Off the Rak

This large restaurant accommodated a large group of parties who arrived at nearly the same time. The waitress was on it, and we were served quickly. Parking is plentiful. The meal was passable, but I think I would go for a burger next time.

We are here after biking thirty miles on the ghost trail. The restaurant is quite large, with a dining room, bar area, and covered deck area. They have a huge menu offering a ton of different options--that always worries me--too many items to be able to do any well. We asked for the house specialties and our server said wings and the burgers are great. So, We got the wings, blackened tuna, and three burgers. The wings were the best part. Crispy exterior and tasty sauce. The tuna was way overcooked. The burgers were fine but we asked for medium rare and they were all medium to well done. Oh, and I asked for some mustard for the burger and got honey mustard dipping sauce. The fries seemed to have been sitting out for a while--soggy, not hot, not fresh. The service was great. All in all, not great.

Diverse menu with plenty of options for lunch and dinner. Relaxed atmosphere with several different areas within the restaurant (bar area, dining room, event rooms, patio). Favorites are the crab dip, sweet bourbon trio (chicken/steak/shrimp in a bourbon glaze), and the can't-miss oak barrel sirloin!

So, recent controversy aside, I will finally get to reviewing this place. I am glad that I let this one sit after my initial check in. Because of that, I got to see two sides to this place. One where I had stellar service and another where it just didn't feel as welcoming.My first visit here I happened upon this place by myself. My family boasts about this place a lot so I figured I would give a try finally and see what all the fuss was about. I walked in and asked to be seated at the bar because I was by myself. I was greeted promptly and had a menu in my hand. I decided to go with a bacon cheeseburger for my lunch that day and that was that.As I sat at the bar I decided that I would also like a beverage. I decided on a Blue Moon. The thing that amazed me here was that they had that strip on the bar that keeps your drink nice and cold. As I sipped on that beer I didn't have to worry about whether or not I would have a nasty bit at the bottom of the glass that would be warm. My food arrived and I dug in. The burger was pretty amazing, cooked exactly as I had asked and the fries were pretty good. Not a bad price either. I was full and on my way.If I had to base it off of that one experience I would have given it four stars. Well, from the time that I first visited until right now as I write this review, I had made another visit. This time with family. My family doesn't do this often, but we all decided to go out to eat. We had just had our family pictures taken and decided to come here. We showed up and our party was a total of eleven. No problem they had said and went off to see where they would seat us. This is the thing that irked me, they sat us at two separate tables, back to back. Not even across from each other. So it was kind of like you had to choose who you wanted to talk to in order to figure out who you wanted to sit with. So half the family sat at one table and the other half sat at the other. You might be saying to yourself that I'm just whining over something trivial. Well I wouldn't bring this up except for the fact that right after my family walked in another family with a party size of twelve were sat all together at tables that were moved to accommodate. If you could do so for them, why didn't you do the same for us? All you had to do was rotate the tables we were sitting at and made it easier on us.As for the food the second time around, the pot roast meal was not worth what I paid. It was a rather small portion, kind of bland and had more fat than meat. The celery and carrots were basically raw and the size of mashed potatoes I had wasn't all that much. I honestly wished, after the meal showed up, that I had ordered something else. It was not filling at all, and I had a salad before it showed up. I left hungry that day.Our server was great, he was accommodating to us and did not forget a thing with such a large party. You did a great job. It was just the food that was underwhelming that day.

The only good food was their threesome wings and they tasted delicious but here's the thing burger that I had was horrible. It tasted like chocolate and my sister bought loaded fries and they tasted like bird poop she hated them. Anyways the service was good but the one thing that really ticked me off was you could sit at the bar and your wings would be at a discounted price like who does that!?!? The atmosphere was a 10 out of 10 because they had the Pirates game on and that was really fun to watch, but it is a pretty nice inside.

The ambiance was very nice, they played pirate games on the TV's. The service was incredible. When I asked to try a cup of wing sauce our waiter even brought out a couple fries to dip into it. The wings are a 10/10 must try. Only thing I will say is that if you do not have an iron stomach, DO NOT order the Nitro wings, they will destroy your stomach, ( and your toilet) Their heat profile was amazing and really spicy but not overwhelming, the nitro sauce is I believe tomato based or chili based but I'm not sure. The fries were another 10/10 they were crunchy and thick and perfectly cooked all over.

It was all delicious. The wings were in point, great crispy ness. I got the French onion soup. Wait staff was so friendly and fun. I had the fajita boat and it was perfect. Had a hard time deciding what to eat cause it all looked so good. Definitely a fun place if you are a foodie! The feel of the place was also a good date place as well!

Incredibly disappointing, the food isn't prepared onsite it's definitely frozen. Cheeseburgers were embarrassing. Of all the things to prepare fresh and easily onsite a cheeseburger is it. The service was great just a shame it's fake food.

This used to be my favorite restaurant dined frequently here. But not anymore food was good.The service was non existent took our order and never saw her again. Bartender brought my beer over and spilled a little bit no big deal wiped it up with my napkin figured I would get another one when the waitress came back never happened luckily my wife had some napkins in her purse.After we were seated a party of approximately 12 people came in and we we're history. She did come back to see if we wanted dessert.We told her she was a poor waitress never seen her till now. Manager came over and said they were understaffed that's not my problem it's management's problem only leave as many people in as you can handle.The management cost our waitress the tip.Very poor management unfortunately another good place going bad.

Great food! Super service! Nice menu with a variety sure to satisfy picky eaters! Owner on premises most of the time! Nice place!