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| - To quote my husband, this place is basically "a more expensive Applebee's." But with one big difference: It's dog friendly.
Although we did not have our dog with us, there were plenty of people with their pups on the patio. Looks like that would be a fun and novel dining experience. But, as we sat inside with the other dogless folks, I can only comment on the food, which was fine but nothing special.
I ordered lamb stroganoff with a wedge salad, because I make a mean lamb stroganoff and the spouse makes a killer wedge. I wanted to see how they did it here, and while it's always unfair to compare a restaurant's food with your own, I think they should have put "Our take on ..." in front of each of these menu items, because they were far from traditional. The wedge salad was lacking bacon, and instead of blue cheese dressing, there was a ranch-style dressing with blue cheese crumbles on top. The addition of tomatoes and onions was also unneeded and unnecessary. All in all, not a good start. The stroganoff was much better, although it was served on fettucine instead of egg noodles and there was a pronounced lack of sour cream. That said, the lamb was delicious, and I loved the mushrooms and peas (which I haven't used in my recipe, but maybe now I will!).
My husband had fish and chips, which is one of his standard orders. Their take on this dish was to mold the fish into burger-shaped patties and to give thin-cut fries instead of fat potato wedges. The fish was greasy, and the fries weren't very tasty. Another dud.
Service was a bit slow, but the place was packed so I can't fault our waitress. Although the menu items we selected weren't all that great, I would be willing to give Lazy Dog another try, maybe next time with pooch in tow!
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