Drake's

So, Mom and I came to Elizabethtown to visit my niece. She bragged about this place. I looked up their reviews and read about the general manager. The reviews were good or better depending on their location.You're probably of the mindset (like me) that if you claim to specialize in several cuisines at the same spot, one is destined to suffer. I'm sure you can guess which one. And you'll probably be right.If you are a sushi lover, this is probably not the best place to get the freshest rolls. You'll be disappointed.We got here pretty early on a Friday, but by the time we left the place was PACKED! So, this is a local favorite; I'm assuming.Mom got a club sandwich that she loved. But she felt like she was having trouble biting into the sandwich and found what appeared to be one of those pieces of wax paper that separates cheese slices. The manage came to our table. Hey, there she is in the flesh! She apologized and asked my Mom if she would like another to which Mom say, "Yes". She really enjoyed that sandwich. My niece to the filet and sushi. She enjoyed that meal and thought the steak was very tender. Her husband ordered a burger. It was huge, but he had no problem putting it away!Our server was very attentive, giving us refills of water and soda without asking. I ordered two rolls. One was a Christmas special (Santa's spicy tuna roll), the other was not. I felt bad I ordered the second, because it was so bland I only ate two pieces. I actually forced the Santa roll down. It was spicy, but still lacked the freshness of the rolls I am used to.So as predicted, I should not have ordered sushi. Maybe I should have ordered the club sandwich.

So this was first visit (duh, it just opened) Luckily got there pretty early (older folks with us) not many places for larger party's. But was able to sit us with two tables closer together. The menu had quite a few good options. It was very hard to choose. And will be back to try other options. What I did have Pretzels with cheese. Most excellent!!! Fried pickles. Very impressed. They were still crisp and very dill and the sauce was even tastier. I ordered the turkey avocado sandwich. (Ok I'm from ca and lived in an avocado grove. So I love avocado. ) the sandwich was good. My complaint was that I couldn't find the avocado. It was like you would spread butter. I also ordered sweet potato waffle fries. My complaint was they were cold. Everyone at our two tables had cold sweet potato fries. They were good just cold. Everyone who had regular fries had warm fries. Large drink menu Wish they had more diet options. Our wait staff was good. Wish I got our girls name. But also had extra staff probably still training.

Tried Drake's for the first time this evening. The hostess Meadow was very friendly and told us there would be approximately 20 minute wait I told the hostess specifically that we would like a table and not a high top barstool table. The hostess assured me that our request will be accommodated. Very quick turnaround on the wait as it ended up only being about 12 minutes. After receiving the text message that our table was ready, there was a different hostess at the stand. She told us to follow her and she lead us to a high top barstool table. I politely explained that I asked for a table because members of our party are unable to sit comfortably at a high top barstool table. The hostess seemed slightly annoyed but found us a table close by that was just being cleaned off. This is why I am deducting one star. I would hope that the host staff would pay closer attention to specific requests. Our server was Philly, and they did an excellent job, taking care of us. Service was great considering this place just recently opened in the last couple of weeks. Our server made sure that our drinks stayed filled and checked in on us often. I ordered the buffalo chicken mini sliders. They were tossed with the right amount of buffalo sauce to bring just enough heat. Paired with crispy crinkle cut fries, it was a great meal! I did think it was a little odd that one of my mini sandwiches had ranch dressing on it and the other two did not. I would have loved it if all of them had ranch dressing on them. The house ranch dressing was amazing and the perfect accompaniment to the buffalo chicken sliders. Overall, I think our first dining experience at Drake's was a success. When you visit, take note that the front room of the restaurant will be packed with people. There is one small walkway between the bar and the tables. It definitely makes it hard to navigate through that part of the restaurant. Fortunately, we were seated in the back, where tables were close to each other, but not as crowded as the front. I did not notice if there was a party room available. It would be nice to have an area where you could seat a larger group. We will probably give it a couple more weeks before we visit again. Maybe the newness will wear off a little and it'll be less crowded.

Ate there for my husband's birthday, the food was great, atmosphere was good, and our waitress was awesome!

This is a great new addition for restaurants in Etown and was very busy for lunch on their opening day. They have an extensive menu with lots of decent bar, food options, and sushi. They are a little pricey, but you get a good size portion for both your appetizer your meal in your side. I had the patty melt with coleslaw, which was very good with the horseradish sauce, and the coleslaw was not overly wet and a little on the sweet side. We also tried the pretzel appetizer. which came with mustard and cheese sauce, which were both delicious with the pretzel. I would say the largest complaint is that the two top tables were too small to fit the large portions in the baskets that they serve them in we had to ask our server multiple times to clear our table to have room for the next item. I definitely recommend trying it at least once for a different style of restaurant and food in the area.

I went to Drake's Res in Elizabethtown, KY, expecting a wonderful experience and ended up biting into chicken that was undercooked, the fried pickle breading was extremely thick and overly crispy, the salad had soggy tomatoes. Needless to say, I vomited the part of my meal I did get to eat before even leaving the restaurant. My husband had undercooked tenders, the steak was suppose to be medium well and ended up being almost rare. The only part of his meal he enjoyed was the tater tots. I really hope the cooks can learn from this and check the quality of the food they put out before someone else gets sick. The server was very sweet but not very attentive. lastly, we waited over an hour for our meals. I understand its a Friday, but the lack of communication was not okay. We will not be eating there again anytime soon.

So GREAT! What a fun place to take the family, hang out and watch a game, etc. The BLT tots are so good. I have no doubt not healthy, but so DA*m good. The sushi is fresh and delicious too. We had a server change up in the middle of the meal and the ball was passed perfectly. With 8 people in our group it could have been a disaster. Nope. The food came out hot, delicious and more. When we visit E-town it has been rare to find a good restaurant that has something everyone likes. This, by far, is the one we will return to every time.

A typical fully priced chain with a lot of issues that can and should be corrected. Interesting menu, but it seems that when you combine two cuisines it rarely goes well for either of them. It was crowded but seems unnecessarily so as the tables are very tightly spaced. My steak plus sushi combo was edible, but the sushi was a bit generic and tasteless. My companion's swiss and mushroom burger was enormous but because the bun was too small it devolved into a soggy mess after a few bites and the only way to consume it was without the bun with a knife and fork. BTW, food was lukewarm. Additionally as they are newly opened they were short on some basic items (only had Tito's vodka, for example), but the strangest thing was that they served their soda in a huge glass filled with ice ABOVE THE RIM which resulted in about four or five sips of beverage before requiring a refill. Note: I had to ask for four refills to get about twelve ounces total. Bottom line? Give them a month to work out the kinks, but think very carefully before ordering. And if you want steak, please go to a steakhouse.