Merle's Whiskey Kitchen 122 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202

"We went on a Saturday night before a Journey concert. We arrived at 5pm and were told the wait would be 30-45 min. We only waited 20 min! There was live music that was so loud you couldn't hear the other people at your table because the speakers face right at the tables. We found that unpleasant, but if you know that is what the bar is about, it is probably a fun time! We got chips and queso and the queso was so good! We all got Merle's Melts and they tasted like high quality baconators. The fries were SO GOOD, crispy and well salted. We were most disappointed by the lack of physical menus. There are a variety of reasons someone could want or need a physical menus and not being able to accommodate that request feels insensitive to that need. We were annoyed that the appetizer and 2 plates (out of our 4 top table) were delivered. Around 5 minutes after, the other two plates were brought to the table. Even the server pointed out how that was weird. The server was nice and the place was spacious. Short version - Great food, leans more bar than restaurant, wish they had real menus, and server was fine!"

"Great food great atmosphere! This place was so busy you could hardly get a seat but the food was worth it."

"Sweet Cornbread - a must try Quarter fried chicken was good Mango habanero sauce was very good Friendly service My companions said that the bourbon and cocktails were good"

"We visited here because it was close to our hotel. We ate tacos and they were definitely solidly good. The cocktails were the downfall - my husband's old fashioned he said was terrible. I ordered a couple of cocktails from their cocktail menu and I didn't really like them all too much either. But we sat at the bar and the bartenders gave us good service."

"Oh my goodness. The food was off the charts. The spicy bourbon bacon and the Parmasan garlic fries were my favorite. The cornbread was my husband's favorite. It was busy and we were a table of six. So my advice is to ask for a printout of your bill just to check for accuracy as they have a new hand-held system the servers are getting used to. Some items ended up on each other's bills, but it was fixed quickly. I would go back here again and again! The food was so good!!"