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I've been going to this location for years, and have never been disappointed. I've come here for early lunches, late dinners and just to hang out at the bar, and the service has always been consistent and very professional. The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is because of the parking lot, it sucks. Of course, its right across the lot from all the insane WalMart shoppers, so it isn't really Claim Jumper's fault, but sometimes i just hate dealing with it! The decor is lodge and very large (much like the portions) and I find its a good place to bring friends when we want some good chow. My absolute favorite thing on the menu is the citrus chicken salad with the jerk chicken, its soo good! I usually get the salad because its huge and fills me up, but when I'm craving a burger, I get the Widow Burger. Its very good, and unlike other restaurants, if you ask for rare meat, you get rare! (what a concept, I know) My friends seem to enjoy the sliders and the soup in a bread bowl, which are also tasty.
You pretty much cant go wrong...unless you eat like a bird and don't like the sight of meat. :D ...Just make sure you bring your appetite!
Guess I've been lucky lately - I'm finding the slow times to go enjoy the fine restaurants in the area recently. My wonderful Sprint navigation device, I call "Miss Voice," almost had me headed in circles to get to this place until I realized that it was the other voice in my vehicle that had me driving in circles. Well, I managed to land here safely after the comic routine and expending a little extra fuel!
I know Claim Jumper is a pretty popular place for eats in the area so it was time to give it a try. Greetings and service was solid. The waitress went out of her way to see that things were good for us, in addition to answering all questions from A-Z. This time it was going to be comfort food for me - so I went with the chicken fried steak.
In my book, no restaurant makes chicken/country friend steak like Cracker Barrel (I still shed tears that we have none in CA). Though Claim Jumpers was good - it didn't raise the bar of best CFS in the USA.
I do have to say, though that the dessert I had was nothing short of outstanding!! Had a chocolate cheesecake that was not just a little bit of cheesecake heaven, but a lot of it!! It was so large, I even got to enjoy the rest of it the next day.
I ask myself if I would go back to CJ. Probably some time but I'm not itching to go back like some of the five-star crowd here in our reviews. But it is a good and safe place to eat. Never fear if you want to eat here!!
Recommendation: MED-HIGH
I HATE waiters (or anyone for that matter) who invade personal space. The waiter we had here literally rested his elbows on our table, and just stood there even when we told him we needed more time to look at the menu. I do not pay good money to be rushed or annoyed.
The food was okay, I had read somewhere that this place had good options for vegetarians. The options were no better than any other place has.
Also they were giving out these little cards that have a "prize" inside them that you cannot open until you come back to the restaurant and a manager opens it for you. Lame in my opinion although my mom totally bought it. If you want to give me a prize, give it to me, don't think I do not realize that I'm spending MY money again in your lame restaurant to get it.
Wow what a fantastic restaurant. The menu is never ending and have the best selection to please everyone. The portion sizes are huge so you really get what you pay for. Not to mention everything on the menu taste great.
The service was fantastic and restaurant seemed extremely clean. Great place to go eat.
I love this place. Huge portions of semi-homestyle food. Before I was a vegetarian, meatloaf was the way to go. Also their gold rush chicken is great too. Definitely a place to share food.
Best discovery ever at Claim Jumper? Fried Mozzarella sticks with nacho cheese dip. Don't knock it till you've tried it....amazing.
This Claim Jumper has the same great food as the others.
They offer a great kids' menu. Huge portions for the kids. An apple on each kid plate. Also a wet wipe for each child.
Prices are nothing special but are reasonable for the size of portion and quality of food.
Their chocolate cake for dessert is worth it if you have a large enough group. One slice comfortably feeds a table of eight.
So I don't have much to write about this place because it's REALLY just like BJ's/Cheesecake Factory. . .they have similar dishes and the taste of the food is very comparable - it's delicious!
