The Runaway

The drinks are decent here, and the space is cool enough, but the service is very up-and-down and more often than not it's downright poor and unprofessional. The last time I was there I was celebrating a friend's birthday, just her and I. After paying for a few rounds of drinks and tipping the bartender much more than he deserved (by his service and attitude), I proceeded to strike up a conversation and explain that we wanted to stay but we weren't getting service despite it being a relatively slow night with 3 staff behind the bar (taking shots no less), and that I wished I could've tipped even better. This was early in the night (before 10pm iirc?) and we were looking for a place to relax and unwind, but it was much too hard to get a drink despite only 2 other people at the bar. I meant it as constructively as possible (I worked on and off in the industry for many years) and was very delicate, but I immediately triggered the (rude) bartender who basically had a panic attack and freaked out for a reason that is still a mystery to me. He was totally incoherent and belligerent (maybe because he was drinking on the job?). He then frantically grabbed our last round of fresh drinks away and offered to pay for our drinks/tab if we would leave. I made him repeat and confirm that he would be paying for our tab, and he said no problem.Fast forward, the charge still showed up on my card. I tried to get in contact with the manager/owner, no dice yet. My bank has refused my claim to have the charge reversed and now I am out of my hard-earned money. I know many bars and bartenders feel so entitled these days to do the least without having the ability to offer basic and professional service, but that's no excuse to essentially steal money from people, for no reason no less. The bartender knew he had no legitimate reason to force us to leave, so that is why he had to ask us. And then the bartender had the audacity to text his little buddy bouncer at a bar a few doors down and they refused us entry no longer than 2 minutes later. Unprofessional and highly unnecessary to say the least, especially since we never reciprocated the disrespect he showed us. It's a shame, because I've spent plenty of money at this bar and was a loyal customer. Never going back, it's way too unprofessional and shady. Trust me, unless you enjoy being served by impolite "adults" with the emotionally stunted bandwidth of a squirrel YOUR MONEY IS BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE.P.S: if you do somehow end up in this sad excuse for a bar, it is probably a good idea to stay away from the bartender with a Jheri curl mullet that avoids all eye contact and usually wears a sleeveless shirt. He is unprofessional, ungrateful, inept and, I suspect, a bit unhinged.

It's feels like a 60s themed bar? So lots of jimmy hendrix and the Beatles. I got the nonalcoholic musty lady and my friend got the blind melon. Both good!

Review based solely on Trivia night*Got here at about 6:15pm. Just the right time for the Tuesday Trivia night at 7:00pm. Around 6:40pm you wont really find an empty booth.We ordered a glass of wine, a lager, dirty tater tots, 8 fried wings, and a bugogli taco. Came out to $18 before tip! HH until 7pm!The service seemed typical for a dive bar. Got our food order and drinks swiftly. Food comes from Bok Bok next door. You order at the bar and it must alert the workers at Bok Bok, where they come and match the food to your table number. Everything went fine. I can see why they have low ratings. As the night got busier, the workers behind the bar were getting more flustered and the customer service starts declining. However, for Trivia night, it worked out fine. The Trivia was hosted on the main floor (not downstairs like the older reviews). Because of how crowded it gets on a Tuesday night, I probably wouldn't come here on the weekend.

I loved and will mourn Moe Bar like all of the rest of us. There, now that that's out of the way...Runaway might be yet another place that draws bros out the way flames do to moths (and both bros and moths are equally disgusting), but let's focus on the positive. Staff is the same, which is fabulous. Steele and Andrew are great bartenders who understand that it isn't just slinging drinks, but good convo and rapport that makes or breaks a place.They do lots of fun trivia on Tuesdays, and the facelift the bar got is pretty nice. Daily HH! $1 Polaroids!

I'm so glad that they survived the pandemic and I love coming in here to get a beer. It's a divey, rock and roll bar. Basically, it's everything it should be.

Went during happy hour yesterday for some cheap drinks and grub. Very quiet and nice atmosphere. Decent drink happy hour prices but they partner with their neighbor vendor Bok A Bok for Korean fried chicken, and they have great prices! Food and drinks were delicious. Definitely worth checking out their weekday happy hour for a cheeky pint and fried chicken to boot.

I love the bartenders here. They really get to know you and make great drinks. And they also will happily sell you concert tickets for upcoming shows and talk about bands

The bartenders are great. Motown Mondays are the best! You should definitely check it out.

Drinks - I had the berry vodka lemonade. It was pretty good but nothing outstanding. A little small but good and more reasonable in price than similar drinks on the hill. They had several beers available on draft and boozy slushies. If you want food, Bok a Bok is next door and will deliver over to you. Service - I think there were one or two bartenders running the whole place. I was served right away despite how busy they are. Ambiance - We came for the trivia, and it was fun! It's a punk bar semi-dive feel. The only downside is the lack of AC, which isn't surprising on Cap Hill. Try to sit near the front for some breeze. Overall pretty solid for what it is. We will likely come back for trivia and it's a cool little bar.

Went there on my birthday. My friends told the bouncer it was, he looked at me and asked how many drinks I had I was honest and said four (over the course of 4 hours). He then proceeded to let us all know we couldn't come in, I've never had that happen