Muddy Misers Restaurant — Restaurant in Zanesville

In town from Columbus and we wanted a local place to hit for dinner. Tried out Muddy Misers. From the get go it didn’t look good. Waitress out front taking a hit from her vape for our first impression. Walked in and no one greeted us so I went to the bar to ask if we were supposed to wait to be seated or seat ourselves. The bar tender said we are supposed to wait but there was a table we could sit at and pointed us toward the kitchen. We sat down and wouldn’t you know, we had the woman who was hitting her vape out front. She had no desire to be there. My wife and I could tell so were super nice to her. She wasn’t having it. Ordered a beer and my wife got a cider. No qualms there. They came out fine. Still no personality from the waitress. My wife ordered salmon and I ordered filet. There was no price for the filet on the menu as it was marked “market price.” When I see that, I usually think it’s probably a decent cut from a local place and they know how to cook said steak. Cool. I ordered it medium well with the au gratin potatoes. Waited a normal amount of time for the food. When it came out, I was disappointed. The filet was maybe 1/2in thick(being generous) and charred to a crisp. Like a dog toy. Gray and dry through and through. I wasn’t about to send it back because I know how some people in the restaurant industry can be when you do that. Oh well, I’ll just eat it. The potatoes were alright. They came in a square, which I thought was funny. Like they made a huge pan of them and cut me a slice. Whatever. When it came time to pay, I was expecting the steak to be like $25-$30 maybe. Small town place like this, not a steak place by any means. Nope. It was $48. For a charred, flavorless “filet.” The waitress asked how everything was. We just said “good” since my wife’s salmon was good and I wasn’t going to send the steak back. The attitude from the waitress continued but we were nice still. We paid and I was so consumed about how much that steak was that I mistakenly forgot my card with the check folder. The waitress catches us at the door and just acts like she’s handing us the check folder. Doesn’t say anything. Like what?? I ask if I forgot to sign. My wife asks her the same thing. She goes (verbatim) “well do you want your card?” I said “oh yes, sorry about that.” I grabbed the card, she rolled her eyes and said “night.” Absolutely wild. I had tipped her 15% ($13 on a $90) bill. I usually tip 20% but the attitude wasn’t worth 20%. Won’t be returning there. In case you’re wondering who the waitress was, I don’t remember her name, but she had “I’m Fine” tattooed on her arm. Thought that was a...

The setting was great, good was delicious, beer was ice cold. Unfortunately our server was also working tables outside, as well as in the dining room where we were sitting. It took awhile to get noticed even though three other tables were seated and customers were eating. The comment was made, 'Oh, we didn't know you were here', when we flagged a server who had delivered a cheesecake dessert to the table next to us.

When our server brought menus over, gave recommendations on various selections, then promptly brought our drink order, we thought it would be smooth sailing from there.... Well she never checked back on us, my burger didn't have the cheese on it, my husband didn't get his extra tarter sauce as requested when order was placed and, no would you like another beer. We were planning on getting desert as well, but when we had to ask another server to find our server to get a box for our appetizer we decided to call it quits. If management would assign a server to a dedicated area and not inside and out I think this would work better for all concerned. A party of four was finally seated when someone came through the bar area, which was also the small dining room we were in, they had to wait a bit as well. This was our first time eating here and no matter how good the food is the service was inferior, oh and no one greeted you when coming into the restaurant, or even a sign that said seat yourself. We were scouting the area for a large group of friends who like to dine out, drink adult beverages, and do NOT patronize chain restaurants. We thought we had found such a place, what a disappointment. When we mentioned to the server she had forgotten us there...

Rough start, rough finish. Even with reservations, 40-minute wait. The place was busy, and we had a party of 7, which appeared to be difficult for them to handle. The bartender was great in accommodating our drinks while we were waiting in the entrance. The pace of the evening was a bit odd, as our apps and soups came out at different times. Soup was phenomenal! Then came dinner. In ordering, I will say I failed here, but it got a bit worse. I have severe allergies with food that leads to anaphylaxis. For some reason, maybe the chaos of the night, maybe because I thought I ordered safe based on my menu choices, I didn't tell our server, who was doing her best with a 7 top on a busy night. My order, the special, pork tenderloin medium, brussels, and au gratin. Simple, right. Nope. Not only did our food come out quite irregular in timing, but apparently, the brussels were covered with finely chopped walnuts. Again, it's my fault, I'm glad I don't eat what I don't recognize. I asked our server what was on the brussels, and she didn't know, so she left to find out. When she returned, we determined that I couldn't touch anything on the plate. So I asked for a new meal, the same without brussels, just meat and potatoes. The replacement meal took longer than the original. Everyone at the table had finished, which made things awkward. This was a work trip, and I honestly won't find myself in the area again but for the owner's and chef, if your going to serve a dish with such a severe allergen in it, shouldn't it be listed, AND shouldn't the servers know? Top allergens: tree nuts, peanuts, crustaceans, mollusks, eggs, gluten, and dairy, the list goes on, but...