crows nest restaurant

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this was my first time at crows nest. i had the meatloaf blue plate lunch. it was really good & very reasonably priced. the service was excellent.

the crow's nest has an atmosphere of a relaxed sports bar. there are many huge tv's that line the walls and good music playing while you eat. the service was friendly, attentive, and quick. i really enjoyed the food! i had 3 of the bacon beef sliders and that filled me up! the fries, however, were good and fresh but somewhat bland. the price wasn't expensive and reasonable. overall, it was a good experience!

the nest is a great place. there's tons of tv's to watch the preds win. good beer and dank appetizer. they also have golden tee which is dope

had sunday lunch here. really big menu of different items. i had steak benedict, made with tenderloin. came with crispy hash browns. friend had the stuffed meatloaf, she loved it. we will definitely eat here again. another great thing, food is not over-salted.

good food, service sux. saturday night, grossly undermanned. i never expect to wait over a half hour for my check

i have to say this place is great! went in after not going for close to a year and loved it again. our server eric was attentive and so very good at making us feel welcome. we'd ended up sitting downstairs after waiting awhile upstairs and seemed to not get much help. the server and the manager who came out and spoke to us we're both great. i thought it was so amazing the manager wrote his name(patrick)and email down for us incase we ever needed to reserve a table or anything. i can't say enough about how good our time was the other night. both of these men are superb at guest service. thank you crows nest for making our dinner a great one.

horrible. worst service ever! i'm not one to complain since i have worked in the restaurant industry before and i typically try to give the benefit of the doubt before i pass judgements. however, after eating here last night, i was very disappointed with the service and the quality of the food. we were seated and it took 10 minutes for anyone from the staff to even notice that we had been sitting there waiting. when the server finally came to take our drink orders, we were already ready to order (considering the fact that we waited for so long) but he insisted that we just order our appetizers and "go from there". the server was very rude and would roll his eyes as he walked away from our table. our appetizers were all wrong, however, he did get our orders right once we were finally able to order our entrees. we ate in the upstairs dining room by the bar so i am not sure if the quality of service is better if you eat downstairs. my fiance and i ordered buffalo chicken wraps and the chicken just tasted like it was fried, then dipped in tabasco sauce. nothing really special. i would seriously check on urban spoon for other places in the green hills area before you decide to go with this place.

nachos?. i love the crow's nest. in response to a prior reviewer, "chips with queso" is not meant to be interpreted as "nachos". great service, great burgers and beautiful salads; i just adore this little hide-away

decent bar food. try the hashbrowns, chicken fingers, and burgers. the sauce that comes with the chicken fingers is awesome. worth carry-out.

wow what a good restruat i loved the food what great service but pretty slow

note. i meant monday, not sunday...


-----11 jan, 2011-----

call you back? really? strike three!!!. i went into your restaurant sunday afternoon. there were two other people at the bar (where we sat) and a handful of people in the dining room.

it should be noted that i've been in once before and was underwhelmed with the bartender's service. this was last spring, however, and i thought that i'd give you a second try.

it would seem that that was a poor decision on my part. the service was lacking. apparently there was some drama involving the bartender and a server that took precedence over my lunch. we waited for some 15 minutes for the bartender to get our check for us (whatever was going on must have been very important).

we ordered a queso dip as an appetizer and it was very poor. it was extremely salty and had a consistency just slightly thicker than water. i'm being very serious, we couldn't get any queso on the chip. after a few bites, we just gave up and pushed it away. i would like to give you a suggestion: if a customer doesn't eat something and pushes it away, it would be considered universally prudent to inquire upon that satisfaction of the customer. clearly the drama going on trumped my 'queso issue.'

the broccoli casserole was mediocre at best. it was primarily broccoli stalks that were relatively flavorless. my french dip was good, but only good. the bread was somewhat burned on my bun. it was black on the top. another helpful piece of advice: don't serve burned bread. it was still okay, i just scrapped off the black part.

i called at 6:30pm and spoke with a manager, david. i asked david if the gm had an email address. david told me that he didn't have one. i was surprised and asked david if he didn't have one or if he didn't know it. he admitted it was the latter. david then told me that he didn't have time to speak with me and could i call back later(?). really, call back to complain later? wow! nice job david, i just went from disappointed to irritated with the crow's nest! do you really think it appropriate to tell me to call back?

well, if this is business as usual for your store, i must say that i'm impressed that you're still open. i think that its pretty clear that i have a very different view of customer service than your bartender, your manager (david) or the person that leads them (you).

good luck. with service standards like this, you're sure to need it!

what's not to like?. i'm pretty picky, but i have never had a bad experience at the crow's nest. i meet buddies there regularly for beers after work. sometimes we eat, too. my food - regardless of sandwiches, pastas, appetizers, etc. - has always been plentiful, hot and of good quality. excellent burgers, too. i tend to judge pub restaurants by their burgers. if you can't make a good burger wth else could you expect to make well? i don't know.

great place to meet folks, watch a game or sit outside on the 2nd floor deck.

i also don't understand the relatively low 'likes it' percentage. if you are expecting 'fine dining' - of course, this ain't it. otherwise, i think you'll like it. check it out.

(t)he “restaurant” aspect wasn’t that great. so, make sure to check out crow’s nest when there’s a game on. otherwise, there are better options.

overpriced. i recently went here to watch a football game with some buddies. i ordered a simple nachos w/cheese and 1 beer. my total? $19--a lot to pay for simple nachos and 1 beer! the nachos were plain, right out of the box with a little bowl of tasteless cheese (no beans, tomatos, lettuce..nothing). the beer was a sam adams. wow. they must be getting rich over there. nachos and a beer doesn't even cost that much at the sommet center downtown!!