Dear Future diners.
My Mother in Law decided to take my Wife and I out to celebrate my birthday. We selected Lilly's as the restaurant has been open a while and we hoped that they shook out the kinks and newbie issues that often occur while opening a restaurant.
When we arrived we found the "new dining" room empty, with a few golfers drinking at the bar. The dinning room was clean but without ambiance. We seated ourselves as the sign asked us to, and I began to feel a sense of dread.
Our server appeared to be new to the restaurant business but very pleasant, albeit a little clumsy in her approach and presentation. While taking our order my mother in law (who is on a restricted diet) asked for a plain grilled chicken breast with vegetables. The server recommended the blackened chicken and vegetables with the blackening, sauce, bacon, noodles removed from the dish. We thought great! My wife (a vegetarian) ordered the quinoa spinach and avocado salad with Lime vinaigrette. The server told her that they were out of the lime vinaigrette, and may not have the avocado. My drink had a lime, so I was confused as to why they couldn't make some more. But this was the only thing on menu that she would like to eat. I myself, as it was my birthday chose the Ribeye steak medium rare, with vegetables and "crispy potatoes".
Our salads came for my mother in law and myself, and while I enjoy a wilted warm salad, I did not enjoy the salads that were prepared some time in the past week and placed in the reach-in wrapped in plastic. The salads were not stunning. But barely adequate for a first service.
Dinner was served with my mother in law receiving the blackened chicken with everything except the blacking and the vegetables. She simply could not eat what was placed before her. This dish was returned to the kitchen for repairs. My dinner arrived and I was told that the French fries were coming. I wondered about the "crispy potatoes" and was disappointed in the typical French fries.
I cut into my steak with long anticipation as I don't eat beef that often, and was disappointed to find a well done ribeye. Upon return of my mother in laws dinner, which was returned with vegetables, however they were the oversized planks (*VOUS) of zucchini and squash that when lifted with a fork flopped over and splashed onto the plate. The veggies on both my steak and the chicken breast (which was returned soaked in a salty solution) were cold and without form.
I returned my steak for a medium rare steak and "warm" veggies. Still waiting on the "crispy potatoes".
My mother in law had two bites of the chicken and could not eat anymore. I myself ate what I could of the raw to medium cooked gristle filled ribeye.
My wife's quietly ate her dinner with ranch dressing. The salad came with two spoonfuls of quinoa and a plate full of spinach and one Tomato that was cut into impossibly large chunks.
The server kindly discounted my steak, and did not charge for impossible chicken, we left slightly hungry and disappointed.
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