George & Dragon Restaurant

Staff issues. I've gone to G&D a few times. I always like the atmosphere and the food, but the service has been dodgy. I went there tonight (Friday, 9/11) for a meal. Our waiter came to us and took out drink order and got us menus. After a couple minutes, my friend and I both knew what we wanted. We proceeded to wait. And wait. I finally noticed our waiter sitting at a booth with two other customers. He was slouched down and laughing and hanging out. I watched this for TEN minutes. I noticed the owner was at the bar, so I was surprised our waiter would be so poor. My friend was extremely irritated, and we already decided we were going to go somewhere else. Eventually, the waiter left the table and then walked to our table. Didn't say anything, just stood there staring at us. We told him that he we sat and watched him chat with the people for 10 minutes while we waited to place our order. We said we were a bit disappointed and would just like to pay for our drinks and leave. He then scoffed and walked away saying, "Don't worry about the drinks. Ya know, man...I'm just trying to make some money" while shrugging his shoulders and throwing his arms out. Making money? We ordered two drinks before dinner, had an appetizer and two entrees picked out and were intending on having at least a second drink while eating. But he never got around to taking our order after the initial drinks.

An apology would have been great. Instead, we got confrontational attitude. I left a few bucks. Mainly because it is illegal to serve alcohol for free. So the guy really should have at least charged us SOMEthing for the drinks. We entered the place at 8:15 PM and left at 8:50. Wasted 35 minutes in there for nothing but attitude. It's sad. I've always liked the place, but I think I'll steer clear for a few months. Maybe they'll get rid of that guy by then.  View Less … View More

Flat screen TVs!. They finally got flat screen TVs! Those ancient tube TVs were getting harder to see, especially the dinky one in the middle. Welcome to the 21st century. As I mentioned, service is h1t and miss. I think the bartenders might be carrying some extra weights in the form of puppies so I let it slide. Good food, decent service, and great beer on tap. Good enough for me.  View Less … View More

Bartender is a money grubber. So I have been to G&D quite often with a large group of friends and up until the other night loved it. However as I got my 3rd and final beer of the night the girl tending bar says to me "You know what I don't like about you, I get all these drinks for you and you havn't tipped me once. That would be like me asking you to go to work without getting paid." to which I said "Well since I am running a tab don't you think I will put your tip on the tab when I am done?" after that she tried to pretent she was not talking about me and was talking about somebody in my group which is besides the point because she shouldn't have said that at all. When I later told her it was unprofessional the so called manager of the place got all upset and started trying to defend her actions as well.

Having said that the actual owner of the place is a great guy and when he fires those two I will consider returning with my large group. Until then I will go to the Irish pub down the street. Cheers!  View Less … View More