I went here late at night with a friend to have drinks and appetizers and we sat at the bar - the bartender was very friendly and we had a great time chatting with him-when he wasn't serving anybody else he'd come over and talk to us (also because he knew I was visiting so he was asking us what we were doing for the weekend). He wasn't too annoying like those other bartenders/waiters that just don't understand we don't want to be talking to him the WHOLE TIME..we want our girl talk time! He was one of the cooler ones, but too bad he didn't give us free drinks! (BOO, minus 1 star! hehe)
Claim jumper is just another restaurant that is so popular they don't have to care about good customer service.Waiting at the bar for a beer the bar tender saw me three times and each time I held up my money and he ignored me.
When i was finally seated (twenty minutes later than quoted by the incompetent teenie bopper behind the counter) i sat down to what I thought would be a well portioned meal served by a professional.I was Wrong! The portions were smaller and the waiter was an ass.to add insult to injury I walked out forgetting my to go box,went right back in to grab it and it was gone.They denied I left it on the table.
In short if you want shit food with pathetic service at a higher price than other restaurants you will enjoy the Claim Jumper of La mesa.
I wish I didn't give out as many 5 Stars as I do...but sometimes a place just deserves it. I had my birthday dinner here last year with my friends and fam.
Everything is great! Portions are huge. Price is fair for what you're getting.
I've been here many times for lunch and dinner. As I always say, I'm all about lunching it up at good restaurants cuz you get all the quality at a lower price (most of the time anyway). I've had salmon pasta, salad, soup, ribs, sandwich, bbq chicken and ribs, their cheesy bread is AMAZING! I think one of my favorites is the jumbolaya (sp?). It comes with spicy sausage and chicken, shrimp. Its excellent.
Come to think about it, I don't think I have ever had their dessert. I always see the dessert trays, but my dessert is usually the second half of my entree that I should have taken for left overs. You won't be disappointed.
Marwan doesn't lie.
For a "chain-restaurant" Claim Jumper has it down! Their food is way above average, the portions are HUGE, the service is always friendly and efficient, they have the best salad bar I've ever had (yes, better than Soupplantation, Sizzler, and just about any other salad bar around). And I LOVE the desserts here, the English Toffee Pudding (something I've never had the pleasure of trying until Claim Jumper put it on their menu) is like having an orgasm in my mouth! It's just incredible! Other favorites, their fresh-squeezed lemonade (none of that crappy "soda fountain" stuff), the Widow-maker burger (I always get it with Turkey patty), and their Cashew Chicken Salad sandwich, it's the best!
The only minus is that at busy times (weekends), there is often a long wait, but that's to be expected at a restaurant that serves food this good. Claim Jumper does it and does it right! Definately in my top 10 places to eat (along with The Cheesecake Factory, Cafe on Park, and a few others)!
the decor was rad, the one i used to go to in buena park with my family are boring and plain.
the portions sucked, and the waiter had to go grab the manager to approve my husbands military ID, and then give some weird explaination regaurding horizontal ID's that made no sense, and she approved it.
it was very pricey and not worth it for dinner, i could have made that $125 +tip dinner and drinks for 30$ at my house
go somewhere where your money will go further
Whenever there is a B-day in the family... we eat here. You will have to wait from 30 mins to 1.5 hrs. Also wait for your large meals to be prepared. When they seat you just ask for the Mozzarella Sticks for an appetizer. Great flavorful dishes in big portions. They do offer half portions, but seriously... you know your mouth is always bigger then your stomach. Plus you now have lunch for tomorrow. I have never finished my whole plate here. You shouldn't either, unless you want to die from food suffocation. The waiters are usually young but I have not had a bad experience with them.
I highly recommend you visit claim jumpers. Not often if you want to live a long life.
ORDER: Mozzarella Sticks w/cheese sauce, and the Black Tie Pasta!!!
I have always held it against Claim Jumper that they moved into the space previously occupied by San Diego's beloved Bobby McGee's restaurant. Remember all those fun waiters in strange costumes? Anyway, it's not Claim Jumper's fault, but I thought I would mention it to get it off my chest.
So, I remember the first time I came to Claim Jumper. It was probably 15 years ago and I was shocked by the size of the portions that you got with a regular meal. It put dinners in Texas to shame. And I remember the food being really good.
