Wedgwood Broiler
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone: (206) 523-1115
03/17/2008 Posted by The_Big_Ragu
Citysearch readers rated the hamburgers here as no. 10 on the Best of Seattle list. Wow! What were you thinking? Maybe Wedgwood employees write a lot of reviews? Having read the reviews on Citysearch, and seeing the high ratings for the hamburger, my wife and I decided to go there last Friday night (3/14). At first it appears as the reviews have stated; kind of a throw-back to the place your grandparents used to like. Complete with some older staff and an older decor, like an older steakhouse. The service was deathly slow, but we had read that too. The salad was as advertised; covered with Cheese Nips which actually wasn't too bad. We both ordered drinks and they were strong and well prepared. The hamburger, on the other hand, was made of quality beef and the buns were toasted, That was the extent of their positive attributes. The patties were overcooked (even crispy on the edges) and doused with some god-awful seasoning that was probably loaded with MSG and offset the BBQ grilling flavor so that they tasted like charcoal lighter fluid. We both had indigestion for the rest of the evening as a momento of our experience. We did order our fries overcooked and, of course they were overcooked, imagine that. The waitress was inattentive and oblivious to what was going on and who was trying to flag her down. She didn't come back and ask us if the food was good she only came back when we were done and gave us the bill. No where on the bill were instructions as to how to pay it. There is usually something like 'please pay your server' or 'please pay at the cashier' and of course my multiple attempts to flag down our waitress were unsuccessful. So we found the cashier and paid the bill and there was no positive dialogue at all. No 'how was your meal' or 'thanks, please come back' nothing and nothing will ever bring us back. They had all the tact of a AM/PM clerk and, surprisingly enough, the hamburgers were like the ones at AM/PM with that phony BBQ taste.
Pros: I lived to write this review
Cons: food, service, atmosphere, value
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