The Draft Room Buffalo

We've been coming here every yr when were in buffalo to see the sabres. The food is very mediocre, ordered the chicken sandwich bread was hard, and chicken was as thin as paper. Fries sucked. Wint be back. Our waiter bartender was awesome though.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

**SIT INSIDE IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO BEES** My fiance and I sat outside last night before the Deftones concert at Key Bank Center. We got mercilessly swarmed by bees and so did everyone else around us. We couldn't finish our food (which wasn't too great to begin with) because the bees nested in it. We moved inside to the bar and had a much better experience there with very good service. I know the bees aren't the bar's fault but just want to warn future customers who may go here soon.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

We regrettably went this to this place last Saturday. Only came for a beer before a concert at the arena one time, but decided to dine in this time with my wife. It has a great vibe and atmosphere, but that’s where anything good ends…

1. The lower bar wooden tables that seat four are incredibly wobbly. I can’t imagine why. Kind of hard to watch your beer shake because the table decides to swivel from side to side when you touch it.

2. The young staff (bartenders and runners) behind the bar gossiped, munched on snacks, and played on their phones any chance they could, rather than making eye contact with customers to at least get a sense if anyone needed anything.

3. We had a random bartender (?) come up and ask US what we ordered. Huh? Then, what looked to be a manager (guy in his 40s with a ball cap and beard) walk to our table with a plate of fries and ask if we ordered them before delivering it to another table. Again, huh? You’re running a restaurant and don’t know who ordered what?

4. The food was downright awful. How any restaurant in Buffalo can mess up a Beef on Weck is stunning to me. Rock hard, burnt roll. Processed, lunchmeat-type beef (not shaved like you get anywhere else here) that was brown/black and dry. Fries were the frozen, spiral kind you can get at Tops. The onion rings were decent.

This was at 6pm with only one other table in the lower bar, and two groups of couples dining at the bar, itself. My guess is that the staff was too busy checking their phones and giggling to know that my sandwich was left to die under a kitchen heat lamp for 10 minutes longer than it needed to be. Not to mention the only other table (who came in after us) getting their food first. I had to flag down our server from behind the bar to come with our check, just so I could be done with the disaster known as The Draft Room.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

Lovely room

We visited the night of a Sabres/Leaf game and it was packed (even 2 ½ hours before game time). We waited about 30 minutes to be seated. There were 26 beers and ciders on tap and we sampled quite a few while we waited and during our dinner.

We decided on wings and fries to split between the two of us. When the food arrived, it looked pretty impressive, it was not. The wings were small and overcooked, I had trouble distinguishing bone from meat at times, the fries and wings both arrived luke-warm. Service was inconsistent as we waited long periods for our food and then beverage refills.

It's unfortunate because I thought the atmosphere and beverage selection were awesome. The staff were friendly and apologetic, they were just overwhelmed.

Waiter we had was pleasant even though it was super busy cause of Sabres game happening that night. Price was average. Food was OK, there was 4 of us. Burger looked great but fries were super salty. Spinach dip was cold and nacho chips thst came w/it were super salty. Chicken wings weren't that meaty. I had the pizza sticks, they were good and filled me up.

Came in on a Friday afternoon. We were the first ones in the place but the bar area soon started to fill in. Great beer selections...we ended up finding one we particularly liked and got a pitcher. Food was underwhelming, but great service and atmosphere. Would be a great pre or post-game spot!

Great staff…. Food was ok…

I mean been around. Went to use the restroom and a 16 bit Sega?!!! Needless to say is amazing. Buffalo staple!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings and Poutine, Pizza Logs, Beef on Weck

Went here right before a concert and the food and drinks were amazing. The staff were great and I highly recommend a visit to this spot before a concert if you attend one!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Went for sports team event. Food extremely overpriced for what you get. 35$ 'buffet' for athletic kids left them all hungry and undeserved. Staff did their best but most of us had to help staff get food to proper tables. Most were friendly. Can see the place good after a concert or sports event if you care more about throwing down drinks leaving your senses numbed to your surroundings. The blueberry beer was good. Extremely disappointed in my experience and may be rating too high.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

All around awful experience. Was just I and one other person (so table for 2) hostess told us "they were at capacity" but then proceeded to let everyone behind us in. Finally seated us. Waitress was rude and slow. Forgot my water. We ordered food, a new table arrived next to us 25 minutes after we ordered. They ordered and got our food before we even saw ours. All we ordered was chicken tenders. Told the waitress to cash us out we just want to leave at this point without our food. Still paid full price for our drinks and tipped her anyway. Will never go back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Atmosphere was better than the food. For some reason they served deep fried pickles with a mustard dipping sauce?!?! Chicken Caesar salads were a 5 out of 10. Waitress was nice.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5

Great owner he’s really nice and he cares about his customers and their servers gave us the best service I’ve ever received. Would 100% come back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best burger !!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5