Seattle, WA

This restaurant isn’t bad if you’re into football, sports-related, bistro food. The service isn’t bad. The cleanliness and atmosphere isn’t bad. It just isn’t all that good either. Located in the hoity-toity University Village shopping center, this restaurant serves hamburgers, steak, seafood creations, and beer. It’s almost as if Red Robin married Skagit Brewery and its offspring went off to college.

It isn’t that the food isn’t tasty. The hamburger I had was good minus all the mayonnaise. The beef was a great quality chuck that I really appreciated however, there was a serious lack of healthy alternatives. I thought I could have the coleslaw with my burger instead of their fries but the slaw was so rich with mayo and HORSERADISH I couldn’t eat it. Who puts horseradish in their coleslaw? Also, it had just as much red onion as it did carrot which, combined with the horseradish, made for a very pungent salad. I appreciate a restaurant that tries to be different but they should taste their coleslaw before serving it.

My boyfriend had the rueben and thought the amount of horseradish was overwhelming.

My waitress did a good job. She wasn’t over-approaching but she was around frequently enough to make sure we’re fine. We didn’t wait long for our food or our check. We never needed a refill because the glass they provided was enormous. The restaurant was very clean and well decorated.

Would I recommend this restaurant to anyone? If you’re the beer-drinking, bistro foodie, then you might like this place. Certainly the service was good and the beef was great so I wouldn’t discourage people from trying this restaurant. I just feel as though I could live without ever visiting this place again.