Ale House 1890 — Restaurant in Hocking Township

The restaurant atmosphere is very good and we were excited to try it out. The service was just OK. They were not busy and our waiter didn't check on us and we noticed his absence. At the end we had to wait for him as he was holding a gossip fest with another waiter. As another waiter passed us the actually called his attention to us. So not horrible but noticeable. The food. I will start with mine. I had Steakhouse Cobb. For the most part the salad was good such as the ingredients. The part I didn't care for was the steak as it was tough. Now I did as for well done, so many would blame that on me. I also didn't care for the blue cheese. Again my fault as I told the waiter no blue cheese dressing but instead ranch. As I missed the actual blue cheese that came with the salad, you can't expect the waiter to point out their is also blue cheese on it. They did put a lot of blue cheese on it, so if you like that flavor you can get more with the blue cheese dressing. The amount of steak was good. The overall salad is not a very large salad for the money. So if you blame me for the well done steak being tough and the blue cheese my dish would be a 4. I also got the grilled asparagus it tasted very good but was over cooked with some of it being mushy, so the texture was off, 3. The other person who dined with me didn't like his Chopped salad as some ofthe lettuce appeared bad, so he was picking out old lettuce. The grilled chicken was very scare and it was cold as if it was some form of prepared chicken. I guess it was good there wasn't much there as he couldn't eat it. He gave the salad a 1 to 2. He also got the green beans. He thought they were over cooked with little flavor a 2 to 3. He also felt with the lack of a real chicken breast that the salad was pricy for the value. Now given his critical comments that is why the food hit the low of 2. If you blame me for my issues maybe the overall food is as high as a 3. I do think this place could be very good. The menu looks very good, but we are watching calories so we went with salads. As anyone can tell you you will find a restaurants weakness if they have one when you are dieting and eating salads. I do look forward to retrying the restaurant when I am not dieting. I wish more restaurants would focus on a good salad as an entree for those of us...

I really like the atmosphere and the menu is creative. Its only OK. High prices for meh food. We had the mussel appetizer, its cooked in beer, has chorizo and seared tomatoes. Didn't like it, every bite was inconsistent, the tomatoes and chorizo were thrown in at the end rather than being sauted all together. Also, the chorizo seemed poor quality-it may have been regular sausage because flavor wasn't there. Mussels came with bread which was really good except the bottom was really hard like it had been sitting on a warm surface too long. The chef came out to ask about the mussels which was nice but at the same time, a cook was glaring at us so we were hesitant to give feedback... We had what the menu describes as duck duck perogies... it was also only ok. The duck was gray, the pierogies seemed to be mrs t's brand and not cooked to order as they were dried out around the edges. The sauce was similar to a stroganoff which I enjoyed. Last, we had the shrimp and grits. Also, only ok. The shrimp with barbecue sauce was flavorful and cooked nicely. The grits were not creamy which was disappointing but I don't think the menu describes it as creamy so that's my problem. The bacon on top was very hard, clearly had been sitting around for a while. I would suggest they move to bacon ends and pieces (ask your purveyor) if they plan to continue serving this. The service was fine, would have liked more frequent visits so we could give feedback but seemed too busy. Disappointed when we asked for rootbeer as listed on the back of the menu ( in a bottle) and the server suggested mr pibb as they don't...

We were on vacation 4 days in the area, and this is by far the best meal we had during our stay. I ordered the Avocado BLT (I got no onions because I'm not a huge fan....word of advice, I think the onions would've tied the sandwich together that much more) but it was incredible. My handsome ordered the beef and Gouda macaroni, and he was raving about it the entire time. He even ordered a side of bread so that he could eat the leftover sauce from the skillet.

Very good drinks, everything around us smelled and looked amazing...great service....but BONUS awesomeness...

We ate out on the patio, and there were a couple younger people sat behind us with their dog (adorable, well behaved...but not the point lol) the server actually brought a collapsible bowl to serve the dog water while they enjoyed their meal! I've never seen a restaurant do that. Completely incredible.

The inside atmosphere seemed more proper and fancy, while the patio seemed laid back and relaxing. Absolutely marvelous experience. 12/10.

I think the only possible complaint was that the dessert we ordered (chocolate cake) was far too sweet for me. BUT I'm also not a very avid sweets eater, and I'm sure 98% of everyone else who orders it would LOVE it.

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