Log House 1776 Restaurant — Restaurant in Wytheville

AN UPDATE: I had a chance to drive back through Wytheville this past week and headed straight to the 1776. As I usually travel in the winter I had hoped to sit outside for dinner...but sadly...it was so uncomfortably humid this week all over the South I had to settle for the terrific bar and food inside. Just as enjoyable. A SHOUT OUT to Brenton for his service and the kitchen for cooking up a scrumptious ORANGE CHICKEN!!!! The portions are massive (for me anyway...) and I am STILL amazed at the amazing FRIED GRITS with the golden honey and chili crust, and the delicious CORN PUDDING. Amazing food and history!!!!

WOW!!!!! Not only Historic......but a unique labyrinth of little niches , dining areas and a cool bar. I would LOVE to see the outside gardens in the nice weather!!!! MAKE RESERVATIONS as this place is busy alllll the time. I was a bit lucky to get a walk-in a bit late at night. Come early and while you are waiting to be seated walk around and have a look at these amazing little areas which ooze history and artistic uniqueness. LUCKY LOCALS who can come often !!! To add to the fabulous nature of this restaurant is the SPECTACULAR home-style cooking the kitchen puts out all served by friendly staff who appear proud to be part of this historic house's history. (Shout out to my great server, Josiah!!!) The stuffed pork was massive, delicious and complemented by corn pudding (I think fresh corn ...not canned...mixed with creamy mashed potatoes...HOW UNIQUE!!) and fried grits. Something I have never had of before but fabulously flavourful with a bit of a kick of a honey-chili crispy coating. TERRIFIC!!! I will definitely time my trips through Wytheville so I can get here earlier and see the house in the light as well as to experience some more fabulous local cuisine.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: I came back through WYTHEVILLE three weeks later and made a bee-line to this place specifically to have dinner at THE BAR!!!! What a treat!!!!! A shout-out to Ms. Brett the barkeeper who tended us all professionally and with great chat........and the KITCHEN who provided another memorable meal! I stepped it up and treated myself to the 12 oz. RIB EYE STEAK ($28) which came SIZZZZLING to the table in an iron pan, cooked PERFECTLY and absolutely DEEELISHUSSSS!!!!! Once again the CORN PUDDING and FRIED GRIT PADDIES were...

If a place ever needed a visit from Gordon Ramsay (kitchen nightmares) it would be this one. Our first impression was not so good. The staff acts as if it’s a semi upscale place, Applebee’s employees are dressed more appropriately. We arrived around 4:30 on Saturday. Both of the host were rude stating it would be another 15 minutes before we could be seated. The dining room was mostly empty. The host and hostess went on a two minute rant about how “it’s usually not this busy on a Saturday 😑. As they were being rude , both were eating and talking to us with a mouth full of food.

As we were waiting , other people seemed to leave before being seated, assuming they weren’t willing to deal with the host rudeness, they walked out and left. Atmosphere has a lot of potential due to its historical status. There was a decent amount of dust on the walls and lamps as they have rugs on the walls as display. Our server was great, food wait time was decent.

The food was quite disappointing. -Spinach dip appetizer was covered in an excess of cheese which wasn’t toasted really well and very little actual spinach dip was in the bowl.

-I had the buttons and bows with a side salad. The side salad had a ball of rotten lettuce in the middle and the salad portion was way too much. The entree was a whole chicken breast on top of pasta that was bland and without Marsala sauce. It’s awkward cutting a chicken breast in a bowl. I had to toss a good amount of pasta because it did not seemed to be stirred. It was hard and stuck together in certain places like a ball of sticky pasta. Chicken was overcooked and dry, bland as well. Wife had the Chicken verde pecan. Her chicken was ok, was strange they served it on a bed of raw spinach. -chocolate cake for desert, frosting was ok, cake was very dry.

To summarize, the food was as bland, lacking presentation and quality. Portions are too big, I’d rather have a quality plate vs lacking abundance. This restaurant would really benefit from having a real chef and some changes. The menu side choices were definitely lacking, they were all starches...

I was sure to check the negative reviews prior to writing mine, and was relieved to see that I was not alone in having a poor experience here. Our dinner took a LONG time to arrive. Everything was cold, except the baked potato. In fact, my salmon was still raw in the middle. But the biggest issue that I had was that I informed the waiter that I was allergic to red/green/yellow peppers and paprika. I assured him that regular black pepper was no problem. He said he would check with the chef to find out what I could eat. All vegetables were eliminated except potatoes and corn pudding. All entrees were eliminated save steak and fish. When I ordered, the salmon was supposed to come with a maple pecan topping. What I received was a bare piece of salmon, cold, and raw in the middle, and a foiled baked potato on the plate. (My husband's meal was cold as well). I made the presumption that the food must not have been made in house, because I rarely have an issue eating out in respect to getting a meal sans paprika. I wrote a review on tripadvisor, questioning how green beans and maple pecan glaze could possibly have paprika. The general manager responded that my waiter needed to be retrained. Let me assure you, the waiter was NOT the one responsible for my bare bones, cold dinner. He was certain to ask the chef, then he came back with a note pad and a list of what I could eat that he had written down. I questioned him about the green beans, and was shocked when the salmon came without anything, including the glaze. His words were that the chef said that I could not eat it. In response to having to send back the salmon that was raw, he apologized and said that he was having issues with the chef all night. Perhaps it's the chef who needs to be retrained? In any event, as you probably have realized by now, this was an extremely negative experience. I wish the Log Cabin no ill will, but a review is supposed to reflect an experience. I can't say when I've had such a bad one in a restaurant of this caliber, in all...