Main ST Grille & Taphouse — Restaurant in Wakefield

We just tried it because Floramo's in Chelsea was good years ago when we last ate there.

We got a terrible odor of cigarettes at the parking lot entrance area on our way in and out. The restaurant interior is awful. I hope they plan to decorate and make some layout changes. It has no charm and no ambiance at all. Just plain walls. There are tables with chairs and there are booths. There is also outdoor parking lot dining.

The menu selections are limited and very basic. Some meat. Some poultry. Some fish. Some pasta. Not sure if they had desserts available but there was no specific menu and nobody asked if we wanted anything after our meal. No drink menu was available. There is a paper beer and wine menu (with no descriptions of the wines) that our server brought after we asked what was on tap. It was very limited.

Seating was truly awful. They sat us in the corner next to the windows in front and along the parking lot. The sun was blasting in and there are no shades. It's just a big unattractive area with uncomfortable tables and chairs. We passed many empty booths on our way to the front and would have preferred to be seated there, but they didn't offer to seat us in that section so we figured it was due to a lack of available staffing. It wouldn't have changed our overall impression anyway.

One person in our party ordered shrimp scampi and it was really terrible. It was a watery mess with broccoli and mushrooms in a puddle of liquid. It looked unappetizing and it was. One person ordered chicken tips with rice. It was basic and tasted okay, but nothing to write home about. One person ordered the turkey tips with fries. The fries were steak fries and they were not salted. So bland. You must salt fries right out of the fryer. Everyone knows that. It's basic frying 101. The tips were moist but didn't have any flavor. The exterior sauce was watery. Again, nothing remarkable and nothing worth going back for.

It is a lackluster place. We hope for their sake that it improves. We don't...

Dockside has always been bad, however the chef from Floramos took over the kitchen, so I wanted to give it a try. It was a Sunday around 3pm, so I called to see if reservations are needed and the hostess informed me that they do not take reservations, however if we come now, there is a waiting list. We didn't care if we waited so we went and were there in about 15 minutes. When we got there, there we no other patrons in or outside the restaurant and nobody waiting, so I guess we missed the rush .

Our group of 5 people walked in and an older woman was at the counter, clearly looked annoyed and unhappy, brought brought us to our table. While we were seated looking at menu, two sets of two people were now in the restaurant, our group of 5 and two groups of two.

Our waitress came and asked us if we were ready to place the order, which we ordered a couple of apps, but then she asked us to place the full order so we did. I asked if they had bread, and I got "no bread here". This waitress never smiled, never said welcome to the restaurant.

Waiting came back and brought our salads first, however, no dressing. As we awaited the dressing, she brought the appetizers, without plates or serving utensils, so we asked for dressing and plates for appetizers. She walked away and came back with dressing, and plates for appetizers, however no serving utensils, but she also brought our meals as well, now we had everything at the table at once. Everyone's order was mixed up.

She never came back to ask if we wanted a drink, if we needed anything, never picked up an empty dish. But she dropped the bill at the table, never asking about dessert. Food was ok, which is why i rated it a 2, service...

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