McKinley's Grille — Restaurant in Pomona

We seem to have exhausted our choices of local-enough restaurants to celebrate special occasions. This place fits the bill as it was a place we've never dined in before and one that offers "farm to table" cuisine. So we chose to celebrate Father's Day here tonight. Location wise, it was easy to find as it is at the Sheraton Hotel in the Pomona Fairplex. The indoor seating area of the restaurant is comparable to other hotel-based restaurants, but the outdoor patio area was beautiful. Our server was nice and attentive. We ordered appetizers, which were tasty. The wings were perfectly battered and fried. The roasted red pepper hummus was also delicious but came with too few pita triangles. The best entree we were served was the loch salmon, but even with it being the best of what we ordered, it was underseasoned, in my opinion. A little bit more salt would have made it better. My daughter's pasta was the most disappointing of all. The pasta was an over-cooked glob of broken fettuccine pieces. My daughter loves pasta and usually orders it everywhere. She didn't even finish half of her order. I ordered the Delmonico steak, the most expensive item on their menu, specified wanting it cooked medium rare. Lo and behold, the dish arrived, fancily plated complete with a delightful spray of microgreens on top. Upon closer inspection, the steak was medium well and not medium rare, so it was already a disappointment from that point on. We decided to end the meal with an order of a bananas foster. Now, this dish did not disappoint. Overall, the experience left much to be desired, especially for the amount of $$ we spent. So it's a definite no, we will not be coming back for...

Ask for Sean if you go for dinner. Top notch service and humor no xtra charge... unless you're a dufess. 😁The restaurant is now called The Farm super nice patio. Fireplace fire pit table and about 8 tables. Lights in tree and heaters except ran out of fuel for heaters Comfortable chairs and tables inside and booths as well. Nice bar and lounge connected. Delicious super fresh food cooked to perfection. Delicious ice cream but $12 you guys are WHACK but it is delectable... but c mon man! 🍨 If it were $5 you still make profits on 2 scoops and all 6 of us would have ordered some or even seconds!! Think about it! And think about offering a military discount please. Food so good we will drive out for dinner again soon even when not staying at hotel. Great service over 6 visits consistently great! Try the chow fun! Chicken sooooo good and fab u lous Tuna Melts and sweet potatoe fries. The reg...

My husband and I are here for the first time tonight. They were absolutely not full but we stood waiting for some time to be seated even though three different employees passed us asking if we had been helped yet and then preceded to say, “someone will be right with you.” We were served our bread with no plates (had to stop someone for them after waiting some time). Our server came to take our order but we hadn’t even yet been asked about drinks or given our waters (it had been 20 or so minutes). After receiving our bill, which they over charged us (they charged us $5 more for wine than what was listed on the menu, we caught it and the served pulled the menu and confirmed they were wrong), I can say that our food was quite good but the experience was not worth the $105 bill for two entree’s (both salmon) and wine. I cannot say that I would ever come back, even when I stay at this...