Stray Cat Lounge

I love, love, loved Russell. Can’t say enough good things about him!
Our evening was absolutely astounding till the next morning! We told the server at the beginning of the night we wanted to pay CASH but wanted to start a tab, we gave her a credit card to start it but not to swap per our cash request. The end of the night came, our tab came. She swiped our card. Then came with the bill. Wtf. My husband pulls cash out, he paid $ 125 in cash and remaining on the card. She voided the swipe. It took 5 business days for the WHOLE tab to return to our debt card which on any given day would have been ok. But, when we ask, you acknowledge before the huge party we were with shows, I was pissed. We had to borrow from our saving to cover the week and I hate touching our savings. Just left a sour taste, especially since she didn’t tell us. Seemed like a great place, may go back due to Russell being an awesome bartender but if it wasn’t for him I’d be reluctant. Proceed with caution.

Great atmosphere, great drinks, and great entertainment. The staff is awesome, especially Kristen & Angela!!!

Worst pizza I’ve ever had, horrible service, cheap looking décor.

Went to see a band — radioactive that turned out to be quite good. The rest if the evening however was quite interesting! Pizza that others ordered with green pepper, pepperoni and onion, came out with olives and onions. Manager tried to rectify it with ½ off drink cards next time– Sunday thru Thursday only. Every drink order turned into an adventure. Ordered a vodka-​tonic and server asked if that was a drink? Really? Then she stated she was only a waitress. Much OLDER crowd. Great people watching, guys in 50’s trying to dress/​act like 20 sumthings. When many of the women walked by I felt like I was in Silicon Valley

Great atmosphere, good service, decent food all at a reasonable price. Will visit again soon! Bartenders are very friendly and attentive. Crowd is 40+.

The martinis are killer and so are the servers (Kristen&Libby). If you’ve never been here your definitely missing out! !!

This place had made an excellent first impression. Solid competition to dirty dog jazz café? yeah I’m in! As a person who used to frequent dirty dog (but stopped due to limited space and rising prices) I got very excited to see a large hall, great live FREE music, and friendly deals.
And then my bubble popped due to generally bad experience:
–my table ordered food all at the same time, everything came separately. I waited 1:20h for my appetizer…
–my mixed drink (some very bad well stuff) gave me food poisoning. We all ate each others food due to long waiting time and nobody suffered like I did. I was the only one drinking a mixer.
–my server couldn’t answer simple questions.
Now in agreement with many other reviews: wait staff dressed in booty shorts, cat ears and cheetah belly tops is totally killing the mood. We dressed formally expecting an elegant experience, and strip-​club «clothed» staff made things awkward. Don’t take me wrong, I do like pretty girls as well but when the place and occasion are calling for it.
Not a huge deal, but worth bringing into managements consideration.
I really want to love and frequent this place, but both food poisoning and over an hour wait for an appetizer are very bad signs.
Maybe? perhaps? I may give them a shot in the future? I adore the concept of this place but I’m very sad to say that the application failed

Took a girl here for our date! On the outside it looks alittle sketchy being next to a dollar store. But walk inside and holy Santa clause shit! This place makes you feel like you are walking into a 60s lounge! Order me a scotch and call me dean martin! New favorite place

Used to be classy, now it’s just plain trashy.
Been coming here a while now and they started off great but things have been going downhill fast lately.
The waitresses used to look great in their leopard accented cocktail dresses, but now it seems they’re supposed to wear cat ears and corsets.
One waitress in particular just made me uncomfortable, I swear she was about to expose herself every time she went to put down a drink. I could tell from the expressions on other patron’s faces that I wasn’t the only one thinking that. I don’t think she smiled once, not that I blame her. I would be too happy about serving drinks half naked either.
They’ve had a few great funk/​blues bands here in the past but lately they’ve had subpar rock and other generic cover bands playing on the weekends.
They’ve done a complete 180 from the classy/​sophisticated vibe they worked hard to achieve… I have no idea what happened here.

I am signing up for Unilocal just to leave this post. SPECIFICALLY TO LEAVE THIS POST.
Lemme start by saying the manager there had to be drunk. This lady had no idea what she was doing and thought she was slick.
Had the Ashton VSG Sorcerer. Great Cigar.
Worst Old Fashion Ive ever had. Terrible Spinach Dip. Good shrimp Tacos– good dipping sauce with it.
Ordered a Jameson (which I drink enough to know the taste) the blonde haired manager poured me a Canadian Club, asked to take it back and re-​pour the jameson, which then tasted like Jameson.
Ordered the key lime cheese cake, they didn’t have it, no big deal, ordered the mixed berry cheese cake– which was good (costco but fine), BUT I DIDNT ORDER THE LONG STRAND OF HAIR THAT CAME IN IT.
So when I asked the waitress (who was a complete sweet heart) for the manager she brought me over this blonde (so you can identify her) white trash lady who had every excuse in the book for everything that went wrong and tried to tell me she was the one who poured the Jameson, and continued to argue with me when I called her out on her bullshit. And I don’t doubt that she poured it, but she didn’t pour Jameson and tried to save herself .37 cents on the drink like we weren’t going to know the difference.
Her remedy to the hair in the cheese cake (FUCKING GROSS) was to give me a hug, her words exactly «well im sorry for the hair but it does come with a free hug“and then hugged me, this bitch must be crazy, and must think she’s good looking enough to where a fucking hug is gonna remedy her nasty ass hair in my mouth.
She asked us what we wanted her to do. I said nothing, I just want to tell her whats going on. Instead of actually listening to what I had to say she comes back with 5 bullshit coupons which were circumstantial coupons a insult if you ask me.
Would I like to go back here?
Yes because the atmosphere is great and I love smoking good cigars but this blonde hair «manager» was a drunk disgrace who insulted me and my friends to our face with her garbage talk, drunk attitude (if you wanna get drunk at work, thats cool with me but know how to handle your shit) and shitty remedy to me CHEWING a hair, which absolutely killed it for me so me nor any of my people will ever return.
Oh yeah, did I mention the coffee I ordered got brought to me in a Moscow Mule cup (Not the most comfortable on the fingers or lips when tried to take a sip)
pretty sure this manager chick was the owner… sad…