But I went there again this weekend and was shocked by how much the portions had shrunk (it was probably for the best) and by how bad the food was.
My choice of entree (fish-n-chips) was probably not ideal, especially when coupled with a third item of fried food (garlic onion rings). I think I consumed a gallon of grease. While the onion rings were fabulous, the fish n chips left something (a BIG something) to be desired.
The service was fine. Nothing great, nothing bad. Just fine.
I guess what I am trying to say is: with so many choices for restaurants, I don't think I would pick this place again.
ps - The mother load cake is definitely impressive, but who has time to eat it?
Feels like I arrived in Montanna.
The food is great, very large portions, and the service is attentative. Make sure you save room for the six layer chocolate cake.
The only thing that bothers me, is that they took down the big buffalo head in the entrance place.
There were a lot of reasons why we went there. First, my niece got a gift certificate to Claim Jumper for being such a good student in school. Second, we had some family over who wanted to try something new. And third, the positive reviews here on Yelp have convinced me that it's a place worth checking out.
Our table was so cool - a big round one in a private corner surrounded by windows. We had this faux(?) antler chandelier looming over our heads. Service was prompt and friendly, and the food was really good. The mashed potatoes are awesome. Go there hungry, because portions are huge.
had to come back and give this resturant 5 stars this time i came for the 1st time in almost 2 yrs last time the service was ok but the food was great and this time the service matched the food jus as equally a must come place i would come again anytime
it's been about 2 yrs since i've been here but i liked it not tooo bad portions were huge and the… Read more »
Went here for dinner tonight. Nothing much has changed. The food did improve in flavor. But honestly we would not normally come unles we had a certificate like we did tonight. Two people should eat well at places like these off $50, but was not the case. If you want a hearty meal (meat, potatoes, yada yada) expect to pay around $25 a plate otherwise your small portion healthier choices that still leave you hungry later will run you $13-$17 a plate. With food similar to Black Angus and all the other chains but about $3-5 above the price per plate. Appetizers can be as much as $20 (yes look at the menu). So average over $30 a plate per person. The service was slightly better. The one thing that bugged me was that it was clear they over book the ta bles on the weekends. We had a reservation and they were 5 minutes late in seating us, and we were 20 minutes early. People without reservations who arrived after us were seated beforehand. Overheard another patron having the same issue. Waitstaff was just cold about it. No apologies, just making a point to let people know the wait was long and they were going by their clock. No accounting for the fact that despite the time differences, if someone waits a certain amount of time and people who arrived sin reservation after someone with reservation are seated before them, that factor does not change no matter what clock you are looking at.
On weekends they should only really take reservations and advise people hour wait is standard. Instead of having the huge "produce" bar (that cost $6 and looked the same without the extras at Souplantation) taking up valuable table real estate. The parking is still inefficient, they *can* reserve the two closest sections for that place so Walmart doesn't take over. Again it just makes for an very unpleasant experience until you get in the door. I also think that when the place gets crowded having table seating with board games blocking walk ways isn't a great idea. Although gives someone waiting that hour in line fore a table something to do, again makes the entire entrance feel like a cramped bar but with screaming children. I would still trek to the Poway location as they seem to much more considerate of the first impression of patrons. One other thing is dont eat in the booths unless you have a model's body. Not enough room with the huge table taking over. Rating remains same, while food wass above par this round, the whole issue with first impression makes this yet another "Meh. I've experienced better" occasion....they should take a few tips from Poway and wise up.
As a note: I guess the do delivery now like take out. Saw the menu for it on the table. Not sure if this location does or not.
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What else can you possible say about this place that hasn't already been said before.
Yes the portions are huge, the plus side of this is that I can make one reasonable priced meal last more than once.
The desserts are great and although the food isn't much to scream over it is in fact pretty decent.
The wait can get long on the weekends but they are now taking reservations so that helps. Service is A-Ok as well, nothing spectacular but usually never a problem.
