Whistle Junction
So Ryan’s Steakhouse in Jax got all turned into Whistle Junctions. Pretty much same staff and food, they just put all sorts of train-y stuff up the place. We’re hungry so we decide to give it a shot. I almost don’t go in from the outdoor speakers blasting train whistle noises, more foreboding than whimsy.
First off, price of buffet- 6.99 on sign. Hey, ok. Tally up two drinks, and whoops! the sneaky little Sunday buffet price of 10.99. Ha ha. We sit and get our first plates, and get the restaurant bread- not rolls but a plank of what vaguely resembles cornbread. I test a small bit and pronounce it to be cake, obviously disguised the shade of yellow that cornbread would ordinarily be but without the taste, grit, and heavily sweetened. Not palatable.
So my plate #1, macaroni and cheese, black-eyed peas, creamed corn, two stuffed crabs, and something identified as yam casserole. The casserole was even more heretical than the cornbread. Again, too sweet and was of a texture reminding me of overcooked marshmallows. No yam present. Peas, macaroni, and corn were passable. The crabs… despite the heavy peppering, I couldn’t attempt to take more than a bite out of each- they weren’t fully cooked. The stuffing was still very mushy and uncooked. Ugh.
I come back with plate 2 and a salad, and my husband relates how he’d already shooed away a roach. Ugh! I moved to his side to hear him better and up from my seat crawls another! We scramble for the front. I’ve never seen bugs in dining space before. Trash yes, outdoors yes, where I put my food… no! My husband gets some fresh air outside while I flag down an employee to tell her about the booth. No disbelief, just, “Let me get a manager.”
Manager comes over, I explain, roaches are at my booth. Which booth? The one near the back by the bakery still has three full plates of food. Do you want your refund in cash or charged back to your card?
He makes it sound like this is old hat. *shudders* I’m glad he’s used to refunding customers that see roaches in his restaurant. I would hope I’d hear something like, “Roaches! We don’t have problems like that here! We’re a clean place!” *shudders*
Not at ALL like the Ryan's I grew up with that my husband and I have dined at!
First off, price of buffet- 6.99 on sign. Hey, ok. Tally up two drinks, and whoops! the sneaky little Sunday buffet price of 10.99. Ha ha. We sit and get our first plates, and get the restaurant bread- not rolls but a plank of what vaguely resembles cornbread. I test a small bit and pronounce it to be cake, obviously disguised the shade of yellow that cornbread would ordinarily be but without the taste, grit, and heavily sweetened. Not palatable.
So my plate #1, macaroni and cheese, black-eyed peas, creamed corn, two stuffed crabs, and something identified as yam casserole. The casserole was even more heretical than the cornbread. Again, too sweet and was of a texture reminding me of overcooked marshmallows. No yam present. Peas, macaroni, and corn were passable. The crabs… despite the heavy peppering, I couldn’t attempt to take more than a bite out of each- they weren’t fully cooked. The stuffing was still very mushy and uncooked. Ugh.
I come back with plate 2 and a salad, and my husband relates how he’d already shooed away a roach. Ugh! I moved to his side to hear him better and up from my seat crawls another! We scramble for the front. I’ve never seen bugs in dining space before. Trash yes, outdoors yes, where I put my food… no! My husband gets some fresh air outside while I flag down an employee to tell her about the booth. No disbelief, just, “Let me get a manager.”
Manager comes over, I explain, roaches are at my booth. Which booth? The one near the back by the bakery still has three full plates of food. Do you want your refund in cash or charged back to your card?
He makes it sound like this is old hat. *shudders* I’m glad he’s used to refunding customers that see roaches in his restaurant. I would hope I’d hear something like, “Roaches! We don’t have problems like that here! We’re a clean place!” *shudders*
Not at ALL like the Ryan's I grew up with that my husband and I have dined at!
posted by Razorhoney at 12:08
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