Nobody goes there anymore, it's too popular.

I went there this weekend with my friend. We waited for about an hour in line. the drinks are delicious but in my opinion over priced. They’re all $15-$16. Atmosphere is amazing and the decorations are very nice. It’s like a nice night out type of place, definitely would only buy one drink.

Edit: Jesus, the jasper syndicate is coming after me hard for this comment lol

If you’re looking for a festive atmosphere and wintery drinks, check out Get Tight Lounge. Been a few times lately. No wait, great drinks, much cheaper than the Jasper.

We went last year and had the same experience.

It’s just a normal bar decorated. No reason to charge extra for simple Christmas drinks. But hey they can up charge because there’s a huge line everyday before they open.

Thanks for the rec!

Y'all should print up some tshirts: The Jasper Forced Me to Wait in Line and All I Got Was One Cocktail

No one forced me to wait in line. I wanted to be there, just an honest critique after the fact

They also pay a fee to be part of the “Miracle” pop-up series so it makes sense their cocktails might be a little more than normal

The only sense that is made from charging more for cocktails is to make more money

If you go later in the evening, you’ll wait for significantly less. This sucks for anyone who’s not a late night person, but we had luck getting in Friday night around 10:30 with 7 of us. We only waited like 10-15 min.

Also, they’re not really overpriced compared to normal Jasper drinks or an equivalent place.

It doesn’t make sense to you that there would be a markup for something that cost them more to do in the first place? I’m not saying anything about whether or not I think it’s worth the price

I agree with you. It does make sense to me to mark up the price for more expensive drinks. The mark up is super high though, so I feel like they’re charging more for the “experience” as justification which is just profiting. Which they’re allowed to do

Most of their normal drink prices are $13-$14 and all the Miracle drinks except for one appear to be $14 so they aren’t even marking anything up from their normal price (which was surprising to me)

Asked the couple standing at the front of the line how long the had been waiting. Saturday night 7:00 pm.

"Two and a half hours." 🙃

It’s not worth it, same drinks as the past XX years (which are good) but not worth waiting 2-3 hours

Birdies has a pretty cute xmas theme bar that is not that difficult to get into. Better food too because oysters.

Imagine waiting in line to get into a bar in Richmond, Virginia.

I mean, your dog is a Jedi so you probably aren’t worried about lines anywhere. Us less fortunate have to wait in line sometimes.

I can’t lol.

I'm sure the high price helps the line move a little faster.

The line was fun. Cool people and you can have a drink while you wait.

Haven't been this year, have been in previous years. It's cool but not worth standing in that line for, you still have to pay for your drinks at the end of the night. I love The Jasper 11 months out of the year.

O-VER RA-TED!

Just drove by, and the line went to the end of the street. About 60 people or so.

My opinion only: learn to decorate your house or apartment for the season. It's not that hard or expensive - use the internet. Pick 2 to 3 cocktails, learn to make them well and call them something seasonal. Have your own little happy hour party. It will cost more than you and your partner and friends standing in line for 2 hours plus a cocktail but I guarantee you will be doing something that your friends will find much more fun.

Woof. I always drive past the line and just think “suckers”.

I went last year. The drinks weren’t memorable, but I had incredible party mix (Cheetos, Fritos, popcorn, M&Ms) that I now recreate to this day.

If it’s not alcohol, I don’t want it 😇

Greek on Cary offers to go cocktails so we got those while we waited in line the other night and it was a great time!

See… I need people like you in the group 😂

Never ever...

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Now hold on- Cheetos and M&Ms together? What is this?

The cocktails weren’t all $15-$16, they were more in the $12-$14 range. They also had their normal beer/wine menu with cheaper options…

The line is worth it if you get there early before it opens. We waited for about 45 minutes. I drank coffee in line and did some Christmas shopping from my phone, so not anything too different than what I would have been doing at home.

Helen’s will always be my #1 Xmas spot

Drove by there on Saturday night and could not believe how long the line was to get in there. People seriously have problems if they're willing to wait through that.

That place is really cool but I can't get over the name "get tight lounge". It's so bad lol

100% agree. It’s….off putting. I almost didn’t go the first time because of it. A friend really wanted to try it though.

I've been this year. I was out with a couple girlfriends to see a show at Altria and headed over after. We waited about 20 minutes at 10:00 PM on a Thursday to get 3 seats at the bar. I love the holidays so I was super into it. It is decorated to the max and the seasonal drinks come in festive mugs/ glasses. I tried 3 of the drinks, I can't remember the name but they were all delicious. Is it worth a 2 hour wait? No. I don't think so, you can go to other places doing fun stuff for the holidays. But it was worth the 20 minute wait. BTW the staff is great. We had a great time chatting with our bartender who was super helpful and picking out drinks to try.

I waited so long on Friday that i ordered food and a cocktail to go at Greek on Cary to have while in line.

Imo it's worth it if the line looks less than 45 minutes. Yet I've waited multiple hours multiple times bc my fiancee loves the place. Ahh.

I do enjoy the cocktails there tho, esp the naughty shot and the snowball old fashioned

Go at 1am and enjoy the empty bar and relieved bartenders. Before that go to town hall

If you can get there early and not wait in the absurd line it’s really cool decor and the cocktails are fire but it’s honestly not worth waiting 2 hours in line for, especially in the cold

Too many other bars/breweries/restaurants doing holiday themed decor and cocktails just as good to justify that wait.

I love this place and we’ve gone every year it has been open. The cocktails are not that expensive.

This year we queued much earlier than usual, like 4 pm. Still didn’t get in until 6:15. Also, I feel pretty salty about people allowing friends to join them in the line. I don’t care if it is one person. But we had a group let five people in ahead of us.

The overall scene is a bit too much for me now. I love the Jasper though. And their happy hours are great prices.

It’s actually one of my favorite holiday things to do—I go every year! I recommend getting there before opening and ready for a wait outside. I went at 4 yesterday (they open at 5) and got in around 5:30. I’d also highly recommend Birdie’s on Broad—honestly their holiday cocktails were just ok, but the decor was great and my non-drinking husband loves oysters so it was still fun for him. We didn’t have a reservation but went early and were sat right away.

Glad I saw this recommendation this week…went and it was super fun, hardly anyone in there, fun Christmas drinks, and they have FRITO PIESSS. Friday they have live music with a big band playing Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas Music on the patio. All ages and family appropriate.