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Not wheelchair accessible but we were able to bring a walker and keep it up in the front while we ate and sat at our table. Food was in big and awesome portions. Food was delicious. I treated my grandparents to lunch/Dinner for a past birthday celebration that I missed because I already had lots of plans. Staff: friendly,kind, respectful and helpful you will never regret eating here. Everyone and everything is absolutely amazing. This is a family owned restaurant so remember to support your local businesses. If you have Autism like me, my safe foods at this place are their Hamburger and Fries and Chicken Tenders. The chicken Tenders are like the ones at Newport Creamery. Fries are like Newport Creamery too. You may want to bring your head phones because you never know what kind of crowd will b around when you are there. But If you have any problems or questions you can always ask the staff. Also their Hamburger comes with pickles on the side so make sure you tell them No pickle if you don't want the juice to touch any of your food. Speaking of Food touching Your food will touch here but you can always ask for an extra plate. For 3 people my bill came to $55. That's adding a $9 tip. This is with no appetizers. 1 Root beer and 1 glass of Merlot , 2 waters + 3 meals. I drank a small amount 🤏 of my Merlot because I need to be careful with drinks. Wish I could get smaller amounts of drinks. My Mimi kept telling me to drink it and I was plus the amount I drink becomes 2× the amount in me because of the meds I'm on. I hope any and all details I give are helpful. Hope you get to enjoy this place like I do.
HarmonyHarmony
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Oh man. I want to like this place so badly but the food was atrocious. drinks are fine, service was good. we ordered the bacon wrapped scallops special, excited because we love bacon wrapped scallops and have had them many times-but never have i had them be the consistency of a rubber boot. it's crazy because i kept trying to eat them anyway, hoping one was done right! but unfortunately they were all so incredibly tough. they are served with a bug pile of buttered spinach in the middle. im not mad at that because i like spinach but i am confused about how that fits the dish. who knows. we also ordered the spinach and artichoke dip. The description says "plenty of cheese" but i have to wonder what cheese was used because it was so flavorless-it was more like spinach and cream sauce, very little artichoke and very little flavor. i added salt to help but it still wasn't great. then, the entree. woooof. i ordered the sirloin gorgonzola. it says 12 oz sirloin (so i was expecting a steak, in tact, and cooked correctly). who the heck was cooking? i said i would like it done medium, the steak was cut into thin slices all over the plate, i asked for it to be served over pasta so maybe they thought i could mix it in better that way? either way it was not 12oz but i dont even care about that. what i do care about is that i asked for it to be done medium and it was so well done it was turning grey. i was shocked. so disgusting. the gorgonzola "cream sauce" was just a bunch of clumps of gorgonzola sprinkled all over the place- it's not a sauce if you just throw the cheese on there. it doesnt work that way. there was definitely spinach thats for sure so i guess i have nothing to say about that here other than this place loves to throw you extra spinach for some reason. sundried tomatoes looked questionable but i didnt try them so i have no opinion. out waitress was nice so we explained the situation and i asked if i could get something else. u asked for the blackened chicken alfredo. so right from the start, the chicken was not blackened. it was grilled fine, but little to no blackening seasoning so that's confusing. more spinach again because we didnt have enough spinach yet i guess. it says "diced tomatoes" on the menu and holy crap. i was expecting them diced, as in diced into little squares, but instead they were very very large chunks. it's like if you asked a child to dice a tomato for the first time. they took a tomato and cut it vertically and then horizontally is what it looked like- as if they cut a large tomato into four large chunks. So basically just big, hot tomato chunks thrown all over the pasta. Not some thing that could easily be mixed in or that really fit into the dish. When I say these chunks were big I mean like 3 inches? Weird choice. Definitely not a good choice, and definitely not diced the way any good cook with dice something. OK then so my favorite part is that it says a "rich pink cream sauce." so I assumed this would be Alfredo sauce but pink so maybe it would have some kind of tomato in it that makes it pink. The problem is, it's not an Alfredo sauce to begin with. If it were an Alfredo sauce with some tomato that would be fine, but this was basically a vodka sauce. I even asked the waitress about it and I said is this like a vodka sauce? And she said yeah but without the vodka. I didn't order penne alla vodka. doesn't matter anyway there was no vodka lol but basically this was tomato and some kind of cream, there must've been a little bit of cheese, but a rich cream sauce? definitely not. Very light in flavor, very little cheese must have been used. In order to make it anything like Alfredo it's going to need cheese. They really like to skimp on the cheese in this place and just put cream in instead. it was bad, honestly. I picked out all of the giant tomato chunks because I just couldn't be bothered with trying to cut them up into little pieces and mix them in. It just wasn't worth it. Took it home in a box, and I'm going to have to make some improvements to try to make it a good dish.
