Heather M.
Yelp
I came here with a friend on a Wednesday night. Her and I have probably driven past it 100 times but haven't ever made it in. We almost went here for Miami Spice last year.
First things first - parking. I arrived at 6:30 and was able to find a spot behind the building, but there were very few remaining. The lot was surprisingly large (and it's free!). She arrived about 10 minutes later and didn't find any parking in the lot, but found (paid) street parking really close by. Root & Bone definitely gets points in my book for easy parking.
We walked in and were greeted fairly quickly. The ambiance was relaxed and homey. We were seated in a comfortable brown leather (probably canvas, not real leather) booth and given menus. We were given 5 or so minutes to peruse the menu before our very friendly waitress came over and introduced herself and her assistant. Their happy hour starts at 4 PM and runs until 7 PM. There's a good selection of food on it. I don't drink, so I didn't really take a look at the drinks on HH. I appreciate that you don't have to be at the bar to partake in Happy Hour. We ordered the Sticky Pork Belly Bacon, Grandma Daisy's Angel Biscuits, and I ordered a virgin Julia Sugarbaker. On the main menu, we ordered the roasted 1/2 chicken, the Miami heat hot chicken, and a side of sweet potato mash and potato frites.
Our happy hour appetizers came out within about 10 minutes and so did my drink. I was confused by the bacon because I expected strips, but it's chunks. The bacon was one of my favorite things all night. It was sticky, sweet, and melt-in-your-mouth succulent. I'd definitely get it again. The biscuits were quite good too. They came with two little piles of flaky salt and sesame seeds, along with their honey chicken jus. I loved their honey chicken jus. It didn't come with butter but it honestly didn't need it. The jus is sweet and umami. It tasted just like chicken. My virgin Julia Sugarbaker was good and very pretty but nothing to write home about. Next came both of our chickens and our sides. The menu says the hot chicken is tossed tableside and it wasn't (but I don't care). The hot chicken is served with pickles, pickled red onion, and watermelon on top and the chicken itself is fried. We were told that it's the same as their fried chicken, just with pickles on top and it comes with hot sauce. The roasted chicken came with purple carrots underneath and the chicken jus on the side. Each of the 1/2 chickens came with six pieces, which is more than enough for me. Both were really enjoyable. I loved how refreshing the watermelon with the hot chicken was, and I wasn't mad about having more of the honey chicken jus. The mashed sweet potatoes were pretty good, and the potato frites were pretty ordinary French fries (they did have a great crisp to them though!) The fries were supposed to come with chunky remoulade and comeback sauce, but all they gave us was ketchup.
I wish I remembered our waitresses name, but she was great. I asked what they had that was non-alcoholic, and then I asked her if they had any mocktails. They don't have a mocktail menu (I would love it if they had one!) But she was able to tell me the cocktails that they could easily make virgin. She was present at our table the perfect amount. This restaurant should be proud of the service they offer because I have nothing negative to say about her. The place reminds me a lot of Yardbird down on Miami Beach but it's a lot more open and less cramped. I did quite like the high ceilings, it gave the restaurant a spaciousness that I liked. The prices were great for Happy Hour and reasonable for the main dinner menu.
Overall, the service was great and the food + ambiance pretty good. I wouldn't hesitate to come back or to recommend this to a friend. I'm really glad a place like this exists in the area.