Not the best; not the worst - Anonymous employee Famous Dave's Employee Review

4.0
Mar 24, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I love the food! I like most of my coworkers and it feels like we're a family.

Cons

Tips can be bad sometimes. Also, someone got fired on only an accusation by one of the hostesses that the server was being racist. There was no effort to find out what happened, the server was just fired bY the owner. It's ridiculous that he wouldn't even hear her side of what happened. I feel 0% loyal to the company after that.

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Pros

Served great food. Fun place to work

Cons

Smell gets to be too much.

3.0
Jun 2, 2026
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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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