I really love when owners post messages like this on a public forum. It pretty much always makes me more likely to stop by the business and I'll stop at Slaughter's this weekend.

I have only been by once so this question may be off-base, but I thought Slaughter's was going for live music, particularly jazz? Did I make this up? Is there live music?

Patio is almost complete and looking super sharp:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/slaughters031815.jpg

I went on Sunday evening with friends, and sadly, the service was terrible. We sat inside and had to keep getting up to find someone to order beers from, they never asked if we wanted food, and it took quite a while for anything to get to our table. They weren't terribly packed, but most tables were full. I was disappointed, overall. That was my 5-6th time there and it doesn't seem to be getting better.

I went with some friends last Friday specifically because I appreciated JarrodH post here. We got there a little after 5:30pm. The front room was about 80% full (no one was in the back room), but the place does feel a little empty even when it's full. Maybe because of the high ceilings? I love the Ralph Ellison connection, especially the large quote on the wall. Service was generally good and my Philly Cheesesteak was outstanding. I'd recommend serving on tin trays (like Backdoor BBQ does) instead of in baskets. Just might make it feel casual still, but not too casual. I'll definitely go back again, especially with that patio. Best of luck moving forward, JarrodH.

Trimmed trees, new sod... Almost finished and looking super sharp:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/slaughters032615.jpg

Wow, this looks sharp. I understand the place has some kinks in service right now, but I can't imagine this not being a long term success & staple for the area.

Wow, amazing at what a little green adds to that street!

Man, that looks like a different city.

I went with some friends last Friday specifically because I appreciated JarrodH post here. We got there a little after 5:30pm. The front room was about 80% full (no one was in the back room), but the place does feel a little empty even when it's full. Maybe because of the high ceilings? I love the Ralph Ellison connection, especially the large quote on the wall. Service was generally good and my Philly Cheesesteak was outstanding. I'd recommend serving on tin trays (like Backdoor BBQ does) instead of in baskets. Just might make it feel casual still, but not too casual. I'll definitely go back again, especially with that patio. Best of luck moving forward, JarrodH.

It should be noted that the "basket" you reference was probably a old LP that had been molded into the shape of a basket... I got a old Frankie Valley record last week-pretty cool!

It should be noted that the "basket" you reference was probably a old LP that had been molded into the shape of a basket... I got a old Frankie Valley record last week-pretty cool!

Huh. It just seemed like a regular old plastic basket, but it's very possible I just wasn't paying attention. :)

After reading Jarrod's response to the critical reviews, including mine, I decided to give Slaughter's Hall another try for lunch this afternoon. The difference in my experience today versus the last several times was like night and day. I was immediately greeted and given a menu. The drinks were promptly brought to me and the food came out quickly and was very good. The waiter, who was also serving as bartender, was very polite, quick, and professional with everything. Everything about the experience was top notch. Now, I was there for a late lunch and was the only person there eating, so that may have been a contributing factor to the quality of service, but I do plan to go back when it's busier to see how they're doing. But, on first glance, it does look like Jarrod has made some changes for the better.

Went on Saturday for late lunch, Patio was full and inside was probably 10% to 20% full (beautiful day). Everything was excellent. Really impressed with the product.

I was also there Saturday for a late lunch... on the patio...

Just hit town had a very late lunch here...

Wow. It was fantastic.

First, I love the space. I knew I would from the photos just from the setting but in person it just really felt good to me. The outdoor patio is going to get tons of use on nice days.

I had the reuben and it was one of the best sandwiches I've ever had. The pastrami was incredibly tender, flavorable and not fatty at all. Everything about it was great. The fries were really good too; even the ketchup tasted great. Had a couple of beers and just enjoyed the whole experience immensely.

Jarrod told me they are about to put out new menus with a slightly revised bill of fare.

Oh, and service was great too. Big thumbs up from me. I'll be back, and probably on this trip.

I grabbed beers and "The Max" (pastrami on rye) there Monday night before the Thunder game and it was fantastic. Also enjoyed the Rogue Dead Guy XS, which I'd never had before despite being a regular drinker of Dead Guy. Great service at the bar, too.

