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    Gather Bar

    3.5 (29 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Classy
    Good for groups

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    Troy's Nana Mantini $12
    Sarah S.

    Best occurrence while at Gather Bar: A [seemingly drunk] Uncle Sam running through screaming USA USA USA! Strangest occurrence while here: Our waitress replying 'Fo Shizzle' to me. Twice. Worst occurrence while at Gather Bar: Realizing a cocktail was $12 and a Goose Island Beer was $8. Half Acre was $8. Whaaaat. Overall, I liked Gather Bar and if you're staying at the Renaissance Hotel, it's a completely acceptable and lively place to have a drink. I met friends for a drink here before an event & was surprised it wasn't just full of married businessmen looking for a little fun as I expected. It was also full of dance moms & their kids with the little bun hairdos & sparkly studio sporting warm up suits. I kept my eyes open for Abby Miller but she was nowhere to be found. For my first drink, I had Troy's Nana Mantini. I don't get the name really but it consisted of Chocolate godiva, creme de banana and mint. I didn't get much banana from the cocktail but I sure did like it! I can't say I'm sold on it being Godiva anything though. It sure seemed like it was Hershey's syrup coating my glass when I got to the bottom and scraped it up. For drink two, I ordered a Sofie (then a Matilda), both were bottled and our server presented my beers alongside a frosty glass. That's how I drink my beer at home and that pleased me greatly! Though the prices are inflated, they have a decent selection of craft beers, some inventive cocktails, and good food options. Even though our server said some strange things sometimes, she was extremely attentive and so friendly it made my teeth hurt. With such friendly service, great atmosphere and good drinks, I can see why this hotel bar was poppin' at 5 on a Tuesday. Ohhh and they play good music! ...and whatever is the important sports game of the day on their giant TVs.

    Fried bologna sandwich
    Trevor B.

    First off, no one would ever expect a review of a fried bologna sandwich, but theirs is out of this world! The bologna is made in house and not your tradition deli bologna. It is much thicker with an almost smokey flavor that pairs with the caramelized onion, and cheese. Hands down the best item on the menu. For sides the fries are a great choice. Very crisp and not soggy. The burgers are good as well, but I would say their salad is lacking, because it is not the freshest. The only issue is the lack of service. It took entirely too long each of the four occasions I have eaten here. Even when the bar is not busy, the service is mediocre.

    Mimosa
    Stefanie L.

    This is a nice little hotel bar. The servers are so friendly but be patient because they seem to be spread thin. The drinks are poured well and the food is ok. Their Caesar salad minus the anchovies and minus the croutons is good. On another occasion I ordered the chicken sandwich minus the bread. It had way too much cheese on it which I had to peel off. The chicken itself had a nice grilled flavor. They skimp a bit on the French fries so don't expect to share. This is a decent place to grab a drink to hangout or eat a light snack.

    Brandi K.

    Ok so I knew going in hotel bar and restaurant had the potential to wow me but likely underwhelm me. Alas it underwhelmed. I get it you pay for convenience, but come on..... my $15 burger should have been 8.99 at best. Frozen, over cooked, the fries were from a bag. But I bet the margins are $$$ though. I did find an IPA I had not tried, the Half Acre Goneaway IPA, it was great. The bartender did a great job, but I was asked by food runners multiple times if I had ordered something. I could have had literally 4 extra meals in an hour timespan. Am I not sitting in a seat associated with a #? Again, convenience is what your pay for here. Do yourself a favor, come here for a nightcap but skip the food.

    Dionna & Genaro's Watermelon Breeze
    Taylor M.

    This bar was really nice for a hotel bar. I ordered a watermelon basil drink with vodka. It was pretty good, but came with a steep $12 price tag. I didn't realize I ended up in Chicago! But I guess hotel prices are always high. Angela P. ordered the cheese curds and the portion was huge. I stole a couple and they were good! Our waitress was interesting and disappeared for a while when we were trying to get our checks. There was also a dance convention going on downstairs so the bar was overrun by 8-12 year old girls wearing booty shirts and toon much makeup. Creepy.

    Lisa R.

