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| - I don't eat red meat so Don and Charlie's isn't a place I would normally find myself going to. I went Friday night for a friend's surprise 30th birthday dinner with a group of about 15. Our table was set up and waiting once the birthday guy arrived, so that was nice. As other reviews have mentioned, this place is covered in sports memorabilia and framed Sports Illustrated magazine covers. I felt like I should be in a sports bar, but nope, I was in a steakhouse. Also, my group was the youngest in the restaurant by about 25 years until a rowdy bachelor party showed up (we had 6:30 reservations).
Our group was split between two tables that were next to each other and each table had a different waiter. My table definitely got the short end of the stick. A friend's girlfriend really wanted a grilled cheese kid's meal (no clue why)...when she ordered it the waitress started yelling at her and told her no she couldn't have it. She only agreed to ask a manager when the girl started crying (which is a whole other issue in and of itself). I've never ever seen a restaurant give an adult a hard time about ordering a kid's meal. It wasn't like the rest of the table wasn't ordering full meals. Strike 1.
The food itself was mediocre. I had the cobb salad which was fine, but some pieces of the chicken in the salad didn't look cooked all the way, so I pretty much avoided eating most of the chicken. Three friends at my table had the ribs which none of them really seemed to enjoy. My husband had a caesar salad starter (I took a few bites and there was way too much dressing on it); the ribeye for a meal (he said it was just OK), and garlic mashed potatoes as a side, which we shared. Yuck. They had almost no flavor and congealed pretty quickly. Strike 2.
After the food came our waitress was pretty much MIA and never asked if any of us wanted another drink. We couldn't even find her to order another drink. The table that had the other waiter had the same complaint that after the meals were delivered, he never asked if anyone wanted another drink. Strike 3.
Overall, I was pretty disappointed in my dining experience at Don and Charlie's. My friend's mom paid for everyone's meals (sooo nice), so we didn't pay for our dinner so I know I shouldn't complain too much. My friend was quite shocked by the surprise dinner and I was among good company, so I'll be nice and round a 2.5 star experience up to 3.
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