Renee B.
Yelp
It's been a while since I've been to a Yard House restaurant so when this location opened nearby, we decided to check it out for date night. It was barely OK.
We arrived around 9pm on a Saturday in early March. The place wasn't very busy, we were vaguely greeted by a bored host, but were seated immediately in the quiet, dimly lit bar area. Our waitress was friendly and cheerful.
I ordered the Pink Dragon margarita which was so salty I had to request a replacement, even then, it was NOT good - tasted nothing like description: tequila with grand marnier and dragon fruit agave. No "black salt" either, not that it matters. I'd venture to say this margarita was gross. I wouldn't order it again or recommend it to anyone. I wondered if the bartender knew what he/she was supposed to be making...
We ordered the spinach dip appetizer to start and it wasn't very good either. It was lukewarm, flavorless, and dry, as if someone mixed spinach and cream cheese together, heated it for too long in a microwave, then broiled some stale kraft Parmesan cheese on top. Chips were a disappointment.
My Caesar side-salad was huge and *lightly* tossed in a bland dressing, topped with croutons and the least Parmesan-tasting shaved "Parmesan" ever, more like imitation-Parmesan flavored plastic. I've had better salad-in-a-bag from Costco.
My boyfriend ordered the sliders. Again, very dry. Patties seemed to have been sitting in a warmer for hours. An indistinguishable smear of sauce on each bun. The cheddar was suspect, since it wasn't hot, it appeared more like orange oily plastic squares than real cheddar. Total fail. Hard pass on the fries too. How do you ruin French fries? I almost forgot, the sliders were also served with thinnest limp pickle "spear" ever, like someone sliced an actual pickle spear into thirds. It was laughable, why bother? This whole dish seemed like the kitchen was trying to cut costs by skimping on condiments, using up old patties and stale bread. We both agreed we'd rather have a slider meal across the parking lot at White Castle, and we don't like White Castle!
I chose the Chicken Enchilada Stack for my meal and this was the best (certainly the most impressively plated) dish of the night, but I wasn't impressed enough order it again. The enchilada stack does have potential, it might be really good on another night or prepared by another cook. While I love spicy food, I didn't expect the pinto beans to be drowning in spicy chipotle sauce. They should mention this, in case customers don't want their beans smothered in this way. While the sauce was fine for the enchiladas, there was way too much of it on the plate so I didn't eat more than a few bites of the beans.
While we'd originally planned to order espresso martinis and share the bread pudding, we decided against that given the poor F&B quality so far, and went to another bar for our after-dinner drinks.
My daughter and her friends recently had plans to meet there for a birthday dinner and I basically told her what NOT to order - nearly everything we tried during our visit. I don't imagine we'll return to this restaurant. While our server was great, our food was not. The price point is far too high for the poor quality of food and sad margaritas. Especially with a myriad of solid dining options close by.