Teluwut Grille House & Pub

We stopped by on a busy Friday night at about 7 while driving from South Dakota to Virginia. The service was quick and friendly. We ordered the Tavern Chips - perfectly fried thin-sliced potatoes, along with the pulled pork and garlic pork sandwiches.  The pork on both sandwiches was moist and flavorful, and the fries that came with them were hot and crispy on the outside.

This is a family restaurant, full of local families with kids. I wish we could have stayed longer and had some beers, but we had to hit the road.

Osage is a great little town - well worth a detour to see the town and eat at Teluwut.

We had a mixed experience at Teluwut. The atmosphere was cool; its a typical small town roadhouse with really cool woodwork above the bar. The food was amazing. I had the Roadhouse burger, which came on a great ciabatta roll, and my wife had a blackened prime rib sandwich, both were excellent. My daughter ordered a 6 oz Sirloin off the kids menu for $5.99, and it was a much better than expected cut of meat that was perfectly prepared at medium-rare.  We ordered a tall Oktoberfest and it came in an amazing frosted mug that kept the beer ice cold, for only about $4.

Unfortunately, the service was about the worst I've ever experienced.  We we came in  during a small lunch rush; it wasn't busy enough for us to not be seated immediately, but it took us 20 minutes for a waitress to even come and address our table and get us water. Then 10 minutes later we got her attention again and managed to get her to take our order.  She didn't know the menu, didn't ask us what sides we wanted with the kids meals, or what they wanted to drink with their meal.    The food came out quickly and hot, so I don't think the kitchen was backed up, we were just unlucky enough to get an incompetent waitress.  The fastest I saw her move all day was when we asked for the check.

The good news is that it seemed like our poor service might be the exception and not the rule. Tables all around us were being seated after us and getting service before us, and everyone seemed happy with their experience.

Its a very nice small town restaurant, the food was great!