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| - At my house we have several names for this place: Hash House a NO Go, Hash House a No No, and Hash House a No Mo'.
The main problem is that Man vs. Food hyped the place as being excellent with humongous portions. We wanted to experience it just for the novelty. Amongst the three of us we had the pancakes with hash browns, eggs over easy and chicken sausage; the Apple Smoked Bacon & Mashed Potato Burger with fries and watermelon lemonade, and the Hardwood Smoked Bacon, Avocado & Cheddar Burger with the same fries. We also tried the barbecued ribs appetizer.
First, the lemonade, which was tasty, was $5.00, no refills. That's way overpriced for lemonade that isn't spectacular, but it was attractive looking. Next, we specifically asked for the appetizer to be brought out before the meal (sort of the definition of the term "appetizer," right? We shouldn't have had to say anything) but it came AFTER the meal was brought out. How ridiculous is that? So two disappointments.
When the pancake came out it was large, but it was underwhelming compared to the hype it got on TV. Yes it was really big- bigger than one outstretched medium sized female hand. It filled up maybe 2/3 of the oval plate it was served on, leaving room for maybe one cup of cubed potatoes (hashbrowns) and 2 eggs over easy. But check out this photo from Man vs. Food: http://yhoo.it/18O6aVt - this was CLEARLY nothing close to what we got, hence the disappointment. The seasoned potatoes had no flavor, and the pancake tasted like flour. No flavor at all. We asked for chicken sausage and one link arrived, splayed open on a small dish. It was basically a hot dog, not sausage.
On to the Apple Smoked Bacon & Mashed Potato Burger. The teenager enjoyed it greatly, however, the teenager likes just about anything. The burger has one pound of meat divided into two pre-made, pre-seasoned patties that are cooked in a press of some kind so that both sides are cooked simultaneously. This means no way to request medium rare. Sigh...
The Hardwood Smoked Bacon, Avocado & Cheddar Burger was tasty, although the meat flavor seemed to come from the grill without additional seasoning. Well, let's just say the seasoning was mild. I won't complain too much about the burger- it was satisfying. The fries serving size was average. I think they were seasoned, and had a nice crunch.
The ribs came in what appeared to be an Asian-inspired sauce, which I liked. One of the four ribs was perfect, with tender meat falling off the bone. The others were chewy and tough. Hate to speculate on the disparity- I'll leave that to you. They were artfully leaned against a pile of cold, nasty-tasting potatoes. What a waste of potato. We got the impression that much of the food is pre-packaged, pre-seasoned, so not much creativity happens in the preparation.
The atmosphere was different from what I expected- the dark lighting made a nice ambience even though the food is Denny's quality. I liked the distressed wood everywhere and the (very) heavy metal chairs.
So, we will chalk this up to experience and probably not come back as a family, although I'd bring the teen here if he wanted the burger again. for $13 it wasn't so awful in my opinion.
Oh- the waitress was EXCELLENT- she got a full 20% tip.
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