Ben Dews Clubhouse Grill — Restaurant in Tacoma

After PT on Wednesday we met up with a relative who is up from TX. Even though the parking lot was packed we were able to get right in and be seated.

We were greeted as we walked through the door and seated immediately. Water, coffee and ice tea was served right away and then we placed our meal order.

I ordered chicken fried steak with scrambled eggs, country potatoes and sourdough toast. Ray ordered the farmer’s omelette with country potatoes and wheat toast. Richard ordered the loaded hash browns and white toast.

Our breakfast came out fairly quickly. The toast came with homemade strawberry freezer jam. My sourdough toast was the nice thick homemade slices. Richard and Ray had ordinary sliced bread.

My chicken fried steak was huge and thick and looked delicious. Unfortunately, my entire breakfast was cold. Ray and Richard both said their breakfasts were hot. I guess I was the lucky one. I would have sent back my breakfast. but we were on a time frame as I was meeting a client for a Sheena experience so I sucked it up and dealt with it.

I had enough left over to take home. So did Ray. While my cold chicken fried steak had good flavor it was much better when I reheated it at home.

I did say something to the manager as we were leaving. I complimented the flavor of the meals and the service, which was excellent. I was informed the new cook is young and still learning to coordinate food items so nothing sits and gets cold.

We have eaten there before and had good meals. This was the first I had a problem. It was not a deal breaker. I...

I fell in love with this place about 4 years ago when I tried their chicken fettechini Alfredo entree!!! I've had this dish at several different restaurants and none even come close to being as delicious and hugely proportioned as The Clubhouse Grill makes theirs!!!😋 I would often drive clear across town just to have it,...I craved it!! AND THEN, the pandemic hit and everyone went into lock down and when businesses were finally able to serve the community again The Clubhouse Grill had limited it's menu considerably, and for the past year and a half or so has only been serving salads, soups, sandwiches, and simple items like that and didn't know when they'd be going back to their full menu,...so I called once or twice a month since May of 2020 to see if they knew when they were expecting to. FINALLY last month I was told that they are operating off their full menu again, YAY!!😀 However, for whatever crazy insane reason, they had cut the chicken fettuccini Alfredo dish completely from their menu, BOO!!!!😠 I was crushed!😥 So, one might imagine how disappointed I am and what a complete waste of time and energy I feel has been spent on all those calls,..waiting, wanting, craving, hoping, dreaming of the day when I'd be able to taste that yummy, better than the best version of itself, ever to reach my taste buds.😫 How could you Ben Dew? Of ALL the menu items to choose from to cut from your menu,....how...

The night before I came here I went to a bar across the street. I had the absolute worst service I've ever had. I start the review with this as my expectations were low since I was ready for anything to be better than the day before.

The service was so great, our server was thoughtful, very nice, and attentive. She didn't forget to start out with water like the bar did. She was busy and she still kept my water glass full and my coffee mug topped off.

The food was excellent, I love biscuits and gravy so I always try it any breakfast place I go. My only complaint was that the gravy was extremely boring. Extremely extremely boring. For my restaurant I make my own B & G and as such I am particular on depth of flavor for it. However the rest of the meal was very delicious. My friend got stuffed Hash and that was also amazing.

Atmosphere is as one would expect for a clubhouse breakfast spot. No complaints there.

Overall I really enjoyed my meal and breakfast.

Coffee 8/10 good diner coffee Food 9/10 delicious overall not overly seasoned, a little boring as far as depth goes Service 10/10 I'm easy to please when you're attentive. Atmosphere 8/10 as one would expect. Clean old fashioned

I would definitely recommend going here for breakfast, even with only one server on the clock the staff are quick...