mac and cheese.
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Danny's Review:
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"Okay I'm going to give you a break down of the overall of everything. The bar in general
was probably a 4/5. I liked the double swinging doors, they looked pretty cool. The
chairs were comfortable. Customer service was like a 2/5. Took a long time for
anyone to even take our order and they thought we were only going to eat an
appetizer. Food was like 2.5/5. It was pretty mediocre. Wasn't bad, but wasn't
anything luxurious. Although the skinny fries themselves were like 4/5 cause
they seasoned the shit out of them. Waiting on your food was like a 1/5 cause it
took like an hour to get. Long Island Ice Tea was 3/5. I've had better at
Applebee's and that's not a good thing."
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Speakeasy Final Stats:
Service: 3/10
Food: 4/10
Cleanliness/Décor: 6/10
Price: $$
Overall Rating: 4.3/10
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Well...this was disappointing. It has been a few years since I had strode in through the doors
to Speakeasy, but I certainly don't remember having an experience as low ranking as this
one. While the vibe of the place with its cool doors and low lighting definitely
encapsulates the speakeasy theme it was about the only thing that this place
did right. (Although I did have to lower the rating a little bit due to the ants I found
crawling on the bar over my food and napkins.) After we arrived we sat at the bar
for at least 10 minutes before anyone even came to get our drink orders and it
was like pulling teeth to get one of the multiple bartenders to come back to not
just get a refill, but also order food. Then when we did order our appetizer the
bartender walked off before we could even finish our order and it was at least
another 30 minutes before we could get one of them back to order our main course
meals. And then it still took well over an hour for any of the food we ordered to show
up which unfortunately was not worth the wait. The Buffalo chicken fries were good, and
my mac and cheese was pretty solid albeit very spicy, but my burger was one of the most flavorless
burgers I have ever had which I was pretty impressed by given
the amount of toppings on it including bacon, cheese, and a fried egg. Honestly, this
probably isn't a place I would return on my own accord and I expected better.
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