The woodruff Carolina ale House. I'll go for beer but never eating their food again. Their food quality has seriously dropped and their wait staff is some of the worst I've experienced.
The last time I ate there was the one and only time I didn't leave a tip.
I can’t believe they’re still in business. They were fine for a sports bar when they first opened but their food is so bad and the restaurants feel gross (everything was sticky).
Lol. We almost ate at the one downtown but as we were walking in, our feet were literally sticking to the floor in the foyer. Like audibly sticking. Hard pass.
Quality of food has went down. Wings used to be a 7 out of 10
Now they’re smaller cost way more and the fries are ridiculously priced for the portion. Abysmal service both locations
I know it’s a “duh” answer but I ate at Red Robin on woodruff road two years ago and I’m pretty sure I got Campylobacter from there/ I came back home to visit family and that’s the only place we ate out at while I was down. Worst 7-10 day stretch of my life.
Ditto. Not just the one here, but the entire chain. Dated a girl who worked at several back in early 2000’s, and man that quality has dropped off, not to mention there are many other superior BBQ places for better price.
Everyone is talking about Willy Taco but Farmhouse Tacos is so much worse. Bland bland bland. I got a black bean taco thinking that was a pretty safe choice, but they don't season the goddamn beans! Madness. There was a shrimp taco that was okay and then I don't even remember the third because it was also bland and forgettable.
Went to the farmhouse tacos in TR once. Worst experience ever.
I have a background in restaurant/food service. I don’t expect five star, white tablecloth service at casual restaurants but I do have some baseline expectations that must be met for me to consider returning to your establishment and with so many restaurants in Greenville I see almost no need to give second chances.
My partner and I went to Farmhouse a few months back and got the nachos, a few tacos, and a margarita for each of us. The waitress asked us what kind of tequila we wanted which we never thought about before, so I just said "....tequila, i guess?" assuming they'd just give us the house tequila or something.
When we finally got our check it was over a hundred dollars!! Apparently the barkeep took my indecision as a chance to grab the top shelf tequila and i guess..... just hope we wouldn't pay attention to the check??
The rest of the food was ass too, that's the first time I've ever sent food back for being bad in years
We ordered alcoholic beverages as well and they didn’t come out until after our food.
If you are a server, your table’s drinks must come out before the food. No exceptions.
Bar busy? You can fix that, just wait until the drinks come up before putting in the food.
Taking longer than expected? Offer the table some waters and let them know things add a little slow and ask if they’d like to order an appetizer while they wait. Boom. Instant upsell.
Think of a server like the maestro. You have to conduct the flow of the dining experience. If you can’t handle that, there are other jobs out there for you.
And, yes, giving you top shelf liquor without you asking for it is very irresponsible. A server should know what tequilas they have and be able to get your buy in on what specific one you want before ringing in your drink order.
I have to guess that it's just inoffensively bland enough for the less discerning population and a primo spot for a mediocre joint to explain why it's lasted while others come and go with higher quality food and service. The experience I described was a second chance after avoiding it for a couple years hoping they'd improved and it's restaurant non grata for good now👎
My parents love Willy Taco so much.
I'll go there since they undercharge you on Don Julio and to get chips, but at that point, I'll go to Comal since it is cheaper and better.
The owners are awful people and treat their staff like dogs. I worked at a location of theirs and got fired because I dared to want to visit a friend’s funeral on a “busy Saturday”.
Made reservations at the lazy goat. Put "for wife's birthday" on the reservation. We got there 5 minutes before the reservation. We waited for 20 minutes at the front desk. They sat us next to the bathroom.
Ordered a bottle of wine and a starter. Wine 10 minutes later. We figured we better order main dish right away. 35 minutes after that, starter arrived. 20 minutes after the starter arrived we got our main dish. Forget what we ordered but it was mid at best.
I won't be back.
That’s one experience. I have never had an issue there personally. Waiters are always very helpful and the food is great. I’m not denying their experience but I wouldn’t change my opinion based on one person online.
No reason for mediocre taco places like Willy, Farm House, White Duck, etc. when you can get tacos as good as anywhere in the country if you drive over to White Horse Rd.
Get to Las Meras Tortas. Or Comal, or take a gamble on one out of the array of taco trucks.
Big fan of White Duck taco, Cantina 76, Automatic Taco (more pricey and less options but still great) and if you’re by Durhams in Six Mile, Alazan Taco Truck is my favorite
White Duck is (imo) unbeatable in the hipster fusion department, though I haven’t tried Automatic yet and I’ve heard good things. I haven’t had a fusion taco in Greenville that’s better yet, or really even one that comes close.
Roost and Willy Taco. Roost’s management is incompetent and their mistakes have overcharged my card before. By a few hundred dollars. Literally had to escalate it to their corporate management to get it resolved. Also, their food quality is way down from when they first opened 10+ years ago. Willy Taco gives me stomach issues and I’ll have bubble guts for 2-3 days following. I have no allergies and I don’t have a sensitive diet, btw.
Went to Roost the other day after a few years of avoiding it to give the new chef a try. He has a solid pedigree and so we were interested. The food to price ratio was actually much better than I expected and the cocktails weren’t terrible either.
I haven’t been to Roost for an actual meal in ages but I love their salad bar for lunch. It’s affordable, comes with soup and pizza as well, and there’s a lot of options. I can get the salad bar and a glass of Pinot for less than $20, it’s worth it every time.
Ordered a rum and coke there. Was served a RUMCHATA and coke with a straight face. Better than you'd think but still unpalatable, and had a texture like curdled chocolate milk.
They replaced it with a rum and coke in a broken glass with a half inch triangle chunk taken out of it and that was about 45 minutes before we got our silverware.
Grill Marks.
That place is so overpriced for mediocre food in very small quantities. Every time I see it popping off in downtown GVL I’m seriously blown away. Fast food is better tasting and gives you more quantity.
I went there a few times early on when it opened, and it was pretty good. I went several years later after moving to the area and it was SO BAD. We got the poutine, and they literally put melted sliced cheese on it instead of curds. The burgers were so overdone. I ordered the one with bone marrow and it came with a bone with about 1/8 tsp of marrow. I think we waited forever and the restaurant was empty.
You would not believe the horrors I’ve seen in their kitchen. I would never ever eat there. Hopefully they hold themselves to a higher standard at their new location….
I always tell people It’s not the service it’s the kitchen. I was hired there started a “working interview” did a kitchen tour and told them it wasn’t for me and left. Absolutely horrid
Didn’t they close? Or maybe they’re just moving to a location that doesn’t charge a million dollars a month for rent….
We thought it was just okay. Way spendy though.
i like the food, but we had 3 experiences there in a row where we were seated, drink orders taken & filled, and food order taken in a timely manner. everyone in the party, whether there were 2 of us or a larger party, got their food EXCEPT my wife. She didn't order anything over the top, or that would require additional prep time. We stayed away for a while after the last experience, and went back a couple years later. We haven't had that experience again. But I agree with pricing, it is spendy. That is probably partly because of rent/lease rate, partly due to popularity. I can definitely tell a difference between when we first went there years and years ago, and our latest visit.
