Rusty Rudder — Restaurant in Cornelius

Food poisoning after eating chicken dishes A group of four went to eat lunch at the Rusty Rudder. Two of the four people ordered chicken dishes. A few hours after eating both people that ordered the chicken got very sick. We will never return to Rusty Rudder again after this experience. After being miserable for hours we looked up the North Carolina Public Health Inspection Scores. The Rusty Rudder recently received a score of a 91 and had violations including not properly storing foods to prevent contamination and items stored with date label exceeding 7 day hold time. We hope that by writing this review it will prevent others from getting sick. Hopefully management will evaluate their current methods for storing and preparing chicken and correct the problems so that others will not get sick. Going out to eat is usually an enjoyable experience, but the Rusty Rudder has made me think twice about eating out before checking the recent health...

The WORST establishment in the entire Lake Norman area! Multiple known instances of food poisoning by friends and others (see past reviews) and horrible service. Management (Matt) does not care whatsoever what happens to those who visit here. My personal experience ended with the same manager refusing to correct a very minor error made by his bartender. Came to Rusty Rudder with friends, was ignored for nearly 15 minutes until a friend who knew both me and the bartender was able to get someone to take my drink order. I was then charged for drinks and shots that I did not order. When I located the itemized receipt a day later and called to let them know of the error, they refused to refund me any money and told me it was my problem. Management was extremely rude about it on top of it, claiming it was my error, not theirs. I will NEVER visit this place again. Great location, worst staff and...

My wife and I were all excited about hearing about this place....HOWEVER being a professional Chef and having been around the block a few times we are second guessing even bothering to go...The food reviews are bad enough but coupled with the wait staff and management's bad attitudes (the two go hand in hand) along with the very fake 5 star reviews (most likely regulars and employee plants)....probably a good idea to go elsewhere until the real reviews start getting better....Shame though, prime location bad reputation....what a waste of an...