Aggie's Grill Station — Restaurant in Raleigh

Went in last night with some friends. The food was delicious as always but towards the end of our meal we noticed a horrendous sewage smell that lingered. It was so nauseating that we wanted to leave. The server/owner brought our checks and asked my friend if she needed a box and offered to get her one. I had about a third of my food left and he started to ask me if I wanted one, but then quickly interjected with "you don't need one!" and so he didn't bring me one. He brings back our cards and then we are really ready to leave at this point because remember the smell...it is even worse. He then proceeds to start ranting and talking at us about how people aren't meant to be married to one person and be monogamous? He then grabs MY PHONE as a prop in his monologue and compares getting a new partner to upgrading cell phones. It upset me, but honestly me and my friends were so taken aback by this random TED talk that we didn't know what to do and I was paralyzed in the moment. He then proceeds to tell us how he tells his wife she needs to go to the gym with him because otherwise she'll become unhealthy and die before him and then he will move on to a younger, better girlfriend. My friends and I just stared in disbelief at this spectacle.

Finally, we begin to get up and just walk out because it was clear he wasn't going to end this conversation on his own. He follows us and is somewhat blocking the exit, we have to veer around him so we can leave. Needless to say, we were all upset that the last 10 mins of our meal was robbed by this insanity. One of my friends is a mom of small children and doesn't get the opportunity to hang out as much, so she was disappointed that her nice dinner with her friends was crashed by this. Don't get me wrong, I am not one of those people that believes service providers must only serve me and not engage in friendly conversation and have fun and be laid back.That is totally fine! I work in the service industry and have this approach with my clientele, but this was not that at all. Like I mentioned earlier, he was talking AT US and almost lecturing us on how to conduct ourselves in our lives and relationships. Keep in mind, we are all 34 + years old, grown mature women that do not need this man to tell us how to function in society. We have successful jobs and families. We can take care of our business. Thank you for trying to help...

I eat here often but I feel it’s necessary for the patrons to know my experience. The food is absolutely delicious but the the owner/server is very dishonest. The first time I said something about my receipt I brushed it off because my friend said not to say anything. The second time he reimbursed me because of the issue I Made mention of. I just dined again and noticed nothing changed At Checkout. First off they charge for a cup of water. But most likely importantly the meal has added fees that are deceptive. They charge 8.25% in taxes. That’s not the correct rate for taxes in wake county. I think it’s 7.50 but not sure. Secondly they Add gratuity with your order automatically even if it’s one person or even if you do Pickup. I’d understand if it was a party of 6 or more but allow the customer to tip instead of the restaurant taking it unbeknownst to the patron. I asked why and his response was: We do everybody this way. It’s not right. Imagine 100 people not noticing and your making 15% off each customer with these inflated fees. Just a FYI: check your receipt because the first and second visit I tipped and was also charged gratuity without...

My wife and I have eaten here many times and the food has always been great. Unfortunately, the latest visit my wife and her friends had turned out to be not-so-great. It wasn't due to the food, but it was the man who served them that made them feel uncomfortable and was unabashedly rude to them. On top of refusing to give them boxes because, as he deemed it, they "didn't need it", he also spoke very ill of his own wife and stated that finding new partners while being married is like upgrading your phone and that if she didn't go to the gym, he would find a younger, more attractive woman to be with when she died of being unhealthy. I'm not here to belittle anyone's relationship dynamic or kink-shame if that's the case, but not everyone wants to hear things like that, especially while eating dinner with friends.

Needless to say, we won't be visiting here any more in the future and we will also make sure that all of our friends and acquaintances (and probably strangers, too) know about the experience that was had here. Very...