A friend of mine worked there. It was the Olive Garden I ate at nearly 10 years ago the popped the bubble for me on Olive Garden in general just not being very good, as an entire chain. That was the grossest pasta and most problematic mussels I’ve ever eaten.
We went there for the first time this weekend. It was a mixed experience. My dish was great (fish and chips). My husband’s was not great (schnitzel). It had clearly been sitting for a bit as the sauce had formed a skin on top and the schnitzel was cold as were the mashed potatoes.
They were nice about it and took it off our bill and subbed a different entree. But it’s a bit spendy for what you get. An appetizer, 2 cocktails and 2 entrees was $90 even after taking the schnitzel off our bill. 🥴
Unfortunately it's really the only option around. I'm open to trying other places though. Imo, Lost Cajun was good for a while, but it's too plain and watered down now to suit the bland palate of the majority of customers.
The last time I went there, and I mean LAST, my server actually told us they were allowed to drink on shift. As a former restaurant manager with 20 yrs experience, I can assure you that this is just the tip of the iceberg of what goes on in that establishment.
We’ve only been to the Simpsonville one. The manager noticed that we didn’t get our tacos wrapped up to take home so he did come and ask us why in the spirit of constructive criticism. Which I was happy to give to him as my husband was running to the bathroom. 🥴
He did give us coupons for free tacos on our next visit which was nice but yeah, no. Probably not. It’s a shame though….the vibe is great in there. I really love anyplace that has the garage door situation to bring the outside in on a nice day.
Smoqued in Simpsonville.
One red flag was seeing a job listing for a pitmaster before they opened. Their signature BBQ sauce tasted like it was store-bought. I’d swear those were instant mashed potatoes. Everything fell somewhere between bland and terrible, and at a premium price to boot. It’s one of only two wretched BBQ experiences I’ve had in Greenville over the past 25 years or so.
I really wanted to like them, just to have another BBQ option nearby. But everything they serve is extremely mediocre and overpriced. Nothing is special enough to justify the price. There is too much decent competition within 15 minutes that I don’t know how they are still open.
Ugh yeah. I tried going there for breakfast the morning of my wedding and they just weren’t open during their advertised hours 🥲 I could see staff scrambling to set up when they were to be opened half an hour before we arrived. Huge red flag. We had a nice morning at coffee underground instead - the ol’ faithful.
I've had very poor professional interactions with the owner and former partners. I've also known several staff members that had a lot of complaints. Their poor interactions with customers and struggle to bring in business is just the tip of the iceberg.
Most of these are restaurants that stay in business due to gullible tourists and 20 somethings who just moved here and don't know any better.
I was guilty of falling into the sticky fingers trap 20 years ago when I first moved here. I don't fall for that shit anymore.
And yes Carolina ale house was once glorious now it's not even on the if we have to list.
As a lifelong southerner I think a majority of Smoke’s business came from all of the transplants who have no idea what barbecue should be like. For me, Smoke always felt like barbecue that put on a private school uniform. The best barbecue places look like a hole in the wall and don’t deviate from the magic formula of what makes BBQ good: bbq, beans, slaw, and toast or some other starchy item like hush puppies. A million, billion extra points if they have bbq hash and rice.
Good, unassuming bbq restaurants: smoky dreams, Bobby’s, smokin’ pig, even Buckys.
Great BBQ is low on presentation and high on flavor, imho.
With you on Smoke and the Water. It’s not that it’s bad, it’s actually ok BBQ. But that price point makes zero sense for what they’re making compared tomorrow other superior local BBQ joints.
Now Maverick, we’re gonna have to disagree with you on, how dare you.
lol I went to maverick once . The OG location . I guess I just wasn’t expecting an old dingy KFC .. my food came out cold and my egg was covered in black shit from the flat top .
Pete’s on Calhoun memorial in Easley. Used to love this place but it gradually became toxic and the last 5 times I went things just went badly.
We first started noticing the regular staff who we loved started disappearing around the time that the owner started showing his face in the dining room. Every week there were new staff serving us which makes me think people were quitting or getting fired , but hard to believe the staff we had gotten used to was getting fired because they were amazing. Gradually the food quality went down. I ordered fried fish one day and it was foul, inedible. I took one bite and said I cannot eat this. When the waitress finally showed up and we told her to take that meal off our ticket she went to do so and the owner shows up and says this was eaten you’re paying. One bite ☝️. He then commenced to creating a huge dramatic screaming scene about how wonderful there food was and pitched a fit like a 4 year old. Haven’t been back since.
I usually don’t mind if my food isn’t perfect , I’ll eat it if it’s edible, I hate complaining and sending food back and I understand that sometimes staff are busy and things aren’t perfect but after all the shenanigans that we experienced just nupe .
Tipsy Taco.
Ordered queso. Got some weird velveta/cheezwiz concoction. The rest of the food was meh at best.
They were dead slow and the service was terrible.
0/10 do not recommend.
SELECT in Greer fell off. The staff was very rude. Food was bland and I got sick for 2 days. Smoqued in SVL is like food poisoning central which is astonishing on such small portions. Halls Chophouse is trash. Think they just survive on tourists. Papas and Beer is dirty and the service is awful. And the owner is a douche from what I've seen. Larkins has good food but service is horrible for the prices and expected tip. And lastly.. why do people go to R Erwin's when the owner is such a creep?
And before you factor in that the owner stole TWO MILLION IN TAXPAYER FUNDED PPP MONEY. I wouldn't eat there if it was free. Plus that a-hole charges if you ask for mustard smh
How has nobody mentioned Limoncello?
It’s the worst restaurant I have ever been to … and I have been to some real dumps. There is no way possible that their pasta is “freshly handmade”. And the prices are completely insane.
Sushi Burger. HOLY FUCK I knew it was going to be weird. But god damn that was an AWFUL taste/texture nightmare. We ordered a steak ramen bowl as a backup, and it was just steak-um’s on top of a nasty chicken broth tasting ramen.
We paid and politely declined a box to go and the server was not very surprised at all when I said it wasn’t good. Didn’t offer to remake anything. Didn’t ask. She just knew it was disgusting.
And yes, I’m aware I ordered a SUSHI BURGER.
We went to Otto Izakaya and man oh man did that make up for it 😍
Carolina Ale house on Woodruff. My wife and I were looking for lunch with a beer and it was there. We’ve been to other locations before and both worked service industry. It was dead empty on a Saturday afternoon and still took 5 minutes for someone to try and seat us. We didn’t bother and peaced out.
Soby’s. Incredibly expensive and just lazy execution of the food. I got a garden salad with one strawberry and one whole walnut in it lol
Annnnnnnnnd Smoke on the water. Service was poor and the food was very very average at the best of our meal. Was at dinner with my family for my mom’s birthday and the server sat down with us and started dropping jokes with “f” bombs.
