Merle's Whiskey Kitchen

Small little smash burger place, don't expect a refill on water or soft drinks. And it's an allacart style. Burger and fries or sides are separate. If your looking for an after-work beer and a burger it's the place to go.

Was passing through Louisville and was hoping for a good southern dinner in a great live music atmosphere. Food was fantastic, atmosphere was great (the singer that night was amazing) but our waitress ruined the entire experience. We can quickly recognize when a restaurant is understaffed and a server is doing her best and can't help delays, etc. This was not the case. Our server (believe her name was Megan) was rude and unprofessional from the time we sat down. She was working the bar and it was clear she had no desire to wait tables as well. Was annoyed when we asked questions about the menu, annoyed when I asked for a straw for my mixed drink (which I eventually went and got myself bc she never came back) never checked on us once we got our food. One item was never even put in to the kitchen. The table next to us had cycled through two different parties who both left after she never came to check on them either. It took 20 minutes to get our check once we were finished with our meal. Again...she wasn't overworked there was hardly anyone there and two other people were working the bar. She was chatting it up with a group of men at the bar and just walking around talking to other servers. To make things worse she combed through her hair with her fingers the entire time she was taking our order and at one point the bartender raised his shirt and she grabbed his chest bare handed. Look, I can appreciate fun being had behind the bar on a Saturday night...but that's just gross and unprofessional when handling food.

Nice place but they need to work on their salsa. Lol (Coming from a Texan pico-de- gallo is NOT salsa.

Delicious food and atmosphere. Servers aren't the greatest though. More worried about laughing with their friends and coworkers.

They forgot to wait on us and the food was not nearly as good as the last time.