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| - I went to The Packhouse for the first time last night with my boyfriend and another couple. We were excited to try it out, especially because it's so close to my house. We got there at 6:45 on a Friday night and there was only a 20 minute wait, which I think is very reasonable. The decor was interesting. I'm not 100% a fan of it, though. It's in this modern office building, but had all these baskets hanging from the ceiling and basically troughs in the bathrooms for sinks. The waiters were all wearing wooden bowties. I think it was a bit too gimmicky. But, I'm there for the food.
We get seated in less than 20 minutes and our hostess and waitress were very friendly. My friend got yummy cocktails, but there was so much muddled fruit in them that it made it difficult to drink through a straw. The extra wait staff was very attentive. They kept refilling our water glasses and taking away dirty plates. We ordered food and they immediately got us some plates. We assumed it was for the yeast rolls that all the tables had received. But we received no rolls. We waited. Our waitress did not come back to the table to check on us. We waited some more. Baskets of yeast rolls walked past our table. We didn't get any. Finally after our appetizers, we asked for them from another waited. Almost 10 minutes later we got some. They were quite delicious, but it was as if our waitress forgot we were there.
As for the food. I felt the prices were a bit much for what we got. My shrimp and grits were quite delicious, except the huge ball of tobacco butter on top made it too greasy. And the grits were a bit thin and difficult to eat with a fork. Thankfully I got to steal my boyfriend's spoon to eat the last few bites. The taste was delicious and there were a good amount of shrimp in there, although the shrimp was overcooked. My boyfriend got the bbq sandwich and Brunswick stew. They were both okay...nothing special. My friends got the fried chicken and the pork shoulder. They were both decent. The winner was the squash casserole. Amazing!! So good.
For dessert we ordered one large oatmeal cream pie to share. It was taking forever to get to us, and the waitress came back with a complementary slice of key lime pie since they had to make more cream for the pie. The key lime was okay. We didn't finish it. Here comes the oatmeal cream pie. It looked amazing. We all took a bite and were overwhelmed with how boozy it tasted. Nowhere in the menu did it say there was alcohol in it. We asked the waitress and she said there was rum in the cream. It was so full of alcohol we couldn't eat it (and we all love us some alcohol). The waitress also did not charge us for it because we couldn't eat it.
So, overall, the food was decent. The prices were a bit high. The service was slow. The concept is a bit too gimmicky. I'm not sure I would go back.
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