Cowboy Kitchen — Restaurant in Wellington

Honestly, I would love to give this place a BIG ZERO, or if there were negative stars. We've been traveling all over the States for our business, enjoying great services in places like Moab and Salt Lake City. However, our experience in Wellington, UT was disappointing. Despite good reviews and the promise of delicious home-cooked food due to its Google ratings. The interior was old and had an unpleasant odor, but I brushed it off as I read a review comparing it to a "70s steakhouse." The server seated us, provided water, and took our order. The meal included a choice of soup or salad and either fries or a baked potato. I chose soup and fries with lamb chop, while my fiancé opted for a Caesar salad with fries to go with his pork cutlet. He specifically requested the gravy on the side to avoid sogginess. Unexpectedly, a lady bringing the food to another table nearby announced they didn't have Caesar salad, only a house salad, and listed the dressings available. We agreed to the house salad with Thousand Island dressing. The server took down our order and repeated it back. Normally, in steak houses, drinks are followed by bread, soup or salad, and then the main course. We noticed the absence of bread after receiving our drinks, but assumed it was coming later. After a century my soup arrived, but my fiancé's salad was missing. He inquired about the salad and the bread. The server assured him they would come with the main course, but she brought a big bowl salad right after he requested to have it before his meal, accompanied by their pink homemade Thousand Island dressing. We were impressed by the salad . Eventually, our meals arrived. I received my lamb chop, but my fiancé's pork cutlet was smothered in gravy, contrary to his request. He tried eating after 2 bites, but honestly the food was lousy with a size of sarcasm. He called the server to rectify the situation, reminding her of his preference noted earlier. She apologized, took the plate back, and returned with the bill. Surprisingly, my lamb chop was priced at $19.99, and the pork was listed at around $13. To our astonishment, they also charged us $13.49 for the salad that was supposed to come with the meal. As the server was rarely in sight, I encouraged my fiancé to approach the front to address the issues. It turned out the server was new; she had dropped our menu and neglected to bring ice promptly. When the discrepancy with the salad charge was raised, the server initially argued that my fiancé had ordered a separate $13.49 chef salad. He clarified that the salad he ordered was supposed to be part of the meal and not a separate item. She admitted her mistake and said she would have to cover the pork cost with her own money. My fiancé questioned why she have to pay for it. After all, the server removed the salad charge and went to the bathroom, seemingly upset and disappeared since we waited for a to-go box It was clear that careful checking of the bill was crucial. Finally, as we were leaving, a woman's loud voice bade us goodbye. Perplexed, I asked my fiancé if he had heard it too. Walking towards our truck, a lady from the kitchen burst out of the back door, yelling toward my fiancé, 'Hope you feel good about yourself.' I was really mad because no one was working at the steakhouse restaurant and she acted so unprofessionally. I went right up to her and told her, 'There is no way you did such an appropriate thing. You can't just open that back door and try to confront your customers. Given the whole situation in there, we didn't do anything wrong and we were polite the whole time.' She kept yelling back at me and said I had no right to talk to her or yell at her. She said she didn't want to talk to me and only wanted to talk to my fiancé. She continued arguing with him and mentioned that he had ordered the chef salad and he had to pay for it and the server had only worked there for 4 days. she keel argued to my fiancé and walked back inside since another customer just pulled up. Omg until now I'm...

Excellent Food

The best dining experience my husband and I have ever had together. We were driving home from a weekend trip in Moab and stopped here on a Sunday afternoon to grab a late lunch/early dinner. It was quiet and not very busy and we were led to a back room corner without anyone else in the room. We were thankful that the there were no music, and that the room had romantic lighting for us to enjoy each other's company without sensory overload. The smells in the room were delectable coming from the kitchen, convincing me I had to order a menu item with steak.

I ordered the sirloin salad, and the pieces of steak were decadent. I was supremely pleased with the flavor and cooking. It tasted incredibly fresh. The salad had garden fresh veggies, though not finely chopped and blended into the salad. I ordered it with the balsamic vinaigrette which was a good choice.

My husband ordered the fried chicken. While waiting for his entree, the staff brought in order and at a reasonable pace homemade chicken noodle soup with homemade egg noodles, then a fresh loaf of bread (still warm from the oven!) and garlic butter, and then a small salad with garden fresh veggies. However, he was not brought fried chicken...he was brought chicken-fried steak. He does report though, that when he saw it, he felt "this may not be what I ordered, but it's what I needed." The meal came with adorable homemade curly fries topping the plate and a slice of watermelon. He said he enjoyed it immensely.

This was a refreshing place with excellent meat and a great value for the amount of food and quality of food they give you. If I were to change a few things, they would be the following:

I really wanted to get a lamb kebab in a Greek style but apparently they only serve the lamb kebab in a Southwestern or Asian style as opposed to the Mediterranean style offered for the other cuts of lamb. I would have like to have more details on the menu referring to what is in the salad I ordered and more details on the menu in general. We were seated in an area where we could not see the bar or specials, and our waitress did not review those with us. There is no dessert menu, which was a bummer. My husband did order the fried chicken and instead got the chicken fried steak. He is very go with the flow, but I believe that mistaking the order like that could be grievous if it was someone else. Our server seemed to me obviously new, and since it wasn't busy it would have been nice if a more experienced server was still shadowing or training her.

Overall a great experience! We are bummed we don't live closer so that we can't take advantage of the delicious meats, homemade foods, and careful attention to...

Weird place. Just. Weird.

Being in town for work I thought I'd try out this little local joint to see what it was all about. Right when walking in the door I was immediately met with curious, uncomfortable stares by all the locals sitting around. I was then "greeted" by an annoyed-looking lady that didn't seat me in the main dining area, but took me into a side room and stuck me in the corner -- presumably so I wouldn't disturb the locals she was visiting with.

The waitress made it point to act all cheery with the locals, then treat me cold with one-word answers, dirty looks, etc. Service was just plain poor... I noticed that a couple other guys that ended up also getting seated in the shame room got a similar treatment; they sounded like they were from out of town as well.

The food was pretty good, although it was grossly overpriced. My steak was cooked to the doneness requested, but the quality and flavor wasn't up to par with what I've grown to expect from grilling meat for a decade. It's not hard to cook up a better steak, so don't get your hopes up. They also call themselves a steakhouse, but I didn't even see a ribeye on the menu, which was odd.

If you get french fries, you end up with a giant blob of fries that seemed like it could have been 3 entire potatoes. It was so ridiculous it was comical; I've never seen anything like it. I ate a bunch of the fries, put a bunch in a to-go box (to the point the lid wouldn't close), and still had well over 1/2 the original amount of fries left on the plate. The locals must really like their fries, but I thought the quantity it was pretty unbelievable.

One thing that was a little off-putting were the cloth napkins... I'd bet money they take them home and wash them with their personal laundry. I've have fewer hairs in a hotel towel than I had in my cloth napkin at this place.

One of the strangest things is the pricing. They are so cold to out-of-towners, yet the prices are borderline outrageous. I can't help but wonder if there's secret "locals-only" pricing, because I can't imagine many folks in Wellington can afford a place like this. I burned up an entire day's per diem on a single meal for just myself.

Overall, glad I tried it, but I'm definitely not going back. I prefer less-overpriced food, napkins without other peoples' pubic hair, and friendly service. But if those things aren't your jam -- or if you live in Wellington -- you might just...