The Roost – Pub & Wingery

My boyfriend (who has sleep apnea, narcolepsy and was my designated driver for the night) was kicked out of the bar for closing his eyes for less than a minute. We were there to watch our friend play at open mic and he hadn’t played yet.
The bouncer went up to him and started yelling at him that he needed to leave. The two purses that were next to him were our friends whom he was watching for them. The bouncer shouted, «Is that your purse? Well it should be. Pay your tab and leave.»
Everyone has a story, and if it had been his purse… who cares? I will never go to The Roost again and I now see this bar as homophobic and intolerant. I’ve never been at a bar and been treated in such a way.
Is it so hard to tap someone on the shoulder and tell them they’re not allowed to close their eyes? Instead you must shout at them, insulate they’re gay (like that’s something to be ashamed of?) and make them leave without warning?
This is ridiculous and just plain disrespectful behavior from a business in this town.

Food, ok Service, good but nothing to bring me back. Service super slow with no one there. Sticky handrail on way in. Dark and didn’t enjoy being there for lunch. Probably a great local joint for a bar type night out but lunch, nope.

First of all, this place has the best wings I’ve ever had, INCREDIBLE! The bartender my cousin and I had was Melissa, she was totally awesome! She was very nice and always caught what I was saying anytime I randomly requested something even when she was crazy busy. Not an easy thing to do as a bartender so big props there! Now, luckily I did come here before reading the reviews because the ones I noticed are total Bullshit. The 33 year old complaining about not getting served. I think a 33 year old should be old enough to know you need your ID if you want alcohol. It’s the law regardless. BOTTOM LINE, this place is freaking awesome! I highly suggest it to anyone passing by or living in the area. Sometimes you gotta give places a chance yourself instead of only taking another person’s word for it. Hope you all enjoy the review!

The Roost can be a decent or unpleasant experience depending on the day.
The Buffalo Chicken Sandwich and Carolina Lightning Wings are the most notable food to try. However, it is not uncommon to wait a long time before actually getting it.
In terms of service, the staff is more commonly cold mannered than not. Sometimes the waitresses and the bouncers become snippy with you for no reason at all. In a dinner setting, my orders have been ignored after numerous inquiring. In the bar setting, I have literally been yelled at 20 minutes before last call to get out of the restaurant while I was paying my bill. I should note that in both of these scenarios, I was respectful and had not consumed enough alcohol to be incoherent or belligerent to be treated in this manner.
Best advice: Go here on a weekday night when it isn’t busy unless you have an extreme amount of patience and self control when it comes to the staff.

My beer was flat and the drinks were boring/​overpriced. Atmosphere was awkward. Everything felt temporary. Didn’t get a chance to try the food, didn’t look good.

The roost established itself as a chicken wing restaurant but seems to me like it’s more of a spot for locals and college kids to drink beers. I’ve had wings here a couple of times — meh. Not awesome by any stretch. They go very heavy on the sauce which isn’t quite my thing, maybe it’s your thing though. I’ve seen music here a time or two and that was fun. The place is in the basement of a building in downtown Farmington and there aren’t many windows so it’s dark in there. It’s probably the last place I would want to go during the day or in the summer time but it bodes well with me on a cold winters night.

Very bad, borderline rude service. Food is ok. Ordered wings so that is pretty easy. … food has always taken an exceptionally long time to arrive. This place is only gets business because of the lack of competition in the area.

They don’t keep menu items in stock and they are not overly friendly. They give priority to the college crowd and are more of a pub than a restaurant. The TV set is horrible for watching sports as they have half their TVs on cable and half on Satellite so the cable comes in 7 seconds sooner. Please bring back the Granery and get rid of this place.

This was a great little place to go for wings and things! We did not hit it during college season, so not sure how it would be then, but we had fantastic service and great food. We started out with the Carolina Lightning sauce (which was recommended)” the tangy not too hot” and the Lava sauce, «hot & spicy. The Carolina was awesome. I can taste it right now. The hot was not what I would consider hot because I like spicy, so we went kind of crazy and got the Nuclear sauce next, «Ridiculous, very hot, atomic». Ok, so they got me. You could see the pepper flakes on it it was so hot. My mouth was on fire and their description was pretty accurate. It seemed like they needed a level between the Lava and the Nuclear. These were two very different extremes. But they were not inedible, but I was the only one in the family who could eat more than one. We also liked the onion rings, they were fantastic! We would definitely hit this one again.

Unpleasant Experience: Last summer (2012) my wife & I decided to give this relatively new place a try for dinner before a movie in Farmington.
Maybe they were understaffed or something, but it took 10 minutes before we were given menus and almost 10 more before we got glasses of water and place settings. My wife’s first 2 menu selections were unavailable. Shortly after taking our order they asked us to move to a table for two under a blaring television. There were other large tables but they were either occupied or sitting uncleared with used plates.
Shortly after moving us they told me that they were out of my menu selection too and I would have to choose again. At this point, we wouldn’t have had time to wait for meals to be cooked and eaten and still catch our movie. So after about 35 minutes we had only had a glass of water and meals weren’t even started. We just told them to forget a out it and left.
It was pretty stuffy in there also, bad air flow. I really wanted it to work out as there a so few decent places to eat in the area. I know this is more of a wing joint and pub with a pool table but it’s like they’re not even trying when it comes to serving food. I had heard from a friend that the service was really lousy but she had eaten there when they first opened. I figured I’d give them time to hit their stride and put their best foot forward by waiting until summer to try it. I hope they get their act together or they’re gone.

We recently stopped at this restaurant on a Saturday night (Dec 29^th) on a return trip from a ski trip to Sugarloaf with our two kids (family of 4). When we arrived, there were two tables open, two waitresses working, and a bar tender tending to 3 people at the bar. It was busy — but not «slammed». While there were no signs indicating whether we needed to wait to be seated or not, we went to the prominent center of the restaurant and waited to be greeted. After 10 minutes, one of the waitresses finally told us she would be clearing a table for us in a minute. Instead, she went behind the bar and started pouring drinks while the actual bartender flirted with the 3 patrons. 5 minutes later, after watching her do everything but get a table ready for us, and after watching her pour more drinks for people while the bartender did nothing but wash some glasses, I approached the bar and spoke up. I pointed out all that I have just written here to the waitress and she told me the bartender was not yet on duty and that she was just coming on. Huh? She had been there the 15 minutes we were there. If the bartender wasn’t supposed to be working, then why was she doing just that behind the bar. Once a few minutes more went by and even more tables opened up, and we realized these people absolutely cared nothing about our patronage, we grabbed the kids and walked out. The 2^nd waitress, who walked by us at least 20 times never even acknowledged us. It was the most foolish thing we have ever seen. If I ran this business and saw my employees treat Customers that way — I would have fired all of them. I will never go to this restaurant again.

Location: In a basement
Drinks: Weak
Server: Surly
Medium Rare Bacon Cheeseburger: Beyond well done
Chef Salad: Missing hard boiled eggs as per description.
Bill: Overpriced
Me: Not returning.