Magnolia & Pine — Restaurant in Pine Township

Impressive, extensive menu and website. Salads: good. Wine/beer list: also, impressive. Wait time for server: reasonable. Server's knowledge of menu: weak. Server admitted three times that she was not familiar with a menu item or description. She also had us repeat our orders 2-3 times because she couldn't hear us. she said it was too loud at the table behind her. she gave my entrée to my husband and his to me. he took several bites before she realized her mistake. maybe I should have kept his salmon. the mahi mahi with beets was, well, just not good. overcooked, tough around the edges. there was absolutely not one thing remarkable about it. the beets were baked onto my plate to where I had to scrape them off with my fork. the risotto (fried) was, well, sorry, but disgusting. to add insult to injury, every time our plates were cleared, (chips, salad and entrée), the server asked us to hand the plates to her. she also handed the plates to us at the table, instead of setting each person's plate on the table in front of them. so bad. then, I tried to salvage the meal by ordering dessert. mistake again. strawberry rhubarb crumble, served in a crock on a dish...I was anticipating the warm fruit with the crunchy topping...but all we got was cold, refrigerated fruit served in an attractive dish. My advice: use your web management and design resources to hire and train a professional wait staff, educate the kitchen staff on proper serving techniques (never, ever ask a customer to pass their finished plate, never, ever ask one customer to pass a fresh plate to someone at the table. really????) Educate the kitchen staff on food temperature...Invite the much - hyped chef to sample some of the offerings you are serving to your guests...maybe that's all you need to do, if he is as good as your website claims. I am sorry for you, the meal did not add up...

Where to start? The arancini were the only okay thing we ate, but for $8 for 5 tiny rice balls, they were not worth it. They were also served on a plate of wilted greens. Not appealing. The beet salad was a disaster on a plate. I'm not sure how a salad with arugula, smoked blue cheese, and beets could taste like nothing at all. The beets looked to be cut up out of a can. The blue cheese was bland. The dressing had no flavor. Imagine my surprise then when the orecchiette was salted beyond oblivion. The pasta itself was terrible with a bizarre texture. It tasted either like it had been cooked, held, and fried, or possibly microwaved. It was spongy, like perhaps it had been freezer burned at some point. I can't adequately describe it other than a salty mess. My boyfriend's ravioli was the opposite texture - gooey pasta covered in a gooey unappealing gray sauce. The ravioli was described as being a broccoli and spinach ravioli with sundried tomatoes. There was no broccoli to be found. The ravioli was also filled with mushrooms, which was not in the description. Nowhere is "mushroom" listed in the menu description. He hates mushrooms. Reading the menu this place sounded amazing. The execution was atrocious. For what we were served, $83 for dinner was highway robbery. We were hoping for a nice evening out and instead left feeling hungry and deceived. Kudos to their marketing team because they can write a hell of a menu. If only their kitchen staff...

This place is fabulous! Came for lunch, upon arrival they had a good amount of parking and this place has a modern farmhouse/industrial style of decor. It is huge! They have comfy couch seating in the waiting area that is right by the bar which is massive and has overhead tv’s. There is a ton of indoor/outdoor seating and we choose outside and even though it was warm it draws a lovely breeze. I ordered the pulled pork sandwich. The food came out in a reasonable amount of time and was hot. This was one of the best pulled pork sandwiches I’ve ever had! It’s sweet and not spicy and has a great flavor and it’s very tender. I love the coleslaw on it. It wasn’t sweet and it wasn’t vinegary, it was savory and complemented the sweetness of the barbecue sauce. My friend ordered the steak sub. It was huge and they didn’t skimp out on the toppings. She said she enjoyed it very much. My other friend ordered the salmon sandwich and she enjoyed that as well. It comes with french fries or home made potato chips. I overheard one customer asking another how their calamari was, and they said it was fantastic that it was done very tender and not chewy. At the end of the meal, the waitress who was very polite, brought to go containers, without even being asked. The price was on par with similar restaurants. The bathrooms were adorable and very clean as was the entire restaurant. I will definitely be back here again, and I highly recommend...