Would have been one star but for the server and a decently flavored French Onion soup. You're better off slapping a sauce of choice on a piece of cardboard and then not finishing that delectable morsel. Oh, and drop $65 into the till while you're at it. We ordered the seafood platter and a full rack of ribs. Our appetizer was the cheesy potato skins. We also received a side salad with Caesar dressing and the aforesaid French Onion soup.
First out came the potato skins. Fried skins with lots of cheese (at least they were as advertised) with a few chunks of bacon on each skin. The recurring them here will be the lack of seasoning. The skins lacked any flavor but sour cream did accompany the dish. There was also too much grease left on the plate. Ok, as far as skins go, but nothing makes me want to pay for them again. We brought these home, we can doll them up later.
The side salad and soup came out next. The dressing was great, not sure if it is made on site, doubt it, I'll tell you why later, but the salad was average. Fresh on top, not so much after that. The French Onion soup needed to be under the broiler for a longer time. The cheese was melted but there was not crisp to it at all. The saving grace was that the broth and onions were very good.
Both main courses were consistently dull. The seafood platter featured cod, perch, and shrimp. My guess is that each one came from a box, already prepared. None had a flavor associated with the breading. Each had a minimal amount of flavor from the meat. Somewhere along the line, the meat was frozen. Ordinarily, the fries on the plate wouldn't merit any consideration. But, as we tried to find any seasoning this evening, we were reduced to searching the fries for any sprinkling. I found seasoning here, on one side of one fry. That tells me that they do sprinkle the fries with seasoning, but some lazy cook couldn't even toss the fries properly.
The other main course was the full rack of ribs. I ordered coleslaw instead of fries. The coleslaw had no seasoning. I tried to make it more interesting, but it wasn't happening. The best part of coleslaw is after it sits with seasoning, it takes time for the flavor to permeate the whole slaw. No way could I do that at the table. The ribs had no flavor on the meat. They were cooked well enough, totally fall off the bone, but another mouthful of bland meat wasn't cutting it. The BBQ sauce was good, but again, no seasoning is a let down when paying so much for food that I could fail to season in my own home.
I had to ask the server, knowing the answer, if there was a chef. There isn't, just a kitchen manager. You guys need to hire a chef to overhaul these dishes and get some flavor into your food. That's the bottom line. I feel like a fool for paying you $65 (including the tip) dollars for food that was marginally better than McDonalds.
I agree with the post that the menu is too large. You can't be everything to everyone. read more