The Manor Ultralounge - Baltimore

This place has a nice vibe. Came on a Saturday and it was pretty empty. Apparently the best time to come is during their drag brunches. But we still enjoyed our drinks and apps. It’s in a perfect part of town. Will be back.

The ONLY good things about my brunch experience at The Manor were the Drag show and our server, Shaylie. Brooklyn Heights and the other queens put on an amazing show and Shaylie went above and beyond given the completely unprofessional lack of management at this restaurant. To start, I scheduled reservations in November that had to be rescheduled to December. I had to call 5 times to get a refund as only one owner has access to do so. Each time my info was taken and I was told someone would call me back. No one ever called me back. I finally spoke to one of the owners the day before who told me I was only refunded the amount that they could replace with people on their waitlist. This was understandable but would 've been nice to know sooner than the day before after I had to call again. When we got there, my party of 12 was seated in the back room. This barely had enough room, I had 8 people at a table and 4 people standing at the end/sitting on benches. After 15 minutes of being seated, the server asked if she could move us after another group of 16 came in. After seeing that the other table was even more squished than our current table, we declined. Another server came in 10 minutes later and very rudely asked us to move again. She said we should want to move because normally people are pissed when we sit them in here And she blamed us for potentially affecting the drag performance due to lack of seating. Again, we declined. A member of the group of 16 came to us and said that they were seated in the center of the room and the ceiling was dripping on them. She also realized that her 16 guests wouldn 't even have been able to fit in our space either. Finally, all of our food arrived cold. Someone in my party ordered the smoked salmon Benedict and the eggs came completely cooked through. Again, the queens put on an AMAZING show, but the owner never once came in to apologize for any of this. The servers were clearly stressed and the food was cold and mediocre. Very disappointing.

This place had been on my restaurant bucket list for awhile. The restaurant is beautiful and located in Mount Vernon. You will find a trendy hipster vibe here, along with an adorable bartender named Brent and very friendly servers. My party of four began with cocktails and the Mediterranean Board. It was delicious and plenty to share around the table. The Conservatory cocktail was very tasty! Unfortunately, they were out of several liquors needed to make the other cocktails on the menu. We were told it was because the drag brunch earlier in the day literally wiped out all of their alcohol for the weekend (what were they to do tomorrow for Sunday drag brunch ?? I enjoyed the lamb lollipops (pistachio crusted! Oh My! , the duck confit tortellini (yummers!! , and the gouda mac and cheese. These tapas are very reasonably priced and plenty for building a meal. Our service could have been a bit better (he asked us if we were in a hurry when he introduced himself and I should have said yes! . This was a three hour event, but it was with good friends, with delicious food, tasty cocktails made by Brent, and in a beautiful historic building. Five stars, despite the slooooow service.

The atmosphere, the design layout was incredible. The performance was okay. I think it could have been better if there was more room. But it was still entertaining. The food was gross, absolutely no flavor. The food could definitely be

TLDR: Ambiance 5 stars Service 5 stars Food 4 stars (scallops and tortellini 5 stars!!! Lamb lollipop 1 star) The interior space is very spacious and elegant with a lot of fine detailing in the walls, the chandeliers, and even the bathroom. The service is also excellent--we were greeted promptly at the door without a reservation and seated in an area to our liking. Throughout our dinner, the chef and the waitress would regularly check in on us to make sure that our dining experience was going to our liking. As for the food, our favorite dish by far were the scallops. They were so soft and had, an amazing texture that I've never had in a scallop before, and they were so flavorful. I was very sad when we finished the third and last scallop. our second favorite dish of the evening was the duck confit tortellini. The flavors and the textures of this dish were excellent, and the touches of sweet and sour notes of the cranberries and orange zest blended really well with the fall homeyness of the butternut squash and pumpkin seeds. Both of these dishes were very reasonably priced at under $10 each. Unfortunately, the other three dishes that we ordered that evening were not as impressive. The fall flat bread was tasty, but nothing to write home about and in my opinion, not worth the $16 price tag. The Deconstructed stuffed Portabella was very interesting on the menu, but unfortunately didn't taste very good when we got it because it was quite dry and flavorless. Lastly, the lamb lollipops were my least favorite dish because the crust on the outside was extremely bitter and the meat of the lamb itself tasted and smelled like it had gone bad, to the point where I could not finish my lamb lollipop. However, I give the restaurant the benefit of the doubt that it might have just been my lamb lollipop that was defective because my friends portion was satisfactory to her. Overall, this restaurant has, a really fine extravagant interior with a great service staff. They have a couple dishes that are spectacular and worth revisiting the restaurant, but they also have a few dishes that just missed the mark that evening.