It's been a few years since we ate here last. In Lucille's defense - I am not a huge restaurant BBQ fan - I much prefer the delicacies that the sexy hubby chef produces in our backyard. However - this is the restaurant my son picked so we went.
There are really no complaints about the food really - it was neither Ohmygoodness awesome or Boythatreallysucks nastiness. Food was warm and tasted good - just not memorable to me.
Sons got a rack of babybacks, tri tip and brisket - they all enjoyed them. Since I am going to have backyard bbq deliciousness tonight - Hubby and I both went for the NY Strip - they were delicious - just not mind blowing to me. Our dinners came with corn on the cob - didn't enjoy the bruised parts all over it though.
What annoyed me though is a couple of things that had nothing to do about the food (Maybe I was just in a bad mood)...
1.) We made reservations and our party of six arrived about 15 minutes early - there were plenty of places for our party to sit and there was no other parties waiting - so why did we have to wait? Once they finally got around to seating us they stuck us clear in the back - I just don't like the layout of the restaurant very much - the back rooms feel closed off from the rest of the restaurant and the small room we were in felt somewhat claustrophic and our party of six was crammed in like sardines - even though there were other places to put us. I hate being squished!
2.) We were seated right next to the table that had our server's sister and boyfriend. Guess who got the amazing service we should have had. Our service wasn't horrible - I just felt like an afterthought. She wasn't rude - just was more interested in talking to her sister and her date instead of checking in our her other tables. Like I said she wasn't rude - just did the bare minimum of service - we saw her when she took our drink order, when she served drinks then immediately took meal order, the delivery of our food and when it was time for the check. She did ask once during the meal how everything was. The rest of the time it seemed like she chatted with her sister and her date.
3.) Like I said - maybe I was just in a bad mood - but why oh why every time we have gone here - we get seated near the large parties with annoying little kids - I have been there, done that. I never let my kids screech to their hearts content when they were little - and the five year old - running around their table and screaming - Grrrrr!
I am really not in the mood to go back anytime soon.