I had the reuben and it was one of the best sandwiches I've ever had. The pastrami was incredibly tender, flavorable and not fatty at all. Everything about it was great. The fries were really good too; even the ketchup tasted great.

If you happen to make it back before you leave town.... I highly recommend the house made potato chips.

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Thanks for the recommendation -- I'll definitely try them next time.

I think I had the same sandwich as Urbanized. There were several others that looked pretty tasty.

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Thanks for the recommendation -- I'll definitely try them next time.

I think I had the same sandwich as Urbanized. There were several others that looked pretty tasty.

I have had the reuben and agree that it is a solid sandwich..... I've been trying to decide what I want for lunch today.... May have to go get a bowl of Lefty's Mac & Cheese to knock the chill off.

Glad to hear the food is hopefully improving. Wife and I went several months ago shortly after they opened - had no issues with service, but our food was downright atrocious - mac-n-cheese was bland, unseasoned, and horribly overcooked. The bun on my sandwich wasn't toasted at all and was completely soggy. Sounds like things have improved though - the menu certainly looks and sounds good - so if the execution has improved, Slaughter's will definitely do well! And the patio - definitely looks impressive! We usually go to Johnnie or Slim's for our downtown patio, but Slaughter's deserves another chance it looks like!

I have had the reuben and agree that it is a solid sandwich..... I've been trying to decide what I want for lunch today.... May have to go get a bowl of Lefty's Mac & Cheese to knock the chill off.

I had the Pastrami Reuben. The best of all possible worlds. Really, really good.

I took my friend from across the pond to this place yesterday and it was very good. I had the "Max" pastrami on rye and I added swiss cheese. I also had the French fries. My friend had the chicken salad sandwich with the potato chips. We shared the fries and chips. Of course, I had a beer and everything was good including service. I will go back.
C. T.

I was there with the BF on Friday for lunch... Great atmosphere and in a really neat building. Walked in and the place was quiet, and initially, service was quick and attentive. However, as other patrons came in - including some that the waitstaff seemed to know - service quickly deteriorated; once our meal was delivered to the table, we were completely forgotten about while the waitstaff chatted with their friends. After finishing our food, we waited for about 20 minutes for the check while we finished our beers; then we got tired of waiting and ended up having to walk up to the bar to finally get our check and to pay.

The food was really great; the Reuben was pretty amazing, and the Tortarex was even moreso. I wasn't in love with the house made potato chips, but they weren't bad, either. The sea salt fries, though... Wow. I'll give these guys another shot, because I enjoyed the heck out of the food, but the poor service really killed the experience for us. Here's hoping next time is better.

I am a huge advocate for this place but I did have my first service hiccup Sunday for brunch. Everything was great until it was time for our check and I had to wait 15-20 minutes so we did the same and went to the bar to ask for it.

Other than that, great as usual.

Slaughter's Hall serving sandwich to help turn the tables on hunger | News OK (http://newsok.com/slaughters-hall-serving-sandwich-to-help-turn-the-tables-on-hunger/article/5416518)

Sounds like a good sandwich.

If it's anything like the other sandwiches I've had there, it's knock-your-socks-off good.

Look forward to trying it out. Nice article in paper yday that is linked above and glad to hear the good reviews!

Tried to order lunch for the office today as I have been wanting to try the food since the OKCTalk outing there. Unfortunately. they were closed due to some flooding last night but said would be open back up at dinner. We ordered Urban Johnnies. Mixed reviews from the office. Some liked..some thought just ok. Was prepared amazingly quick. Can't wait to try Slaughter's Hall though.

We did indeed flood a bit on Wednesday night but are back up and running normally now. Unfortunately, our back door sits about 8 feet below the hill behind us and the flash floods caused water to breach our retaining wall, sending water down the stairs and onto the floor. Luckily our floors are cement and our furniture is mostly metal so we had no major or permanent damage, just a day of cleaning.

Glad to hear. My mom is in town and we're heading there in a little bit to grab a bite to eat.

