I probably won't go here again. Restaurants like this are why I avoid chain restaurants. Little was late and the local mom and pop restaurants were closed. So, I thought I'd give the B-Dubs a chance. The food was decent and it's recognized. You know what you're going to get and there's comfort in that.
But chain restaurants rest on those laurels. I'm finding more and more that while the food remains consistent, the level of service plummets. That's what happened here..
I was greeted a the door by the hostess... wearing a mask, but all of her nose and much of her mouth exposed. The look on here face said, "my job sucks, please make my time here pass."
She seated me in the dinning area then, instead of returning to her place at the front she sat down in the booth next to me. Not sure why. It just looked really unprofessional. After about a minute she be-bopped off to some where else. If another guest had arrived at the door, she would not have been there for a bit.
No one sanitized that table either, after her "rest", but they sure seated a family there a few minutes later. So, by now, COVID protocols are clearly not a priority here.
My server was OK. He told me he was on his second day as a server. Cool, I wished him luck and, all in all, he did a good job of delivering food and checking on me and the other diners. Not great, but good.
Where he lost points was in between checks, he'd head over to a corner booth in the dining area. Seated there were two young employees (wearing Buffalo Wild Wings t-shirts just like all of the servers) chugging beers. Not cool. If you are off duty, change your clothes. You don't hang out at your work establishment in uniform and drink beer.
My server would hang out there and play what we used to call "grab ass" with the three folks sitting there. By now the hostess was joining them at the table. There was another girl there, too, feet up on the chair cuddled up, on her phone. It looked like a scene from Romper Room. It just did not look good.
I saw a few other servers working hard. No joking, working quickly to take care of diners. If I had had one of those folks, I'd probably give a better rating.
Here is why I'm not giving a good rating... I never saw a manager! Everything that was going wrong here was due to poor management. I've worked a variety of jobs and have experience in the service industry. Heck, I teach management classes. Managment handles things like this. It did not happen here.
If you own this establishment, consider hiring some new managers. The servers, with proper management, are salvageable. Do it quick, though.
Bottom line, food was expectantly adequate. Service and professionalism of four of your staff members leaves much to be desired.
I will, once again put a plug in for the "mom and pops" restaurants. They don't rely on the national recognition. They better have great food and great service or they'll fail. That's where I'll continue to go.
B-Dubs just gave me one more reason. read more