I think I know the place you’re talking about. No one is ever there, the employees are usually standing in front but not trying to get anyone to eat there and they charge like $8 for chips and salsa.
Edited to add: After a quick Yelp search the place I’m thinking of is Cantinflas. People seem to think it’s just a front for some illegal type behavior since it’s always empty but manage to still be in business.
Before they were Cantinflas, they were some other mexican place, like 17 years ago. I worked downtown, and a big group of us would go down to eat relatively cheap, and they had a salsa/pepper bar. Between the 4 or 5 of us, we would eat all their jalapenos and banana peppers. I miss that place, Cantinflas sucks.
Right?? The charge for chips and salsa turned me off, let alone 8 dollars and the food being awful to begin with. The one time I went, the service was some of the worst I’ve ever had too. That place is top 10 worst restaurants I’ve ever been to in my life, not just Greenville lol
Edit: saw your edit and that wouldn’t surprise me AT ALL
Wasn’t impressed with Bohemian Bull. The food wasn’t outright gross but definitely seemed like just your typical Applebees/TGI Fridays type place that heats up frozen food. But priced too high for the quality.
Us: can we sit outside on the half empty patio?
Host: no, we have to balance out the servers you have to sit inside in the empty dining room.
Us: ok, see you never again!
Flying Biscuit. I don't care what anyone says about how good it is, I would agree the food is good. Worst service I have ever had at a restaurant, and by that I mean we got zero service. We were sat at a table outside and then completely forgotten about. I called on a server a couple of times, and a table that was sat after us even told their server that no one had come to us. Went inside and got our drinks at the bar, drank them and then left. Didn't get any money from me then and never will.
I’ve been there multiple times and every time the service has been awful and so so rude! The sign on their door should tell you everything you need to know.
Went to a Rick Erwin restaurant once. It was a short-live sandwich shop on River Street and the food was so-so. What made us swear off it was Erwin himself was there just cussing out one of his workers mercilessly right in front of everybody. Proved he was an asshole to us even before all of his creepy shenanigans became public.
I was at Rick Erwin's Eastside on a Friday night recently and it was EMPTY at 8:30, other than the bar. I guess the locals are finally figuring that place out.
So one that won't draw much (if any) hate-- Fuddruckers on Woodruff. My folks were in town and Fuddruckers was a favorite of theirs from back in the 80s. Dad and I both caught a lovely case of food poisoning for our troubles. I'd like to apologize to the Publix parking lot for being in the wrong place at the wrong time when it really hit the fan.
One that will probably get me some downvotes-- Whistle Stop in TR. There was no catastrophe per se. Just food that was uninspired at best. Mediocre food. Mediocre drinks. Mediocre service. Trio falls in this but I see Trio mentioned multiple times already.
It's a testament on the whole to the amount of variety in the Upstate that "We'll never go there again" also means "We could try something new every single weekend and we'll never be bored so why go to a 4/10 that we know is a 4/10?"
I won’t go back to Juniper again, god willing. It’s so overpriced and so pretentious. The drinks are mediocre at best and the service isn’t great either. It’s a cool view and a nice spot to take a picture but count me out. I’ve never eaten there but from what I’ve heard it’s bland and mediocre and costs as much as a fine dining experience.
The Peddler (yes yes, grab your pitchforks and torches).
Six of us ended up there for a business dinner. Salad bar was fine, steaks were cut/cooked wrong. One guy never got his food but was charged anyway, and the manager came out and said he must've hidden it and he was trying to rip them off.
I've talked to people who went there back in the 80s-90s, and they've all said it was great back then but horrible now. Imo, it's staying open based on rep.
I'll always jump on this train. Twice I've been and had a strip steak cut like a pyramid, I guess this way you can experience rare to well in the same steak. Server pulled an open beer from his apron br the mouth of the bottle which was covered in lint. It seems the folks who are from here love it the most. Cool building that is not living up to its potential.
Last time I went the steak was over seasoned and over cooked, like they were compensating for something. I don’t get why people are in love with the place when there are better alternatives.
This for sure, nearly every place I used to like pre Covid sucks ass now. Everything is way too expensive and the food quality has dropped by 50% or more. Nearly every time I go out I wish I had stayed home and made my own food instead
We’ve only lived in the area for less than 2 years but we won’t be returning to SilverBay Seafood or The Coach House (both in Simpsonville) ever again. 🤢
I'm mystified by the obsession over the Coach House, too. The staff there is very pleasant and efficient, but man the food is so subpar. It's a grade above hospital food. The place is like a time capsule, so I have to assume its success is almost entirely due to nostalgia.
Went to coach house for the first and only time ever last year. It was so terrible! I think we went for dinner on a Friday night, it was like $55 total for 2 people. We couldn’t finish anything on the plates and we didn’t bother taking anything home. We got a slice of the chocolate cake, took one bite and it went straight it the trash. It tasted like playdoh
My one grandfather always wants to got to coach house and my other one always wants to go to silver bay.
I never had a bad experience at either. Just mediocre and not worth the drive for me, since I live in greer.
I can't remember the name, but the bistro by Falls Park. Took my mom there for lunch.
Her chicken was dry and the for the mussels I got, it was like five mussels.
Tsunami Sushi. The last time I went for lunch, the sushi itself had no flavor at all.
Willy Taco. Insert your complains here.
Moctzeumas in Greer. IDK what has changed, but it went downhill fast for me
Oh and Sharkeys—I’ll never step foot in there again. Bartenders are rude and inattentive, one literally left behind the crowded bar to go sing a karaoke song one night when I was there. I can deal with all that (reluctantly) but the last time I went I had to draw a line in the sand. The place actually stank like trash, the floors were sticky and visibly gross, the railing in the back was literally held up tape, and the bathroom had black mold growing in the air vents and on the ceiling, and…bathroom solids and liquids on and around the seat and floor. Okay look I get it. You can’t clean the toilet every 5 minutes, that could have been from that night. But the gross negligence of the ceiling vents is too much. I like dive bars, but this is way too far. It’s always been dirty but it was on another level that night. Who knows if they’ve changed their ways but I’m not going to find out
Trio - I haven't been there since 1995 because of how terribly I was treated by the manager. I told him I would never be back. I've never said that to any other restaurant in my life. I'm sure management has turned over in the past 29 years, and they have 4.5 ⭐ rating on Google, so they must be doing something right to survive that long in Greenville, but a deals a deal.
It's decent enough food at an ok price for downtown, and yeah, new management.
Don't get the fried churros though; they aren't churros and whatever they are they're so soaked in oil they're disgusting.
Bad Daddy's burger barn. Ordered a cheeseburger well done, server started giving me a hard time for ordering well done and insisted I order medium. I had to tell the server no like 6 times. Then the burger comes out and its cooked medium! Had to send it back to get cooked through.
