Clyde’s Wood Fired Grill — Restaurant in Princeton

We were so excited to try it! Terrible. Do not recommend. Onion petal appetizer was the size of 3 large-ish onion rings: $10. We asked if that's all we were supposed to get for $10. The guy says, "That's why I gave you more." He took it off the bill. The bacon on the chicken sandwich was burnt to the point of tasting ashy. The fries were fine- nothing special. The Mac n Cheese was flour-y. It was supposed to come with a side so I asked for a side salad and could they make it Caesar (lettuce, croutons & dressing with some parmesan.) No- not possible, even though they must have the ingredients because they offer a $12 Caesar salad. Fries then, please. Waiting for my fries later, I ask about them and am told, "That's a typo- you don't get a side. Your side is your (thin single slice of super-salty generic white) toast." After he's told me I'm wrong, he then offers to get me fries and I tell him to forget it. Could he have told me that when I ordered them? Maybe. Kid got a Shrimp Basket. I've included a photo there- it's almost beyond words. At the end, getting our bill... complete with stupid card fee... and debating whether to tip at all, I tell the guy that I honestly hope they straighten out their bugs, and he says he's sorry about the mix-up with the fries and that he took $1.50 off for that. I replied, "Yeah, but $16 for 6 shrimp? Really?" He says, "and fries." I restrained myself from arguing that he just told me the fries were worth $1.50.

Maybe quit making excuses and take some responsibility for your choices. Have you ever eaten at any other restaurant? Would you pay $16+ tax, tip & card surcharge for that basket? Even at a carnival or professional baseball game, I'd feel I was ripped off... nevermind a restaurant. And what's the overhead on onion petals? For...

We ate lunch here on 12/20/23. There were only 3 other cars in the parking lot when we arrived, that should have been our first clue.

I ordered the French Dip sandwich. The description in the menu said: "French Dip sandwich piled high with tender slices of roast beef." The sliced roast beef did not even cover the entire bun and was maybe 2 layers. There was a dribble of cheese added. The bun was nothing special, the beef was tough and gristly. There as nothing "smokehouse" about the flavor. The flavor was average French Dip sandwich at best. The au jus was about 2 ounces in the bottom of a soup cup - woefully deficient to dip every bite.

The onion rings were plentiful. Again, these were nothing special and a bit soggy. They tasted oily and lacked flavor and salt. Apparently, the idea is to fill up on the "side." This was NOT worth nearly $15.

My husband ordered a hamburger - it was about the size of a cheese burger at McDonalds (not the quarter pounder, the small one). He said it was absolutely NOTHING special.

This was our first visit to Clydes - we won't be going back

If you want to attract a customer base, you have to give them bang for the buck. You need to give them a restaurant portion for the prices you are charging.

The atmosphere is weird, it still looks like the inside of a...

Very disappointing experience!!! There wasn’t nothing smoke house about this place! The old parrots hanging from the ceiling were still there, along with the great green paint job.

The service was awful! We had to ask another server for our check and boxes. The Mac and cheese tasted like it came out of a box… the Boom chicken, Parmesan potatoes (no Parmesan cheese added) and steamed carrots had no seasonings. If you order a side salad for $2.99 with your meal, be prepared for it to show on your bill as $3.99. The server said they knew about this but needed the owner to change it. If the server knew this, why didn’t she change it before giving us our check?!?

There are no descriptions of the any food items in the menu. I asked our sever about what the food entailed, and she said she had never eaten the food before…. That should have been my sign to leave but I wanted to give it a fair try. Never again.

There is also an extra charge to use a card to pay! I did not see this listed in the menu (I certainly could have missed this…) but our server never said anything about this either.

Very disappointed and will let others know about...