Charcoal Oven Restaurant — Restaurant in Niles Township

I wanted to see what this place about being a food blogger and all. We came a few min past 5pm when the place opens, but the chef wasn't even there. He didn't arrive til 5:30. We looked at the menu and everything was overpriced. Sirloin steak was 48?! Yes you get soup, salad and sides but we didn't get to pick our soup nor sides yet the couple behind us got to pick how they want their potatoes (mashed, which is what I prefer but got chips instead...) The corn was definitely canned. The pastichio sauce tasted canned and had barely any meat and seemed low quality. The leg of lamb was ok...not the best lamb I've had. The bread didn't come with butter so I had to ask for it. The bread, salad and soup tasted good though. All I have to say is treat everyone equally. Just because someone is a regular it's not fair to just throw whatever to a new customer not asking how they want their sides or steak cooked. The atmosphere was nice though and...

Their so called "Sarasota potatoes" are actually old, stale and oily potato chips - horrible. The "sweet roasted corn & peas" are frozen microwaved veggies. The "rack of lamb" was actually 4 bones but really delicious! The salmon was also delicious! We will not be going back. Our server although nice was a bit snippy. I asked for the creamy garlic dressing on the side. When it arrived it was a glob of mayonnaise with garlic, nothing creamy about it. I commented that it looked like mayonnaise. She promptly told me "that's what makes it creamy". The salad is just a bowl of lettuce - nothing else...no tomatoes, green peppers or anything. They were nice enough to offer us a baked potato, in lieu of the chips. Unfortunately by the time it arrived we were done and over it. It was our first and last time there. We now have a better understanding of why it's only open 2 days a week. C'est la vie!...

Menu with no details of what to expect or what you're going to get. Noodle and cheese block was tasteless and weird. Cheese tasted like bad oil. Salad had way too much dressing and lettuce with 2 tomato chunks? Lettuce was rusty as well. Steak finally came after 30 min lag after salad. Zucchini in a tray and Butt steak sitting by itself on plate. Steak was cooked to perfect rare but supposed to be 'bourbon" but absolutely tasteless. I get to eat a tasteless steak with zucchini? Had 2 bites of steak left and waitress comes out with small dish of potato chips? Would be nice if they came WITH the steak! On top of bad food is a nasty, dated decor. Only 2 other groups in the whole place. Wonder why? Oh and it was $38 for a steak? Wouldn't mind the price if it was even Outback quality? Should have gone to...