Awesome food, huge portions. The salad bar is incredibly lame and not worth the extra cost. There is always a huge line and a long wait. I'm not sure if that's because they don't have enough tables or if the little social gatherings we always see at the desk is the reason. Just a little inside tip from someone who has worked at many restaurants....they don't always go as fast as they can. Sometimes it's on purpose because some people get a thrill out of making people wait. It's usually authentic at a small restaurant, but at a chain....it's suspect! But don't go by my experience, check out how rushed the busboys and hostesses are and see for yourself.
I am normally a big fan of Claim Jumper and would have given it 4 stars at least but my last visit i was slightly disappointed. My potato cakes which are normally sent from heaven were greasy and so were my vegetables. It was slightly sub par for them. My husband said the same thing about his food. they have done some menu overhauling and they look like good changes. simplified menu and some smaller food options...good for people like me who can't polish off the "ore cart" which they don't offer anymore! Waitress wasn't on her game that night and it was a slow night.
I'm going to try back again and see if this was a fluke thing!
i hope so! Long live the potato cake!
Both the times that I have currently went here was never a disappointment. Good service and great food! The last time oh wow... the burger was big! We got the widow maker? or something like that. anyways it was hard to eat... and I split it with my friend of course. Before that we ordered an app. Irish fries or something? oooh and the sauce that came with it went perfectly together! Loved it!
Claim jumper remind's me of the ride Splash Mountain at Disneyland, and all of critter country for that matter. The rustic mountain log cabin decor swallows me whole and I almost wish I had a cozy sweater on with ma and pa sitting by the fireplace.
We came here last night after the gym (trying to get back in shape) for an easy local dinner. We sat in the saloon that is the utmost cozy atmosphere with 10 flat screens and comfortable seats.
The bottle of wine we had was cheap and good. The bruscetta was a meager portion, but tasty.
I had the turkey burger...the bread was so soft and perfectly toasted. My friend ordered cobb salad. It looked really good but I resisted the tempation to reach over and nibble on the bacon bits (which looked extra crispy).
Our waitress was extremely nice and not annoying at all. She did have a couple one liners that I could have used without, but oh well thats being too picky.
I definitely want to start coming here more often. They happy hour from 3-7 which I was unaware of. The only problem is its hard to avoid not having a calorie fest here...so dieters beware.
All in all great place, we had a good time, especially watching the http://match.com date that was taking place next to us.
yumm this place is five stars for sure!
We hadn't been to Claim Jumper in ages! I was suggesting the Greek place in Casa de Oro, which we also hadn't been to for a long time, when my husband asked if I wanted to go to Claim Jumper because he had a gift card for it that he'd gotten as a gift 2 or 3 years ago that he'd never used. I said fine, I always did want to try their ribs. It was about 5pm I think when we got there so there was no crowd and we were seated right away.
Well, I couldn't decided between the crab/blue cheese salad because of the hot weather, or the ribs because I didn't know when we'd get back here again. I told our VERY nice waiter my dilemma and he suggested i get the small order of ribs and the side salad of the same kind as the crab and have crab added to it "for just a couple of dollars more". I thought that sounded like a good compromise so I did that. The "couple of dollars" turned out to be $5.95 (on top of the price of the salad) but it DID make for an absolutely delicious fresh crisp cold salad with the wonderful crab in it. It was so filling that I wasn't able to eat all of my just-as-delicious pork ribs with potato patties on the side so I will have great leftovers for tomorrow! My husband got the fried shrimp and they were huge. He said they were top quality and he was VERY happy he had gotten them.
We were too full for dessert and each of the desserts looked like it could feed a family of four so I will have to go back with a group to try one of them!. I was very impressed with their Happy Hour appetizer prices and said we should come back sometime for that. We had done that many years ago but it was later in the evening and the crowds and noise had discouraged us from going there again I think. We had also been there about three times for an uncle's birthday--it was his favorite choice--and it was a great place for a larger group. I got to taste the cake on those occasions and it was rich and delicious!
It's pretty much hit or miss...both with the food and the service.
I've decided to stick with their ginormous salads, ribs, or filet mignon, staying clear away from the seafood and pastas.
