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| - I'm riding along with hubby on business and took some time reading the reviews for this place. The overall rating isn't that great so I read through all the reviews.
We were wanting to try a local restaurant, rather than a chain that we can get at home and the name The Wooden Nickel, is so cool! The other reviews here are either excellent or terrible, but we decided to give it a try.
They need to fire the older woman with short white hair, serving as hostess! We walked in in business casual attire, and instead of smiling and greeting us, she looked us up and down and gave an expression of "what are you doing here?"
We actually had to speak fist, as she stood there looking at us. We asked if we could eat there and she asked " just the two of you?" We answered, yes, did we need reservations? She said that it is best, and we told her no one at the hotel or people who've eaten there had mentioned that, but we were sorry. She didn't even answer. She looked down at her book and said "I THINK we can squeeze you in". So we followed her into the left dining room. It appeared very nice and a place you'd go to celebrate something.
We were seated back in a corner of a mostly empty dining room. She returned to pour us water and still wasn't friendly. I let her know that I'd read reviews online that weren't promising, but we'd decided to take a chance on it because of hotel recommendation and the name. I hoped that would help her to be more friendly and anxious to please, but her only response was "Of course. They always recommend us!" And walked off in a haute huff.
This left such a bad taste in our mouths, that with all the negative reviews I'd read, we decided to leave.
I'm sure the food is delicious, based on people who've eaten there, but my husband had had a long tiring day, and we wanted to have a pleasant dinner, not one where we were looked down on and treated as if we weren't welcome.
On our way out, my husband graciously told her that the menu wasn't what we were looking for. He didn't want to tell her we were leaving because she was rude and arrogant.
I feel bad for the servers, who looked like they'd be nice and friendly, and also chef and owner. Price was not an issue, since it was an expensable business dinner.
FYI for anyone who decides to give it a try, make reservations and plan on $26-40 per person. If you get a nice hostess, it's probably a great place to eat and celebrate, but we probably won't take the chance the next time we're in the area. Too stuffy an atmosphere.
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