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Firstly, the wait times on the No Wait app are completely inaccurate. It told us to arrive at 7:56, but when we arrived the hostess said it would be another 30 minutes but that we could order a drink at a small side section of the bar. Apparently they seat at the bar, so they try to avoid people going to the main part to get drinks, which that part I understand...but seating at the bar after waiting hours? Anyway, we got drinks (giggle water and room to grow), and the cocktails were pretty good and pretty much what you expect to pay for cocktails at this kind of restaurant. We stood outside on the deck with the heaters to avoid the crazy crowdedness inside. I do appreciate the heaters and am grateful that the rain held out. We checked on our place in line an hour later (yes, this is an hour after we have already waited an hour and after the additional 30 minutes quoted by the hostess), and she says ANOTHER 30 minutes (*jaw drops to floor*). We've already waited so long that we decide to wait it out. Another 30 minutes later, she says our table is ready. 10 minutes later, we sit down. (End of waiting saga/rant, but the people must know what awaits).
Finally a table! YES! And we are so ready to eat. We wanted to start with a charcuterie board, but the prices were way higher on the actual menu than website menu, and we decided not worth it. (Side note: we love charcuterie's and didn't want to sour our charcuterie love with what had not been a not promising experience so far). Based on our tastes and the waitress's recommendations, we got the carrot, cabbage, and hushpuppy smalls. The carrots tasted really good especially with the ricotta, but were all cooked to different levels so some were really soft while others were almost raw. The cabbage was nice and tender but kind of tasted like your standard cabbage. We enjoyed the hush puppies, which were basically fancy hush puppies with bbq pork cheeks on top, so how could you go wrong. We were pretty full at this point, but didn't feel satisfied so we decided to order a big--the fried chicken, which a friend had recommended. I am glad to report, this was the best thing we had all night! Yay finally! The chicken was so tender and had a nice thin crispy breading. It also had a subtle smoked flavor and kind of spicy mixture underneath.
Side note: it was SO loud in there. No sound absorption at all so everything echoed. We had to yell across the table and could barely hear the waitress.
So--was the food good once we finally got to eat it: yes. Was it worth the wait: absolutely not. Based on the quality of the food, I would have been willing to wait 30 min. In total from getting in line to leaving, we spent 3.5 hours with Zeppelin. Aka way too much time. If we hadn't been misquoted so many times and had know this from the beginning, we probably would have just gotten a cocktail and left.
To sum up this way too long review: Zeppelin is worth trying if you have a lot of time to wait and expect to be misquoted on wait time. Otherwise, there are a lot of restaurants in Charlotte with just as good or better food and cocktails for around the same price (or less).
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