desmond o'neill

Swampers restaurant needs supervision. No greeter. Bar staff said, take any table. Only window table was dirty. Timely, pleasant, energetic waitress wiped tables dropping onto the floor. Menu was fine, food arrived timely. Silverware and napkins were several minutes later. Two hot-wing baskets were tasty but dry and probably had been precooked and warming. (Pizza Hut fries wings to order). Two chicken sandwiches had tasty pickles and slaw. The chicken breasts would have made good shoe leather. We actually traveled there for the advertised music. Caught the end of the early set, an earthy, raspy guitar-strummer with a haunting voice. She connected well with her audience. The late set took 45 minutes to start up a guitar, a bass and a harmonica mike. A talented acoustic lead with a good tenor The bassist was clearly tired and decided to sit down, while checking out the decor. The harmonica man should have changed his tee shirt after changing the oil in his car a few hours prior. In 1.5 hours, we saw no manager checking on staff or entertainment. With a hospitality background, I kept checking myself saying, this is a Marriott, right?