New Hudson Inn — Restaurant in Lyon Charter Township

A WARNING to anybody considering the attendance of their open mic competition.

The judging of this is a complete logical fallacy; they are people who have very little knowledge of musical theory or anything but guitar. The best piece of evidence would be when I personally questioned the judges. A woman said she dabbled in guitar but didn't know much about music and when I questioned "Why are you judging then?" she replied, "I don't know, they asked me to." These people don't know a thing about music and simply judge based off of bias and who's sob story they feel touched them when on stage.

It is imperative to look at the contestants and evaluate what they were capable of. Most were playing open chords, none had a melody nor solo, and (nearly, besides one,) all played guitar which is more overdone than butter on bread. There was a pianist who was the only person utilizing a dominant chord or chordal embellishments; he was also fed up with the judges not knowing a thing about musical theory. Note that he didn't even pass to the next stage but the guys playing good ol' novice guitar did. There were two individuals who were new to guitar and who sang out of key, and played out of time; this is okay, but we were told they scored nearly as high as everyone else, even those who won. It is clear they are catering to people as to not hurt their feelings. This is further shown by what a woman told me about the winner: he competed last year but Covid shut down his chances of winning, "so they probably gave this one to him."

The idiocracy of running a competition with judges who aren't capable is just a mockery of an event. My accordionist and I, whom are college students with a busy schedule, drove 40 minutes thinking this would be a great idea. Sadly, European music with jazz elements and advanced theory isn't better than your average guitarist to these people. We had designated solos, time signature changes, poetic lyrics, operatic vocals, and were the only duo. You can make the argument that I'm a sore looser, but I'm just speaking out so this doesn't happen to further people. We will never be back but find it crucial that talented musicians don't waste thier time on this thing. If you insist on having this event, have judges with some real credentials in music; otherwise, it's a subjective contest of who has the best sob story and whom's...

We tried eating here for the first time but it was packed and you had to wait an undisclosed time. You enter and the bartender tells you theres a waitlist, which was fine. Then proceeds to tell you to go out to their outdoor patio to wait by the fire. They dont guide you there, they expect you to know where you're going then scold you when you stand there looking dumbfounded as to where to go for the outdoor patio. We finally just wander around trying to find it then get get stopped by a random waitress and yelled at to sign the waitlist. We told her we did and just trying to find the patio to wait. So we find the patio and the fires are smoldering and smoking. We find a spot the 6 of us in our party can wait, freezing. After about 20 minutes a nice guy I think that works there adds lots to each of the campfire rings, theres about 5 or 6. We sit there waiting, not sure how this system works. Do they call out our name and party? We sit another 20 minutes and we are about to go in and ask where we are in the line and they tell our party name, we get up to go to our table and it's for 4 not 6. The gals like, oh I'msorry, I thought your party was 4 even though in big numbers we put 6. Shevtelks us we are going to have to go back outside and wait. My boyfriend is getting very impatient at the 45 minute wait we've already done innthe cold. Hes like let's go and we'll order out. so I tell the other 3 in our party we are going to go, they can take the 4 person table. I'm sure this place has great food as from what 8 hear, but this set up was a mess. 8 appreciate them actually having heating outdoor slightly indoor dining but you need to treat your customers more respectfully than we were treated and have your system more organized and flow better. This was a coldmess. I wasnt impressed with the customer service we received. Maybe when its warmer outside and you can do seating better, I'll think about returning. However today, I was not impressed. I always strive to help the small businesses because i know they are hurting and we were lucky they had inside/outside seating during this restriction, but seriously? This experience was awful. We were starving and waiting 45 + minutes with no organization and rude customer service was just...

This was our first time in and I must say I was left a little disappointed. Our server admitted that she was very new in fact it was her second day. She tried hard I give her that!

The kitchen was running slow and by the time the food got to the table, it was warm but not hot.

We place an order for an onion ring appetizer, and it came with three rings in it. We intended to share that across the table and there were only three of us so it would have been good if the server had mentioned that there were only three in the order. A tip for the future.

I ordered the double bypass Burger cooked medium and I didn't see in the description that it was served on Texas toast. The slices of bread were thicker than the meat Patty which was cooked medium-well to well. Didn't seem like they flavored the beef before they cooked it so it was overcooked kind of boring beef.

With the staffing challenges all restaurants face, I will give them another try because there's potential and there were lots of people there so I'm sure it's worthy of...