This was a go to for us for years. The atmosphere of this depression era restaurant is great. Wood paneling, great old solid bar, wood burning fireplaces and a creek view that's just a delight.
The last several visits were disappointing for us. Our last dinner was sadly our last in the dining room. We had reservations about 6pm. We had a drink in the bar and were sat right on time. We didn't have our waitress arrive at our table for 10 minutes. Good think we had drinks. When she arrived she dropped our menus and a wine list and disappeared for another 10 minutes. The wine list is VERY pedestrian and the wines by the glass are mostly cheap wines. Think Cavit and Fetzer. No joke.
When she finally came back she was ready to take our order, but didn't ask about new drinks or appetizers. We had to pace that. We got the shrimp cocktail, which was fine. However, the dishes were never cleared before the salad came and the same with the salad plates. Our meals too longer than expected and we sat with our finished salad plates in front of us until they arrived. No water refills or bussing of the table.
We each got the filet and tail. My steak and tail were cool/warm at best and cold at worse. The "baked potato" was steaming hot and was the only thing on the plate that was cooked within the last 10 minutes. Super dried out twice baked version. My husbands dish was a little warmer and must've been in a better spot under the lights.
It was very disappointing as we love this place. Just not what it once was for the price of dinner. We'll gladly get back to the bar, but no longer have a full dinner in the dining room and this experience was similar to our last two.