My second time at this location, yet first after 7 PM. This was due to a birthday party invite with a 7:30 kickoff time. Anyways, there isn't enough parking spaces in the front of the venue to park in, so you are kind of forced to pay the $5 valet service. Not terrible, considering. Our booth/table area was situated in the center of the restaurant and parallel to the stage, which was an excellent place to observe the live band for a Friday night. Drink choices were reasonably priced. I purchased beer tonight ($5 for a Stella Artois, a little more $$$ for a martini for her) and was satisfied. I chuckled a bit when I saw that Shiner Bock was on the beer import list (now that's funny). For a table of 14 people, I was quite satisfied with the prompt service (thank you, Chrystal). She was able to bring out drink orders + appetizers accurately, as well as fresh. The table appetizers consisted of calimari, salad, and chicken wangs (not wings, wangs). No complaints whatsoever. Plenty of entree choices here. Some of the popular ones that the table ordered was the chicken fried steak as well as oxtail. The latter of which had heavy proportions where you just couldn't eat it all. I did notice a couple of folks from our table request to-go boxes afterwards. As for myself, I didn't order an entree due to wanted to stick to alcohol for the evening (I settled for shrimp tacos), which were quite appetizing. I've only been at this location in the evening hours after 5 PM, and not 9 PM. There is definitely a cover charge after 9 PM, since the venue turns into a club of sorts. I understand why folks complain about there being a cover, yet at the same time, understand why the venue charges it in the first place. Considering what it is used for (to pay for the overhead costs of the featured musical entertainment for the evening), I've seen nothing but quality entertainment come through here. Tonight's musical entertainment was a Houston-based quintet of two saxophonists, an electric guitar, a drummer, and a keyboardist. Awesome show! My prior visit consisted of an artist that specialized in getting the venue's patrons involved in line-dancing. The crowd here is interesting. It really does depend on the time that you arrive here. During the evening, you'll see the professional crowd with classy attire for the ladies and suits/blazers or business casual for the gents. Quite old school, yet classy. However, you will get your occasional folks that arrive in club attire, shorts & wife beaters, and act a bit too ratchet and loud. Not sure why. Maybe its a Dallas thing, or just something unusual. I dunno. Never understood why folks get stupid & loud over a $5 valet fee (when its $20 in comparable places in Dallas) or complain about drink prices when its double everywhere else. Overall, this is a pretty cool venue. Can't wait to see the Fort Worth location.

It's Saturday night and I'm out with my girls. We couldn't have chosen a better spot to enjoy our night. Besides the fact it too forever to get a table, I quite enjoyed myself. I was skeptical of the menu at first, mainly because it seemed too expensive for "comfort southern food" category restaurant. The food did take some time but I didn't mind because I was too busy jamming with this amazing live band to notice. When my good did arrive I was incredibly pleased. I wasn't too hungry so I ordered 2 sides: Garlic Smashed Potatoes, Mac and Cheese. They were delectable! All in all a wonderful experience, good food, nice rnb vibes from the band, friendly and attentive staff! I'll be back.

Buttons was great. I went today for the Sunday buffet and was thoroughly impressed. I enjoyed french toast, an omelet, potatoes, watermelon, creamed corn, green beans, baked chicken, greens, catfish, black-eyed peas, rice, sausage gravy, grits, and macaroni & cheese. That's all I can remember but there may have been more! They also offer mimosas and I think those are $7. The stars of the show were the sausage gravy, creamed corn, and black-eyed peas. The only pitfall was the greens. Yuck! I can't say what was wrong with them, but nobody's grandmother made those greens! I didn't do the valet. I circled for a long time! I just thought the valet idea was ridiculous. Service was good and fast. I especially noted how knowledgeable the waiters seemed to be. They were friendly, but they moved fast. I watched them zip by again and again and everyone seemed to understand that they should be in a hurry because that place was PACKED! The music was soooo good and soulful. When the live musicians started, I thought it was still recordings. When the guy on the horn began to blow gospel hits, I was hooked. After two bountiful plates of good cooking, I had to relax a while just to let the music sooth me. After reading the other reviews, I'm thinking they finally got it together. +I saw the chicken and waffles come out and they looked yuuuuuummy. They also look like I'll need to share a plate instead of tackling it by myself! Next time... +The people were BEAUTIFUL all dressed up in Sunday best. I really enjoyed the er, um ... eye candy!!! --------------------------------------- I've been twice since this review. The third time showed me what others have complained about. It was packed! When we got there, they told us there was about a 45min wait. After that, they said we were next on the list. Three hours later, we were told that they forgot there was a second list of people that were ahead of us and there would be an hour wait! Outraged, members of our party began to leave. We asked to see a manager and formally complain. At that point, they began to say that they thought they might be able to seat us. Long story short, we arrived at 6:45PM, were seated around 10PM, and ate at about 11PM. TERRIBLE!!!! I suggest they consider adding outside seating and another nearby location soon.