The Chandelier Bar

So I’m in Buffalo for a business trip, and stay at the attached Delavan Hotel & Spa (which has a horrific free “breakfast”). Due to how terrible their breakfast is, I was scared to try the attached restaurant, but to my surprise the restaurant although the same company, is actually fantastic. First, I’m a whiskey collector, and they have some very difficult to find fine whiskies, some of which I have show in the photos. They have all vintages of pappy first off. The venue is large and beautiful, and the waitresses/bartenders are equally beautiful. the staff were fairly attentive friendly. Each night I got a different whiskey and meal, and all were great. Price isn’t low, but this is a higher end place, so that is to be expected. I feel that for the quality of the food, the price was certainly justified. I will write a separate review for the hotel as well.

This is more than a bar it is an experience. Saturday nights are my favorite...lowered lighting, premiere customer service, delectable cuisine and live, Harlem nights feel Jazz..grab your friends, your love, or just treat yourself.....

This could've easily been a 5 star review, but here is some reasons why it's not. First, lets start with the good. The restaurant Chandelier is located inside the beautiful Delavan hotel and spa, which is part of Salvatores. I strongly suggest you take a moment or two, and admire the scenery. The decor and Chandeliers are amazing, truly a great introduction leading into the huge bar area. The bar is really nice and spacious, but due to Covid there is limited seating. We were told (by the bartender) that the $12 dinner special was for the bar section only. But there were no more available spots at the bar, or even seats at the side (3) tables. So we stood to the side waiting for a spot to open up. As we were looking over the menu, a waiter passing by ask if we needed help. We told him we came for the special, but was told there is no available seating in the bar area. The waiter (Noah) told us, there is a whole other section for the bar that has seating. So he took us to the table and provided us with menu's. He then went to get the waitress, that will be taking care of us. Amazing how the bartender tells us one story, and we come to find out something different. Poor communication on the bartenders behalf, but wait there's more.nThe new waitress comes, and ask if she can get us something to drink. Right away you can tell, this is going to be very questionable service. Why? Because she never said hello, never told us about the specials, and never gave her name. You can tell she didn't want to be on shift this day, probably because it's a dinner special night. If that's the case, tips are based off your total bill, so unlike normal nights were dinners can cost over $100-$200 easy. That isn't always the case on Tuesday nights. Now this is just my opinion, on why our waitress was acting the way she was. We ordered our food and drinks, and it all came pretty fast. The food was really good, and even though the steak (4oz) was tiny. The burger came with no, other condiments other than ketchup. My sandwich (prime rib) was missing the dip and sauce. For $12 each dinner was really good, I wouldn't hesitate to come back again. Hopefully, the service is alot better though.

Great drinks & delicious food!

12 dollar tues best money i ever spent great meal outstanding service an food