Four of us stopped for lunch based on a friends recommendation.
This restuarant is located INSIDE of Erie Brewing Co. on West Lake Road and from what I gathered is independent from Erie Brewing Co. itself. I have a seperate review for Erie Brewing Co.
This means you have to place two seperate orders, one for drinks from Erie Brewing Co. and then one from Beechwood Inn's Hardwood Grille if you want food. Is this a big deal, not really. Is it annoying to have to place two different orders, with two different people, in different parts of the establishment, pay two different checks and tip two different employees? Yes, it is very annoying.
Lets start with the appetizers. We ordered the pretzel sticks with bier cheese dip, onion rings, and putine. The pretzel sticks were warm, doughy and delicious just like they should be, the bier cheese dip was okay, just not anything special. The onion rings were good but the real show stopper for the appetizers was the putine. It was very good and highly recommended, especially on a cold Erie day. It will stick to your insides and warm you up instantly.
Three of us ordered the Featured Specials Bacon Grilled Cheese Burger and fries for $16. The fourth ordered Ahi fish tacos and he is now dead to us.
The Battle of the Burgers "3 week winner" grilled cheese bacon burger was not only small in stature but in taste as well. The burgers description is as follows from the menu.
An angus burger topped with cheddar, smoked goudaaaaaaa, and american cheese with bacon. Between two slices of texas toast and a sun-dried tomato aioli.
The burger lacked in overall flavor. It was very cheesey, but you could not taste the cheeses. The tomato aioli seemed like it wasn't even present. The texas toat was so-so and a bit too soggy for my liking. Overall, I do not feel like it was worth the $16 it cost me. It felt more like a $12-$14 meal. It was a disappointing choice overall.
The sweet potato fries were good and the maple syrup was a nice touch, but I did notice that I did not get as many of them as the others who ordered the regular steak fries with their burgers.
I did get to try one of my buddies Ahi fish tacos and it was okay. It comes with avocado ranch, black bean corn salsa and coleslaw in a soft shell tortilla. It was good but not anything special.
The food was just okay and we all felt the main dishes were a bit over priced. We did agree that the appetizers were spot on with cost, flavor and the amount received.
The service was good for what it was and the kitchen was good about getting our orders out in a timely and warm manner. BUT there is one caveat to ordering here.
Other than taking your order at the counter and plating the food, the rest of the process is self serve.
Here is the process:
You place your order at the counter and pay for your meal at the same time, including tip if you are using your card to pay. After paying you get a pager and then wait. When it vibartes your food is ready and you can go retrieve it from the counter. Then you go and get your condiments, silverware, etc from one of two stations on either side of the seating area. You then take it back to your table, eat, and then clean it all up and take your trash and tray to the proper area and dispose of/stack it. There is no issue with doing this yourself, but we all agreed that we wish we had known this ahead of time because lets face it, part of tipping is the service your receive during the meal. And since we had never been there, we all tipped based upon what we thought the service would be. The whole process was very fast food like.
Just something to keep in mind when you visit.
If you like to drink beer while you eat and like bar foods, this place is for you. If you don't drink beer and are looking for a sit down meal with actual service included I would recommend going somewhere else.
I will not be back. For these prices I would prefer a sit down meal with...
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