If you like regular bar fare, this is your place. Good size portions to fill one up just not seasoned well.

My guy and I had a hankering for steak and found our favorite steakhouse was closed for vacation and thought to stop by Joseph's. The serving staff was courteous, friendly and fast. Alas, the main dinner left a lot to be desired. We ordered our steaks rare and medium. When they arrived, not only were they not prepared as requested, our side dishes were mixed up on the plates.

We had to find humor when another waitress came out with plates and presumed it was okay just to switch our main entree around by ourselves. My guy chuckled and asked me, "Wait, wasn't that the cook's job to get this correct? Wonder how much he earns and if I could get a job here."

The original waitress came back and apologized and said the whole order would be redone. More humor arrived when we saw that our new steaks, although cooked properly this time, were far smaller, flatter and a tougher cut of meat. At this point we just needed to eat and finished up our meal. We did laugh as my guy said that we now received the "complainer's cut" as he dubbed our replacement meal. Even if there was no such thing, I believe he hit the nail on the head.

When our waitress returned at the end of our meal and asked if everything was okay, I. . .for one of the rare times I speak up. . .told her no. SHE apologized and said she would talk with the manager. It wasn't HER fault the meal wasn't prepared correctly. And although the manager was quite nice about giving us our meal for free, we knew we couldn't stiff the waitress who was working hard to keep things right. We left her a tip for the amount of the meal and realized we would most likely not be back.

Oh, and not just because of this particularly evening. Over the years we have visited this restaurant and I've found the lunches were rather tasty and the Asian Chicken salad is heavenly, but the evening meals have declined in quality to the food that most any bar and grill around town serves. In other words, heavy on the cheeses, imitation seafood and fried finger foods. They used to have a better variety of appetizers a few years back that we always enjoyed stopping by for, but the menu has changed and is now way too similar to other places around town.

We may go back. . . .we may not. Best suggestion is to save your money on the main dinners which are rather spendy and may not be prepared to your liking and stick with the appetizers which are filling and reasonably priced if not terribly seasoned well. At least you will have an okay meal within a decent time period.