Oh boy. It’s a wonder these places stay in business.
I am a server myself, for 10 years, so I know what I like to happen when I go out to eat. Well, lemme tell you, it didn’t happen at the Daytona Grille here in Macon. Any other Maconites, DON’T waste your money.
The Boy and I walked in, hoping to see our friend we thought worked there. No luck, he had quit 2 weeks prior, and here’s why.
We stood at the register to order our food, which was ok, but as we were placing our order, a lady came up, and she was seriously irate, due to the fact that it took 15 minutes for someone to come and tell her that the store was out of wings. The servers/cashiers just stood there looking at her with blank expressions, and after the lady informed them she wouldn’t be back, and sat back down, server 1 looks at me and says “Is is our fault the cooks didn’t tell us?”
Minus point 1 - servers take no responsibility and make no attempt at reparation.
Then we had to pre-pay for our food. Not a good sign. Also realised that irate lady had paid for wings that she wouldn’t get, with no refund offer. I personally would have comped the whole check. Minus point 2.
We got our drinks and sat down. The restaurant isn’t very busy, maybe 5 tables full. We wait, and we wait some more. About 20 minutes later, our food arrives. Hmm. I had ordered a burger, cooked medium, and it was supposed to be topped with Maytag blue cheese and bacon, with fries. The boy had ordered a chicken finger platter, including slaw and texas toast and fries. Burger was a piece of charcoal, the blue cheese was quite near rotten, and there was no bacon. The Boy’s chicken fingers were burned and flavorless, and apparently they don’t scrape their grill because his Texas toast had, well, grill sludge all over it. Server 2 asked did we need anything else, and I suggested silverware and napkins, and possibly my bacon.
Minus point 3 - food was absolute, overpriced crap. I should have asked for a refund and left, but I just couldn’t.
Minus point 4 - we NEVER got silverware. The boy ate his slaw with the lid from a sauce cup, and I spread my mayo with my pickle spear.
The bacon arrived just as I decided I had better give up on trying to eat any more, or risk being sick. It was burned. Minus point 5.
Can you tell I was very disappointed? My standard tip is $5, and I have been known to tip $10 on a coffee. I left $1.