    Not usually a big fan of hotel bars, yet I enjoyed the Gather bar. When I travel I enjoy trying local beer and the bartender suggested a couple great local brews and let me try them before I settled on a great local IPA. The bartender, I wish I knew his name, suggested a yummy short rib flatbread as well. The bar has food with locally sourced ingredients, not typical for hotel bars in my experience. The flatbread was amazing, short ribs, asparagus, blue cheese, shallots, pickled onion and micro arugula, amazing. You can either order ahead and pick up within 20 minutes, order at the bar to go and enjoy a local brew while you wait, or have delivered to your room which has additional fees added on and is charged to your room, and certainly you can eat in the bar and enjoy the friendly service and great atmosphere.

    Prime rib nachos
    Britt C.

    I was looking for somewhere different to grab a drink, so I suggested it to my friend. We went after work so we weren't looking our absolute best and my friend wasn't sure if we should go somewhere else. We were so glad we went. It's actually pretty casual, yes some people are dressed pretty nice (probably still from work) and some people are more casually dressed. First of all, the smell when you enter the main hotel lobby...so good! Then you go up an escalator and off to the left is Gather Bar. There is this pretty peach/metalic curtain for the perimeter which gives it a weird throwback yet modern feel. They have a small drink menu, I tried the aviation gin based....it was interesting. My friend wasn't sure what to get and our server mentioned how the bartender had made a mango mojitio for another guest and my friend jumped right on that. We also ordered the prime rib nachos. How classy! Nachos seem to be my go-to snack while out for drinks. I wish there would have been a little more beef on the nachos, but the chips were delish. I loved the vibe here, and making up stories about where people were from/what they did/why they were in town. Very cool, chill hangout.

    Half a roast dip, that's a lot of meat! Ask for horseradish to give it some flavor
    Latti L.

    Based on dining experience. Service is cocktail style, so don't be afraid to raise your hand to get the servers attention. $.99 chips and dip are nothing fancy, but a good start and you can't beat the price. Shrimp and spinach dip isn't bad either and comes with pita bread. Roast dip didn't have a lot of flavor but had so much meat in it I had to put some aside to get it in my mouth. Some horseradish would probably fix that. Old fashion had knob creek which was a major plus, but I couldn't taste the bitters or orange peel. Don't have a choice about coming back since this hotel is in the middle of nowhere, but I have definitely had worse hotel food. I would come back for convenience.

    Ice cold IPA was very good. Hotel bar that gets super packed if there's events there. Bartenders do their best with the big crowds.
    Mike S.

    Hotel bar with good bartenders when it gets crazy. Rahim seemed to be the ace to keep the game up. Food is ok but can handle the volume.

    Workout drink!
    Nora F.

    I came here twice to have lunch during Hubby's business at the convention center. This place is great. Hubby and I shared a chicken caesar salad and a whole pizza that was cut into little square. I had some pomegranate drink. It was great to sip on a cold drink even though I'm not in Bahamas. I wasn't crazy about the pizza, it was all right. The chicken in the salad was tender and juice. It created a nice flavor to the whole salad. We liked it. The second day I was there alone for lunch. I had Chicken Harvest salad. Now this one is highly recommended. Other than great chicken piece added to it, the entire salad was perfectly made. I had it with some nice vinaigrette dressing (it's not balsamic but something else, could be cherry or strawberry but was delicious). I had very little dressing each time I order my salad. Both days were treated well by 2 lovely ladies. Good job! Gather Bar is perfect for those who do business at the convention center or any conferences at Renaissance Hotel. A perfect place to relax and enjoy your drink and have some snack.

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    Horrible, rude service. Waited 1 1/2 hours for food. The bar tender said that the cooks are overwhelmed. This is a CONVENTION CENTER!!!

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    I wanted to check out this place for a long time and I thought it was great. The bartender was…read moreawesome and able to give me information about the place since it was my first time. Prices were fair with what everyone was charging in the area. The dance floor is small but everyone in the place was still having a good time regardless and I was dancing as well. The DJ was great and paid great music. I was there on a Julian Jumping Perez day with DJ Q. I didn't order food, but the food is connected to the restaurant in the same area which based on reviews looked great even though I never tried the food. Also, just from the looks out the banquet hall seems large enough to which is also connected which is convenient if you wanted to host like a wedding.

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