Bang!,

213 2nd St SW, Charlottesville, VA 22902, United States

"Every time I've come here it's been nice, but not amazing-- nothing to support the idea this is the most spectacular restaurant I've ever eaten at. I'd never even wanted to pen a review until just tonight, when I was wanting to give it another go for dinner after a workout class that let out at 8. I open the door at 8:15 to ask to be seated (just myself, table of 1), to be met with apologies that they stopped seating tables at 8. My last Google search says they close at 9 pm. Having served tables before, I absolutely never want to be the person to inconvenience the restaurant staff, and I was debating even trying to come to the restaurant not wanting to be "that person." I eventually convinced myself to go ahead and come on in to eat; 40 minutes til close is ample time for me to enjoy my entire meal and leave at 9. But alas, it was not to be on this particular evening. I understand that it is rough for restaurants to not have customers come in on certain nights, but I think it's equally as rough to be the customer expecting certain things to be true of a business, such as their stated business hours. Just my two cents on this chilly January night, with an empty stomach."

"For shame, y'all. I thought bang was something special a year ago. Like, don't get me wrong, there's things done right. The physical location is cool. Pretty. Staff has good vibes. Food is mostly good, specifically the buns. I can tell there's some space cadets in the front and back of house, but as a former kitchen space cadet I can forgive that- up to a point. This point specifically. Y'all are putting a sweet, zero acidity dressing on raw, unmassaged kale with barely half a radish, a few pieces of cucumber, and toasted whatnot and charging 11 dollars for it. What a joke. Even if y'all prepared the kale properly (I'm not convinced it was washed and sanitized) and hand massaged it with some lemon and vinegar and oil and spices, this pittance wouldn't nearly amount to 11 dollars- but I guess y'all have gotta pay the rent somehow. Also, the picture is post my fixing it. Quite good. Kale, acid, oil, salt. It could not be more simple. Try it and tell me I'm wrong."

"It was my first time here and it was AMAZING!! I love the idea of small plates and sharing them with friends. Every single thing we got was amazing. I will for sure be back. Only thing, I wish they would have atleast forewarned me that refills of sodas aren't free lol ♡"

"Food was good and my drink was great! Very nice atmosphere."

"Went during restaurant week and had to wait for more than an hour to get seated. It was so full. The food here is really good, no wonder there's a long wait time. I loved lamb noodles the most and the mushroom bun had a very interesting taste to it. The beef empanadas should also be mentioned since it was a delight with the sauce. I do want to give a shout out to Liam who was our server and was excellent at it."