Xavier’s Cocktail Lounge

I’ve only been to Xavier’s once, but I do plan on going more often. The food was great, the prices were fair, and I thought the staff was friendly. The best part is that I don’t have to worry about being forced to watch Dancing With The Stars when I’m in there.

After seeing Kate’s review, it reminded me of the last time I was at Xavier’s I saw some incredible rudeness from the bartender too. We were there with friends early one night and my wife and her friend asked our waitress to change of one of the nearby TVs to ABC. She asked what was on and we told her Dancing with the Stars. She said she would have to ask the bartender. She came back and said he wouldn’t change it because they are a «sports bar». Really? What makes Xavier’s a sports bar? Are we paying guests or unwanted vagrants? No one else was even near that TV. Later we were getting into our car when the waitress flagged us down. Our friends forgot to sign the credit card slip. He apologized and readily signed it. I looked back at the building and that rude bartender was standing by the back door, like a friggin’ bouncer! Like we’re going to stiff you buddy by not signing a the credit card slip??? We haven’t been back and I encourage any other self-​respecting human being to give Xaviers a hiatus until they rectify this problem and send Mr. Niceguy back the halfway house he came from.

Some friends and I went to Xavier’s for the first time tonight. This was possibly the worst dining experience we have ever had. It started when I asked what kinds of Leinenkugel beer they had. In the middle of my question, the waitress said «alright then» and walked away. What kind of waitress walks away mid-​sentence? She came back and let me know that they were out of Leinenkugel’s. I asked for another drink which the bartender evidently didn’t know how to make, because he said that they did not have it (even though I could clearly see the ingredients). Frustrated, I just asked for a soda, that was extremely watered down and therefore tasted terrible.
We ordered an appetizer combo, which came with mushrooms, onion rings and mozzarella sticks. There mushrooms were alright. Not good, but not bad. I will say that their mozz sticks were very good, but their onion rings were barely onions and certainly not rings. We got a large helping of breading with a few pieces of onions (½ inch strings, not rings). When I ordered my patty melt I asked for 1000 island, since the menu says that it is available upon request. Our waitress acted like I was stupid, and said that it comes with 1000 island.
After eating our appetizer we waited 52 minutes for our meal. I was actually waiting near the register to ask for our check so we can leave when our waitress brought our food out. We decided that we would stay since our food was actually there now. The waitress blamed the long wait on one of the people at out table ordering the fettuccine alfredo, since it takes so long to cook. When I cook fettuccine it never takes nearly that long, but she was evidently correct since the fettuccine was severely overcooked. I can only imagine that it did have to cook for 52 minutes in order to achieve the pile of mush that they were served in.
The patty melt that I had ordered, of course, did not have thousand island on it (since patty melts do not traditionally have thousand island on them, and the waitress might have thought it above her to write down the simple request). The patty was medium rare even though it was not ordered that way. I will admit that their coleslaw was pretty good, but it is very unfortunate that they do not serve fries with their burgers (not even as an option). Even the chips served with my meal were tasteless and oily. They tasted like an off-​brand that were partially stale.
Upon complaining about the fettuccine alfredo a man, who I assume was the manager, said «I took [part of the cost of the] fettuccine alfredo off your bill so now you can be on your way.» To us, this seemed an overly rude and forceful way to tell us to leave. This was unnecessary due to us not causing any trouble, and frankly quite polite given the poor service we had been receiving.