Hello Yelp Fans: I am writing about a visit to the Yard House. Following represents our experience:
Beverages: House wines are so-so. If you have a refined palette, I don't recommend you order the generic house wine. There was a good selection of beers - better choice for the money.
Appetizers: We tried the calamari, the pita and spinach dip, and the firecracker chicken. The calamari was very chewy. I would not order this again.
The pita chips were nice and crispy and just a touch of salt and the spinach dip was nice and thick. Some spinach dips can have too much mayo in them. This was nicely done.
The firecracker chicken nuggets were a hit - they were nice and spicy, not dry, and actually could be eaten as an entree if ordered with a side of fried rice.
Salad: We ordered one house salad with ranch dressing and a caesar salad. Both were served with the lettuce warm/room temperature and the plates were also warm. The croutons on the caesar salad were soggy. Neither salads were anything special. We did not eat the salads, not worth the calories/effort to eat warm lettuce. I would not recommend ordering.
Entrees: The salmon and quinoa was a nice portion, but the salmon was a little dry. It comes with a sauce, with the sauce (if you like the type of sauce served with it) made it less dry, but I feel any fish should stand alone regarding how it was cooked to maintain moisture (and not need a sauce).
The ribs were "okay" nothing special, not a lot of meat on them, a little chewy. The length of the rack was appropriate, but I would not recommend ordering them.
Desserts: We ordered the banana brûlée and one of the apple cobbler with ice cream.
The brûlée was warm and soupy - would not recommend to order. Flavor was not heightened by the bananas on the top which were brown in color and not from being torched, just brown. The top of the brûlée was NOT nice and crispy, no evidence of sugar on top and a torch used to brown it.
The apple cobbler was very mediocre. The ice cream was almost totally melted when it was served to us. It was nothing special, save your money.
Noise: The noise level was high. We could hardly hear the people at the end of the table for only eight people.
Service: Service was good, except we were never offered fresh black pepper on our salads and we had to ask for our water glass to be filled (that should be obvious).
I hope this review is helpful to you!