I had viewed Tik-Toks from this restaurant and was super excited to try them out on our vacation to PCB. The restaurant is nicely decorated and colorful, and plenty of parking is available right out front. The staff and owner were friendly and pleasant to talk with, and even gave us recommendations of other restaurants to try during our stay which was greatly appreciated. These were the positives.
Let's get to the food. I ordered the salmon (blackened) box with jerk pasta, broccoli and a side of Mac and cheese to try, with a strawberry lemonade. My guy ordered the 10 piece lemon pepper wings and fries. He tried all of the sodas in the machine, and informed the staff that all were flat. The owner tried to rectify the situation, to no avail. He ended up with strawberry lemonade too.
There was a slight wait for our food but no worries. When it arrived, I remarked that my salmon was cooked just as I liked it. Unfortunately, it lacked seasoning. No blackened seasoning, no salt, no pepper. If it was on there, it was very, very light. My guy noted the same lack of seasoning on his lemon pepper wings and also remarked that they had been fried too hard, which he did not request. The fries were seasoned, but not freshly cooked. The jerk pasta and broccoli were just okay and the Mac and cheese was simply pasta with a bland cheese sauce.
I went back to the counter and ordered the chicken Philly and fries to try, thinking that this order would be better. The fries were seasoned, but not cooked to order though as they were not hot either. The chicken Philly also lacked flavor. I'm not talking just salt. I'm talking pepper, garlic, or anything else that makes this sandwich be tasty. The irony of this is that their motto is: Warning: We Season Our Food. It's printed on their cups and labels. Maybe it was a different cook on the day that we visited. However, I saw the same people that are in their Tik-Tok videos in the kitchen the day we visited. I so wanted to love this place!! But my food was disappointing to say the least. That makes me sad.
On our food, we spent around $70 on 3 orders. Overall, while the food was not what I was expecting, the staff's attitudes were very warm and pleasant which definitely helps out the rating. If you want to support a new, up and coming, minority owned business, try them out when in PCB. Try out their Po-Boys; word has it when they operated their food truck, they were famous for them. Happy Eating! read more