Hotplates — Restaurant in Birmingham

Hi!!! I've been eyeing this place for a few weeks now. I finally was able to try it. I ordered the salmon Alfredo. I added shrimp and broccoli. I ordered a small cajun ranch fry and also a Veggie quesadilla add broccoli. The Alfredo and fries were mine and I truly feel like I enjoyed my fries more. Everything was cooked fresh. The Alfredo didn't look like what's pictured on the reviews. In the pictures they all seem to have toasted bread and more cheese on top of the protein portion. I didn't receive that. It doesn't mention that I would have to order it as extra either. But it does mention how much extra everything else like veggies and proteins would be. I will try to add a picture or video if I can at the end. I do feel like if more Alfredo was added as pictured I would've enjoyed it more. Well for the broccoli I added to it. I could tell it was frost bitten so that also had a negative affect to the flavor. I understand buying frozen veggies but I as a consumer I also understand the risk you take as I've made that mistake as well. Overall I couldn't see myself spending that type of money again based off my first experience. I did enjoy my fries though. I'm glad I asked for more cajun seasoning. I can't give an honest review on the quesadilla because I didn't taste it. But the person that I ordered it for ate it and said that he would eat it again. He's one of those few people that still has lingering Covid affects to his taste and smell. So anything he eats taste differently from everyone else. I ordered pick up and I was very pleased to see how clean the seating area and the front counter was. Everything looked neat...

My friend and I visited here after seeing a review on Yelp. We do not live on this side of town and drove about 15 minutes to get here. Here are my thoughts:

Pros: Alfredo had a good taste. Plate was heavy, albeit mostly noodles. Philly was made with whole chunks of steak and not ground meat. Plenty of seating inside. Soothing music played on the speakers. Coho or sockeye salmon was used, so chef didn't skip the health benefits of wild-caught fish.

Cons: Philly looked to be missing the toppings. One portion looked like it was missing meat. Paid $9 more to add 3 stems of broccoli and 1 piece of chopped grilled chicken. I asked for my salmon to be cooked well done, but it was not due to the cashier typing "well done" under the broccoli add on. Meal was kinda pricey and while I did not mind paying for what I want...the amount of additional food vs the cost didn't add up. $4 for 3 stems of broccoli isn't right.

One day, if we are in the area, I may return to try something different on the menu. Don't take my word for it. Try this restaurant out and leave a review on...

I called my order in and requested a salmon pasta add shrimp and broccoli. When I arrived the music was loud af, that wouldn’t have been a complaint had my order not been incorrect. The cashier rung in a steak and shrimp pasta with no broccoli because she claims that’s what she heard. I couldn’t Help but to think maybe if the music wasn’t so loud you could hear!! A piece of salmon was then added to the already incorrect order. I would have loved a new pasta WITHOUT steak.

The pasta flavor was a 6/10 , the salmon was decent the shrimp were really good, the blue raspberry lemonade 10/10! The bread was terrible and toasted on...