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| - We were at Mentor Headlands beach on a recent Saturday afternoon with the kids, and drove past this place on the way there. I had heard of it before, and thought we'd try it out for dinner on the way back.
I called to see if they take reservations, and was told that they do but only a week in advance, but that we could come by and see how long the wait was. When we pulled into the parking lot and parked, we were told by a guy that the parking place we parked in was actually for a restaurant that was right next door to Pickle Bill's and that we'd need to go park elsewhere. Nice!
We went in a got a ticket for a table of 4, and were told the wait would be about 20 minutes. Not too bad we thought. The place was packed, lots and lots of people waiting to be seated, so we thought that's a good thing. Our 20 minute wait turned into 40 minutes, and once our ticket was called, we actually waited in line with about 20 other people to be seated, this took another 10 minutes.
The decor in this place is definitely eclectic, reminded me of a cross between a garage sale and Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. I couldn't understand why the wait was so long because there were many, many empty tables, and it was like that the whole time we were there. My wife mentioned maybe not enough wait staff, which would make sense, but that wasn't it either because there were literally dozens of wait staff, although it did seem like not each one of them was a full-fledged wait person. Our server Kathy was good. Food was OK, but WAY OVERPRICED for what you get.
If you haven't been here before, it is worth trying just for the experience, but don't have high expectations! As mentioned before, the food is just OK, and very expensive for the quality/quantity/presentation.
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