This is Cookie's beautiful flaw.
It is too much.
It has too much stuff. It's open too much. And the staff are too much.
Seriously. 50 wines by the glass? Circa 800 bottles? 15 beers on tap? 200 in glass or can? 100+ al la cart menu items? 100+ house cocktails? Stoned and drunk hipsters and boring beer, wine and cocktail nerds serving bar? (Seriously guys, just get me a drink; stop being cooler than thou/giving me a chemical description of what I'm drinking.)
Too much. Plus they are open 15 hours a day. The overheads at this place must be insane.... If anybody wonders why the staff are shitty, it's because they are drunk, over-tired, and full of themselves.
Cookie is great,... if you can get in (Which you can't because you're not cool enough.) and if the staff are nice to you (Which they won't be because you're not cool enough.).
That said. The food is amazing. The cocktails are amazing. And, while the wine and beer lists are a bit incomprehensible to the average punter, they are genius. There are some comparative bargains in the mad incomprehensible pages that form both book-like menus. Unfortunately if you want something in particular you might be given a disappointing "out of stock" response by the bar-person (Sometimes after too long a wait.). But usually there will be an appropriate substitute.
>>Aside:
Speaking of too long a wait. The cocktail bar. Anybody who complains about waiting 5 minutes for a drink that takes 10 minutes to make is a moron who deserves to be punched repeatedly in the face and have their head set on fire.
A cocktail that takes 5 minutes to make will take probably about 10 minutes to reach you. More than that if you decide that you want to move tables and fail to tell the person who served you and more again if someone else ordered a cocktail before you. Just think about the number of people ordering cocktails on a Friday or Saturday night. (Seriously, rub those two brain-cells together for a minute.) Just because you want a mojito doesn't mean one will magically appear. You all some spoilt bitches yo. The cocktail bar is busy.... And it doesn't have time for your shit.
>>Back to the review.
The tea list is stripped down to a "simple" 14 options, which I guess adheres to the maxim of "keep it simple stupid" but it's still too long and coffees take too long to recieve despite the barista's best efforts. (He's also the wine waiter in addition to everything else he does.)
Later, the place becomes a bit of a nightclub and the atmosphere changes. Different DJ's each night set the mood for each evening. On week-nights the range is eclectic with a regular schedule on the week-end.
Friday's starts out with Nigel Last punching out some classic rock and funk. Unfortunately he is followed followed by your regular range of derivative house and RnB.
Paul the Saturday DJ plays pure disco with some of the rarest tracks one has ever heard being rolled out to the masses.
The odd one out (And proud of it.) is Sunday. The Sunday night DJ, Mr Geoffrey, puts out a incomparable selection of noir film soundtracks and 80s electro. Delightful.
Cookie is amazing. A little too amazing sometimes. And sometimes it's a little full of itself. But maybe it has a right to be. Maybe, when one is so close to perfection, one has the right to arrogance....
But maybe they should just get over themselves.
Four shots of whiskey. Because they are trying.
It is too much.
It has too much stuff. It's open too much. And the staff are too much.
Seriously. 50 wines by the glass? Circa 800 bottles? 15 beers on tap? 200 in glass or can? 100+ al la cart menu items? 100+ house cocktails? Stoned and drunk hipsters and boring beer, wine and cocktail nerds serving bar? (Seriously guys, just get me a drink; stop being cooler than thou/giving me a chemical description of what I'm drinking.)
Too much. Plus they are open 15 hours a day. The overheads at this place must be insane.... If anybody wonders why the staff are shitty, it's because they are drunk, over-tired, and full of themselves.
Cookie is great,... if you can get in (Which you can't because you're not cool enough.) and if the staff are nice to you (Which they won't be because you're not cool enough.).
That said. The food is amazing. The cocktails are amazing. And, while the wine and beer lists are a bit incomprehensible to the average punter, they are genius. There are some comparative bargains in the mad incomprehensible pages that form both book-like menus. Unfortunately if you want something in particular you might be given a disappointing "out of stock" response by the bar-person (Sometimes after too long a wait.). But usually there will be an appropriate substitute.
>>Aside:
Speaking of too long a wait. The cocktail bar. Anybody who complains about waiting 5 minutes for a drink that takes 10 minutes to make is a moron who deserves to be punched repeatedly in the face and have their head set on fire.
A cocktail that takes 5 minutes to make will take probably about 10 minutes to reach you. More than that if you decide that you want to move tables and fail to tell the person who served you and more again if someone else ordered a cocktail before you. Just think about the number of people ordering cocktails on a Friday or Saturday night. (Seriously, rub those two brain-cells together for a minute.) Just because you want a mojito doesn't mean one will magically appear. You all some spoilt bitches yo. The cocktail bar is busy.... And it doesn't have time for your shit.
>>Back to the review.
The tea list is stripped down to a "simple" 14 options, which I guess adheres to the maxim of "keep it simple stupid" but it's still too long and coffees take too long to recieve despite the barista's best efforts. (He's also the wine waiter in addition to everything else he does.)
Later, the place becomes a bit of a nightclub and the atmosphere changes. Different DJ's each night set the mood for each evening. On week-nights the range is eclectic with a regular schedule on the week-end.
Friday's starts out with Nigel Last punching out some classic rock and funk. Unfortunately he is followed followed by your regular range of derivative house and RnB.
Paul the Saturday DJ plays pure disco with some of the rarest tracks one has ever heard being rolled out to the masses.
The odd one out (And proud of it.) is Sunday. The Sunday night DJ, Mr Geoffrey, puts out a incomparable selection of noir film soundtracks and 80s electro. Delightful.
Cookie is amazing. A little too amazing sometimes. And sometimes it's a little full of itself. But maybe it has a right to be. Maybe, when one is so close to perfection, one has the right to arrogance....
But maybe they should just get over themselves.
Four shots of whiskey. Because they are trying.
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