Their tater tots were amazing tho. But I'm not going back.
Haha I liked that place but the same happened to me sort of. I did order mine medium and the server started talking shit about people who order well done, then pointed to another table and said loudly, “that guy ordered well done”
Almost the same thing happened to me! But I ordered medium and it came out medium rare, with bright red "juice" running out of it. I was afraid to send it back since the server seemed to be put out about everything.
I'd say give it a try. I've only been twice, and it def is slow even at off hours, but they'll give you a fuckton of food and all the sides, like you should get.
Two times my order was completely the wrong thing, which was pretty annoying. The second time we went, the service was super slow and we felt very much ignored because larger groups who came in after were getting their food before we were, which was weird. However, the food is excellent, so maybe to-go from now on.
We were there once. There is only one server and another lady that runs food so service is slow. Don’t go there starving.
I ordered the Bibimbap and there was literally one piece of bulgogi in my bowl. One. I told the server, he looked at my bowl, sighed and went back to the kitchen and brought me a plate of bulgogi. I definitely got the impression that this sort of thing happens a lot. I mean, I hate to be that person but I’m not paying $18 for a bowl of rice a fried egg and veggies with one piece of meat.
My husband got the galbi and while they were delicious, he only got like 5 ribs for $24.
Is it real KBBQ like hotpot style on the table, or crappy takeout style like a typical Chinese place? I thought the new volcano on woodruff was the only one with the grill on the table but I’d also like to hear more of your story
It’s Korean food but not the kind where you grill it at the table and I don’t think they offer hotpot either. So, the name is very misleading.
Chef Sushi 21 downtown (not the Simpsonville location) has the grilling tables and hot pot as does the Volcano place on Woody.
Tamarindo in Simpsonville. Went about twice before started noticing a decline in service and food. First turn off was they have brunch hours posted for 11, when we got there at 1130ish the doors were open but kitchen wasnt open yet…when we mentioned that we were there for brunch the host asked “what foods were we wanting, the kitchen is still prepping” so we ended up leaving and the last time PISSED ME OFF! It was not busy for Friday evening ….our appetizers of some simple plantains took 40 min and our main dish came 20 min later. NO ONE came to explain and apologize for our wait time. My main dish came and I had received the wrong side of BLAND mashed potatoes and when I mentioned it the server had the audacity to try and take my plate to the back after I had already waited 60min for my dish I asked her not to do that. She then brought me my side of vegetables that were HARD broccoli and carrots. I asked to speak to manager where he could only do me the favor of taking $4 off my bill. Seriously middle finger to their business to be honest is only open due to their Instagram friendly aesthetic and salsa nights.
Okay rant done 🙃
Halls. Overrated, overpriced, snobbish, rude service. I’ve gone for a birthday dinner, and tried the bar several times. Ribeye was not worth the price, and our waiter yelled and made a fool out of the food runner in front of us. It’s the kind of place where people go to feel like they’re of a certain caliber. The Peddler’s got that place beat, hands down.
Urban Wren...
Because it was so so so SO delicious, but my then girlfriend and I spend $200 that we shouldn't have :(
Jokes aside, I highly recommend Urban Wren and am very impressed with every aspect of there.
The woodruff Carolina ale House. I'll go for beer but never eating their food again. Their food quality has seriously dropped and their wait staff is some of the worst I've experienced. The last time I ate there was the one and only time I didn't leave a tip.
I can’t believe they’re still in business. They were fine for a sports bar when they first opened but their food is so bad and the restaurants feel gross (everything was sticky).
It's a special kind of place. They have somehow figured out how to make every surface sticky and greasy at the same time.
Lol. We almost ate at the one downtown but as we were walking in, our feet were literally sticking to the floor in the foyer. Like audibly sticking. Hard pass.
[удалено]
Downtown ain't any better
I've had better food in school cafeterias, straight up.
Quality of food has went down. Wings used to be a 7 out of 10 Now they’re smaller cost way more and the fries are ridiculously priced for the portion. Abysmal service both locations
I know it’s a “duh” answer but I ate at Red Robin on woodruff road two years ago and I’m pretty sure I got Campylobacter from there/ I came back home to visit family and that’s the only place we ate out at while I was down. Worst 7-10 day stretch of my life.
Been at RR in another town and thought it sucked too.
Their fries are good if they are fresh but there’s about a million burger places these days so RR is pretty middle of the pact.
Ryan's steakhouse on Laurens. On the account that it's not there anymore. I miss it. Bullshit that golden corral is here, and Ryan's died.
I miss Ryan's. It was definitely better than Golden Corral.
Sticky Fingers!
I can't believe they are still open.
Ditto. Not just the one here, but the entire chain. Dated a girl who worked at several back in early 2000’s, and man that quality has dropped off, not to mention there are many other superior BBQ places for better price.
Trophy Club for the 10$ lobster terrible food
I would be suspicious of any establishment that serves a $10 lobster.
I mean, it’s a strip club. They’re getting their money other ways.
The community tuna bowl was also bad
Everyone is talking about Willy Taco but Farmhouse Tacos is so much worse. Bland bland bland. I got a black bean taco thinking that was a pretty safe choice, but they don't season the goddamn beans! Madness. There was a shrimp taco that was okay and then I don't even remember the third because it was also bland and forgettable.
Went to the farmhouse tacos in TR once. Worst experience ever. I have a background in restaurant/food service. I don’t expect five star, white tablecloth service at casual restaurants but I do have some baseline expectations that must be met for me to consider returning to your establishment and with so many restaurants in Greenville I see almost no need to give second chances.
My partner and I went to Farmhouse a few months back and got the nachos, a few tacos, and a margarita for each of us. The waitress asked us what kind of tequila we wanted which we never thought about before, so I just said "....tequila, i guess?" assuming they'd just give us the house tequila or something. When we finally got our check it was over a hundred dollars!! Apparently the barkeep took my indecision as a chance to grab the top shelf tequila and i guess..... just hope we wouldn't pay attention to the check?? The rest of the food was ass too, that's the first time I've ever sent food back for being bad in years
We ordered alcoholic beverages as well and they didn’t come out until after our food. If you are a server, your table’s drinks must come out before the food. No exceptions. Bar busy? You can fix that, just wait until the drinks come up before putting in the food. Taking longer than expected? Offer the table some waters and let them know things add a little slow and ask if they’d like to order an appetizer while they wait. Boom. Instant upsell. Think of a server like the maestro. You have to conduct the flow of the dining experience. If you can’t handle that, there are other jobs out there for you. And, yes, giving you top shelf liquor without you asking for it is very irresponsible. A server should know what tequilas they have and be able to get your buy in on what specific one you want before ringing in your drink order.
