Bricktown West

[Eddie1]

A couple shots upthread there is a second, higher balcony seen; what restaurant is that a part of? Is that West as well?

[Chadanth]

I think the upstairs seating is a miss. I was hoping for a more relaxing environment than a bunch of plain tables and chairs, maybe some booths and couches.

[Pete]

They aren't finished yet.

[rfjeep12]

Had dinner there monday night. The place looks great. I've always enjoyed going to Nonna's and it has always been easily my favorite view of downtown.. they made the patio a lot more usable than before. The whole restaurant will be a great upscale place to watch football. Lots of Big Screen TV's everywhere; very cool bars; upstairs and down. I do think direct access to the patio would be cool, but i dont see any EASY way to add it. The glass fireplace on the patio is really cool. They have a local art company providing them with a featured artist's work every 60 days on a rotating basis

We had a little bit of everything, but the Ribeye w/ shrimp and Potatoes was awesome. My wife had stuffed Portobellos (not my thing) but also really good. The fish looked good too. for a soft opening everything looked very polished, can't wait to go back when they have live music on the patio.

[Anonymous.]

Official opening Monday October 19. 11am

[sooner88]

Going to lunch there today... excited to check out the updates.

[sooner88]

I went today for a soft opening lunch. The interior is all very nice, with different feels downstairs and upstairs. I forgot how big this space is... I think the upstairs area will be great to grab a drink, watch a game, listen to live music, etc.

As for the food, it was a limited menu, but it all looked like food at the West on Western (I assume the menu is virtually the same). The food ranged from great to mediocre... partly due to overcooking, overseasoning on one of the chicken dishes. We all had the chicken chile verde to start, which was the highlight of the meal. The service overall was very good for a new restaurant. Hopefully they can work out some of the kinks, becuase they did a great job with the remodel.

[Mel]

Love the pics on this place. If someone passes by there at night get a pic of the sign. Sometimes plain janes really wow you when lit up.

[FritterGirl]

Finally had a chance to try this out. I was gobsmacked at how empty and bland it all looked. It was completely stripped of any of the life that Nonna's had left behind - from the beautiful and unique lighting and cozy, colorful furnishings of the Purple bar, to the intimate banquet rooms with their beautiful furnishings and interesting wall designs - it was all gone, every bit - replaced by industrial grade gray carpet, vinyl tile floors, colorless walls and cheap-looking furniture. It is completely lacking in personality design-wise.

Food and service weren't much better. We went as part of a large group for a birthday celebration (11 in the group). They got our parties mixed up with another one, and put us in one of the meeting rooms that had been set up for 30-something people, so we squeezed two round-tops together to make our party at least at one larger table.

I ordered a soup and salad for lunch instead of my entree, and they came out within five minutes. Problem was, no one else had ordered a "starter," so I sat there and sat there with food in front of me waiting for everyone else's entrees to arrive. Some twenty minutes later, they finally did. It was awkward if not uncomfortable.

The tomato bisque I had ordered, while tasty, was not at all of a creamy consistency. It was a step less solid than tomato paste, and still rather grainy. The brussels sprout salad, which had great promise per the description, was pretty bland and flavorless.

I hate railing on new restaurants, especially those with local investment. But with this, they've taken a Bricktown icon and have reduced it to something that is not at all tourist-worthy.

[TheTravellers]

We give every new OKC restaurant 6 months to get their **** together, been burned waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many times by going before then. Yeah, I know it's important to support local places early on, but we're gonna let someone else take the bullets first (wife was thinking about Meat Market Refectory for NYE, but ain't no way, maybe next NYE). Having said that, we weren't too impressed with their Western Ave location, so we might not even try the Bricktown one, unless it's for the rooftop patio.

[Pete]

West closes its doors tonight

[HangryHippo]

I am not surprised at all. I had one of the worst restaurant experiences of my life here and the food was terrible. I hope something much, much better takes its place.

[gurantula35]

Is it closing because it didn't do well?

[dankrutka]

If Republic did want a downtown location, this would be a great spot...What else would succeed here?

[HangryHippo]

If Republic did want a downtown location, this would be a great spot...What else would succeed here?

Ooooh maaaan. Since we lost out on the bus station, and the Bricktown Ballpark won't play ball (thank you, thank you), I would love for RePUBlic to take this space! They would murder it here!

[dcsooner]

Will likely continue to see restaurant comings and goings until DT reaches a critical mass of rooftops and other elements of DT development are completed

[Pete]

Will likely continue to see restaurant comings and goings until DT reaches a critical mass of rooftops and other elements of DT development are completed

Has nothing to do with that. The previous tenant had been there for years and the owner just decided to retire.

[riflesforwatie]

I never tried the Bricktown location. Sorry to hear about them closing, but this is a great location. Confident something else will come in and make a killing here.

[tsou89]

Hope there's a great tenant out there for that location. Was never impressed with West (or any of the restaurants in their group). Best of luck to the old and new tenants!

[sooner88]

It's a great location and the remodel was top notch. Aside from Urban Johnnies, the Haynes' concepts aside from Johnnies have never done much for me. This would be a great place for a national chain or for a strong local group to step in.

[Richard at Remax]

Love the western location, but went here one time and it was very underwhelming on all accounts.

[warreng88]

If Republic did want a downtown location, this would be a great spot...What else would succeed here?

I think A Good Egg is in a holding pattern on new restaurants for a little while. Keep in mind, they opened three new restaurants (Republic CC, Tucker's Norman and Barrio's) all within a couple of months of each other. That's a lot for them...

[JarrodH]

When your prices are comparable to Mickey Mantles, The Mantle, and Mahogany I expect your service, food, and atmosphere to also compare.

I only dined here twice but it never felt remotely close to the others mentioned. It wasn't too busy, the staff was far from professional, and the food was sadly subpar. If i'm going to to spend $200-300 on dinner and wine for two, I EXPECT to have an experience to go along with it.

West on Western is nice but a far cry from fine dining and trying to morph that concept into fine dining in Bricktown was the kiss of death.

[soonerguru]

Sadly, I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did.

[HangryHippo]

If Republic did want a downtown location, this would be a great spot...What else would succeed here?

Ooooh maaaan. Since we lost out on the bus station, and the Bricktown Ballpark won't play ball (thank you, thank you), I would love for RePUBlic to take this space! They would murder it here!

Lackmeyer is on board with our plan in his chat this morning.