I have eaten here several times over the years. I am finally writing a review because the last time we visited (Sept 2, 2024), it was a particularly awkward experience.
We arrived around noon and I went in to ask if it's okay to sit outside. The place was empty (of customers and employees) and after a short while of me standing at the host stand around noon...an employee finally appeared. I asked about the specials that were displayed on a chalkboard next to me and the employee said, "Oh, those are just for weekends. Today we just have an omelette on special." She said nothing more about it but just said that a server would be outside to us.
When the server came out, the entire exchange was just awkward (the regular menu was not clear...some of the breakfasts come with potatoes, some don't...some include meat and some don't...but none of this is mentioned in the menu itself so you only find out if you ask). For example, there is a regular eggs & toast breakfast that the menu *does* state comes with bacon or sausage...but it does *not* say that it comes with potatoes (I only learned this when I asked if it was okay to have potatoes instead of meat and the server told me it already comes with potatoes but that I could "have avocado or tomato slices instead of meat."
There is also a breakfast burrito in the regular menu that only lists vegetarian ingredients and does not say that it includes a choice of meat at the same price...I ordered this seconds after the above exchanges and the server asked if I wanted bacon or sausage. I said, "Oh, does it already come with meat?" She said, "Yes."
I said,
"Can I just have avocado or tomato instead of meat?" And the server said, "It's going to cost more if you add avocado or tomato."
So...I can get the eggs & toast breakfast (that *does* say it *comes with meat* and I can replace the meat with avocado or tomatoes for free...but if I order the breakfast burrito right next to it, that does *not* say it comes with meat, I have to pay extra to replace the surprise meat with a vegetable...
(I asked if the breakfast burrito comes with potatoes like the other breakfast (right next to it on the menu) and she said no, it does not come with potatoes).
Anyway, all of this is no big deal. It is simply that the menu is so unclear and the service was super awkward so it just felt more difficult and unnecessarily complicated to order a simple breakfast.
The server also never mentioned the omelette on special that I was told about when I checked in, so I asked, "The host said that there's an omelette on special today?" And the server said, "Oh yes, there is..." and then she described it to me after I asked. I thought it was a little weird that I had to dig for something that is normally just offered by a host or server (the host only said there's "an omelette on special, your server will tell you about it" and the server never mentioned it until I finally asked..."
All of the employees that day seemed like it was their first day on the job and that they had no restaurant experience (I asked the host if I could have a drink menu or wine menu or mimosa menu and she said, "I think we might have a drink menu or something like that but your server can tell you for sure." When I asked the server for a wine or mimosa menu she said, "Well, we don't have a drink menu but we have a full bar so what kind of drink would you like"
Again, not a big deal, but just unnecessarily awkward and complicated compared to most restaurants.
Also, the food was meh. The pancakes were good but also just average pancakes. The breakfast burrito had a bunch of mushrooms & spinach all squished up on one end of it instead of being proportioned like normal and it also had no flavor/seasoning.
I have eaten here probably 10 times over the past few years and it's always been average. I will not be back again after this last experience. There are better options now in Geysesrville and this place isn't stepping up (but actually getting worse). Unfortunately, I can't recommend Geyserville Grille based on the food quality and the service quality. read more