Just got into the cigar scene and let me tell you this place is top notch like it’s on the Vegas strip! Our bartender/​waiter was one of the best in the business. Gave me excellent cigar and beer choices! Even the food was great. This is diff my new spot to lounge.

I went here on a whim with my girlfriend and a buddy for a much needed night out on a Saturday night. The location, accessibility, and parking are all great. The décor walking in is also very tasteful. It’s a nice establishment that feels upscale.
Once our party was inside, it was awkward while one staff member said she was going to find us a seat, then had another staff member immediately come up and ask for IDs. When we looked up, the original staff member had disappeared somewhere and didn’t come back. So our little party of three found a place on a couch, with the assistance of the second staff member, next to another couple and not far away from the band that was playing.
The atmosphere felt great (when the band was playing). When the band took a break, the music shifted from light rock to bad club «hits» that really didn’t fit the mood. I guess they’re trying to appeal to the younger crowd that we came in to Stray Cat to avoid in the first place. Trust me, nobody in there really wants to hear Sean Paul’s «Temperature».
The selection of drinks was very extensive and the list of cigars was excellent as well. Pricing is fair. Our only real problem with the place was our service. I think Stray Cat just hires any pretty girl regardless of any serving experience. The server was very polite but we were consistently waiting on something and then being told our selection was unavailable. This was busy Saturday night so I’ll cut her some slack. Twice the server had to return and tell my buddy his cigar selection was unavailable, she forgot drinks we had ordered, and told us the slim cigars were unavailable as we watched another table order and receive theirs.
I would love to come back to Stray Cat Lounge on a night that it’s not so busy for a hopefully better experience. I also hope they train their staff to know what’s unavailable, so first-​timers like us don’t leave with a sour impression.
Stray Cat Lounge is the place I would go when I want to enjoy a relaxed atmosphere, a glass of scotch, and a fine cigar. If they stick to focusing on that, we’ll make ourselves regulars.

Great amazing actually very impressed! Must come and try yourself! Our server Steve was amazing! There every time we needed him and took good care of me and my brother! God bless must come here and ask for Steve he is a great guy treats you like a king! Come see this place you will not be unsatisfied!

Love, Love, LOVE this place. We try to make it once a week. Usually on Thursday. After all, it’s Happy Hour prices all night long on Thursdays. The only downside we’ve found is the DJ plays extremely loud, dance music to a crowd that looks like they would rather be talking. Perhaps a little quieter… or play some Sinatra, Crosby, Como, Williams. That seems to fit a martini and cigar bar better, in my opinion. But, I recommend that you go here. The drinks are great, the food is great, the service is great, and it’s very relaxing.

We actually had a Groupon… the service was fantastic… the greeting by the maitre’d was warm and welcoming…
We are definitely going back!

I’ve been here enough times now that everything I’ve said earlier has been proven out time and time again.
Be here. Often.

Stray Cat is an absolutely wonderful place to visit if you’re looking for good cigars, a variety of cordials, wine, and martini’s, and of course great music. I have not been to a lounge that allows cigars where the air inside is about as clean as it is outside.
Anyone who doesn’t like the smell of the smoke should not worry because it will be cleansed out really quick. Being a NON-​Smoker I was hesitant to go in (no liking smoke at all) but their ventilation system in there is excellent! Talk about big money spent!
All staff is very friendly, knowledgeable about products, and can make great recommendations. The only problem is trying to find the place tucked away in that corner! Looking forward to dragging more friends out, and enjoying the atmosphere!

I’m not sure what all of the other reviewers are seeing in this place that I’m not. It does have a great décor, especially for small groups. The food and drink menus were not inspiring. They a decent craft beer selection on tap, but at least a dollar or two more expensive than most other places. We had the pulled pork sliders. They tasted like they were made of pre packaged pulled pork with sauce, deli coleslaw, and frizzled onions. The chips on the side came right from a GFS bag. I wish they would change the stale ‘martini’ list up for some well crafted cocktails and drop the GFS pre made food for a few well made things in house.

For the east side, the Stray Cat is about as good as it gets. Great décor, great beer selection, amazingly gorgeous wait staff, you can smoke cigars, and they have TVs everywhere.
On top of the that, I ordered the steak bites, and I swear there was 16−18oz of steak on my plate. I was literally *stuffed* after finished that app.
The only downside is the location. It’s hard to find. I drove by twice with my Navi on and still couldn’t find it.
But once I got in, I was blown away… thought I was in Birmingham.
Will I go back? Absolutely.

They have a very selection of draft beers. I’m not a smoker but they seem to have quite the selection of cigars. I tried their chicken BBQ pizza and it was quite good. The service was very good.