Complete Let Down. I have been visiting Pinckney, Michigan at least twice a year or the last 4 years. I live in Hawaii but have been coming for the summer and enjoying the chain of lakes. In previous trips, I have really enjoyed going to Hamburg Pub, watching sports, drinking cold beer and having excellent bar food. All of these things, you learn to appreciate and miss after living in Hawaii where everything twice as much. I also remember reading a great article 3 years ago about how the previous owners took over the business again so as to bring back the level of service and quality of food that was missing when they sold it to new owners 3 years prior. I will agree. I came before and after they repurchased it and noticed a big difference. Every time I visited Hamburg, I told my girlfriend that I was going to come for "cod night" and enjoy the all you can eat special (again something they don't have 6,000 miles away in Hawaii0. Because of COVID, I was unable to make it to Michigan last summer so it was a long time coming for the cod night that I had been thinking about over the last couple of years. Yes, it was still on my bucket list. So last night as I was winding down my 2 week stay in Michigan, we decided to make cod night happen. We invited our friend and decided it was game on. We had plenty to eat in our fridge but opted to make this event happen. We were thinking in some way we would be supporting a local business. We decided to wait until after 8 pm so the dinner rush would subside. As we arrived at 8:30 pm, the parking lot was full but diners were starting to leave so we quickly got a table and waited patiently for a few beers. Everything was looking good and we were all very excited about cod night. When they server came back, we opted to skip the appetizers and focus on the all you can eat. After we ordered, we talked about how nice it would be to come back over the weekend to watch football in the pub. We placed our order at approximately 8:40 PM and or meals came out 5/10 minutes later (via another server). The fish was delicious and we quickly mowed through it ready for rounds two and three. Unbeknownst to us the kitchen closes at 9PM even though the website says 10PM. As we sought out our missing server to order more beer and more importantly more fish, we noticed she was doing her side work avoiding any eye contact with us. Our friend had to track her down and reel her in to tell her we would like to re-order the special. It was rather obvious at this point that she did not want to be there and was ready to go home. She put in our order and came back with beers and a total of 2 pieces of fish for us to split. As she dropped it on the table, she explained that the kitchen was closed and this was all we could get. So much for all you can eat special still listed on the board. She also explained that she was going to comp us the difference between the all you can eat price and the 2 piece dinner ($2.00) for one of our meals even though none of us got all you can eat. I looked down at my Iphone and it was 9:06 PM. Unfortunately, all of us were still hungry and and unsatisfied. When the server was walking by on her way to finish her side work and clearing tables, we flagged her down again to ask her for more cole slaw (knowing that it did not require cooking). She looked at us like we were crazy. No, we were just hungry and that was our only option. As we looked around, we noticed that other food was still coming out of the kitchen. She brought us our cole slaw and promptly took our condiments so she could finish her side work and get home I guess. Sorry, I like salt and pepper on my cole slaw. Oh well. Shortly after, she brought us are check so we could get out. I noticed that the $2.00 comp for the all you can eat inconvenience was only $.20. A typo mistake and no big deal so we again flagged her down from her side work to correct it. By then, my girlfriend left the building because she was over it. My friend and I paid the bill and left a 20% tip despite the poor communication and service. My thoughts are: 1) This is a local bar that is hyped for great food and atmosphere (both of which I agree with). Why be a a server in a BAR if you don't want to work past 9PM? 2) It seems reasonable that when we were ordering, she could have explained that the kitchen was closing in 20 minutes and come back within those same 20 minutes to check on us, ask about the food and potential re-order of the all you can eat special. 3) We would have ordered something completely different had we known that Cod Night was over with. read more