I went to Gordon Biersch in Scottsdale yesterday for lunch due to its convenience to my job but I will never go here again as I feel deceived.
It's important to me to know the caloric and nutritional values of what I eat so, when I saw salmon on the "lighter side" menu I thought I'd find my lunch option there. We're all familiar with those lighter options, right? As Gordon Biersch says "Full flavor. Less guilt." So, I order the salmon with season veggies and sweet potato fries. I figured since I'm going the healthy, light route, I could have a few sweet potato fries. While waiting for my food, I decide to complete my daily food tracker and look up the calories in the salmon.
684 calories.
Wait. What?
684 calories in 5 ounces of salmon. I thought surely the tracker was wrong. This can't be right. This is supposed to be the "lighter side" of Gordon Biersch where I can get full flavor with less guilt! I ask my server (who was very nice...everyone was very nice) if she has nutritional information and she directs me to the website. Certainly the number is more favorable there. I was wrong. 684 calories is absolutely correct.
Well, hopefully it tastes good, right? Wrong. It was overdone and lacked flavor. Full flavor, Less guilt, my butt.
False advertising. I won't be eating here again unless I want to blow 3/4 of my day's calories in one mediocre tasting meal.