My husband is not a picky eater and he told me that we are not coming back here. Unfortunately I have to agree with him. We ordered a dish called apricot chicken and there was no apricot in the dish. There wasn't even anything fruity or flavorful pretending to be apricot. I was under the impression based on the name that there would be an apricot flavor. We were served bland, dry, cubed chicken that was pre-cut and completely over cooked. Despite it being over cooked, it came out lukewarm. There was no salt of any kind on any of the food. The only seasoning on the chicken was a little bit of pepper and a ton of rosemary. I looked for pieces of apricot, and there were none. There was no sauce either. The side was some steamed broccoli, and there was no salt or pepper anywhere in the restaurant. There are also no choices to drink other than sparkling water or water.
The other dish we got was steak bites with mushroom gravy. I thought this dish was decent enough, but it didn't make up for the other dish, especially at $21-26 bucks per dish. Again also underseasoned with no option to season it on the table. The potatoes on both plates were extremely dry and while I did not mind it, I do not think most people would find them appetizing, especially with no salt or condiments.
The cup that we got for water was dirty and have something black on the rim. The forks seemed dirty and covered in a film too, but we didn't have time to ask for an exchange because the owner was too busy working by herself. When we came in, we were saying that we were ready to order and she walked away and didn't come back for at least 15 minutes. As we were sitting there waiting, we were the only people there besides one lady who had ordered right when we came in. A few people came in and ordered to go orders while we were waiting for at least an hour. Multiple to go orders came over the phone while we were waiting. Instead of prioritizing the people in front of her who already ordered, she made at least six or seven different meals, and had them bagged waiting to go, while we waited for just two meals.
My husband had to work in Anchorage and we figured that we would have an hour to go home and spend time together. By the time that we were done with our food, we didn't even finish it by the way it was so dry, we had to go home and he had to leave as soon as we got home because we waited that long.
I do not like to leave bad reviews for small businesses, but the food was truly very poorly seasoned and so dry even I didn't like it (and I usually love dry chicken). It is a shame that gluten-free Alaska only has one safe place to eat, and the food and service are not good. It was so bad that I almost feel bad for the owner. She needs help cooking. I know that she was probably very stressed working by herself, but there is no reason to make all these new orders before serving the people sitting in your restaurant. I really hope that this owner will take this review with a grain of salt and improve their menu and service. read more