Overcharging at Friday on the Front Porch???
Recently, after having heard about "Friday on the Front Porch" at the Carolina Inn, I stopped by to check it out. Unfortunately, the atmosphere was a little strange. I'm not sure if it was that everyone was trying to hard to fit into some southern cliche, or if it was the overcrowding, or if it was all the pretensiousness, or if it was the sad fact that the "too cool" bar tenders overcharged my tab! (not cool guys, very not cool). It really speaks to poor management/hiring practices when you find barkeeps like that. Needless to say I will not be going back, and I will discourage any of my friends to stop by either. Additionally, when I was interviewing for graduate school at UNC, I stayed at the hotel. It was nice, but a little overpriced - your not paying for accomodation, your paying for location I suppose. To sum it up... staff is pretty immature and unprofessional, but the hotel is "relatively" nice.