Man, I used to go here as a kid and looooved it. Not anymore.
I've been going to college here in town for a while and occasionally make trips over to the CB for old time's sake. The second to last time i went there (for mother's day) it was horrible. The waitress kept disappearing and everything was meh. Oh well. A few weeks ago the boy and I decided to give it another shot because we were just in the mood for some soul food.
It started okay...we were seated, and within less than 2 minutes the girl wanted to know our orders. If you are familiar with the place you know the options are endless. We asked if we could have more time to look, she seemed put out, but left and came back 2 more times without really giving us time to look at anything. Okay, you want to get a higher turnover for tips, but geez, it was kinda how you feel when you're in a store and the people just follow you around without giving you time to look.
So we order and they didn't have what the boy wanted. So he ordered something else. After a normal wait to receive your food they brought out my meal only and then a few minutes later came out and informed my boyfriend that they didn't have the second entree he ordered...and that he would have to pick something else. So... they put in our orders, had time to cook mine completely... and THEN decided to come tell us that his wasn't going to be made. As she was explaining this to us they brought out his sides only. She asked if he would like to order a different entree...obviously he did, he didn't just want sides. He asked for brisket this time (3rd order now) and she informed him that his previous order came with 3 sides (which had already been given to him with no main entree) but that the brisket only came with 2, and he would need to order something else with 2 sides...even though it was their fault. He explained that he wasn't really interested in any of the others with 2 sides and he would give them back one of the sides if he had to (JEEEZ...). She again looked put out and went to ask a manager if that was okay and apparently it was. So he kept his 3 sides and they went to make his brisket.
She comes back later (i'm almost done with my meal at this point) and he still has not been given the brisket...and she makes the incredible mistake of saying, and I quote... "You're order should be here soon, they are just warming it up....uhhh....I mean, cooking it...." She knew she screwed up as soon as it came out of her mouth - and it showed.
We both just looked at each other, looked at her ...I don't think we could have possibly hidden the disgust on our faces. So now we've waited this whole time, i've finished my meal, he hasn't even gotten his (3rd try) entree...and now we learn that they aren't even cooking it fresh...they are just going to throw it in a microwave. I guess i should have expected this...
When it does, finally, show up at the table it is the most nasty looking brisket I have ever seen. Seriously. It was so thin you could see right through it...and it was doused in grease. So he got a few thinner-than-bacon strips of brisket on a bed of two pieces of texas toast which he couldn't eat because they were SOAKED in oil from the brisket and way, way too much butter.
Yea, that was just too much. I know some locations are better than this but I will NEVER return to the Conway store...and honestly... after the microwaveable meals insinuation I can't say I'll ever go back to any of them... read more