Christie M.
Google
UPDATE: not only are they a TERRIBLE restaurant, but they’re CRIMINALS!!!!!!!!! Our bill was $209, or $229 AFTER tax.. My fiance tipped 20% which should have been charged at $250, or $275 MAX at 20% if the 20% was covering after tax…… HIS CREDIT CARD WAS CHARGED $372.16 ??????????? How many people have they done this to & at their other locations!???????!!!!!!! CHECK YOUR BILLS PEOPLE!
Original review:
Wish I could give The Wilkes (sadly), 0 stars. This was one of my most anticipated restaurants.. However, it missed the mark on every single dish. I left extremely disappointed by one of the worst meals I’ve had in a long time.
From the first step in, it smelt like I walked into somebody’s cabin airbnb in Big Bear.. It smelt so old, I didn’t even know the restaurant was new.. cries!
We ordered the molasses bread & it came stale & cold in the middle with a weird grainy flavor. & When I used the “butter,” I actually forgot that it was butter. The texture & flavors were like apple sauce.. I had to go back to the menu to remember what it was.. I ALWAYS SAY, if the bread is good.. the food is good.. & The opposite was true here tonight.
As a bone marrow lover, I was SOOOOO excited. I drove 45 minutes to come here- & the bone marrow was a huge motivator. However, yet, another let down.. I could physically SEE the bone on my plate, but I only got bacon & caramelized onions in my mouth.. If you’re a bone marrow lover, & you’re looking forward to a night out & ordering bone marrow, this will not itch the scratch. I might understand that MAYBE, they’re trying to appeal to people who don’t usually like bone marrow.. BUT, those people would not be ordering bone marrow. Who will be? People who LOVE bone marrow.. & This, this was just not bone marrow… It was bacon & caramelized onions. The bone marrow was totally reduced down to an oil.. There was no melty gelatinous yummy bone marrow goodness ..
For the entrees we got the chicken schnitzel & flat iron steak..
The chicken schnitzel came out PIPING HOT- which, from watching Kitchen Nightmares.. Gordon Ramsay has said when something is THAT hot, it was probably microwaved.. I didn’t want to believe it.. but the outter breading was not crispy or crunchy AT ALL. It was soggy & soft. Honestly, now I do believe it was microwaved.
The steak was bland on the inside (the meat) & the outside was over seasoned. On top of that, many pieces were so chewy & tendon-y, I had to spit it out because it started to chew like gum in my mouth. I couldn’t break it up.
The side of carrots were very mid & undercooked. Likewise, the creamed spinach was also a huge let down. I’m also a huge creamed spinach fan, but there was nothing creamy about this dish. It tasted more like steamed spinach with garlic, which is fine but just not what I love or look forward to when I order creamed spinach.
I didn’t even want dessert I was so turned off. I just wanted to go home & cry about the price I paid for one of the worst meals of my life.
Service, however, was friendly.