| Address | 4000 Town Center Blvd., Bowie, MD 20716 |
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| Hours | Sun-Thur, 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri-Sat, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., |
| Phone | (301) 809-6943 |
| Fax | (301) 809-0833 |
| Website | http://www.duclaw.com |
The atmosphere is similar to Hops Brewery in Arlington, VA. Nice food & the free glazed crossaints are delicious!
The service kinda sucked, but it was busy and we were in the bar... The mussels were huge, but the juice they were in was totally gross, it was like hot water with a drop of beer... so much for Mussels and Beer... we thought they'd be this amazing beer marinated dish of awsomeness... Not so.. damn shame.
The food was fair and the service was pushy. We had the sense that the most important thing to our server was how much we spent, not whether we were happy with our meal and service.
One of the friendliest hostesses I've ever met. The waitress was very helpful too, as this was my first visit. The food was tasty and seems like a great place to take a group of friends. The beer sampler was pretty cool, too!
The service was absolutely atrocious. First, the hostess was smarmy and uninformative, and the waiter was rude. While we were seated rather quickly, we waited for nearly 5 minutes before a waiter approached our table. Other guests experienced a similar thing, and this was unusual because the restaurant was only half-full.
The best example of the bad service was that when we asked the assistant waiter/hostess for a non-cream based salad dressing, the head waiter returned with two bottles of oil and vinegar, slammed them on the table and remarked "That's the best that I can do." He also seemed to be ready to punch out for the night, and he was very slow to refill our drinks. In general, the waiter was absent for most of the night, and his attitude was ridiculously bad. The 10% tip (typically, we leave 17-20%) that we left him was designed to demonstrate our displeasure.
The food was mediocre at best, very uninspiring and bland tasting. The most off-putting part of the food was that the side dish - steamed broccoli - was served cold while the main course was hot.
The restaurant also has a problem with ambience. Though they are going for the industrial look, the high ceilings and stark, dark colors are reminiscent of the Holocaust Museum, not a brewery.
All in all, I would not recommend eating here.
