Do you like mediocre, at best, food? How about a waitress you can't hear (even when the place is pretty empty)? How about dry spicy burgers? Then THIS is the place for you... enjoy.
If these things don't sound like your cup of tea, welcome to civilization. The place was pretty empty and we were sat in the farthest possible booth from the bar and door. Then our waitress came and I swear she was the low talker from Seinfeld. Who knows what she said... couldn't make out anything she said. This is a brewery, right? They are "known" for brewing beer. So I ordered a beer... out of it. I ordered a different one... nope. I ordered a third choice beer, and finally got one. It was fine. But when you go to a brewery, and they have an extensive list of beers they allege to brew, you would think that a major focus would be on actually having on tap the beers that they brew and list on a menu.
We ordered the pretzels. Very good actually. The sauces were good, but the pretzels themselves were devoid of salt. That said, this item is what bumped my review up from 1 star to 2. Bravo.
As noted in some other reviews, this place is not organized... we asked for plates for our pretzels and I could see them about 10 yards away at the bar. Well, the girl who we asked must have taken the very long route for some reason, because those pretzels sat on our table for at least two minutes before I finally saw her go to get the plates. Listen, I understand multitasking, but when you bring us hot food to eat, but without a plate to serve ourselves on, and we ask for a plate, that should be a priority so that we can, you know, enjoy the hot food that you JUST served us.
Along those lines, each of our subsequent dishes came out at different times. Again, the place was not busy. I ordered the hot honey burger. It came with "seasoned" chips. The chips were unseasoned. Salted? Mayyyyybe. Basically, they were super crunchy (some burnt?) potato slices... not a chip that anyone would serve at a party, or ask to put in a bag to eat later, or literally what was noted as "seasoned" on the menu. Weak.
Now for my burger. Just thinking about this burger a couple hours later now is making me cringe. It was dry. Ever have a dry burger before? I do not recommend. It was almost mealy. Super strange. It was supposed to have hot honey and some other spicy nonsense and a whipped cheese. I think those things were only on half of my burger... so it was dry and unappealing, and half of it was a step above dog food. I hate to be harsh... but it was brutal. One of those things like when you're a kid and your parents make you eat your vegetables even though you don't like them but you know they're good for you? That was this burger... I knew it wouldn't be good for me, but it was almost 8pm on a school night (we had our 3rd grader with us), and I knew i needed to fill my belly. I suppose I chose sustenance over enjoyment for this meal.
My wife ordered the fries... also supposedly "seasoned." They looked great, actually! But mannnnn, these were bland too! No seasoning. Fried potato spears. Super disappointing and weak.
My son had the chicken tenders. They looked pretty good, but he said he didn't like them. His comments had no bearing on this review because I didn't eat it, and to be honest, I have a good palate and can tell when I'm eating something really good. Hint: tonight I didn't get that feeling.
In closing, this was a super disappointing experience. I drive by here multiple times a day and as a beer and brewery fan (big ups HOMES Brewing in Ann Arbor, MI), I had been wanting to try Fate. Thanks to the pretzels, which were good, but not near the top of anyone's pretzel ranking pyramid, this review was spared from the dreaded 1-star review. But let's be honest, reading a long 2-star review is much more enjoyable of an experience than actually eating at this place being reviewed here.
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(Update: I literally am jaw-dropping shocked that people have given this place 5 stars! I wrote my review without even looking! Seriously? I can't believe people like this place! Wow.) read more