Enjoyable meal with a couple of opportunities for improvement. Weslodge has an interesting menu backed up by efficient, friendly and professional service. Great location and buzz.
Fun cocktail menu - the orange spiced old fashioned is so good. I order this every time.
For appetizers, we had:
Beet salad. Good beets, but the large fibrous greens make it messy to eat. Kitchen should consider tearing the greens into more managable pieces.
Devils on horseback. (Bacon-wrapped dates filled with goat cheese). These were just the right blend of salty, sweet and savory. They don't look like much on the plate but the taste will pleasantly surprise you.
Mains:
Whole Branzino. Perfectly cooked and tasty.
Veal Schnitzel. Boo. Overdone and leathery. I've made this mistake myself at home so I understand how easily it can happen - but not at these prices!
Sides:
Brussels sprouts, Potato cake - v.g.
Desserts:
Rhubarb trifle. This was disappointing. Bland and not tasting at all of rhubarb which is sort of the point of the dessert. Contained a lot of custard with a few jello-y pink bits which I assume was the "rhubarb" component. Not worth finishing.
Two of us ordered the rice pudding and that was very good.
In spite of a couple misses on this visit, we like Weslodge & will be back.