Sizzler

2/2/13 PM
"Carol" was terrible at waiting on us, she never checked on us.  Hubs and I had to get up and get our own drinks twice.  Carol did nothing but socialize with other elderly people, and she actually sat down at a full table next to us!  
The food was good though, thank goodness.

Is it a steak house or a salad bar?  Is it a low rent Stuart Andersons or an upscale Denny's?  Is it possible that is all these things?  Just what the heck is a Sizzler?

Traveling down to the land of the aging Hippy for a family thing we had a good time and were starting back when all the sudden there were cries of hunger pains before we even got to Hwy 126.  When querying the Wife and the Tax Deduction about their preference the Wife offered up Sizzler.  I hadn't been in a decade or so I think and I'm always up for adventure dining so we pointed the Yelpmobile toward Sizzler.

In we walked and stood in line in a narrow line reminiscent of the pen cows wait in before they become steak.  We could see the salad bar and it was nice they had two menus along the wall so the line keeps moving and no one gawks for too long.  We ordered at the register and then took our drinks and salad plates to the table of our choice.  It was nice to be able to sit where we wanted since I noticed while taking the Tax Deduction to the bathroom that one side of the dining area had better air conditioning than the other.

The servers were all nice enough, they kept the refills of drinks, clean salad plates and cheese bread coming as we scurried too and from the salad/taco/dessert bar area.   The meat was surprisingly well cooked and well seasoned, the fried shrimp was large and the baked potato was perfect.  

If I have any qualms about Sizzler they are gone now.  In the past I always thought of them as overpriced but now I was surprised at the value.  I definitely see that the quality of the salad bar varies from restaurant to restaurant but the basics are all the same and that's good enough.  I will return.

If you are the kind of guy that likes that feeling you get when you walk into a strip club before noon on a weekday, you will really like the ambiance at Sizzler.  I think this is where the people who don't have souls go to enjoy all you can eat shrimp.  

The entertainment is good too, like the little girl in the salad bar line with half a finger up her nose, or the other little girl saying "Mommy, I don't feel good."  Our waiter was very energetic, but I get the feeling he was holding something back.  It was like the voices in his head were saying "Go ahead and rub that jello all over your hair," and he was like "No, I promise I'll do it when I get home." I give this place five stars.