I was so excited to finally get to try the food at Rockhound. Their menu had always looked good to me. I love food and went to culinary school and love trying new places. Boy was I disappointed.
First I got a beet salad. This was delicious. Prefect amount of dressing. Great salad. The drinks were great two. The rest of the food was not.
The salmon and vegetable risotto. Salmon was fine but the risotto was not risotto. The rice was over cooked and it was just a mushy mess. If you can't properly make a risotto, don't put it on the menu. Risotto should spread across a plate, creamy and smooth. This was a pasty, mushy overcooked mess. The woman next to us ordered the same thing and she left most of her meal uneaten.
The braised short ribs was not a braised short ribs. The meat was not short rib. I'm confident in that. It was a cheap cut of meat you'd use in a pot roast. In fact, it tasted like pot roast. It came out swimming in liquid, like soup. Hint, chef you never see a meat dish swimming in liquid because its supposed to be a reduction of the cooking liquid. Again, if you cant cook something don't put it on the menu. It was gross and I cannot believe they'd lie on a menu and call that meat short ribs. I make short ribs at home, I order them out often and THAT was not a short rib. Such a disappointment. Literally the worst "short ribs" dish I have ever had.
The burgers looked Okay? Maybe that is a better bet for ordering. Don't wast your money on their entrees. They are not good.