The Muse is a nice adult lounge with live music, food, drinks, and fun. The decor is different both inside and out, looking at it from the outside you would think it was a place built for children because of all the beautiful bright colors and it's fun murals, but once inside it's a really nice spot for adult fun and entertainment. There's a couple of pool tables, a dart board, and a few video games, a dance floor, lots of tables and a nice bar. The Muse is a nice addition to the Mandarin area of Jacksonville Florida.
Went in tonight with 3 friends for drinks and dinner, to see dueling pianos. It was a slow night. Service was slow, had to ask for silverware, waited over 10 minutes for a soda. Two hours later, after the original 4 had finished eating, four more friends show up. When I got my check, 20% was added for a “large party”. Service wasn’t worth a 20% tip to begin with, so nothing further was added. Won’t be back …
I didn't see a 5% charge for paying with a card nor did I think drinks were priced crazy. An old fashioned was 12 to $15 depending on the bourbon I picked, including Bulliet, which is pretty standard especially at a location that has a band. Another person had said that theirs was $20 so I'm not sure what mistake was made on her bill but the menu prices matched our bill. This was our first time here and it was a dichotomy of experiences. When you come in there are bouncers who check your ID, which is good so people don't get stupid, but it's a kind of weird experience when you're going to a restaurant. They had a great band which we would have realized we could see better from the restaurant side than from the bar side before we sat down. There was a little bit too much light for the atmosphere near the bar. Over near the band they were piping in fog. So it's basically part restaurant part nightclub part bar. The band was good, I probably would not eat here again. We had two items the bruschetta which was good and then meatballs which had a good flavor but they weren't hot enough, so that prevented us from ordering more food. There is a broad and range here, from college kids to baby boomers.
Great food, cool atmosphere. Confused by the dress code on the door. We moved to the area last week and stopped by but turned around after seeing “no tank tops or ball caps” on the door. Tonight we dressed appropriately yet there were folks with tank tops and ball caps, and backwards ball caps. The bartenders seeMed nice, wish we would have sat at the bar. We chose to sit at a table and our server, Alanna, was very inattentive despite only a few tables in the place. Took forever to come over the first time. We ordered shrimp and drinks. The shrimp came out 10 minutes later with still no drinks. Finished the shrimp, no drinks. Another employee came to clear our dishes, still no drinks. Finally drinks. Dropped off and left without taking our food order. We finish our shrimp, finish our drinks, sit staring around at the emptiness wondering if we should just go place an order at the bar. Hubby sees our server exit the kitchen and tries to make eye contact but she returns to the kitchen. Finally at some point, when I’m close to just tossing down cash and leaving, and takes our food order and we stupidly order another drink. The food comes, we watch our drinks dying at the bar, I go to the bar to ask for ketchup and mustard, our severe returns an eternity later.
Great place, love the way it’s been remodeled. The smoked muse is amazing!
I'd probably give this 5 stars as a bar and 3 stars as a restaurant, having enjoyed a great Saturday evening there, but dissappointed with table service.We finished off the evening at the pool tables / bar and appreciated the friendly patrons making for a variety of playing levels.There was a live band playing who were surprisingly (amazingly) good at playing some contemporary rock covers. This could have been too loud had we stayed at a table, but fine from the pool table area.
The drinks here were good. There were not many vegetarian options, I was told the pasta didn’t have meat and when I complained about the sauce having meat they told me there was not meat in it. So as a warning to any vegetarians their pastas vodka sauce has meat in it. Also the bread it came with seemed off.
the food is great and the service was good
We went there for the first time on Monday. This used to be Cheers and you can hardly tell now. Nice place, well decorated, big stage, and nightly events. The food was fine and they had most bourbons on the menu available.The major turn off for me was something I have never seen before we charged an almost 5% fee for using a card instead of cash. This is extremely grimy considering there's absolutely no signage posted or on the menu, nor did any of the staff happen to mention it.When I questioned the staff about this charge and why it was added all I got was ¯\_(ツ)_/¯I understand charging two different prices based on payment method like this at some far flung gas station out in the country but not from an "upscale" Resturant/Bar. The worst part is I doubt many people notice it, this is completely usury and violates card processing rules, fees imposed cannot exceed 4% and there must be signage and notices posted.Fair warning for those of you smart enough to check here first, Since clearly the owners and staff didn't want to warn you themselves.
We went there for the first time on Monday. This used to be Cheers and you can hardly tell now. Nice place, well decorated, big stage, and nightly events. The food was fine and they had most bourbons on the menu available. The major turn off for me was something I have never seen before we charged an almost 5% fee for using a card instead of cash. This is extremely grimy considering there's absolutely no signage posted or on the menu, nor did any of the staff happen to mention it. When I questioned the staff about this charge and why it was added all I got was ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I understand charging two different prices based on payment method like this at some far flung gas station out in the country but not from an "upscale" Resturant/Bar. The worst part is I doubt many people notice it, this is completely usury and violates card processing rules, fees imposed cannot exceed 4% and there must be signage and notices posted. Fair warning for those of you smart enough to check here first, Since clearly the owners and staff didn't want to warn you themselves.