23 Kitchens — Restaurant in Lacey

2nd update: they removed the cornbread from the menu, if I could give no stars I would, this place goes downhill every time I try it. It's super funny to me that they suck at cooking so much that they changed the smash burger to a normal burger instead of just making a smash burger.

Update: gave it another chance and I had to remove a star. If your going to call something a smash burger it should be an actual smash burger, not a giant disgusting meatball.

Definitely no homey backyard vibes here. It's very cold and clinical feeling.

It's not a real, nice, sit down restaurant It's a walk up counter which really really sucks and gives fast food/deli vibes.

The chairs are HORRIBLE I don't know if I'll be back for a while just from this fact alone, they are hard, cold, and slippery, it feels like your falling off constantly. I'm honestly not sure how someone trying to go for homey backyard vibes would make any of the choices for going on in there, hard cement floors, nothing on the cold white walls, and the worst chairs in existence. They should just admit what they are, a fast food restaurant. The only homey vibe thing was the real toilet paper instead of the tissue paper stuff in the bathroom, one of my stars is for that.

Now onto the food. The prime rib sandwich is not good, the bread is too soft and too wide for a sandwich your going to dip, it should be a crusty bread that fits in your hand. it's a very dry sandwich if you don't like the "beer cheese", which is more like a grainy queso dip than what I would call beer cheese. The prime rib is ok, but for that price I would expect much better.

They use the beer cheese for the Mac and cheese, which would probably be fine if it wasn't spicy.

The caprese crostini would be good if it wasn't prioritizing form over function, the cheese on one side and the tomato on the other looks cute, but it means you have to rearnge it to eat it for almost no reason. It would be better if the bread was smaller and there were more of them, overall good flavor.

The real star is those honey corn cakes I will definitely be back for those, thankfully it's portable so I don't have to sit it the shitty chair to eat them. One of my stars is for these corn cakes, the crispy sugar in top is a nice touch, they are moist and sweet which is was I like in a corn cake.

The drinks were great no complaints about the drinks, I might come back and try the bar next time, see if they have different chairs.

I'm not sure why anyone needs that many pickleball courts I've been bummed about this place since I found out what they were building wasn't going to be a grocery store, which would have served the community FAR better. I was more ok with it when I found out there was going to be a restaurant, but now that I know it ISN'T a real restaurant, I'm pretty bummed again.

Having read other reviews, I want to make it SUPER clear that if I get a call or am contacted in anyway by someone associated with this establishment, my rating will be decreased. It is absolutely uncalled for and creepy for a business to behave in such a manner. The response to the review I'm referencing was incredibly unprofessional. Under no circumstances should you try to guilt people into changing their honest reviews. If you want better reviews DO BETTER, how are you supposed to know what areas to improve if people...

I have been to 23 Kitchens twice. Once to play pickle ball and grab a bite with friends for a birthday in October. Which was so fun and such a good experience. I’m not sporty or outdoorsy, I’m more outsidey and I’ll cheer you on. But, I actually played and really enjoyed it.

The second time was tonight at 5:20ish for dinner and a present exchange with friends. I was excited when one friend suggested it, but after my experience tonight I just had to shout out how wonderful they truly are!

The girls serving us were kind, helpful and so accommodating. They offered a table for us to put our gifts, clarified if we wanted to take food home or not, and were just so sweet the whole time. We ordered apps to share (loaded tots, street tacos, and crostini’s), and Mac and cheese which were all so, so good!

We also were offered by management (I think it might have been the owner) to buy us dessert. My friends and I were taken back and weren’t as polite or really thankful because we were too confused to fully process it. So, if you’re reading this Thank You!! Most places don’t do that, but this isn’t most places. We later ordered one dessert because that is what we thought he offered (we were grateful, and are grateful, I promise!). But, when I went to order a soda a few minutes after it was brought out, I was told by the amazing servers that they were informed we each were supposed to get a free dessert. They didn’t have to do that for us. We were even more amazed by not only how good it was, but how kind.

Everyone who works there is so helpful, positive, attentive, and amazing. It truly is such a great place to eat or play. I highly recommended anyone even remotely curious to check it out, you...

Atmosphere: Music was great, the outdoor seating was great. It was a beautiful day and so nice to be able to sit comfortably and enjoy the scenery in the sun. My only mild complaint: this was the second time I’ve been and the rooftop bar was closed both times… on a sunny beautiful Saturday after noon. Service: Everyone is so so nice, but both times I’ve been they were severely understaffed for a beautiful weekend making service EXTREMELY slow both times. The girls were doing their best though and like I said, so sweet and doing their best. Food: We almost didn’t visit today because we were disappointed by the food the first time. We gave it a second try (first time we private messaged the restaurant to give constructive feedback) but today assured that we won’t be back for the food at least (atmosphere may bring us back on occasion). When our food finally arrived, our lettuce wraps had 4 ingredients: lettuce, meat, and tons of bean sprouts with a sauce (the sauce was good)… and topped with a short dark wavy hair I found halfway through (I’ve got long blonde hair). Constructive feedback, add some carrots, cilantro, cucumbers, sesame seeds… something more than bean sprouts. The soup also came out absolutely room temp which is a huge concern for food safety, I was too afraid to eat it so I sent it back (they did apologize). My partner didn’t care for the burger, said it tasted like a clearly frozen patty whether that’s true or not. The fries were good. I will say the staff did try and make it right. They refunded the soup (after they attempted to reheat it in a frying pan, which again I was too scared to get sick from), and took back the...