07/03/08

Take your chances

by lvgrandma

This is my first written review for a restaurant. I am writing this review because the luncheon meal we had at the Atlas last week was possibly one of the worst meals we have ever had. Both the presentation of the food and the taste were completely unappealing and unappetizing. When our plates arrived at our table, the french fries were mostly black in color. We thought they were burned. These fries were not burned, they were limp, oily and tasteless. We could not figure out why the french fries were so black in color -- it wasn't from the addition of cajun spices because the fries had no flavor. If these fries were some kind of new, designer potato, it didn't work for us. I got a pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw. The pork was tough, stringy and dried out. The barbeque sauce was much too spicy. I could only eat half of this sandwich because the sauce was fiery hot in an unpleasant way. The cabbage in the coleslaw was chopped in huge chunks. What little dressing there was on the cabbage was thin, watery and tasteless. My husband got fish and chips -- the fish was cold in the middle. We will never eat there again.

• Pros: The waitress was very nice and friendly.
• Cons: None of our food was appetizing.

06/17/08

Worst Breakfast in Seattle!

by SeattleCritic

My husband I love going out to breakfast and have tried most of the good restaurants in Seattle. When we go out to breakfast we are looking for good service and good portion sizes. I ordered the Monte Cristo breakfast sandwich. I have never had a Monte Cristo before so being that my husband use to be in the restaurant industry he explained to me what it was. When the sandwich arrived he thought they gave me the wrong thing. It was a tiny open face sandwich with a piece of ham and cheese on it. The tiny sandwich came with a piece of pineapple and melon...no potatoes, hashbrowns, nothing!

My husband got the Cornbeef Hash that took up 1/4 of his plate and 1/4 to fruit and that was it. Do not have breakfast at the Atlas- it's a joke! It is pretty hard to screw up breakfast, but they manage to do so. If you want good breakfast in the University area go to Portage Bay. Our favorite place is in Queen Anne- Queen Anne Cafe.

03/14/08

Wonderful pulled pork sandwich!

by emome86

My boyfriend and I have been to Atlas several times, and we enjoy it. Our mutual favorite is Reverend Livingston's Barbeque Pork Sandwich. The service can be a bit slow at times, and the restaurant is a bit loud, but overall we like the ambiance. We had lunch there today for $35 dollars (a mocha, a beer, and 2 entrees), which is a bit spendy...but it's fun to go occasionally. I like their attempts to get sustainable food. I'm not a big fish-eater, but I am always impressed by their seasonal fish menu items.

• Pros: Awesome pulled pork sandwich
• Cons: A bit loud