The Meating House
I really wanted to like this place I really did. I was excited for steak and possibly lobster or some kind of seafood. I had been sick the past week, and I hadn't had a full meal in seven days. I was feeling great and basically starve myself all day in anticipation of a delicious steak and seafood combo of some sort.
It's conveniently located there's plenty of parking it seems clean brightly lit enough to be able to read the menus dark enough to be romantic. The staff all seemed lovely.
Time to order I asked the server which I should have the surf and turf, which is a lobster tail and a fillet or a baked stuffed strip steak.
I ended up ordering the surf and turf and he asked me how I'd like my steak, I said medium rare.
My brother ordered fish and chips and he's from a Sea Food town and he said it was delicious. My husband order the pork schnitzel he travels to Germany often so is a bit of a schnitzel snob but he enjoyed it and said he would go back for it.
My plate was delivered with two (crab)cakes on it, a baked potato and some vegetables. Everything looked great but I questioned the crabcakes. He said he was sorry he thought I ordered the steak and cakes and said he'd be happy to take it back, I said no, no that's fine I like crabcakes. That's fine. Thinking I'm still gonna get my steak.
Shortly there after he delivered to me my steak knives that my steak would be up shortly
After eating a bite or two of my cakes, I realize that they were see-through takes, which I did not care for at all personally, husband said they were OK
After a while, the server came by to remove the plates at which time I questioned about my steak he said oh I'm sorry didn't I tell you steak doesn't come with that dinner. He was very young seemed new, and I was not about to ruin his evening, and he was very kind to offer several times that he get me something new.
My fault for not speaking up earlier, which had I known this would've been the outcome I would have. However, at this point my companions were ready to go home they were full they were done. Why would I wait for a new dinner to come out to me and then sit there and eat while they're bored and then it just wasn't worth it I was I was DONE by then.
Had the server been more experienced. I'm sure that he would have suggested to remove the price off of our bill. However, he did not and I was not about to make a big scene know is my husband. We let it go, but I can tell you one thing if that ever happens to me again I will absolutely speak up and make sure that since you asked me what temperature I'd like my steak and you gave me a steak knife is there actually stay coming because if not, yes I would like to send everything back and order my new meal that I originally ordered.
I can see how this could be a hidden gem, but I can also see how it could be disastrous. They were too young servers, one of them clearly being trained in an area with five tables.
Not that this was Offseason, because has the weather been colder and snow year they probably would've had a very long line outside. We were lucky that they did not. Although I did make reservations. For the price of the food, I would have thought that they would've changed them better, but from reading the reviews on the Internet, it seems as though management doesn't care to resolve any issues with them anyway.
Thankfully, Sheetz was not far between there and our condo and I was able to get dinner there. I was exhausted and fed up with the night which ended up with our electricity flashing on and off all night and me thinking I had been Punked. Sadly, I had not been and this was a true and real experience at the Meating House
I gave it a 3 star bc I'm told the food was good and my server, despite the complete screw up, was trying to be accommodating, with the exception of ordering the correct meal or communicating to me that he completely screwed up read more