Tried to order lunch for the office today as I have been wanting to try the food since the OKCTalk outing there. Unfortunately. they were closed due to some flooding last night but said would be open back up at dinner. We ordered Urban Johnnies. Mixed reviews from the office. Some liked..some thought just ok. Was prepared amazingly quick. Can't wait to try Slaughter's Hall though.

I got the Lefty's Mac & Cheese at the get-together. HIGHLY recommend. Best I've ever had.

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I got the Lefty's Mac & Cheese at the get-together. HIGHLY recommend. Best I've ever had.

Wow, high praise.

I plan to go back on my next trip. Absolutely loved the place and food.

Thought the food I got on OKCTalk night was a bit underwhelming. Seemed like everything had been sitting out for a bit. This is in contrast to a time I went there in April when I sat on the patio and everything was incredibly top notch. I really love the vibe of this place, especially the patio. I imagine the average experience is somewhere between pretty good to really good. I hope they can push the average experience toward really good to great.

That Lefty's Mac & Cheese does sounds pretty good, I'll have to make another trip in to try it.

We finally got a chance to try it for lunch. So, keep in mind that are opinions are based on take out. Great presentations in the box for the sandwiches. Not sure how much heat they hold in though. I had the chicken philly. I would not order it again as I prefer my Phillies to be gooey with the cheese melted into the entire innards of meat and peppers. My philly was a little on the small side and was layered with the cheese put on top. The cheese appeared only melted to the point of the heat from the sandwich and not from any other heat source. Two of my staff members ordered the club sandwich and were very impressed with the size and the flavor. I will probably try that next time. The sandwiches come with what appears to be homemade potato chips and they were tasty.

We ordered the Fire mac and cheese as well as the cheese fries. The fire mac and cheese was excellent. Imagine pasta tossed into queso with some meat and fire added. One staff member said she will get that next time as her main entrée. The group was underwhelmed with the cheese fries. The fries were excellent but was lacking on cheese and once again...cheese appeared to be barely melted over the top to the point that it may just had been tossed on the hot fries only and not put under anything to melt the cheese.

Nothing was bad. The items we liked were really liked and the other items weren't bad...just not prepared in style we like. The overall opinion was that it would be added to our rotation when we want sandwiches or mac and cheese. Also, I know some of said it appeared pricy, I thought it was good value for the money when looking at the quality of what was served.

Slaughter's and WSKY have new chefs and new menus:

Oklahoma City's Deep Deuce welcomes a pair of aces to reinforce restaurants | News OK (http://newsok.com/oklahoma-citys-deep-deuce-welcomes-a-pair-of-aces-to-reinforce-restaurants/article/5450124)

Here is a great little story about Slaughter's...

I was in there last week on my recent visit and happened to strike up a conversation with a guy who said he was traveling through OKC with two others... That they were driving from California to Tennessee (where one of the group was moving) and made a specific point to stop in OKC.

They were staying someplace near I-40 and Meridian but learned about Bricktown and Slaughter's on Yelp. so they parked somewhere in BT and walked all around before landing at Slaughter's.

He invited me to join the group which I did and they all *raved* about OKC. Said they had heard good things but in person the whole downtown area was more impressive than they had expected.


Similarly, I have a friend out here who is an opera singer (of all things) and when I mentioned I was from OKC he said he had given a couple of performances in town and absolutely loved the downtown area. Think he stayed somewhere in Bricktown. This coming from an Aussie who is not one for false praise.


Of course, we still have a long way to go and lots more in the pipeline but I think we're to the point now that visitors are going to come away pretty impressed.

Last week there was a national convention of rural water association managers at the Cox Center, about 1700 of them. I spoke with quite a few. One in particular stood out, a guy who was running from his hotel over to the Ice House to check it out and see if it was a good place to take his wife later. I was hanging out waiting for someone in front of the waterfall in MBG at Robinson and Sheridan, and he randomly asked if I lived here, only because he wanted so badly to tell someone from OKC how awesome the city is. He and his wife had arrived the night before and spent a little time in Bricktown, and they had gone through the memorial museum. He was just bubbling over about how blown away they were by how nice, clean, friendly, convenient, walkable and entertainment-laden our downtown is. He was pretty overwhelmed by it.

