Tin Room Bar Restaurant - Burien

Great manager Sophia, and awesome food. We love this place

TLDR: An attempt to have dinner was quashed by unacceptably poor service. We went in at a little after 6 PM on a Friday. The sign still said closed . First microaggression: We looked around to make sure it wasn 't in a pre seating phase and the woman behind the bar said, sit wherever you like, she was clearly irritated that we didn 't just sit down. We went into the back diagonally behind the wait station I attempted to make eye contact with the three women there to convey that we were being seated. Second microaggression: one of them looked up and quickly turned away with a, ugh, tourists, expression. We sat at the two seater against the wall and waited. As we waited, one of the three servers passing by us and (third microaggression) assiduously ignoring me as I looked at her . After 10 minutes of no greeting, no water, and no menus a party of three gray haired women came in and sat directly behind me at the next table I want to be clear that we were at table 1, the incoming party was at table 2, and a family sat at table 3; there was no space between us. Within 2 minutes one of the servers came by with a bar towel and menus and went to the three women. My wife stood up and said, Hey we were here first and have been waiting. The server replied with a huff, I have to wipe down their table. She had three menus in hand, for them. I stood up and proceeded to leave with my wife stating, it 's obvious you don 't want our business. Let me clarify that the three women who sat after us were all white and we are a mixed race couple. I point out that they had gray hair to indicate that they were older and we don 't appear to be at first glance. As we left the three servers congregated back at the serving station and talked smack about us and giggled as we went out the door. I 'm not going to assess their motivation but driving customers away through hostile neglect is both bad for business and implies maleficence. If you don 't like our kind, post a sign and none of us have to pretend.

Such a vibe! Love ol' Burien and am happy this is part of it! Food and service were excellent! Can't wait to visit again!

First time we came here the wings were incredible. Huge with a wonderful crispy skin and dipping sauce on the side. The burger was pretty darn good too. Came back a second time and the wings weren't as nice, a little oily and less crispy than the last time. Would like to come back to try them again, I'm sure it was just an off day because they were so busy.

The Tin Room has been a favorite in Burien for many years and luckily now they are re-opened after a long closure during the Covid pandemic. This is a spot that locals love to go to get good drinks and good food in a laid-back, down home setting. The menu has a wide variety of offerings some of the dishes work better than others but usually nothing disappoints. If you sit at the bar you’ll get kind service and probably meet a neighbor or two. I hope that eventually the theater attached to it will open soon and start offering open mics again as well.