Dog Street Pub

. While we had stationary and passed appetizers right when we arrived, we did not get our soups and salad until after 8:45pm. My mother-in-law and I asked multiple times for updates on when we would be getting our food. Drink service was so slow during this long wait that our guests started going upstairs to get served. Clearly, the servers were not able to handle a group this size. We booked this event almost a year in advance. We confirmed everything the week leading up to the event. We had a fixed menu to help increase the speed of service. There is nothing else we could have done to prepare DoG Street Pub more for our event. I was not able to enjoy the event due to the stress and frustration caused by the lack of service and amount of time it took to get anything. When I followed up with the manager after the event, we were told sorry and given some excuses. Based on all of this, I would not recommend this venue for a rehearsal dinner. The bride and groom should be able to relax and enjoy the event. The groom's parents should be able to float around and chat with people and not have to track down servers to ask when we might get our food. The guests should not have to entertain themselves for over an hour and a half while waiting for soup/salad or find a different bar in the restaurant to get drinks. We were very disappointed, and we don't want another bride and groom to have to experience a rehearsal dinner like this.