Quail State

Although it wasn't on the rooftop, the ambiance is great. We asked the waiter for a recommendation on their sweetest drink and he happened to suggest one that was unbelievably strong. I understand the vision with gingerbread, but I only had two sips. I'm not putting any blame on the waiter, he stated it was his first day, but please never recommend this to anyone again. Overall would come again.

My friend and I decided to check this rooftop bar out. The ambience is very nice and welcoming! We got a Valentine's Day cocktail which was very strong. We didn't expect it to be as strong since it had strawberries and cream liqueur. Overall, cute place and drinks.

No food?! All good at least the cocktails were delicious! Located on the 2nd floor of the Pacific Southwest Building, Quail State is a sleek cocktail bar that has great aesthetics, both indoor and out. It was empty when we arrived, but it was a Monday around 6pm. We sat on their outdoor patio, which holds about 30 people? No more food served here, but you can bring food in with you. The cocktail menu here is long and there's literally something for type of booze lover. I went with a light bourbon cocktail, I forgot the name, but it was surprisingly refreshing for brown liquor based drink. A great place to start the night before heading out and exploring the Tower or DT Fresno.

Read: they don't do food anymore! And food, even just nibbles would have been a great addition. But cocktails coming in hot! My homeboy & I wandered into this beautiful old building and went up to floor 2 and sat outside and ordered off of this very robust cocktail menu list. And the cocktails were so good. Some solid music coming from a little Bluetooth speaker, was funny but also really highlighted how much potential this spot has. Can you bring in food? I don't know. Can you reserve that patio for all your soirée needs? I'd hope so and what a great spot for a cocktail party. Even the inside, while narrow with a long bar was quite unique and historic. The bartender was great and again, those cocktails were beautiful and well made. Pictured is a tequila - lime - ginger - jalapeno drink. Overall, so much potential with great cocktails.

Like many other cities post pandemic, their Downtown area has suffered and been negatively impacted. I checked out Quail State since it is advertised as Fresno's ONLY rooftop bar and to support the downtown area. I gotta say it was super underwhelming. Our drinks were okay. 6.5/10. The food was average. 5/10. I think the worst part is the "rooftop" itself. Such limited views and it is only on the second floor. It's a bit deceiving and I felt like I got catfished. I wouldn't come back.

Not sure what's going on with this place. It's dead and losing it's once memorable charm. I used to bring friends here for their first time due to its intimate environment on Fresno's only rooftop bar. We walked in and the bartender looks at us, we greet her before she does. The plants on the window sill looked yellow and immediate TLC and watering. So many red flags already...We sit outside on the rooftop waiting for service. Nothing. There's a group of 3 on the rooftop with us. 4-6 people inside? It's a Saturday night, 10pm. It's dead. We were confused why we weren't being served after sitting outside for a few minutes.We go back inside for service. I see a customer sit down at a table. We get to the bar, the customer gets up and goes behind the bar. The customer is actually a worker. She took our order and she explains service is only at the bar because of an incident where one of their workers was serving folks outside and the heat made her pass out. It would have been nice to know that when we were sitting outside with no service. We got our drinks soon after we ordered.Drinks are overpriced $14-16 for customer service and weak small drinks. They werent pretty either. The Paloma tall drink was served with a straw that was the same height as the cup. Lol. Why would they do that? Lol. When we were leaving, the bartenders were cheers-ing each other taking shots. We made eye contact again, and said good bye first. They really don't seem to care, period, lol.This place used to be one of a kind in Fresno. That's too bad. I don't plan to return or bring any friends here anymore. It's not worth the effort or time. Hope they improve to get their shine back...

Went on a Sunday wasn't crowed which isn't a bad thing sometimes. But the outdoor heaters and lights didn't work and that's really why I wanted to to go to check out the outdoor area. We sat inside by default and I ordered the matcha make me mad and my gf ordered a tequila drink. Both were just ok. The bartenders and service were fine.

As it being the first time here... I was excited to experience this rooftop bar but I was quite disappointed. This place is located couple stories up in nice downtown Fresno building but unfortunately the elevator was not working and only stairs was available to access this place. (Which is fine but I can't imagine people after a few drinks and taking these flights of stairs)We decide to sit outdoors to enjoy the rooftop bar and it had a nice ambiance and they offer blankets for people sitting outside. (Hence for the 2 stars) Kitchen was under renovation or something and so no food was available. (Wish they had a sign or something when you come in)They charge you EXTRA if you want that darn cube ice for whiskey drinkers?! Wow. But ok, fine we take the extra charge but to have it deliver to another table?! We completely got the wrong drinks. It was just a little unorganized but yet there wasn't even many people there. Drinks wasn't great and the prices was just way way overpriced. Sad to say we checked out after that one drink and no acknowledgment as we left or apology for the drinks mix up other than taking off the extra charge for the "cube" ice we didn't get.

Made a reservation on Open Table to visit Quail State prior to a downtown theater performance. We arrived on time and were told by the doorman that the meters were still being enforced so we fed the meter, showed him our requested ids and then rode the elevator up to the 2nd floor restaurant. Upon arrival, we noticed a sign that said the kitchen was closed. We asked the bartender about the possibility of getting food and she said that the kitchen was under renovation and there was no food available. Not wanting to have an alcoholic liquid dinner (we didn't want to sleep through the performance), we ended up leaving very disappointed and found a restaurant with an open working kitchen across the street. Another group with similar plans got turned away downstairs because not all of them had an ID available.Quail State, please update your customers! Need ID to get in? Limited menu? No food?If you want people to come downtown and pay premium prices, you need to offer a premium experience.

Quail state is one of a kind, chic modern cocktail bar with a few food options. Seating is indoor and outdoor, and they do take reservations. I finally tried their summer menu cocktails.Our bartender Candace was great. She was very attentive and our drinks were so good. She let us know about their special drink which was the Barbie drink in honor of the Barbie movie. I had to order it and I'm glad I did. My boyfriend and I each ordered 3 drinks, and enjoyed all of them. The atmosphere is chill, loved the music choice they had on. I do have to say some of the drinks are a little pricey. One cool thing is, it's located inside the pacific southwest building and you're escorted to the elevator to go to the 2nd floor where quail state is located.