Their regular margaritas taste alcohol free, yet if you try their Waborito, you will definitely feel the power of Cabo Wabo! Yeehaw!
Desserts are not for the faint of heart. Always remember that you can order a 1/2 slice, vice the regular cut.
Overall, this is a good gathering place. You definitely want to walk in with an appetite, but like everyone else says, you never leave empty handed.
Too much food even for 2 people! But it is soooo good.
Split the BBQ Chicken/Rib platter with Nate here one evening. The sweet potato was delightful, as was the asparagus and corn bread. But everything was HUGE!!! We couldn't even finish it all.
Bring a group. And split meals.
My suggestion: go to this place hours before you even think about dinner, because by the time they call you on the little pagers, you'll be hungry. But if you go hungry, chances are you won't be by the time they get to you, or you'll have already left in frustration.
But when you get inside, oh my...the standard plate of ribs and mashed potatoes is worth the long wait.
End of story.
Oh, and don't forget the bucket of root beer balls by the cash register; fill up those pockets!
This restaurant is a step up from your standard Applebee's or TGI's. Three stars for gaining 3 lbs after eating at this place.
The waiting room is large, and you can get a glimpse of their desserts (which are enormous) such as the Chocolate Motherlode. Wow, talk about rich and getting your cholestorol through the roof!
The decor is warm with spacious booths (to fit those with a larger midsection?) Everytime I come here, I start with the French Onion soup and share the potato skins and calamari. Since I'm more fond of the appetizers rather than the entrees, I order my favorite salad: the Citrus Salad (pecans, slices of mandarin, green apples, bleu cheese, avocado, dried cranberries..yum!) I don't order anything else since I can't really breathe after eating. I adore their World's Smallest Sundae, it's definitely the perfect portion.
This is a good place to meet up with friends during the weekdays for dinner. The prices are moderate, but again, take notice in the portions. Their cocktails are to die for...their Chocolate Monkey and this other one with chocolate flavored martini - delicious.
Food should be more taste than portions, but I digress.
I usually avoid big chain restaurants like the plague. I'm more of a mom and pop place kind of guy. However my friends from up north ( meaning north of kearny mesa and south of escondido ) wanted to go here, since one of them was looking at a car at Drew Ford and this was the only place in the area that they felt " comfortable " in. haha, ok.
We order drinks, we get drinks. 4 people order food at the same time, 2 get food , 2 wait. It was about 15 mins before the other 2 got their food. 1 ordered a chicken dinner entree and received a chicken sandwich. Note to server, time your plates ! Believe me, its ok.
I ordered sea bass ( a special at the time ) and I requested that it be cooked a little less then it had to be. The waiter was dumbfounded, or maybe just dumb. He had never had anyone order fish and specify the level of done-ness. I reiterate. " Ok, lets pretend that we are talking about steaks, well, I would like my fish cooked medium/ well " He says he'll check with the kitchen to see if it can be done. He comes back " We cant do that, we're not a sushi bar " Look dude, I dont want sushi, I just want fish thats not overcooked, which, in my experience at every chain restaurant, is always overcooked.
I get my entree and what do you know ? The fish is dry and tasteless. Overcooking seafood is ABSOFREAKINLUTELY the worst thing you can do to seafood, of any kind. This is corporate for you.
Bear in mind, I am in the restaurant industry and I HATE nitpicky customers as much as the next chef but I really dont think my request was unreasonable. I mean, all the chef had to do was just take the fish off the grill a little sooner than normal.
I did not tip well. Oh and the chicken situation with my friend, well, after another long wait, he got his meal. It was the same piece of chicken, only it was flat on a plate and had rice and veggies around it. Hahahah .We all had a good laugh and I berate my friend for their fine choice of restaurant.
Of course we complained and management apologized and gave us 20 % off. Woop de doo. Thanks bro.
I love their steaks. Always prepared perfectly. The Blackened Cowboy steak is my favorite (New York strip). Their mash potatoes are killer as well.
Don't go there very often because my wife is super picky, eats super healthy, and can't find anything that will suit her. So I go here with my parents like once a year.