Sara IndishSara Indish
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I used to absolutely love this restaurant; I have been going here since I was 12 without any issues. We even held a banquet here for my dad’s 50th. But today was an absolute nightmare. I brought my mom out for a late Mother’s Day lunch. We were promptly seated by the hostess, she was extremely kind but unfortunately that was the only good part about our dining experience. After sitting for almost 15 minutes, our server finally came over to take our drink orders. My mom had a soda water and I had a water. The waitress dropped the waters off at the table and it spilled a good deal of her soda water all over the mat in front of her. I am a waitress myself and accidents do happen but she never apologized and just left immediately without even acknowledging it happening. From there I ordered the bruschetta and it came out burnt in some areas without any balsamic on it like it said in the menu. I asked her for the balsamic and she gave me a regular bottle of balsamic vinegar. Then she came over 10 minutes after appetizers that letting us know that my meal was out of stock. After how the appetizer went I was no longer hungry so I just shared my moms food. All the other tables received bread around us but she never even offered it. It felt like she was discriminating against us from how we were treated. I look young but as a waitress I tip very well when the service is good because I know personally that waitresses live off tips. But I have never received service this poor in my entire life. When the bill came she charged us $8.95 for soda water which had me shocked to say the least. I had to track her down to get it fixed. Once we got the real bill I found out I was charged for endless sodas for her one soda water. It was $3 just for one soda water off a bar soda gun. I work for one of the most expensive restaurants in Rhode Island and our large glass bottles of sparkling water are only $5. I was tired from everything else that happened and we just paid and left. It breaks my heart but I will never go here again after how we were treated.
Amelia JuetAmelia Juet
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I'm Back for my eggplant Rollatini!! 10/03 2021..My latest update My Birthday Dinner, 08/14 2020 6pm!!! great food, great prices. nice people, they never forget my b-day they give me a free Dinner, when you sign up for the bday club and email specials..cant beat that.....I was there sat,night food and service is great....Just Stopped By Last Week11/10/2018, I had some delicous Eggplant Rollatelli, It Was GRRRREAT as Usual. Service Is Consistent, clean Atmosphere.. I'LL Be Back... came by tonight, great as usual.12/22/18,wife had mestlome special,it was huge , I Had ultimate Nacho's,and greek flat bread.it was fantastic,grest service.you know I'll be back.loved It! My go to place on any night.so Glad there open again at social distancing.I enjoyed my eggplant Rolatini.and my girlfriend enjoyed her chicken gorgonzola dish!! service was fantastic as usual.the place was still exceptionally clean as usual!! The prices are Great and the portions are Huge! Vinnie I'll be back for some great 👍 food and wonderful service 💖😊. Tony Reed.. here's a couple of New pictures. OH it slipped my mind today I choose Atwood grille to enjoy my Birthday dinner 🍽️ know that's something special. 08/14/2020👍🏻💞 Just stopped in for some appetizers and and some chicken parmesan, great as usual, service was great 👍 you guys are doing a fine job on the social distance, and mask wearing!!!👍🏻 The governor should use you as a poster Board for endorsement of the rules!! great job,food was excellent 👌 as always..😋😋😋
Magnum PiMagnum Pi
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I'm piggybacking off of my husband's review so I can add a picture of our, burnt and overpriced, baked seafood platter. The calamari Naples was drenched in balsamic glaze, which made the calamari soggy. Still, it was better than the main course. The waitress came right over after we were seated to take our drink order. (Here's a tip; it's helpful to at least crack a smile with your customers). We were lucky if we saw her twice after getting our appetizer. I try to take into consideration that the place was busy, (still can't figure out why) but when you have to ask the bus girls and kitchen staff for extra drinks, napkins, and ketchup, your waitress doesn't care. Never had water or bread served either, after being seated. The waitress seemed more concerned with waiting on larger parties. We actually contemplated leaving after we got our app, because service was so poor. I would never go back!! This place is like the Marchettis of Johnston; just full of regulars who have been going here so long, they haven't explored what real, good food tastes like.
Dawnie MDawnie M
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Stopped in RI, on my way home from Vermont, to see “Aunt Maddie” and family…went to dinner at the Atwood Grill, with everyone…awesome evening…!!! 💕
Mimi AndresenMimi Andresen
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Basic Info
Address
1413 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI 02919
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(401) 943-3331
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atwoodgrille.com
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4.4
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Italian pastas, meats & pizza are offered in a laid-back setting with booths & a full bar.
attractions: Market Basket, The Home Depot, Burlington, ALDI, Ocean State Escape Rooms, Cardi's Mattresses, R I Wholesale Jewelry Inc., Market Beer Wine Spirits, Bellini Jewelers, Adam's Market & Smoke Shop, restaurants: Luigi's Restaurant & Gourmet Express, Bon Asian Bistro & Hibachi Grill, Hei Place, Pat's Italian Johnston, Homefries Breakfast Restaurant, Bar 101, Baylee Thai Cuisine, Bar'Lino Ristorante, The Chicken Coop Kitchen and Bar, Cayenne sushi restaurant

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