1 /5 DArt459: After reading some of the reviews I lowered my expectations of what my experience at Three Ravens would be. Upon walking in the place was dark despite being mid day. Lunch rush should have been well under way but there were very few in the restaraunt/pub. With a name like 3 Ravens I was anticipating an Irish or British vibe on the menu and in the decor. The bar and bar back does have potential to be quite interesting and attractive but the shelves of the bar back were jam packed cluttered with dusty bottles and assorted barware. I ordered a cocktail an Old Fashioned and called out a top shelf bourbon. The bartender made it without much flourish, offered no conversation or customer engagement of any kind. It was garnished with half an orange slice and a cheap artificially colored and flavored marashino cherry. I suspect she was more concerned with wrapping water spotted silverware than than serving beyond the minimum to a paying customer at the bar. I reviewed the menu printed on nothing more than laminated place mats. While sitting at the bar reviewing my sticky placemat menu. I asked the bartender if this was a Lunch menu or was there a dinner menu offering later in the day. The reply was "Thats the only menu." As I said earlier I was hoping for something Irish pub related only thing I saw was "Pot O Gold Nachos" Something more likely originating south of the Rio Grande than from across the Atlantic with exception to the waffle cut potato fries. Their website refers to Bangers n Mash, and a Reuben offering but I didnt find them on the placemat menu. Dissapointed with the uninteresting menu, the ambiance bright and cheery as a dusty cave, and the lack of warm engagement by the bartender I paid for my drink and tipped a more than generous 20%. I ventured elsewhere in town for a better overall experience. In a phrase Ill recap my experience at 3 Ravens "About as pleasurable as a shin kicking from a Leprechaun"
