Hit or Miss. I've been here and had good food, and then other times, it was downright awful. The bar is intimidating; lots of very old regulars who are loud and often, obnoxious. read more

This place it's a 0 star.....My Husband, my daughter and my 17 month old grandson had dinner there last night. had a HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE. The waitress we had was not nice at all. she was so unprofessional, keep rushing us to place the order. This has been the most unprofessional, erratic and unorganized dining experience ever. On top of the food was cold and very disgusting. I only had a spoonfull of my 19 dollar seefood pasta and had to pay for it even when I complain about being cold, and super spicy. Aparently their spicy marinera sauce it's uneatable. I eat spicy foods but that was uneatable. The fried CALAMARY WAS TUFF, THEIR BREAD WAS SO HARD. my salad was swming in balsamic vinagrate... It was awful..... read more

Where to begin? Husband and his family have been going there for years. Don't ask me why. On my visit prior to this, I found a 12" black hair in my salad. Yes- delivered direct from our waitress. YESTERDAY. 5/7/2016 Day before Mother's day. Deliberately arrive by 4 pm to avoid crowds, make it comfortable for my fragile mother-in-law. Hostess- wearing Panama Jack hat- has never smiled once at us. Never. Check-in desk area so dark it is a hazard. I look at chairs in waiting area- yellow/orange cushions are filthy even in the dark, so seeing them with a light on is a horrible thought. However- ask MIL to sit down. Panama Jack [maybe it's her Jimmy Buffet Tradewinds hat?] cannot seat us for several minutes as she is changing from lunch to dinner menus, complaining to herself. I still contemplate chairs, then realize we will never get MIL out of them. Meanwhile, we are being knocked around by patrons going to/from bathrooms, coming/going out of restaurant. Ask for a table near windows, because even in front area, blinds are closed and lightbulbs are about 40 watts. Hang-on- the food description will eventually arrive. We are finally seated next to the banquet room. There is a 1/2 wall dividing it from the main dining room, and curtains cover the openings. No nice glass panels... We are immediately assaulted by SCREAMING children, running around. Waitress arrives.. we ask for waters, bread, another place setting, please keep dessert menu at table, put dinner orders in + 1 appetizer. Waters appear. 20 minutes later, the waitress asks how we are- um... we *aren't*. She explains stuffed mushroom app just takes SO LONG!! And also she is so busy she doesn't even have time to say hello to her friends. We also see she is serving tables on the other side of the restaurant. Restaurant is * filled* with wait staff, other people served/eating before us. Grab another waitress and ask for bread, at least. She rolls eyes- clearly knows our waitress is less than useless. Bread appears. Our waitress- now 45 minutes into our service- says she will put in our dinner order. ??? However, as she has lost/misplaced/flushed her order book down the toilet, could we please repeat our order? Salads arrive. MIL and I have decided to take ours home and tell waitress so MAYBE she will be smart enough to bring them in boxes at end of meal- but she insists on bringing them. They sit on the table for over an hour- with all the dust/debris from people rushing by/banquet room curtains wafting, etc. One hour in, dinner is served. Husband received 2 softball-sized meatballs, 1 pound of pasta and 2 quarts of marinara. MIL has veal Francaise. I receive 2 flattened chicken breasts, each covered with a square of unmelted cheese, floating in a quart of brown gravy. (Previous experience there with tomato sauce caused violent agita.). One bite- chicken is pure rubber and might be undercooked. Or, overcooked. What do I know? It is too dark to see. The waitress is a good 30 feet away and cannot be hailed. Side of 'zucchini' arrived. Black olives, red peppers, onions.. I guess the yellow stuff was zucchini? Cold, not roasted properly. By this time husband is in hysterics. MIL declares mushroom app has filled her up, no room for her entree. Oh!! My mashed potatoes are OK. Get small piece of MIL's veal- stringy, swimming in wine and lemon juice. The sauce was not properly reduced. If the food is made on the premises, avoid it. If it is pre-cooked and re-heated- they don't know how to use a microwave. Waitress returns- how is it all? Hand over my plate and for first time in my life say 'do NOT replace'. Husband ordered a side of fries at beginning of meal and then when the softballs arrived. TWICE. They never arrive. This special dinner cost us $39.85. Waitress asks if we would like to speak to manager? My dinner was comp'ed. If I call to speak with owner, s/he will only offer me a gift certificate. Like we will ever go back there??? . Hoping the chicken was actually cooked, because the opposite is too terrible to contemplate... Their overall rating for quality and taste of food, service, cleanliness, staff behavior is a zero. I really would appreciate a check for $39.85. And yes- the Yelp review remains. read more

