Had a bad experience years ago thought I'd give it another try before writing it off. Glad I did. Their smoked meats sign lured me in. I had the Michigan cherry pasta and could swear Chef Ramsey made it, yes, it was that good. As for the BBQ my family said it's 2nd to Slows (Sorry Billy Sims). I am definitely going back and the nicest touch is the non smoking law. The place reeked last time I was there. I like the option for the kids to have a room to play in and the noise level is still kinda high but the euphoria from the food taste makes you not hear anything. Like I said, I went in not expecting much and things have vastly improved. I give restaurants 3 tries before writing them off. Glad they had that smoked meats sign, it did it's job and lured us in and made us a fan. Kudos to the chef!

I went to a party in their Fire Side Lounge over the weekend. They did an amazing job decorating the private room for us, above and beyond what we asked. The bartender, (Kate, I think) was so pleasant and went out of her way to make our party perfect even though we asked a lot of her. The food was delicious! It came out exactly when we asked for it, it was hot and fresh. I would recommend having a party here to anyone, the atmosphere wasn't like a bar, it was perfect for our family party. I would give OverTyme more stars if I could. I have been there many times and I have always had a great experience.

My family has been going to overtyme since the day they opened. My sister was a bartender, my brother was a bouncer, and friends of mine still work there. We never miss the Easter buffet, and I even had my 21st birthday there. But lately things have gone way down hill. The food went from great to sub par, it always takes way to long, and it's never done right. The staff have bad attitudes and have no idea how to earn their tips. And if like to address the dress code. We understand having to look nice to class the place up but even when we dress our best were told my husband cannot come in because his pants are too big. He's a very large very short man and has no choice but to wear baggy jeans but I promise they are his best and always pulled up as far as he can get them. Also he has been told he's not aloud to wear a hat inside. We're not talking a beanie that looks bad. We're talking a nice fitted cap. One last thing and I'm addressing this in hopes the owners of this company actually reads this since their website doesn't work on my mobile phone. I live DIRECTLY beind you. Your dumpster is right outside my bedroom window. Every night almost all night it seems, your staff takes all the empty bottles that can't be returned and the smash them in the dumpster. IT's SO LOUD. Please find a solution to this problem... FAST! This has been going on for as long as I can remember and I seriously can't take it anymore!

good food, has always had bad service since it opened, even when they are not busy, very slow

I have been going to Overtyme for many years as it is one of the few local bars that is large enough to accompany large groups of people for different kinds of occasions. Recently a group of about 20 of us stopped in for a birthday dinner and celebration. We were accompanied by a newer waiter, and honestly had the worst experience we have ever had at a restaurant. It took 45 mins to get the first round of drinks, 2 hours to get appetizers and food. We were never asked in between if anything could be done for us or an apology at the very least if there were backups in the kitchen. Food was served cold, and undercooked. Which leads us to believe it had been sitting in the back for some time. Drinks were hardly ever refilled until a coworker stepped in to help. The manager was approached by several of us to complain and she stated she would do something to help us out, but nothing was ever done. It wasn't until the very end of the evening when cashing out that it was discovered that our cards were not working as it was a server error for the restaurant. It took on average about 45 mins to get our bills to begin with. Eventually some had cash and just left the bills on the table and left, others just up and left as the server still was not working for running cards. This kind of service is absolutely unacceptable. When so many system and staff problems occur in one setting the facility should try to do everything in their power to attempt to fix the problem. I feel like none of that was done. With such a large group of regulars who often attend this bar we all feel like this one event will defer all of us from attending this bar again. Very unfortunate.