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| - My husband and I went here for dinner Saturday night, and it was an overall pleasant experience. We'd been thinking about heading out to Shaker Square, but my husband had read about this place. We liked the idea of spending less than we generally would in Shaker Square, and we love Doug Katz. Mostly we were excited to try out some upscale diner food.
The ambiance was nice-super cute! The diner car was obviously not as crowded as the bar car on a Saturday night and the atmosphere was cool. Next time we will have to try the Bar Car. We liked having the option between the diner car and the bar car. My husband and I are kind of weird in that when we go out on weekends we really hate overcrowded places. Going to the diner car on a weekend evening seems like a good choice for others like us. However, it did fill up, and I will say that the section was somewhat understaffed. As far as I could tell, there was one waitress taking care of the entire diner car, and while she was pleasant, she seemed to be taking her time in getting things taken care of.
The thing that surprised me about this place was that the traditional diner-y type foods we tried were somewhat so-so. The pickles weren't as crunchy as we like (We understand that that's the product of them being house-made, but I was disappointed because I had such high expectations.) We tried a root beer float, because it just seemed fun. Again, it was just so-so. It might have been that the ice cream was just average, but we were expecting it to be really good, so again, disappointing. The fries that came with my husband's sandwich had a good flavor, but seemed like they were first overcooked and then left to sit out for a while, not a great combination.
On the flip side, there were a couple things we got that were absolutely fantastic. My husband started his dinner with a side salad with the lemon vinaigrette. It was SO good. It was very simple, just greens and dressing, but the dressing was so good and refreshing that I found myself wishing I had ordered a salad instead of the root beer float. It's got to be a pretty darn good salad to make that happen!
He got the turkey sandwich, and I got the chicken a la king. His sandwich was delicious, but my dinner was amazing. I was not one hundred percent aware of what chicken a la king was when I ordered it, I imagined it to be more traditional chicken and waffles. However, it was more like a chicken pot pie filling over a house made Belgian waffle. It was REALLY good. My husband normally gets my restaurant leftovers, but I found myself fighting him for these. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
Overall, we liked this place. As I described in my review, there were some things that could have been better, but thinking back on my dinner, I can't give the place less than four stars, despite the other shortcomings. The prices were fairly reasonable, there was a good selection of different things. I would also recommend this as a good place to take your Bob Evans loving family if you're trying to get them to try new things. I have family members who are very averse to eating at "fancy" non-chain restaurants. However between the atmosphere, reasonable prices, and the menu options that are simple but made with higher quality ingredients, I think most people would like this place. I look forward to coming back again and seeing if this place will live up to the potential I can tell that it has.
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