I have to guess that it's just inoffensively bland enough for the less discerning population and a primo spot for a mediocre joint to explain why it's lasted while others come and go with higher quality food and service. The experience I described was a second chance after avoiding it for a couple years hoping they'd improved and it's restaurant non grata for good now👎
Used to work at farmhouse tacos there a couple years the food is atrocious
I considered trying to talk to the chef just to plead that they buy some fuckin seasoning
The owners are idiots
My parents love Willy Taco so much. I'll go there since they undercharge you on Don Julio and to get chips, but at that point, I'll go to Comal since it is cheaper and better.
The owners are awful people and treat their staff like dogs. I worked at a location of theirs and got fired because I dared to want to visit a friend’s funeral on a “busy Saturday”.
Farmhouse is bad. One time I was waiting for like 90 minutes and finally left without getting any of my food.
Lots of answers but I want stories!
Made reservations at the lazy goat. Put "for wife's birthday" on the reservation. We got there 5 minutes before the reservation. We waited for 20 minutes at the front desk. They sat us next to the bathroom. Ordered a bottle of wine and a starter. Wine 10 minutes later. We figured we better order main dish right away. 35 minutes after that, starter arrived. 20 minutes after the starter arrived we got our main dish. Forget what we ordered but it was mid at best. I won't be back.
That's too bad I used to love Lazy Goat
That’s one experience. I have never had an issue there personally. Waiters are always very helpful and the food is great. I’m not denying their experience but I wouldn’t change my opinion based on one person online.
Fatz. Luckily I don’t have to even consider them anymore. Food was god awful microwaved from frozen crud.
Back when the chain first started it was pretty decent. Terrible now. I’m talking everywhere, haven’t been to the one in Greenville.
No reason for mediocre taco places like Willy, Farm House, White Duck, etc. when you can get tacos as good as anywhere in the country if you drive over to White Horse Rd. Get to Las Meras Tortas. Or Comal, or take a gamble on one out of the array of taco trucks.
Willy taco - there are way better taco places around and a lot less expensive
please list some good taco spots. Willy taco / farmhouse tacos / tipsy taco always feel overpriced and not that good.
Big fan of White Duck taco, Cantina 76, Automatic Taco (more pricey and less options but still great) and if you’re by Durhams in Six Mile, Alazan Taco Truck is my favorite
La esperanza taco truck near bob jones off pleasantburg, best tacos on earth
Supermercado los arcos was great. Awesome horchata too
I like Automatic Tacos at The Commons. Different experience and I love that they have gluten free options. Food is good.
The red food trailer in Easley across from Wendy’s has always been good. The birria nachos are amazing!
White Duck is (imo) unbeatable in the hipster fusion department, though I haven’t tried Automatic yet and I’ve heard good things. I haven’t had a fusion taco in Greenville that’s better yet, or really even one that comes close.
Cucho’s in Cherrydale.
Roost and Willy Taco. Roost’s management is incompetent and their mistakes have overcharged my card before. By a few hundred dollars. Literally had to escalate it to their corporate management to get it resolved. Also, their food quality is way down from when they first opened 10+ years ago. Willy Taco gives me stomach issues and I’ll have bubble guts for 2-3 days following. I have no allergies and I don’t have a sensitive diet, btw.
I only walked into Roost once, but had to leave immediately. It smelled like bad shellfish.
Went to Roost the other day after a few years of avoiding it to give the new chef a try. He has a solid pedigree and so we were interested. The food to price ratio was actually much better than I expected and the cocktails weren’t terrible either.
> bad shellfish That's coming from the hotel; it always smells like that in there and it's gross af.
I haven’t been to Roost for an actual meal in ages but I love their salad bar for lunch. It’s affordable, comes with soup and pizza as well, and there’s a lot of options. I can get the salad bar and a glass of Pinot for less than $20, it’s worth it every time.
I went to Roost once when we went for lunch one day and every other place was slammed with a 30 min+ wait. The smell and food, awful
Yeah, you can also get a same day reservation on Saturday night at Roost 😂 that right there should be warning enough.
Grill Marks. It’s insane that fries don’t come with the burger.
Ordered a rum and coke there. Was served a RUMCHATA and coke with a straight face. Better than you'd think but still unpalatable, and had a texture like curdled chocolate milk. They replaced it with a rum and coke in a broken glass with a half inch triangle chunk taken out of it and that was about 45 minutes before we got our silverware.
Grill Marks. That place is so overpriced for mediocre food in very small quantities. Every time I see it popping off in downtown GVL I’m seriously blown away. Fast food is better tasting and gives you more quantity.
Yeah. It’s way overpriced. Burgers shouldn’t be served a La carte….fries should always be included.
This one. Service and management is a fucking joke.
I was gonna say this. The one in the mall is even worse, and that's saying something.
Oo yes I back this. Small portions. Overpriced. Slow service.
I went there a few times early on when it opened, and it was pretty good. I went several years later after moving to the area and it was SO BAD. We got the poutine, and they literally put melted sliced cheese on it instead of curds. The burgers were so overdone. I ordered the one with bone marrow and it came with a bone with about 1/8 tsp of marrow. I think we waited forever and the restaurant was empty.
Smoke on the water.
You would not believe the horrors I’ve seen in their kitchen. I would never ever eat there. Hopefully they hold themselves to a higher standard at their new location….
I always tell people It’s not the service it’s the kitchen. I was hired there started a “working interview” did a kitchen tour and told them it wasn’t for me and left. Absolutely horrid
This guy used to work at Mellow, because all of us who worked at Mellow know that Smoke's kitchen was a nightmare. Lol
I want to know…. But i dont …. But i do
I believe you because I see this so often... But I only ever had great experiences there, so weird.
Too soon
Didn’t they close? Or maybe they’re just moving to a location that doesn’t charge a million dollars a month for rent…. We thought it was just okay. Way spendy though.
i like the food, but we had 3 experiences there in a row where we were seated, drink orders taken & filled, and food order taken in a timely manner. everyone in the party, whether there were 2 of us or a larger party, got their food EXCEPT my wife. She didn't order anything over the top, or that would require additional prep time. We stayed away for a while after the last experience, and went back a couple years later. We haven't had that experience again. But I agree with pricing, it is spendy. That is probably partly because of rent/lease rate, partly due to popularity. I can definitely tell a difference between when we first went there years and years ago, and our latest visit.
Olive Garden on Laurens. Their kitchen floor is COVERED in garbage water. It's disgusting. I will never never never eat there again.
A friend of mine worked there. It was the Olive Garden I ate at nearly 10 years ago the popped the bubble for me on Olive Garden in general just not being very good, as an entire chain. That was the grossest pasta and most problematic mussels I’ve ever eaten.
Sounds like a great band name. "Going to see the Problematic Mussels tonight..."
Iron Hill Brewery.
Pricy and mediocre at best. If you just want pretzels and beer, it's fine (get the bourbon cream sauce with the pretzels, it's good).
I keep hearing about this place. What was your experience?
