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| - So disappointing! We went here after abandoning this place five years ago because the reviews on Yelp looked good and Jekyll's has burned down. We had stopped going to Gamekeepers after a disastrously bad dinner we had there five years ago with my Grandmother. But the reviews on Yelp lured us back.
First, when we showed up for our reservation there was no one (and I mean no one) in the front. No bartender, no hostess, no servers. We stood in that cramped front space for more then five minutes. When someone finally showed up, he didn't seem like a host or a server. He was dressed ultra-casual and asked us (with a confused look on his face) if we wanted to eat. My father told him of our reservation (for which it was now past by several minutes) and he led us to a table.
It was several more minutes before a host showed up. He didn't have the best attitude. More like someone who resigns himself to work everyday so he can eat, but has no joy in his heart for it. It gave off an instant terrible impression of our meal (that turned out to be accurate).
At our table we ordered the daily trout special, two of their Alonzo burgers, a slew of vegetable sides and the southwest salad. My sister and I enjoyed the meat of the burgers but the toppings were insanely off balance. There was so much cheese that it leaked over everything, creating a huge mess (that isn't fun to navigate when you're dressed nicely) and there were very few pickles. Additionally the fries on both our plates were overcooked (they were splotchy and dark brown) and tasteless. My mother enjoyed her salad but it didn't wow her. And the vegetables were fine but also not 'wow.
The true disappointment of the evening though was my Grandfather's trout dish. It was SO SALTY. I mean, I took one bite and spit out the orzo into my napkin. My tongue burned. He ate only the fish but he's not a complainer so I didn't realize it was that bad until I tasted it near the end of the meal. I am absolutely disturbed that that dish made it out of the kitchen. How anyone could think that's appropriate, I have no idea.
To be honest, the service was so sub-par and the food so wishy-washy in flavor I don't know that we will go back. Perhaps it was an 'off' night, and I'm always willing to give restaurants a second chance, but if after five years they still can't get their stuff together I'm not sure that they ever will.
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