If you have a wife like mine, leave her at home and go with the boys.
Shawn C. said it best. This is a "big boned" gathering place. :-)
I remember being more impressed by Claim Jumper when I was a kid and marveled at the idea of huge plates of food. I still marvel at the idea of a huge plate of food but definitely nothing that Claim Jumper has to offer. I guess I am saying that either they have gotten a little boring and predictable or perhaps I am just overly critical and should take my snobbish tastes elsewhere.
Some of their food is very good but nothing has ever been change your life amazing. My major qualms with this place are with the way things are run rather than the quality of their product. Unless you arrive during an off time you can expect to wait half an hour to an hour for a table, even if you call and have your name added to the list. Also, if you order a drink from the bar, it usually takes forever because they don't have a large enough bar to accommodate the amount of tables that they serve at one time. I have been told on several occasions by a server, "Sorry, your drinks will probably take 10 minutes because our bar is really backed up right now." I'm sorry but that is totally unacceptable when paying $7-10 dollars for a drink. If your bar is not big enough to accommodate your over sized corporate behemoth of a restaurant, spend some of those profits on building a bigger one.
Goldrush chicken, absolutely delicious. You can choose from a half order which is about $14 or a full order just a couple bucks more. The half order is pretty big. This goes for many other entrees. The Clam Chowder is really good. And The Widow Maker? Burger is HUGE. My friends and I came here twice; once for our "before christmas" gathering and for a friends birthday. I should have gotten the Goldrush chicken the second time but I got the Pot Roast instead, it didn't melt in my mouth like the first time I tried it(when my friends and I basically traded food), it was salty and so were the vegetables that it came with potatoes and carrots. The vegetables that came with the Goldrush chicken were better, much better.
There's a Walmart across from it and a Macy's around the corner. There are other restaurants around.
OH 6 layer chocolate cake *drool.
The Apple Cheesecake was fulfilling.
Just about everything here is top notch, if it isn't tell them and they will get it right. Great service, quality food, it is one of my favorite places. I would normally give it 4 stars, but to many people rated it lower so I am giving them 5. Any questions on what to get just buzz me, I have eaten everything there.
Interesting restaurant that could probably use a good cleaning (at least of the carpets inside).
I went here on a "first date" recently - the restaurant was not chosen by me but was close to the bookstore in the plaza where we initially met.
The food was average. Nothing to get excited about or necessitate a return visit any time soon. The staff was inattentive for mid-afternoon on a Sunday and the wait to get in was on the longish time for the same time period.
Food is not cheap here and I'm not sure what you really are paying for but at least there is plentiful parking.
Not a huge fan of large portions but if you do this is your place. lots of all american dish here.
Weird I know but I always get the "house salad" but wait .... i know it sounds really sad and pitiful but you have no idea how amazing this house salad is. Its so big and so full of veggies. Its delicious.
Go a head and try it. You will be shocked too that something so simple as a house salad can be so amazing. I wish I could eat there every lunch but its too far away from work.
For a chain restaurant, this place is pretty good. Most of the portions are larger, the food has good flavor, and the service is pretty good in itself. I particularly like the Bow Tie Pasta and Widow Maker Burger. Their Desserts are huge and pretty tasty as well.
My friend Claim Jumper,
I remember when we first meet you greeted me with your enormous portions of country fried steak, biscuits, mashed potatoes and gravy, and a garnish of a whole apple. I thought I had struck gold coming here because I left with over half my meal in a brown paper bag like many of the patrons that leave through your doors. You left me full, satisfied, and even gave me some more for the next morning. However after visiting you again, I am not sure I will be back anytime soon.
When my country fried steak arrived it was so tough and overcooked. The biscuit was so dry, and my meal seemed bland in general. You did provide my daughter a complementary kid type appetizer of cheese, deli meet, and applesauce, all which are baby crack to a toddler. However, when her mini cheeseburgers (or sliders) arrived I might as well have given her one of her teething rings. I felt bad for her because I took a bite of one and it too was tough and overcooked. I knew she wasn't impressed as she only ate the cheese off the patty. My wife had one of their gigantic appetizer salads and well it was only o.k. too. The service is not as good as it has been in my first experiences but I feel I have already moved on to smaller better restaurants.
