Subpar food, crappy service and even crappier management.
My party of 7 arrived at 1:30 this afternoon and waited 10 minutes to be seated in a restaurant that was only half full. After placing drink orders, we were told by our server, Lee, that the only hot tea bags available out of the myriad of choices was Earl Gray. Not my fave so I opted for coffee. After the carafe was bright to the table, we asked for cream. 10 minutes later we were brought a whopping 2 mini singles of irish cream flavored creamer for the whole entire table. Lee said there was no coffee creamer left in the restaurant. A hot chocolate ordered without whipped cream was brought to the table with you guessed it, whipped cream. Lee apologized and said he'd bring out another cup.
Well, after 15 minutes later we then put in our food orders and asked Thomas the host for a manager. Thomas advised he wasn't sure the manager would come but he'd try to "fetch" him. No manager came. When Lee brought the corrected hot chocolate we asked him to please have the manager come to the table. 10 more minutes passed before the manager Ryan, came out. We advised we'd like coffee creamer and received a myriad of excuses of why they were out and why no one could even go walk 3 stores over to Aldi to get creamer as they didn't expect a delivery of creamer in the restaurant until Sunday. "I can't leave my workers. No one else has a car. It's raining. Oh, I planned to go when the 2nd manager arrived. We can just melt whipped cream in your coffee. How about 2%milk?" Incredulous to think a breakfast restaurant is going to continue to keep serving coffee the remainder of the day without offering creamer.
We waited and Lee periodically said "oh only 5 more minutes" to walk back around 10 minutes later and make the same exclamation "your food should be ready in 5 minutes."
Over 1 hour from when we were seated we were served our food. Lukewarm fries, dry cheeseburgers, congealed eggs, and 2 breakfast platters without pancakes. Unsatisfied with the length of time for our food to arrive and condition as well, again we asked for manager Ryan who advised our order was only put in 16 minutes from when we received it because our server hadn't put the order in. Yup, he threw his employee under the bus. With arms crossed in a defensive stance he said he'd comp our meal which was all well and good but there was never an apology offered for the service.
Don't bother patronizing an establishment where you'll wait hours for mediocre food and has management that needs to go to customer service 101. I'm still apalled this Ryan guy never apologized nor offered solutions to rectify the situation but yet he put his employee in a bad light. read more