Union Street Grille

Great tasting food at very reasonable prices. Great wait staff and worth every penny!

Food was decent, fantastic service as usual by our favorite server / waitress Mackenzie.  They have a few other waitresses there who are good, and a few not so good.  My pasta was pretty good, not the type of recipe I usually expect. Atmosphere was ok and much better than in the past.  The remodel is nice.

"Loud with locals. Great prices, friendly-ish service. Great portobella ravioli but don't bring a date here for a romantic dinner til the happy hour folks have gone home. Decor like the attached motel...Retro. but in a good kinda way. Not trying to be, it just is... early 80s...."

...That was my review... along with four stars.... when I first got there, based on previous visits and the first impressions of my current visit....unfortunately for me, several things became quickly apparent:
1. The 'loud locals" were the same ones from the last visits I'd made (over several months). Obviously, they're not leaving.
2. The "loud locals" didn't leave. Well, one of them did. But the wicked witch of the west (the laugh was EXACT...and LOUD) stayed on. In fact, every time the waitress came out, WWW cackled and LOUDLY insisted the waitress come over to their table to answer a question, serve yet another beer, etc. (it was about 6:30, my friends)...
3.  The ravioli. hmm. Last time, I ordered the Portobella Mushroom Ravioli with alfredo sauce. Was great. The sauce was kinda thin (the way you want to let the flavour of the ravioli come through), the ravioli cooked perfectly. NOT THIS TIME. The ravioli was undercooked (stuck to my mouth). No flavour, and the Alfredo Sauce. HMM. Where do I begin? THICK, GLOBBY, LUMPY, and TASTELESS! I scraped off as much as I could and found that the ravioli had VERY LITTLE filling, was mostly the sealed portion (aka, just thick, undercooked pasta). I had been waiting on this pasta for two days (to my initial dismay, went to a FAR SUPERIOR restaurant with folks last night...{so thankful now I got good dinner lasat night!}...look for the fab review on that place soon  "Stella Blue").
4. The service. Obviously, the WWW and her "pretties" (another, much quieter girl and one semi-loud guy, one OBNOXIOUSLY vulgar/loud guy) were annoying the majority of the patrons. I guess the looks could be taken as "curious interest", but hey - for a place that is supposed to be an "upscale" dining establishment....) I'm not sure if my waitress was attempting to avoid the spells of WWW or if she was just lazy. I never was asked how my meal was, my credit card was out on table for at least 10 minutes before she came over and asked "would you like some dessert?" (uh...duh... the cc was out....)
5.  The price: For $9.99, what can you expect for a dinner? The glass of wine (undersized glass, filled half-way) at $6.50 was reasonable.

OVERALL - If you are in Bryan, OH, you will undoubtedly be staying at the Colonial Manor Inn (BTW - HIGHLY recommend this quaint, retro motor lodge!!!), try to avoid the temptation to eat conveniently at the Union Street Grill (unless you check out the scene first and be sure that the foursome at the third table isn't in attendance - although you should be able to hear them long before you reach the door). If you do decide to eat there, avoid the alfredo sauce (this was some thick, gloppy orange creation with flour balls intermixed in). You might be able to find something worthwhile.

AFTERTHOUGHT: I have ordered take-out here before and brought food back to my room. The staff is EXTREMELY helpful and friendly. GOOD FOLKS. I'm very sorry to give this place such a lousy rating, but the lack of controlling the establishment (the WWW and OBX BOY should've been cut off long before I got there!) totally destroyed any hope of having an enjoyable dining experience. Fortunately for the restaurant, I will probably eat here again, will re-rate next time. Hopefully some improvements will have been made.