Food is incredible. Atmosphere is great. But beware of the Queen B bartender(s). There are two of these "ladies" (for lack of better terms). The kind of bar you do not want to sit at, unless you're a regular. Or a person of significance in Johnston, which -let's be honest -is really a nobody. If you're a female, younger female, and sit at the bar: Be prepared to be ignored. For a very, very long time. And getting back to my queen Bee statement, it's a whole lot like being bullied in high school. Except, these are grown women in their fifties who peaked at bar tending. To give you a little more detail...They see you enter. They see you sit. They see you wait. And they make you wait, and wait. You finally order your drink and after a touch of miserable has been poured into it, you slowly sip away. Here comes the best part. They ignore you when you need to cash out. Glass has been empty for a while. Your wallet and credit card is out. But having the higher hand and higher power....they make you wait. And wait. They see you. They know you're waiting. But choose to pass you by. They know you're annoyed and very happily feed on it. They once again, completely ignore you. I could go on and on how "wonderful" the service at the bar is (insert sarcasm). But ladies, or anyone younger than 50, be warned...Queen Bees are out in full force at the Atwood Grill. read more

I was here for lunch on June 24, 2010. The service was terrible! I asked if they could do an appetizer of fried clams and the waitress never asked, then lied and said, "no, they can't do that." She rushed us to give her a drink order and when my husband, who had just sat down asked for her to give us a minute, she stormed off. The attitude only got worse! I asked for two veggies instead of the potato, but i can't eat corn (the only other veg.), so I asked if I could just do a small salad with the other vegetable. She said yes, but I would be charged .75 cents. No problem, I said. Then after she took the order, she said I couldn't get the vegetable that came with my meal because I was ordering a salad. I said I couldn't see why they couldn't put the green beans with it since it came with the meal, and I was paying extra for the salad. I asked if that was a problem to put the vegetable with my meal, and she stormed away and said she would get the manager. The manager didn't see a problem, and shrugged. Then the waitress said, "so charge the 3.75?" to the manager who nodded. So I said, "wait, I thought it was supposed to be .75 cents!" She stood there looking un-intelligently, so I asked, "How big is this salad?" I had to illustrate, since I got no response, then added, "you know what, just forget it. " My husband asked them to give me extra vegetables instead, and the waitress never saw to ask about the appetizer, and it must have killed her to ask how our meal was, because she didn't even like making eye contact. I enjoyed the food, which was stuffed sirloin...but I have never been served by such rude servers. I never have these issues anywhere else I have eaten! The manager obviously didn't care about customer satisfaction. Too bad, because I'm never going back! read more

This is place is one of the most poorly ran restaurants I have ever seen. The help is young and unxperienced and the manager is just the same. No one knows how to handle and manage reservations and when a mistake is made its the customers fault and not their own. Scheduled a party of 13-15 for my wifes graduation, we asked for the side room which were told we would be able to share with another party. We show up on the day of the reservation and they had moved us due to a bigger party out into the dining room on 4 round tables. Absolute chaos and a mistake on their end. Called and spoke with the owner and he defended his little children that work there and did nothing. Thats a great way to keep business. The place is a joke and to be honest the food is over priced and not all that good for the size you receive. Even if you live nearby or in Johnston, go somewhere else, this place SUCKS!!! read more

we have been to the atwood grill a few times. i drive from newport to eat there. the food is super. i eat the salad there, where i don't eat it at other restaurants. the waitresses are always nice and the food comes out in a timely manner. i love the bolognese sauce and the sausage with beans is great. i had to write after reading the other reviews. read more

My girlfriend and I just left the Atwood Grill and it's safe to say it was the worst experience I've ever had at a restaurant. Our wait was about 20 minutes which is expected on a Friday night. Once we were seated we ordered drinks and appetizers. The couple we were with received their appetizers and salads while my girlfriend and I received only our soups. We asked the waitress again who forgot to put our appetizer in and we were unable to eat with the other couple with us. When we finally received our app it was terrible. We ordered fried calamari and it was over cooked and very very bland. For our entreé we ordered a seafood Alfredo. That was also terrible. In addition our waitress, middle aged short black hair and glasses was awful. We asked for napkins and didn't receive any and she never came over to ask how the food was during our meal. Needless to say we left a 10% tip and when we asked to talk to the manager she seemed confused and brought the waitress over who was shocked to here what we had to say. The situation was extremely uncomfortable for both my girlfriend and I. I would NOT recommend going here. read more