I have tried to be impressed with this place. It presents well visually, and it raises expectations. We have gone for brunch and dinner. I lived about 15yrs in New Orleans, so the feel reminds me of that atmosphere a bit. In the end though, the food let's me down. The chick and waffles bland. The burritos bland. The shrimp and grits is fantastic and prob the only thing I have eaten there that impressed me. The Fives atmosphere is writing checks it's food can't cash.
We were seated by the host (who ended up being the manager after a later discovery) and after about 10 minutes had passed by and no waiter or waitress had come to speak with us. So, someone from my party went up the host stand to complain that we hadn't been waited on and it took another 5 minutes after my friend returned from complaining that a waiter finally came to bring us water. Because of the delay in getting to our table in any sort of timely manner, when our waiter came out he brought us two complementary avocado toasts, which was a nice gesture but not what we wanted (which was to just be served and have an enjoyable experience.)
When we had ordered our dishes at the same time as our drinks, the birthday girl and another person in our party had each ordered and requested breakfast burritos with no bacon and sausage inside because they're both vegetarians. The birthday girl took one bite when we got our food and immediately bit into sausage and when we opened the burrito, there was meat everywhere in it. So the waiter took it back and they remade her burrito.
Most amazing food ever! No joke, we dream about this food. If North Korea fired a nuke right now and I only had time to hug my wife and children or get one more steak from FIVE....damm that's a tasty steak. Sorry kids.
We then ordered drinks from the waiter, which were a soda, a pitcher of mimosas and a coffee. Another 10 minutes passed and we still hadn't been given drinks even though our waiter had come out two other times to check on his other table. We asked him to check on our drinks and he proceeded to blame the bartender for the delay. He finally brought the drinks out after a few more minutes had passed. At this point we had been seated for more than 30 minutes and all while this is happening, there were 5 other tables and, from what I could see, 3 other waiter/waitresses, so it's not like it was exceedingly busy and difficult to rush around with everyone's orders.
Let me preface this by saying that our food was really delicious and I've come to five bar before and had pretty good experiences. However this last time I went to five bar was on a Saturday afternoon and I was with a group of 5 people for my friend's 21st brunch celebration.
Five stars for five bar! My favorite burger in Athens. Great atmosphere. All the food is great. I love this place and visit every time I'm in town.
We asked to speak to the manager and explained everything that had happened during the meal and he was apologetic, but he was very defensive about everything that we brought up to him. He ended up comping the drinks but that didn't even apply toward the girl who's 21st we were celebrating so even though they messed up her meal and she had to eat after we had all been given our food 20 minutes before her. The whole experience was extremely disappointing and I would never recommend for someone to go here just order take-out.
Wonderful place. Freshest ingredients. Everything we had was delicious. Chicken and waffles were very flavorful. Breakfast burrito was great. Service was fantastic. Can't wait to go back!
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