Makamae A.
Yelp
When we first started coming here, it was right after Keith Lee's review of this place, end of 2022/beginning of 2023, and it was always packed. We loved coming here-- the quality was great, the service was good, & the food was always hot and fresh.
Before we went the first time, I looked up the menu on the website. When we got there, I had noticed that the prices had already changed and were more expensive. But it is what it is.
Two years later, while the prices have increased dramatically, the quality has decreased.
When the line was out the door and wrapped around the building, waiting 45 minutes to an hour was understandable. Yesterday, with no one in the restaurant before us & one other customer coming in after us, waiting 45 minutes for our wings was questionable.
We spent, with tip, $53 ($46 before) for 30 wings and 6 garlic knots. It was not worth that money. Mind you, we did not get any drinks because their soda machine was either out of order, or they did not have any cups. I had my water but ran out before the food even came out, so I bought two regular 16oz water bottles after the fact, and that was another $5, when I can buy a case of 40 at Costco for less than that.
We loved the peach chutney, which, in my opinion, was what they became known for. But they got rid of that over a year ago, so that was a bummer to find out when we came back last year. Yesterday, we ordered garlic parm, pineapple habanero, & honey mustard. After we had placed our order and sat down, they told us that they were out of honey mustard. How are you out of a "homemade sauce?"
The garlic knots came quickly, and they were good but not anything to write home about. Also, the marinara sauce was watery. We waited 45 minutes for our wings, and in that time 2 different employees sat down at a table across of us and ate some pizza. When we finally got our wings, we were told "Sorry, we messed up the wings the first time. Enjoy." And she walked away. We did not enjoy them. They were dry, they barely have any meat, & they are the weirdest shaped wings I've ever seen in my life.
We took most to go because by that point we weren't very hungry anymore.
I warmed them up for lunch today, I wasn't going to waste $53 no matter how much I did not like them.
I had 2 wings left when I noticed what is either facial hair or possibly lint (see photo and video) . At first, I thought it was dog hair as we do have multiple dogs. But when I tried to pick it off and it wasn't coming off, I realized it was cooked into the chicken. And not one, but two pieces of hair/lint.
We are disappointed because we loved coming here, but we will never be back again.