Alright... I have a lot of thoughts regarding my experience at this establishment. Friday night my family and I drove around trying to decide on a place for dinner and after finding a few of the places we wanted to go to overly crowded, we decided to check out the Route 78 Pub.
When we got there, they are decently busy which I would take as a good sign...
When my mom and I walked in the door, we were immediately halted by the strongest smell of cat pee I have ever experienced. I will say honestly, how a place could pass a health inspection with that sort of stench completely baffles me. Whether that was really the cause of the smell or not, is a moot point. It was just bad - nearly choking.
The hostess was M.I.A when we walked in, so a waitress told us to go wait in the bar area and she took our name. The bar was packed and incredibly loud. The clientele patronizing the bar section were having a pretty loud and vulgar sexual conversation...lovely dinner entertainment. ....or not.
After being packed like sardines in the bar for awhile, the four of us were seated at a table...about two inches from the bathrooms, right in an isle and realistically better suited for two or three (maybe) people.
Our waitress wanted to order our food immediately (she literally introduced herself and wanted an order) and then when we asked for a minute to decide, seemed to disappear for about 10 minutes or so. When she came back to order, someone in our party accidentally spilled their drink and it got all over my arm, and the table. I had to ask for more napkins because apparently she didn't have the foresight to realize that maybe I didn't want to go through the rest of our adventure soaked and smelling of beer.
The menu itself was distracting. They were obviously going with a automotive theme and it was covered in little road sign pictures and organized rather haphazardly. Their offerings were pretty much standard fare, nothing awfully exciting -- typical American grub.
I ordered a mushroom & Swiss burger with extra crispy fries.
R ordered a quesadilla and an order of onion rings to share with everyone.
M ordered the chicken quesadilla.
W ordered spaghetti and meatballs...since they were out of fish.
The spaghetti came with the salad bar, which was decent and had potato and tuna salads in addition to the typical green salad fixings.
Let me say that out of everything we ordered, the onion rings were the best. Everything else was teetering a fine line between tolerable and disgusting.
My burger was a clearly pre-formed frozen patty. The mushrooms were canned, the tomatoes mealy and the roll was stale. I ate barely half of it. My extra crispy fries? Maybe on the outside, but the insides tasted barely cooked.
The quesadillas were alright but the huge slices of mealy tomatoes were a bit of a turnoff and without them, it probably would have been an acceptable quesadilla.
The spaghetti wasn't even spaghetti --it was angel hair (which personally I prefer - though it wasn't mine). The "fresh garlic bread" it was served with was white bread barely toasted, and the portion itself was surprisingly small for an inexpensive to make pasta dish.
I really tried to hold an open mind after my initial reaction walking in but it was a pretty down hill experience. I can not say I would ever return to this establishment and if anything I would tell people to avoid it rather than suggesting it.
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