551 West

First, the decor is wood - everywhere. It's like being below-deck on an old ship or something. The bar smacks you in the face the minute you come in the door, and it's clearly the focus of the business. You can't hear yourself think until you get past the bar to the second dining area. The food was awful - the fried pickles were SO salty it wasn't even funny. Pickles are salty on their own - why salt the hell out of the batter you fry them in? The dipping sauce was so-so. The prices were very high for what turned out to be really below average food. My husband's fried fish was frozen and tasteless, the beans were obviously out of a can and unseasoned and the rice was bleh. Asparagus overcooked. My salad's ingredients were OK, but the dressing was odd-tasting. My beer was luke warm, and the desserts were described as "fried snickers, fried oreos, or angel food cake with some kind of sauce on it."  Um, no thanks. This dismal dinner for 2 came to more than $50 (including tip, which was 20% because it's not the waiter's fault he works for a pathetic restaurant). We will NOT be going back.

This was our first visit...probably our last!  Pretty disappointed!  Hubby had a Burger which was overcooked. I had a salad tonight which looked great!  Presentation on the plate and taste, quality was A+....until I bit down on a pit and almost broke a tooth.  All I got was an "I am sorry" and then the bill came.  We had ordered  $2 for that.  Ordered an extra blue cheese dressing for the salad - got charged for that.  The icing on the cake?  When we were done and "lingering", they did everything to make it obvious that they wanted our table, besides coming right out and asking us to leave.  Overall, food ok, Customer Service not ok, and the "nickel and diming" of the little extra charges-we'll take our business elsewhere.

My two sisters, mom, and I decided to try out this new resturant. First impression was that it was very clean and the decor was new. The staff was also very friendly and we were seated quickly in the dining area.

We ordered the fried pickle appetizer and that was so delicious, however, all of our "main course" orders were messed up terribly.

I ordered a french dip sandwich, and the waitress brought out a cheeseburger...
My sister ordered a cheese burger with No onions, and the burger that was brought out only had onions on it...
My other sister ordered a crispy chicken wrap, and it came out with a lot of hot sauce on it...
And my mom ordered crab cakes, which were still raw in the middle.

The food took forever to get to our table and was definitely not worth the wait.

The wait staff was very nice and took care of our bill, but I will not be going back again.