Too Ra Loo

Nice and clean restaurant. The staff was friendly and helpful. If you are a sports fan, this is a good spot. They have a wall of TVs and several throughout the restaurant. The food was decent quality for the price. Overall a good experience with reasonable prices given the location.

Saturday night expect a bit of a wait but not too long. Beer menu was great, they had a large variety of local selections. Our waitress was very nice and the food was fantastic. I'm glad we walked by 4 other places and stopped here!

So let me be clear. I was in this bar for 5 minutes, maybe less. But since I'm not one to be a complete ass and give a really low rating based on one experience, I gave it a 3 to be fair. However, the reason I am posting this is because they did something that I do not feel should ever be done at a restaurant and I did feel the need to say something. It was during the weekend of the Kris Kringle Market, so it was obviously packed everywhere. Waiting until a later hour to eat dinner in hopes of getting a seat somewhat quickly, we waited until 8:45pm to try and get a table. We went to Penny Black first and they said it would be an hour wait but that more than likely it would be less than that (which is standard). We put our names in and walked over to Too Ra Loo to see if it would be any shorter of a wait. As I looked inside, it certainly looked like a shorter wait since they were no where near as busy as Penny Black. But a funny thing happened as the people in front of us chatted with the hostess: money exchanged hands from the customers to the hostess and in that quick instant, they were taken to their seats. Me being slightly naive at this point didn't put 2 + 2 together. I asked for a table for two, with a good feeling that we'd be able to sit at a table right away. A) the place was mildly busy but very open so it didn't look that busy and B) the people in front of us were seated right away. No, two hour wait was what we were told. I thought I heard incorrectly and asked again, but she did in fact say a 2 hour wait. I declined. I won't be accusatory since I did not hear the exchange between the customers in front of us and the hostess. Good friends who made a bet that they were paying up on? A bribe to get a seat? Who am I to say?! You make the call. Because either/or, I can't figure out how it possibly could have been 2 hours based on the crowd that I saw. My friend swears by the place saying it's got great food. So I am curious and will check it out. And at that time I will make a more informed, well rounded review. I'm not going to let one hostess stop me from trying a new place that has been recommended to me. Se we'll see... Update: Feb 2018. Did finally get here to eat and drink. I'll keep the same rating. Nothing wrong with this place, everything was good. Not great, but good. I tried the bacon and syrup that is on their menu and without asking, it came to me very crispy. That was a plus, but eating it I expected more. Nothing wrong with it, mind you, but it looked delicious and it was just good. They had chips and white cheddar that I also tried but I was not all that happy with the chips themselves. They did give a generous portion though, I will say that. Service was a little on the slow side for how few people there were, but again, she still did a good job. A good enough beer selection too. So everything was good. Considering the other choices in the area though, I probably wouldn't go back.

Waiter was really nice and he did a great job. Drinks and food were delicious. I will definitely go back in the future.

Location is nice and as the weather warms up I like how they can open the side of the building. The beer selection is great with a lot to offer on tap. So far the food I have tried is on par but the pricing is a little high for the quality ($1-$2 more than most places for a sandwich/burger then you pay extra if you want fries of any kind). In all, good place to hang out and catch up with friends.