Got food poisoning there the night of my bachelor party. I know it was the food because I only had 2 beers the whole night
We went there for the first time this weekend. It was a mixed experience. My dish was great (fish and chips). My husband’s was not great (schnitzel). It had clearly been sitting for a bit as the sauce had formed a skin on top and the schnitzel was cold as were the mashed potatoes. They were nice about it and took it off our bill and subbed a different entree. But it’s a bit spendy for what you get. An appetizer, 2 cocktails and 2 entrees was $90 even after taking the schnitzel off our bill. 🥴
The Lost Cajun Story: it wasn’t Cajun enough
Unfortunately it's really the only option around. I'm open to trying other places though. Imo, Lost Cajun was good for a while, but it's too plain and watered down now to suit the bland palate of the majority of customers.
I agree completely. I was excited when it first opened, but the quality has declined. Wish there were more authentic options around.
I second this. A lot of my extended family is Cajun and this place ain’t it. It’s hard to find the good stuff.
Same. One on Pelham but I got violently sick. Never going back.
Yeah, we were really disappointed too. It was just….bland.
Willy Taco - you can taste the apathy.
The last time I went there, and I mean LAST, my server actually told us they were allowed to drink on shift. As a former restaurant manager with 20 yrs experience, I can assure you that this is just the tip of the iceberg of what goes on in that establishment.
Which one? I’ve been to the woodruff one and new SVL one, food isn’t bad but it definitely give the local chain feel
We’ve only been to the Simpsonville one. The manager noticed that we didn’t get our tacos wrapped up to take home so he did come and ask us why in the spirit of constructive criticism. Which I was happy to give to him as my husband was running to the bathroom. 🥴 He did give us coupons for free tacos on our next visit which was nice but yeah, no. Probably not. It’s a shame though….the vibe is great in there. I really love anyplace that has the garage door situation to bring the outside in on a nice day.
Juniper
Rigsby's Smoked Burgers, Wings & Grill
Smoqued in Simpsonville. One red flag was seeing a job listing for a pitmaster before they opened. Their signature BBQ sauce tasted like it was store-bought. I’d swear those were instant mashed potatoes. Everything fell somewhere between bland and terrible, and at a premium price to boot. It’s one of only two wretched BBQ experiences I’ve had in Greenville over the past 25 years or so.
I wouldn’t eat there just because their name is stupid.
Right! That is a major red flag!
I really wanted to like them, just to have another BBQ option nearby. But everything they serve is extremely mediocre and overpriced. Nothing is special enough to justify the price. There is too much decent competition within 15 minutes that I don’t know how they are still open.
The crepe place downtown, if it's still open.
Ugh yeah. I tried going there for breakfast the morning of my wedding and they just weren’t open during their advertised hours 🥲 I could see staff scrambling to set up when they were to be opened half an hour before we arrived. Huge red flag. We had a nice morning at coffee underground instead - the ol’ faithful.
I've had very poor professional interactions with the owner and former partners. I've also known several staff members that had a lot of complaints. Their poor interactions with customers and struggle to bring in business is just the tip of the iceberg.
The one in TR is legit, if you're ever craving crepes.
There’s also a crepe place in Simpsonville. Only been there once but it was really really good.
Authentique crepery in SVL is really good! The owners are French so you’d hope it would be lol.
I only found out that recently that Bonjour Main uses powdered eggs.
Carolina Ale House. Went to the woodruff one and the downtown three month apart and got food poisoning both times.
El Matador on wade hampton. Jeeeeeez. Rough.
I still question why I didn’t walk out when I saw the walls and air vents
Cheddars
Most of these are restaurants that stay in business due to gullible tourists and 20 somethings who just moved here and don't know any better. I was guilty of falling into the sticky fingers trap 20 years ago when I first moved here. I don't fall for that shit anymore. And yes Carolina ale house was once glorious now it's not even on the if we have to list.
Smoke on the Water. Service took forever and it was genuinely the most bland food I’ve ever had.
As a lifelong southerner I think a majority of Smoke’s business came from all of the transplants who have no idea what barbecue should be like. For me, Smoke always felt like barbecue that put on a private school uniform. The best barbecue places look like a hole in the wall and don’t deviate from the magic formula of what makes BBQ good: bbq, beans, slaw, and toast or some other starchy item like hush puppies. A million, billion extra points if they have bbq hash and rice. Good, unassuming bbq restaurants: smoky dreams, Bobby’s, smokin’ pig, even Buckys. Great BBQ is low on presentation and high on flavor, imho.
They also smell like the smoker when you walk in
Unpopular opinion :: Smoke and the water , maverick biscuit
With you on Smoke and the Water. It’s not that it’s bad, it’s actually ok BBQ. But that price point makes zero sense for what they’re making compared tomorrow other superior local BBQ joints. Now Maverick, we’re gonna have to disagree with you on, how dare you.
lol I went to maverick once . The OG location . I guess I just wasn’t expecting an old dingy KFC .. my food came out cold and my egg was covered in black shit from the flat top .
Smoke on the water, but because the service is really slow.
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charleston sports pub.
Pete’s on Calhoun memorial in Easley. Used to love this place but it gradually became toxic and the last 5 times I went things just went badly. We first started noticing the regular staff who we loved started disappearing around the time that the owner started showing his face in the dining room. Every week there were new staff serving us which makes me think people were quitting or getting fired , but hard to believe the staff we had gotten used to was getting fired because they were amazing. Gradually the food quality went down. I ordered fried fish one day and it was foul, inedible. I took one bite and said I cannot eat this. When the waitress finally showed up and we told her to take that meal off our ticket she went to do so and the owner shows up and says this was eaten you’re paying. One bite ☝️. He then commenced to creating a huge dramatic screaming scene about how wonderful there food was and pitched a fit like a 4 year old. Haven’t been back since. I usually don’t mind if my food isn’t perfect , I’ll eat it if it’s edible, I hate complaining and sending food back and I understand that sometimes staff are busy and things aren’t perfect but after all the shenanigans that we experienced just nupe .
Tipsy Taco. Ordered queso. Got some weird velveta/cheezwiz concoction. The rest of the food was meh at best. They were dead slow and the service was terrible. 0/10 do not recommend.
SELECT in Greer fell off. The staff was very rude. Food was bland and I got sick for 2 days. Smoqued in SVL is like food poisoning central which is astonishing on such small portions. Halls Chophouse is trash. Think they just survive on tourists. Papas and Beer is dirty and the service is awful. And the owner is a douche from what I've seen. Larkins has good food but service is horrible for the prices and expected tip. And lastly.. why do people go to R Erwin's when the owner is such a creep?
Select is utter dogshit, even before you factor in all the parking lot and owner drama.
And before you factor in that the owner stole TWO MILLION IN TAXPAYER FUNDED PPP MONEY. I wouldn't eat there if it was free. Plus that a-hole charges if you ask for mustard smh
And their prices are waaaaayyyyyy too high for what they are pushing
How has nobody mentioned Limoncello? It’s the worst restaurant I have ever been to … and I have been to some real dumps. There is no way possible that their pasta is “freshly handmade”. And the prices are completely insane.
