Not much gourmet food to choose from in this area so we 'settled' for LongHorn. Â It was a great dining experience, great service and very tasty food. Â We opted to not get steak because we are used to a much better cut of meat when we eat steak but the chicken dishes were delicious and the wine choices were satisfactory in a pinch. Â I would go back again - it was a pleasant experience.
Review Source:To put it briefly...exactly what I expected upon arrival. Â Decent food, nice atmosphere, great service. Â I stopped off for a quick bite during my drive to Michigan and had their steakhouse burger with fries. Â I started with a cup of their cream of potato and bacon soup too.
The soup was good....but not hot unfortunately. Â Warm at best. Â The bacon could have been cooked a bit more as well.
The burger was tasty, juicy and well topped! Â No complaints. Â Fries were lacking (not in taste...but sheer number). Â It felt like a half-order.
The server was super pleasant and welcoming. Â Best smile ever!
My boyfriend and I went here since it was the most decent restaurant nearby. We checked out the reviews and most of them were about how it smelled like smoke, which almost wanted me to eat somewhere else. This was true, even for the smoke-free area! However, the food was delicious! We ordered the sourthwest fries, and two chicken dishes which was juicy. Too bad it's a little pricey but it's worth going there at least once in your life.
Review Source:Why didn't I read the reviews...I didn't realize smoking indoors was permitted in Indiana. Gross. Regardless, service is mediocre, wine is stale, salad was drenched in dressing to the point it was inedible (practically soup), and it took forEVER to get the entree, which was over salted. My fault for craving steak and stopping in. I would rather eat a bag of chips or starve next time till I get to my destination than stop here ever again.
Review Source:I'm in Portage, Indiana for four days. Â My hotel is directly next door. Â Apparently Portage, Indiana has 12 pizza places and a bunch of fast food and it takes at least 10 minutes to drive to any of them. Â So... I walked across the parking lot.
The food is fine, but let's be real people. Â This is the Outback Steakhouse meets southwestern United States. Â Pretty pricey for what you get, but the food has been reasonably tasty.
I can honestly say that I won't ever come back to this place unless it's the only place to eat.
PS - they can still smoke in bars and restaurants in Indiana. Â Ugh.
Here in the area for travel, couldn't find a good local place and was just looking for a consistent restaurant experience (that's whats so great about name brand franchises). So, similiar to an Outback level of quality and service. Food quality was expected, steak was cooked correctly (as medium rare should be) and waitstaff very accommodating and professional. Didn't know IN allows smoking in their restaurants so didn't get to experience the bar. In short, not a place I would go out of my way to visit but would definitely keep them on the repeat list.
Review Source:I think this kind of restaurant is just not my cup of tea. I don't eat much meat so when I do, I want it to be really good. This was not really good, just OK, and not worth it to me. We waited for a very long time to get the food and when we did the (extra salty) mashed potatoes had a crust on them and my husband and I placed bets on how long they had been sitting under the heat lamp... In their defense, I didn't say anything to the waitress b/c we were on our way to MI for the weekend and had already been at the restaurant for about 45 minutes, I didn't want to wait even longer for fresh mashed potatoes that weren't that great to begin with. The meat dish I had was just OK and looked a lot better in the menu pic than in real life. One of the more annoying things was that we had to flag down the waitress to get our bill even though our plates were empty and we had already declined the offer of dessert... I won't be going back.
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