Nancy B.
Yelp
I usually only write reviews when my experiences with a business are a 5 or a 1. This restaurant has received a 1!
A friend and I went to The Honeysuckle at 4:00 on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. When we walked in, there was no one in sight. And, no patrons were in the restaurant. We waited a bit, then my friend went to find someone and we got seated. We were given a food and a drink menu. We knew it was happy hour, because the sign right after we walked in said it was from 3-6, but our waitress did not inform us of that. My friend ordered a "Salty Dog" and told the waitress specifically what she wanted in it that would probably be extra and perhaps less common - a splash of Cranberry juice and an orange slice. When the drink came, it had the orange slice, but the color of the drink did not look like it had any cranberry juice in it at all. It also did NOT have any salt around the rim of the glass. We looked for the waitress and did not see her. My friend went to the bar (which was right across from our table) and talked with the bartender who acted like he could have cared less that the drink was not made correctly. No salt on the rim, no matter what is in the glass, is probably not a "salty" anything! The waitress thought the bartender only put about a tablespoon of cranberry juice in the glass (which I guess could be a relative term when you ask for a splash), and thought the salt was IN the drink! My friend informed the waitress that a drink like the "Salty Dog" without the salt around the rim, would be a "Greyhound." Now, no one expects every bartender to know every drink, but he could have asked or looked it up. He did neither.
At some point after the drink issue was taken care of, my friend asked our waitress if they had some appetizers available during Happy Hour. She was surprised we did not have a menu for those and went and got that for us.
We skipped the appetizers and both ordered the meatloaf for dinner, which I had had three times before about 2 years or so ago and 1 year before that. It was awesome both times, the service was great and were very enjoyable experiences at this restaurant. This time, the meatloaf and what was on the plate with it, was lukewarm at best, which is not something you would want.
I got a coke and the meatloaf and my bill was $32.00 without the tip. I thought the price for this meal was very high, considering what I ordered. I am not sure what the price was the other times I went to this restaurant, but in all honesty, one is not as concerned about that, if your experience is very good and the food is also good. Our experience here was NOT good no matter what you evaluated.
Our waitress was pleasant, but her service was not what it should have been. Her shift ended shortly before we left, so she introduced us to our new waitress before she left. However, she, nor the new waitress, ever asked us if we wanted anything else - dessert, coffee, etc. We had contemplated at least one dessert, but when the bills came without asking us if we wanted anything else, we decided "no". The new waitress asked us if we wanted boxes for our leftover food. We indicated we did. She brought us the boxes, our bills and we cashed out.
I highly doubt whether I will be back again. A very unpleasant experience all the way around.