People have low expectations before they get here, sure, but I have now heard unsolicited comments like this many, many hundreds of times, and often from people who live in places that we think of as way more exciting than OKC. The experience you describe is pretty common these days, Pete.

I know we are getting off subject here but...

Do we still have the roving ambassadors downtown? People that were out and about to help tourists?

In all may walking around I saw lots of obvious tourists milling about and I wanted to stop and help all of them.

Yes. But also we have in addition to that the DowntownOKC, Inc Guides.

Saw the pic of their falafel veggie burger - looks solid! We'll have to go back. Went shortly after they opened and have rarely been back since, mostly because the food was just horrific. Soggy buns on our sandwiches, mac-n-cheese was way overcooked, undersalted, and underwhelming. Solid beer selection though so we shall give it another shot!

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I've eaten at Slaughter's 3 times and loved my sandwich each time.

But with the new chef and menu, it looks even better.

This is one of my favorite spots in OKC.

Definitely give them another try. I had great food both times.

Been there once, loved it. I'm waiting for my friend from London to come over and we will definitely eat there again.
C. T.

Finally got over here yesterday. I had the Cuban Press which was great. My wife was going to get one of the Mac & Cheese options, but decided on the Uncle Joe's Lunch Box; she can't turn down a cookie! She enjoyed it. I had a bit of the grilled cheese; seemed sufficiently cheesy, but kind of boring. The cheese fries were pretty good as well.

I had a lot of difficulty choosing what sandwich I wanted, so I'll clearly need to return a few more times to try the ones I missed out on this time. It'll definitely be added to the list of places we should return to.

I've had several of their sandwiches and they have all been outstanding.

I keep meaning to try their mac & cheese varieties but I can never not order one of those great sandwiches.

I've had several of their sandwiches and they have all been outstanding.

I keep meaning to try their mac & cheese varieties but I can never not order one of those great sandwiches.

Get both, take the mac & cheese home, the pasta stands up well and doesn't just disintegrate if you reheat it on low on either the stovetop or microwave - we had the BBQ version and it reheated nicely (a little too sweet for me, but *huge* hunks of pork in it, so that was nice).

They have started to have jazz nights here in keeping with the heritage of the district. Other places (Urban's Johnnies, Aloft) will soon follow suit.

I'm here now and it's a great vibe and a good crowd. This place is highly underrated. I find myself here as much as anywhere since I've been back.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/slaughters121515.jpg

This weekend is their 1 year anniversary. It is Saturday night Dec 19 and they are doing a local beer tap takeover. Their FB page says that they will have over 30 local beers on tap including many limited runs and hard to get releases.

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I'll be there! I believe Urbanized is going to make the scene as well.

If I did this right, here is tonight's beer list of local beers on tap for Slaughter's 1 year anniversary. Starts tonight at 7 pm. They will have hourly giveaways and local brewmasters will be present. Don't forget to try the fried pickles as they rock!
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Had their brunch burrito today with gravy.....sinful and delicious!!!

Went tonight and as with every Tuesday, it was Jazz Night.

Such a great vibe! Really good group of musicians and the place completely filled up, but not in an annoying, crowded way but in a high-energy, fun way.

I've really grown to love this place and pleased to see it's popularity continuously expanding.

I was there with my LOYAL class tonight. I wish I would have seen you. It was my first time there. It's a cool place.

I was there with my LOYAL class tonight. I wish I would have seen you. It was my first time there. It's a cool place.

My friend's wife is the one that took your group picture. :)

I got a gift certificate for 4 people to this place. Sounds like I need to try it out sometime.

Food is very good, great beer list and cool setting.

Do they still have the mac & cheese options? Haven't had a chance to get back recently and I seem to recall that the menu was getting tweaked a bit.

I've been there this calendar year and had mac n cheese.

Oh yes, still several varieties of that great mac & cheese.

The other day I had their dip trio and it was great. Queso, hummus and onion dip served with their homemade potato chips, tortilla chips and pita bread.

The queso is cold and different than I expected but very good. The hummus was clearly made in house and the onion dip may have been my fave. It was a lot of delicious food for $12.


Menu ? Slaughter's Hall (http://www.slaughtershall.com/menu/)