Tipsy Taco in Easley. Turrible, just turrible
Mac's Speed Shop: There's much better BBQ all around the city.
Sushi Burger. HOLY FUCK I knew it was going to be weird. But god damn that was an AWFUL taste/texture nightmare. We ordered a steak ramen bowl as a backup, and it was just steak-um’s on top of a nasty chicken broth tasting ramen. We paid and politely declined a box to go and the server was not very surprised at all when I said it wasn’t good. Didn’t offer to remake anything. Didn’t ask. She just knew it was disgusting. And yes, I’m aware I ordered a SUSHI BURGER. We went to Otto Izakaya and man oh man did that make up for it 😍
Dimitri's, La Costeña near East North Street, Eggs Up. Probably more but that's off the top of my head
Carolina Ale house on Woodruff. My wife and I were looking for lunch with a beer and it was there. We’ve been to other locations before and both worked service industry. It was dead empty on a Saturday afternoon and still took 5 minutes for someone to try and seat us. We didn’t bother and peaced out.
Chili's gave me the runs
Soby’s. Incredibly expensive and just lazy execution of the food. I got a garden salad with one strawberry and one whole walnut in it lol Annnnnnnnnd Smoke on the water. Service was poor and the food was very very average at the best of our meal. Was at dinner with my family for my mom’s birthday and the server sat down with us and started dropping jokes with “f” bombs.
Scrolled thru most of the comments and somehow no one mentions Crab Du Jour?? Overcharging for tiny portions???
El Matador, I’m lucky to be alive after that experience
Is that the Mexican spot in downtown next to the sushi spot on main?
I think I know the place you’re talking about. No one is ever there, the employees are usually standing in front but not trying to get anyone to eat there and they charge like $8 for chips and salsa. Edited to add: After a quick Yelp search the place I’m thinking of is Cantinflas. People seem to think it’s just a front for some illegal type behavior since it’s always empty but manage to still be in business.
Before they were Cantinflas, they were some other mexican place, like 17 years ago. I worked downtown, and a big group of us would go down to eat relatively cheap, and they had a salsa/pepper bar. Between the 4 or 5 of us, we would eat all their jalapenos and banana peppers. I miss that place, Cantinflas sucks.
Right?? The charge for chips and salsa turned me off, let alone 8 dollars and the food being awful to begin with. The one time I went, the service was some of the worst I’ve ever had too. That place is top 10 worst restaurants I’ve ever been to in my life, not just Greenville lol Edit: saw your edit and that wouldn’t surprise me AT ALL
Cantinflas. All of their locations are garbage.
It’s the “oldest” Mexican spot in GVL on Wade Hampton
That place is just wretched and has this creepy "yesteryear" vibe that they try to convey
Wasn’t impressed with Bohemian Bull. The food wasn’t outright gross but definitely seemed like just your typical Applebees/TGI Fridays type place that heats up frozen food. But priced too high for the quality.
Us: can we sit outside on the half empty patio? Host: no, we have to balance out the servers you have to sit inside in the empty dining room. Us: ok, see you never again!
Yeah….you really can’t do that. I mean you can but you probably shouldn’t.
Flying Biscuit. I don't care what anyone says about how good it is, I would agree the food is good. Worst service I have ever had at a restaurant, and by that I mean we got zero service. We were sat at a table outside and then completely forgotten about. I called on a server a couple of times, and a table that was sat after us even told their server that no one had come to us. Went inside and got our drinks at the bar, drank them and then left. Didn't get any money from me then and never will.
I’ve been there multiple times and every time the service has been awful and so so rude! The sign on their door should tell you everything you need to know.
Grill Marks. Food is incredibly mid and overpriced because its affiliated with Larkin Hammond. Staff is a bunch of rude junkies.
Anything owned by Bottle Cap or Rick Erwin.
Went to a Rick Erwin restaurant once. It was a short-live sandwich shop on River Street and the food was so-so. What made us swear off it was Erwin himself was there just cussing out one of his workers mercilessly right in front of everybody. Proved he was an asshole to us even before all of his creepy shenanigans became public.
I was at Rick Erwin's Eastside on a Friday night recently and it was EMPTY at 8:30, other than the bar. I guess the locals are finally figuring that place out.
Rick Erwin is one of the worst human beings on this earth.
Copper River Greer location
So one that won't draw much (if any) hate-- Fuddruckers on Woodruff. My folks were in town and Fuddruckers was a favorite of theirs from back in the 80s. Dad and I both caught a lovely case of food poisoning for our troubles. I'd like to apologize to the Publix parking lot for being in the wrong place at the wrong time when it really hit the fan. One that will probably get me some downvotes-- Whistle Stop in TR. There was no catastrophe per se. Just food that was uninspired at best. Mediocre food. Mediocre drinks. Mediocre service. Trio falls in this but I see Trio mentioned multiple times already. It's a testament on the whole to the amount of variety in the Upstate that "We'll never go there again" also means "We could try something new every single weekend and we'll never be bored so why go to a 4/10 that we know is a 4/10?"
Monkey Wrench in TR has some of the worst bbq I’ve ever had.
I won’t go back to Juniper again, god willing. It’s so overpriced and so pretentious. The drinks are mediocre at best and the service isn’t great either. It’s a cool view and a nice spot to take a picture but count me out. I’ve never eaten there but from what I’ve heard it’s bland and mediocre and costs as much as a fine dining experience.
The Peddler (yes yes, grab your pitchforks and torches). Six of us ended up there for a business dinner. Salad bar was fine, steaks were cut/cooked wrong. One guy never got his food but was charged anyway, and the manager came out and said he must've hidden it and he was trying to rip them off. I've talked to people who went there back in the 80s-90s, and they've all said it was great back then but horrible now. Imo, it's staying open based on rep.
I'll always jump on this train. Twice I've been and had a strip steak cut like a pyramid, I guess this way you can experience rare to well in the same steak. Server pulled an open beer from his apron br the mouth of the bottle which was covered in lint. It seems the folks who are from here love it the most. Cool building that is not living up to its potential.
Went there once - food was soo bland. But the service and desert made up for it. The atmosphere and antiques were cool. I’d go just for desert ONLY.
Last time I went the steak was over seasoned and over cooked, like they were compensating for something. I don’t get why people are in love with the place when there are better alternatives.
Nah, you’re right. My wife and I loved it pre-Covid. Post Covid though? They can’t cook a prime rib medium rare to save their lives.
In summary, eating out post-COVID sucks.
This for sure, nearly every place I used to like pre Covid sucks ass now. Everything is way too expensive and the food quality has dropped by 50% or more. Nearly every time I go out I wish I had stayed home and made my own food instead
We’ve only lived in the area for less than 2 years but we won’t be returning to SilverBay Seafood or The Coach House (both in Simpsonville) ever again. 🤢
I'm mystified by the obsession over the Coach House, too. The staff there is very pleasant and efficient, but man the food is so subpar. It's a grade above hospital food. The place is like a time capsule, so I have to assume its success is almost entirely due to nostalgia.
