Bootlegger Cocktail Bar & Cuisine earns praise for its creative cocktails, an impressive whiskey selection, and a welcoming, knowledgeable staff that can turn a visit into a memorable experience; the venue combines a stylish speakeasy vibe with vintage decor, live jazz, and a focus on fresh ingredients and precise mixology, including oysters during happy hours. Across many reviews, the atmosphere and drinks are highlighted as consistently well balanced and thoughtfully crafted, while occasional notes of slower service, crowding, or higher prices appear, along with occasional menu quirks or dishes that miss the mark; overall the place is seen as unique and worth returning to for the drinks, the ambience, and the sense of discovery it provides.
Great whiskey selection. Especially if you are a bourbon fan, it was good to see some BTAC at decent prices. Service was slightly slow, but wasn't really an issue.
Nov 7, 2021
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Let's start with the pros! Very cool place with a neat vibe. The name itself is very alluring. The whiskey options are out of this world. So many to select from that it's nearly impossible to choose.
Cons: service was slow. Although the service started well, it ended up being rather slow. Waiting often to order more drinks & food. The food was nothing special & we understand it's not a restaurant, but it really didn't stand outI at all. We were disappointed to learn there was no band. We were told this has been since Covid started. Would of been nice to know beforehand,maybe something indicated ion their web site or something, No biggie, just something we were looking forward to. .
Apart from that it was a nice evening out with friends & the place is nice in appearance.
Great place, friendly & attentive staff, good music. We had to call & increase the number of people for our reservation. I was surprised how easy & pleasant this whole experience was. Will definitely come back.
Beaucoup aime l'expérience, cependant j'ai trouvé ça cocasse de me faire dire d'attendre le début de travail du prochain serveur pour me faire servir.......pour le reste, respect du coupon tuango a la lettre......... Merci
Oct 12, 2019
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Fair service, nice ambiance with good jazz band. Food below average, nachos so soaky, zéro crunch. We also ordered the deli platter (plateau de charcuteries) thinking that it contains à variety of deli, there was only one type with 3 mini Pickles & 2 Pearl onions. So considering the good points, we would come back to try the drinks.
