Olde River Yacht Club

Love the pool, love the bar, love the bands. For the 2015 season, the food has been consistently good, but very inconsistent in presentation. Example: Sometimes a «friend chicken sandwich» is a fried breast of chicken and other times it’s fried chicken tenders cut to fit a bun. I’ve never once received the «blue corn chips» or «pineapple salsa» when I’ve ordered the any of the dips. It’s always bagged tortilla chips that are unremarkable. There is NO consistency with plating — sometimes an item comes on a plate, sometimes in a cup, sometimes with sides, sometimes not, etc.
Servers and bartenders are at least four star, but seem to get overwhelmed and annoyed at the place. I’ve received too many cold dishes that sat at the bar because the bartender was the only one working the patio that afternoon. They are always nice and helpful, though, even if you have to ambush someone that’s not your server. Stocking the bar is a huge issue, too — why can’t they get the inventory together? Liquor doesn’t go bad!
Beyond the atmosphere and food, I’m very unhappy with the membership service this year. No NEW key fobs work at the gate. After you pay to be a member, it’s sad that you hope and pray each time that someone will answer at the gate and let you in — god forbid you suffer that embarrassment in front of guests. The idea of «charging to your member account» is also ridiculous, unless you want to stand there while an already overworked bartender flips through a binder (binder? paper? really?) to find your name and credit card info (on paper? in a binder? behind the bar?).
Overall, the employees are good and it’s not a terrible value, which is what redeems this place.

Great band on a Saturday night. Nice club.