For those in CO or visiting...Wild Mountain Smokehouse in Nederland is really bad, despite it's appearances, views and waiting lines. I'm pretty positive the "brisket" was grilled in a skillet. I suppose the burgers are ok with a craft beer for the view, but good luck getting even water served in under 20 minutes. I actually don't think I tipped last time...since it took like 45mins-hour to get in the order and get served the brisket sandwich which wasn't smoked, then 30 minutes to get a check and pay.
A small one IIRC but not because of the food, the service was also very slow considering how small the restaurant was. Forgot to mention that we got the fried calamari and it was super greasy and breading fell off instantly.
Pretty sure "Wild Mountain Smokehouse" must mean something else. Pretty sure they were smoking pot in the back, and ran out of brisket (or never had any that day -- more likely) so while stoned decided to try grilling it...maybe baking for a few hours first and finishing in the grill. It was definitely grilled by those mountain high smokers, though.
Pondicheri is catered to people who don't know Indian cuisine, and think they're getting authentic Indian food with a fusion twist. It's not. It's overpriced junk that the chef (I know her personally) fully admits is her side project, and just an experimentation. The more I've gotten to know their business practices, the less I respect places like Pondicheri and Kiran's. At least with Chili's, you KNOW you are getting microwaved food that came in on a truck.....Pondicheri tries to sell themselves as gourmet cuisine, and dupes customers into thinking they're getting an exclusive experience.
I was in CO. Got Colorado Cherry Company pie. GRATZ. Add all the food in Estes to the list. It's all MEH.
Applebees, went there a handful of times when I lived in the Woodlands and Conroe, portions were embarrassing and the quality was just terrible.
Fair enough, I think there are a fair bit of overrated restaurants (and breweries) in Houston these days
I work very close to this and it's like the only BBQ place in the area. Don't think it's the worst BBQ I've ever had, but it's definitely mediocre at best.
We pregamed at 8th Wonder last time I went to a Stros game. Great place to hang out, bocce is always good, but I tried 3 different brews and wasn't really impressed with any of them.
Yep. Once on a road trip the only place I could find to eat was Applebees. I knew it wouldn't be good, but I figured it wouldn't be worse than Chili's. It was far and away the worst restaurant meal I've ever had.
Yep, as much as I like their branding and what they're trying to do, they are one of those that doesn't really make good beers consistently. Rocketfuel is their one really good beer. I like Dome Faux'm too but gets mixed reviews. IMO St Arnold and Brash are the really good Houston breweries for now.
Karbach >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> St Arnold. imo. Although I really don't enjoy either. I'm stuck on Stone Go To IPA. I did enjoy a [shutter]Dallas[/shutter] brew while there for work. Hop Trapp by Lakewood Brewing. I'm usually not a Belgian Styler kinda guy, but I was impressed.
I will have to check that out. I had the Temptress by Lakewood and really liked it. Dallas and Austin have really good breweries
I was going to say this. I had never been, and the TV adds looked promising. So I took my girlfriend to the one off 610/18th and it was almost laughable about how bad everything was as soon as we stepped foot in. Terrible service, absolutely terrible food, came straight out of a microwave for sure, and extremely over priced. Also, the beer was flat. I almost wanted to ask the manager why even put forth the effort?
Thanks for the heads-up on Brash beers, will definitely look for them. Literally the only redeeming quality about the Chili's here is catching a game on the patio with bar and tv overlooking the lake when the weather's nice. If you're starving the southwestern eggrolls are not at all terrible.
Work trip to northeast Pennsylvania last year and over 2 days ate at Perkins, Applebee's, and Olive Garden. Olive Garden beat the other two by a mile, even though it was a very low bar. By the end, even though I could expense the food, I was preferring to just eat at a McDonalds. That's pretty sad. We are very lucky here in Houston.
