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Branding Iron Grill

Branding Iron Grill

3300 E Skihill Rd, Alta I-83414-4570, United States

Pasta • Burgers • American • Contemporary


"Despite low expectations, we were profoundly disappointed by our $75 New Year 's Eve prix fixe experience. Although martini onions were requested directly to the barkeep, an olive arrived swimming helplessly in search of a toothpick. This was remedied. My Malbec truly gave Malbec a bad name, but I finished it, because I 'm no wine snob (it 's NYE but there 's no bubbly by the glass . Our server offered me more wine; he suggested a sample of the rose; it failed. After tasting the Sauvignon Blanc, I opted for water (and I 'm no wine snob! Our amuse buche was a glob of cheese (said to be brie but seemed like Philadelphia cream cheese with grapes and nuts on a crisp slice of French bread. His pomegranate salad got rave reviews; my cauliflower bisque probably would have tasted good back when it was hot; but scarcely room temperature when served. Now the long wait for our entrees; another table seated at least 20 minutes later has been served, yet here we sit, with no attention or updates from our server. At least we have a few slices of decent bread surely the entrees will save the day but my lukewarm sea bass tasted fishy and rested upon a bed of mediocre spinach; lying in state beside a pile of dreary scalloped potatoes. Really, how did you manage to extract all the joy from scalloped potatoes? His duck leg was mediocre , accompanied by sweet potatoes that weren 't very good and we lamented our dining choice. His chocolate truffle cake scored average , my gingerbread Yule log consisted of stale cake rolled with a mysterious ginger like glurp. Although we 've had decent lunches here, we can 't recommend any aspect of our most recent investment."

Red Onion Grill

Red Onion Grill

Lake Almanor Area, 303 Peninsula Dr, 96137-9601, Westwood, United States

Bars • Steak • Grill • Seafood


"I really, really wanted to love this place. We were staying on the lake, and I made a reservation for our group of 8 several weeks prior. Upon arriving, the hostess said we could not be seated until our whole party had arrived. 7 of us were in the lobby including my elderly parents. I had to reiterate that my husband was there, literally parking the car, and only then were we seated. I will say, the setting and ambience were lovely out on the patio. Sadly, that was the best thing that I can say about the experience. Our waitress made a lot of fun jokes but lacked the ability to come out and apologize for the long waits for food and drinks. We had to ask for refills and then it took her 30 minutes longer to bring them, and we were already finished with our meal. I had asked her after waiting 20 minutes if I could please cancel my wine refill, and she said no, the order was placed. Period. My mom got a refill she didn 't ask for. All meat dishes were over cooked. I specifically asked for no vinegarette as I am allergic, and my came with it. My mom had to wait 30 minutes for extra sauce. After all of that, the check did not come for another 30 minutes. All together 2.5 hours there and were were not lingering, that was literally how long it took. As you can imagine my tip was not generous. Honestly I was struggling just to leave one at all. I get into our car and realize that I left my phone on the table, because I was at that point tired and just wanted to leave. My husband went to the table, where our waitress was reading the tip, and when my husband said i left the phone, she literally confronted him on the low tip, and then said well that 's tough luck, isn 't it . (About the phone). Luckily I did find my phone. I 'm giving this restaurant 2 stars out of hope that this just a bad night for staff. No pictures because the food was not photo worthy. Looked good, but dry."