$2.13 per hour wages allows complete disregard for basically everything. - Server Famous Dave's Employee Review

1.0
Jan 29, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly fellow employees make it at least bearable.

Cons

Low wages resulting in too many servers competing for a living wage during any given shift. In other words, it does not cost a lot to keep too many servers on, so server morale and wages suffer tremendously, causing high turnover and animosity instead of enthusiasm.

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5.0
May 22, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Served great food. Fun place to work

Cons

Smell gets to be too much.

3.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours, evenings and weekends to work around f/t day job, variety, fairly easy. Earn tips. Not as much as a server, but helpful considering the wage.

Cons

One of the managers in particular has a fragile ego/insecurities and tends to go on power trips. He takes out his mood on employees. There are also favorites, and if you are not one of them he does not treat you well. Yelling, condescension, snide comments, etc. Some employees have worked there for MANY years and still make the same wage they did when they were hired. Experience, leadership & training needs to be recognized and rewarded.

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