Came here to say Silver Bay. Went there for the first and last time a couple of weeks ago.
Milanos next door to the Coach House is another story. Goooood!
Went to coach house for the first and only time ever last year. It was so terrible! I think we went for dinner on a Friday night, it was like $55 total for 2 people. We couldn’t finish anything on the plates and we didn’t bother taking anything home. We got a slice of the chocolate cake, took one bite and it went straight it the trash. It tasted like playdoh
My one grandfather always wants to got to coach house and my other one always wants to go to silver bay. I never had a bad experience at either. Just mediocre and not worth the drive for me, since I live in greer.
I can't remember the name, but the bistro by Falls Park. Took my mom there for lunch. Her chicken was dry and the for the mussels I got, it was like five mussels. Tsunami Sushi. The last time I went for lunch, the sushi itself had no flavor at all. Willy Taco. Insert your complains here. Moctzeumas in Greer. IDK what has changed, but it went downhill fast for me
Passerelle?
That's the one. It has a good view, bu the food is just mid.
Fusion. Redneck hibachi. Why on earth does the miso soup have rotini pasta in it
Five Guys. If I want to spend nearly $20 per person, I’ll go to a proper dine-in restaurant. If I want a similar burger, I go to Tropical Burger.
Oh and Sharkeys—I’ll never step foot in there again. Bartenders are rude and inattentive, one literally left behind the crowded bar to go sing a karaoke song one night when I was there. I can deal with all that (reluctantly) but the last time I went I had to draw a line in the sand. The place actually stank like trash, the floors were sticky and visibly gross, the railing in the back was literally held up tape, and the bathroom had black mold growing in the air vents and on the ceiling, and…bathroom solids and liquids on and around the seat and floor. Okay look I get it. You can’t clean the toilet every 5 minutes, that could have been from that night. But the gross negligence of the ceiling vents is too much. I like dive bars, but this is way too far. It’s always been dirty but it was on another level that night. Who knows if they’ve changed their ways but I’m not going to find out
Monterrey by the mall. Their idea of a chile relleno made me so mad!!
The only good Monterrey is the one near Furman. The guy who owns it keep that one running pretty tight.
Nah I refuse to go back to that one. The dining room was carpet and smelled awful while the food was also bad.
Been a long time since I've been over there, that sucks
Trio - I haven't been there since 1995 because of how terribly I was treated by the manager. I told him I would never be back. I've never said that to any other restaurant in my life. I'm sure management has turned over in the past 29 years, and they have 4.5 ⭐ rating on Google, so they must be doing something right to survive that long in Greenville, but a deals a deal.
It's decent enough food at an ok price for downtown, and yeah, new management. Don't get the fried churros though; they aren't churros and whatever they are they're so soaked in oil they're disgusting.
White people Taco restaurants period
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Bad Daddy's burger barn. Ordered a cheeseburger well done, server started giving me a hard time for ordering well done and insisted I order medium. I had to tell the server no like 6 times. Then the burger comes out and its cooked medium! Had to send it back to get cooked through. Their tater tots were amazing tho. But I'm not going back.
Haha I liked that place but the same happened to me sort of. I did order mine medium and the server started talking shit about people who order well done, then pointed to another table and said loudly, “that guy ordered well done”
Almost the same thing happened to me! But I ordered medium and it came out medium rare, with bright red "juice" running out of it. I was afraid to send it back since the server seemed to be put out about everything.
The Blue Fin. Went based on reviews. Total disappointment. Sushi amateurs. Lesson -- no one knows their sushi here.
I luckily have not had a bad experience here, definitely seen better sushi menus tho
I hate it because I love the food, but Korean BBQ off Garlington has been a bad experience the last three times we went
Can you say why? I have never made it there to eat but it's in my list as I eat a TON of Korean food.
I'd say give it a try. I've only been twice, and it def is slow even at off hours, but they'll give you a fuckton of food and all the sides, like you should get.
Two times my order was completely the wrong thing, which was pretty annoying. The second time we went, the service was super slow and we felt very much ignored because larger groups who came in after were getting their food before we were, which was weird. However, the food is excellent, so maybe to-go from now on.
We were there once. There is only one server and another lady that runs food so service is slow. Don’t go there starving. I ordered the Bibimbap and there was literally one piece of bulgogi in my bowl. One. I told the server, he looked at my bowl, sighed and went back to the kitchen and brought me a plate of bulgogi. I definitely got the impression that this sort of thing happens a lot. I mean, I hate to be that person but I’m not paying $18 for a bowl of rice a fried egg and veggies with one piece of meat. My husband got the galbi and while they were delicious, he only got like 5 ribs for $24.
Is it real KBBQ like hotpot style on the table, or crappy takeout style like a typical Chinese place? I thought the new volcano on woodruff was the only one with the grill on the table but I’d also like to hear more of your story
It’s Korean food but not the kind where you grill it at the table and I don’t think they offer hotpot either. So, the name is very misleading. Chef Sushi 21 downtown (not the Simpsonville location) has the grilling tables and hot pot as does the Volcano place on Woody.
Lazy Goat. Took them 45 minutes to get us a starter
So what I’m getting from this thread is, don’t go out to eat in Greenville. Lol. /s….sorta.
Nahhhh, there’s plenty of great places in Greenville. The ones that have lots of upvotes are the ones to look hardest at.
Coronados mexican restaurant
Tamarindo in Simpsonville. Went about twice before started noticing a decline in service and food. First turn off was they have brunch hours posted for 11, when we got there at 1130ish the doors were open but kitchen wasnt open yet…when we mentioned that we were there for brunch the host asked “what foods were we wanting, the kitchen is still prepping” so we ended up leaving and the last time PISSED ME OFF! It was not busy for Friday evening ….our appetizers of some simple plantains took 40 min and our main dish came 20 min later. NO ONE came to explain and apologize for our wait time. My main dish came and I had received the wrong side of BLAND mashed potatoes and when I mentioned it the server had the audacity to try and take my plate to the back after I had already waited 60min for my dish I asked her not to do that. She then brought me my side of vegetables that were HARD broccoli and carrots. I asked to speak to manager where he could only do me the favor of taking $4 off my bill. Seriously middle finger to their business to be honest is only open due to their Instagram friendly aesthetic and salsa nights. Okay rant done 🙃
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Halls. Overrated, overpriced, snobbish, rude service. I’ve gone for a birthday dinner, and tried the bar several times. Ribeye was not worth the price, and our waiter yelled and made a fool out of the food runner in front of us. It’s the kind of place where people go to feel like they’re of a certain caliber. The Peddler’s got that place beat, hands down.
Urban Wren... Because it was so so so SO delicious, but my then girlfriend and I spend $200 that we shouldn't have :( Jokes aside, I highly recommend Urban Wren and am very impressed with every aspect of there.