Maybe we will meet again in the future, but it will only be for some beers and maybe an appetizer while on a break from the stores.
What else could you need on top of Claim Jumper's mountainous servings of meat and potatoes? Salad bar, that 's what! Claim Jumper has an absolutely wonderful salad bar and you can add it to an entree for like five or six bucks. There's no way most people can eat that much food, but you can eat the salad there and take home most or all of your entree. I know that seems a little ridiculous, but I think it's totally worth it. Sometimes (but not always) they let us add salad bar to an appetizer which is great for my mom who likes to have just a plate of their thick onion rings with a salad. I love how their salad bar has thick strips of either turkey or chicken, great potato salad, a variety of pasta salads, shelled edamame, tasty croutons that are slightly sweet, real bacon bits, and wasabi peas. Their blue cheese dressing is the blue-cheesiest I've ever had. It's actually a little powerful for me so I dilute it with ranch.
Other than the salad bar, I'd recommend the half chicken, the French dip, the giant steaks, and the creme brulee flight. I wouldn't recommend the macadamia-crusted fish. I got it once and it was so overcooked that it resembled really dry chicken.
I think this place is just great, the food is excellent (and yes the portions are huge), I always have to have one of those delicious Long Island Teas they make (at least one)... one of my fav. is the Chicken parmessan (you can have 1 or 2 chicken breasts), it comes with alot of mashed potatoes, yum...
To give you an idea of the price, just yesterday I was there with a friend, we had:
-1 cup of Tortilla soup
-1 cup of French Onion soup
-6 Long island Teas (yes, it was a fun day lol)
-Chicken parmessan (full order)
-Goldrush chicken (also full order)
-1 small slice of cookies and cream cake (to share, and believe me, it was everything BUT small)
The total came up to aprox. $97, so you can be the judge of being to pricey or not... just remeber another thing the drinks (at least the long island) are BIG, and believe me: you will have to leave the place with alot of leftovers.
Hope this yelped =)
If you're looking for a place to eat until your stomach is full, go to Claim Jumper. Claim Jumper has excellent service and you never have to wait too long for food. We did have to wait a while to get a table but it was a friday night. When we were there though, the food came out very quick. I ordered the beef ribs and I was very happy I did so. The ribs were HUGE! The whole rack of ribs could not fit on one plate so they had to cut it and pile some of the ribs on top of the first layer. Needless to say, I could not finish that along with the grilled vegetables (which were delicious) and bread. I ended up bringing two boxes home full of ribs. My brother ordered the Widow Maker burger and is was also very big. There was no way he could finish fit the burger into his mouth because it was very big. If you want good food and go away with a full stomach, go to Claim Jumper.
I'm going with 3 stars because (1) they have a good chicken fried steak, (2) while you wait for a table beepers are provided and you can visit the bar in back with the beeper in hand and (3) the decor is rustic.
The Claim Jumper staff needs some serious training. Mostly it is an attitude problem but it's spilling over into poor service. Claim Jumper management should remind them of these things:
(1) Greet me as I enter the restaurant: you need to smile and actually be pleased to see a paying customer.
(2) Grooming: wear clean wrinkle-free modest clothes.
(3) Wear your name badge, say your name clearly and honestly make me comfortable.
(4) "I'll be your server tonight." Smile. Let your face tell me you are happy to be an employee and offering me service.
(5) Be sure I have napkins, silverware and a menu.
(6) "Can I get you something to drink while you look over the menu?" Take the drink order and then get the drinks to the table QUICKLY.
(7) Help me with the ordering process, smile, repeat back the order and put the order into the kitchen immediately.
(8) Deliver the orders to the right person.
(9) Be alert and available.
(10) Don't draw hearts on the bill; smile when you present it.
(11) Tell me THANK YOU and mean it!
(12) Thank me for coming as I leave.
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