Braddock's Restaurant and Tavern — Restaurant in Wharton Township

Avoid this tourist trap from hell! Avoid this place at all cost or you will pay for it and you were warned!! The food is not fit for a dog to eat and they claim on their sign it’s “mountain home cookin”. Let me tell you the food is disgusting made out of frozen dinners and cans, in extremely cheap bulk quantity-lowest grade possible for human consumption. The so called breakfast bar had frozen pancakes, fake homemade potatoes and hash browns, grey eggs, fruit from a chemically processed bag and no one available to make the omelettes. We were seated at a table that rocked unevenly with no utensils anywhere in sight and had to ask someone who threw some quickly rinsed silverware heaped on the table in disarray. My son asked to switch a side and was literally refused to be able to do so (extremely odd) and his spaghetti and meatballs came directly out of a can warmed in a microwave!! The waitress never once came to check on us and we were intentionally ignored by the other senior waitress asking other customers how their food was. They all had knowing looks of playing this ruse on customers many times. So we had a breakfast bar with omelettes and ham unavailable (this was beyond ridiculous now) and were left to enjoy grey eggs, potatoes glued/stuck together cooked in lard, biscuits that tasted like rocks, pancakes and waffles that were frozen (think $2 pancakes from the dollar store) and spaghetti and meatballs out of a can (salty and mushy). All that “mountain home cookin” cost us $41.00!! I asked the one waitress/server at the “breakfast bar” if the food was in fact homemade and she ADMITTED none of it was. It was a complete scam and they had no shame in doing this. It was another typical day for them playing their roles serving dog food to customers. It didn't faze them at all when I complained. They were used to hearing complaints and our waitress quickly rang up our receipt with no apology or discount offered despite my protests. They all were fully aware of the scam that they were a part of, serving customers foul food for exorbitant prices out in the middle of nowhere. The lines were long to get a seat but don’t let that fool you or the nice appearance. The food is something people would be forced to eat in jail!!! Don’t fall for it. This restaurant is nothing more than a front for conning unsuspecting tourists who are hungry and have few options otherwise. Triple negative stars. The owners are thieves laughing all the way to the bank. Save your money and drive the extra miles to get some decent food not sloppy seconds passed off as high...

I had wanted to go this place, and actually planned the day around lunch there. It was to be lunch, Fort Necessity and then Ohioplye. Seemed like a good plan for the last Sunday before she started back to school, especially as I missed the week before due to the death of my father. When we walked in we were greeted by a salty prospector-type person who gruffly told us it would be a moment. When we get to the table we wait a couple minutes for our server to arrive. We order a couple waters and she’s off. When she comes back we our ready to order. A second table comes in at this point and she goes over and greets them, getting their drink order and heading off. A good while later (15-20 minutes) the server comes back and drops our food telling me it will be a second on the fries, as she goes no drops a loaded fries appetizer on the table I mentioned earlier. When she finally drops the fries she inquires about the food, and while I can see my burger is cooked well beyond the temperature I told her, I shrug and because I’m hungry figure I can stomach the dry meat. After a couple bites I realize I’m not willing to pay to eat something I didn’t order and don’t want. She finally rolls around after too long, but the damages is done. Now my blood sugar is getting low and I just want to find another place to eat, but I have to wait for the manager to come over and apologize and go through the motions. The offers of other foods angered me because I had waited too long for the first round of food. And at this point my 7-year-old is finished eating and antsy. I just want to leave. This is when the manager offers free ice cream and what kid wouldn’t jump at that? So now I’m stuck there longer. By this point I’m realizing the adventures I had planned where no longer feasible. Not with a second lunch now having to be planned. The place so let me down. And while I am able to pivot quick and salvage the day, the waste of time and money is very frustrating. This place probably hits it out of the park 8 out of 10 times, and if the other 2 are passing through tourist what...

My wife and I ate Braddock this evening after being directed there by our hotel manager. I ordered the Rodeo Burger, slightly pink inside. I asked if I could substitute slaw for the fries and our waitress Jennifer, told me they were out of slaw. I ordered broccoli instead. My wife ordered the Chef Salad (described as having turkey, ham, egg on a bed of mixed greens) and onion rings. Jennifer brought our food and turned to walk away when my wife noticed that the salad was missing the egg. Jennifer said, “Oh yeah. We’re out of egg.” She also noticed the salad was made with only iceberg lettuce rather than mixed greens. But she was not given the option of changing her order despite them lacking two main ingredients. When she took a bite of the salad, she was surprised to find out the cucumbers were surprisingly bitter so she had to pick those out.What remained was a very disappointing salad.

My Rodeo Burger, while overcooked, wasn’t too bad. It had a little too much jalapeño peppers and mustard bbq sauce for my taste but the bacon and onions were a nice combination. The broccoli was very nice, steamed with lots of garlic. We didn’t see Jennifer until we finished our meal and she brought the bill. So much for getting a refill on my drink! There was a small $2 charge I didn’t recognize. I asked Jennifer and she said that was an up charge for the broccoli. “The restaurant doesn’t give you any free options on sides if you don’t want the fries. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about that.” Everything said and done, the food was a disappointment - quite average. The service was truly poor though Jennifer was quite pleasant when we did see her. The redeeming thing about the visit is the fun atmosphere. I just wish that made up for the food and poor service. I’m sure there are better options...