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| - After noting The Winking Lizard Avon had a half hour wait on a Monday evening, we decided to try Heck's. I have personally been looking forward to trying Heck's. It's been awhile since I dined in their Ohio City location. Unfortunately after experiencing the food here, I think I'll be crossing Heck's off my list.
First off, there was ample seating available (both indoors and on the patio). A little surprising to me since the Winking Lizard had a wait and Bar 140 looked like they were hopping. After glancing over the menu I felt that Heck's wanted to diiferentiate itself by trying to be a bit more upscale - emphasizing wine, changing up the dishes a bit, etc.
Interesting to me, they do not publish their draft beers on the menu. Instead you have to rely on the waitress reciting them. The list was slightly above average. Tough approach to me - I really don't want to play a memory game. I would prefer a list in front of me.
My wife and I split a Calamari appetizer ($11). It was served with a garlic aioli and fried capers (see how they are trying to differentiate themselves by using capers and aioli). I thought it was good. Not too much on taste (note: this will be a key point below) but the calamari was cooked well and was quite tender and hot. Worth $11 - ahh, I would say it was priced a couple of bucks too high.
For entrees, we both went with what Heck's is noted for - burgers. I had the special which was a Creole Burger - burger topped with andouille, creole sauce and the standards - l/t/o. My wife chose the Ohio City - which was topped with mushrooms and "herbs from the nations". This was explained to us by the waitress as a pesto of sorts. Both burgers were cooked to our ordering - medium. The major problem - and it was major in our eyes - the burgers were tasteless. I even tasted the andouille sausage separately and it had virtually no kick and no taste. The creole sauce had absolutely no taste whatsoever. My wife completely agreed; the same with her burger. She had me taste a bite and I agreed - that "Herbs from all the nations" had so much promise but it had no taste.
Both burgers came with fries. They were fresh cut. Overall, they were good.
Were the burgers worth the price of admission - $13 and $11. Absolutely not considering how tasteless they were. They would have been worth it if they had taste as indicated on their descriptions.
After dinner, we told the waitress our thoughts. She took it all in and was excellent about it. She came back indicating the kitchen wanted us to have a dessert on them - we passed. Nice gesture though. My back was to the restaurant so I'm not sure if a manager was on duty or not ... I'm guessing not.
Overall, service was excellent.
I really hope Heck's listen to this criticism. There is so much competition out there for burgers so your product needs to stand out - especially with B Spot, Winking Lizard and Bar 140 in close proximity. If your charging in the low teens your product needs to bring it's "A" game to the consumer. Heck's burgers definitely did not!
I gave them a chance. Unfortunately we will not be back.
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