The Wakehouse — Restaurant in Reedley

It's a nice looking place, but the food was bad. I got the bruchetta chicken sandwich. There are no descriptions on the menu so I assumed bruchetta chicken = chicken, mozerella, tomato, some herbs, and olive oil. I was wrong, I got chunks of chicken, lettuce, diced tomatoes, and cheddar cheese all doused in a vinegarette dressing, to the point that the bottom bun was so soggy that I couldn't even pick it up and I had to flip it over to eat it. My boyfriend got a tri-tip sandwich and it was lettuce, tomato, a bunch of barbecue sauce, and tri-tip. The meat was so tough that he couldn't even eat it as a sandwich. The rest of my family got burgers and they all said that they were just incredibly mediocre. I am giving two stars becuase the staff was very friendly and accommodating to our large group of people and their service was very quick. But I was incredibly disappointed in my food. I had gone to the wakehouse when it was just opened and it was GREAT, I got a pulled pork sandwich and it was delicious, but it seems to have gone downhill. Reading all these great reviews about how they have great burgers and delicious food made me think id be getting some amazing food, but mine was borderline gross. Maybe my experience isn't the norm, but it was very disappointing.

UPDATE: I went to an event that the wakehouse was holding (everclear concert). It was INCREDIBLY unprepared. I've been to a lot of concerts, but this was the least prepared I've ever been to. I understand that they're a smaller venue, but that would be all the more reason to have it organized well, to keep bringing people back. Lines for people with tickets and people for will call were not clear, apparently tickets printed online weren't valid, chairs werent allowed on the grass, but they didn't announce this or put up signs so people just kept putting chairs on the grass and being asked to move. They were selling food tickets at the door (just called "food tickets", not "wakehouse food tickets") but they were only for the one booth that the wakehoude was running so I spent all my cash on food tickets, was told I couldn't get what I wanted to get from another booth, went back and told them they didn't say it was only for their booth, and they refused to exchange my tickets back. I didn't even have enough tickets to get actual food so I got the only thing I could afford, an ear of corn for 5 tickets (5 bucks!) which came out lukewarm. Parking was annoying, there were no directions at all so I just parked in a dirt lot just to be told that parking there was 10 bucks and parking near the front was 20 bucks. All in all, the bands were pretty good, everclear was great, but this event lacked a lot of planning that could have made it so great event.

2ND UPDATE: I keep giving this place a chance because it’s local and seems to be improving, but this will probably be my last time. We arrived with one other group of people in the restaurant and a few people at the bar. We ordered our food and then waited 40 mins until someone came out and told one of my family members that the item she ordered isn’t available. About 20 mins later our food finally came out. I ordered a chicken taco bowl. It was half bland white rice and a good portion of the other half was lettuce. It said it had pico de gallo and avocado on it, those could have been redeeming factors and provide some favor to the white rice but there was hardly any of them. Basically, it was flavorless, about $12, and took an hour to get to me. Also, they forgot the cheese that I wanted to substitute the sour cream for and forgot the sour cream on another family members that ordered the same thing. The cherry on top; when the waitress picked up the literally untouched food and it was complained about, they said “oh I’m sorry” and took it away & there was a group of people standing around the bar being so loud, literally screaming, that I couldn’t even hear myself speak. Really done with this place...

Where should I start? This place is awesome. The area around the restaurant/bar has a grassy area and lounging near the Kings River. Supposedly they have MMA Fights here occasionally too. Okay, the food. I ordered the avocado toast. I thought it would be similar to what I make at home. That's a big fat NOPE! I didn't know that you can turn avocado toast into a culinary masterpiece. It was large and every bite was a tasty morsel that brought dead taste buds back to life. I will never be able to return to avocado toast with the same enthusiasm unless it's Monica's work. Next was the morning cocktail, I ordered the Bloody Mary. The concoction was made with a house made Bloody Mary mix. Oh SNAP! That beverage was a work of art. I was told that the woman that creates the mix keeps the recipe locked up! It was very delicious. The bathrooms were outside around the front of the restaurant. Even though the floor was missing tiles, and the faucet and sink were in need of some TLC, the bathroom smelled good and was ventilated, it was also clean. The bartender was wonderful and went over the cocktails. The chef came out to say hello and the waitress was kind. The food came out at a decent time and nothing was forgotten. All in all it was wonderful and we...

When I left the valley to live in Sacramento The Wakehouse was called something else, it's better than the previous ownership...but still not pleasing me.

Here's the deal, I lived in downtown Sacramento for 10 years and I know good food. I compare The Wakehouse against the places I visited in downtown Sac because I see the food truck/gourmet burger trend going on here. I'm also hoping The Wakehouse could make me a little less homesick, but no luck. I like the menu. Unfortunately the service and food is so mediocre and subpar I am always disappointed when I leave here.

Today we had a slider trio special and whoa! It was so disappointing! Bland, overcooked burgers and very gross pulled pork. The wild thing fries are a cool idea and we tried those also; again, Disappointing. The thousand island sauce just tastes like mayo and there was so much salt on it, yuck! The

Last time I was here I had the grilled artichoke, something I LOVE when done well; but it wasn't cooked correctly and tasted gross here .

I'll keep coming back here bc my friend group knows the owner and face it, in Reedley there's not a lot to choose from for chill bars with food.

Hope the food gets better and the service needs A LOT of help to be more...