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| - My wife and I want so very badly for a restaurant to succeed at this very hard-to-succeed-at location.
Unfortunately, the Symons Valley Roadhouse quickly went from great to awful, and then Django Smokehouse lasted for, seemingly, 10 minutes.
This latest tenant, we doubt, will do any better than their predecessors based on our experience there.
I'll start with my wife's meal, as that was kinda the highlight of the night. She ordered the grilled cheese and tomato soup. It was nice, but $19 nice? Not sure about that. The soup was thick and gritty, but despite how unappealing that may read, it was actually quite good. The grilled cheese (four kinds of cheese) was what you would expect - ooey, gooey. It's pretty hard to mess that up.
That, unfortunately, is the end of a very short 'Pros' list.
To drink, instead of ordering the regular caesar, she chose the 'Smokehouse Caesar' which was to be joined by a tomato garnish, pickle, cheese and a pepperoni stick. Well, the tomato garnish never made an appearance, and the pepperoni stick consisted of an inch-long piece cut from the ass end of a plain old pepperoni stick you'd buy at a gas station. The cheese was, well, a dice-sized cube of marble cheese. Tragically underwhelming considering they charge $10 for it.
We ordered the arancini as an appetizer, but were told they were out. We settled on the corn fritters, and finished them off. We prefer them a little more crispier than what we got. They came across as a bit underdone and similar in texture to that of a fried chicken ball you'd get from a Chinese restaurant, if that makes any sense?? The dipping sauce made up for it, though.
Note: They should think of serving that sauce with the cornbread they bring out, as well, as it can get a little dry on its own.
I ordered the Classic Platter, which is one meat accompanied by two sides for $21. Now, considering Big Sky BBQ in Okotoks does a platter with three different meats and one side for a dollar cheaper, I was skeptical, but thought it just meant I was going to get a lot of my meat of choice - brisket - to go with my sides of mac and cheese and a hasselback potato.
What I received was, and I really am not trying to be mean, but the most unappealing and inedible brisket I have ever had. Two and a half big slices that were pure fat. It was gross to cut away all the fat and try eat what remained. Despite my best attempts to avoid it, I still ate a ton of fat whose greasy and distinct taste remained in my mouth for the remainder of my evening.
It came with my bbq sauce of choice (no sauces to choose from at the table). I chose honey garlic, and what they gave me was barely a tablespoon of the best sauce Kraft has to offer. Very disappointing, as my attempts to cover up the brisket ended after a few tries due to the sauce running out.
The mac and cheese was passable. I have had better. I have had worse.
Now, if done right, the hasselback potato can steal the show. That was not the case at this establishment on this occasion. What I was served was a potato maybe slightly bigger than a Cadbury Easter Egg that was horribly overcooked, and then covered with a dollop of sour cream. Oddly enough, I received more sour cream than I did bbq sauce.
We wanted to like this place. We live nearby, and would love to have solid go-to restaurant to call our own. Our waitress was great, and the rest of the staff looked eager to make things run smoothly.
However, a really tough location and the quality of food we received (if is it any indicator) will make it tough for them to succeed where their predecessors failed.
We won't be back again.
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