by engineco16 » Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:44 am
So I just got back from my trip. I had a good time, took lots and lots of photos. I ate two breakfasts at the food court at the Lodge, good meals, a tad pricey.
I had four dinners to eat. Day one I ate at the Mountain Room, it was an average meal at best, and expensive at $60 for one by the time I left. I had the Prix Fixe Flat Iron Steak dinner. I give the meal a 3.5. Day two I ate at the Cedar Lodge Restaurant at my hotel. I had the Ahi Tuna Steak, a bit overdone, but the meal oveall and the sauce were very good, I gave it a 4. The next night I ate at the bar at Cedar Lodge and had battered Halibut Filets and Fries and a coke. Very good and I walked out the door for under $20! I gave it a 4.5.
The last night it was back to the Cedar Lodge for Prime Rib. Here's my review from Yelp,it's not good! LOL
So back to the restaurant, I had a different waitress on this night, bummer! So I ordered the 140z prime rib with mashed potatoes, veggies, salad bar and a bottle of wine. I'm gonna say right off the bat, my waitress pissed me off tonight. So I go to the salad bar, disappointing tonight, the salad was turning brown, that's a turn off for me, but I ate some anyways. I was basically though with my salad before my waitress arrived with my wine. She had not been on the floor during that time doing anything. So I get the wine. A few minutes later another waitress, the one I had the first night, brings my prime rib to me. OK it looks OK, except I realize, there's no way this is 14oz! See the photo. So I dig into the edge of it, tasty, but it's not even warm. It's like it's at room temperature and the plate is cold. 5 minutes into it the waitress appears and asks if it's alright and I say yes. Why had I done that? So I wanted to correct myself with her but never saw her again until my meal was done and she brought the check. The whole time I was there she was in the waitresses cubby hole talking with someone, overall they seemed unprofessional and not paying attention to her customers. So as my meal goes on my food is cold, the meat is getting tougher and less tasty and I'm fuming more and more. The potatoes and veggies were good though! So basically I had a bad/small prime rib, poor service, old salad. All this reflected on her tip believe me!
Would I eat there again? Yes, but chose what I get carefully and make sure everything was done right or complain. Also get the young blonde, cute waitress, she's friendly plus nice to look at. And not the older inattentive brunette. I would have given a 4 for my overall experience, but the last night dropped it to a 2.
I'll post some photos later, including my bear shot.