Dancing Fox Winery, Bakery & Eatery
Reviews
Today I went with 6 of my family to have a late breakfast here. We arrived at 10:40am and were promptly seated and given breakfast menus. The lady came to take our drink order, 4 coffees, a hot chocolate and a warm almond milk, which she couldn't seem to wrap her head around. How did we want the almond milk? Warm? In the microwave? Or the stove? We get our drinks and 15 min later a waiter finally comes to take our breakfast order, comes back 5 min later to tell us that they are no longer serving breakfast, that stopped at 10:56am, and so we can order from the lunch menu or just sit and enjoy our drinks.....OK........ so we opt to order from the lunch menu. We wait 40+min for our food to come out and finally when it does 3 of the 6 orders are wrong. We had asked for salad instead of french fries, no meat on the wrap and to not toast the sandwich, not complicated. Another 20 mins go by and finally we ask for the manager, who does not seemed concerned at all and actually annoyed that we are saying anything. 10 min later the correct food arrives and we are told that we will be comped for the salad and the wrap. The food was over salted and the salad had so much dressing it made you sick, and the lettuce was limp and wilted. Bottom line, horrible horrible service, mediocre food and bad management. Won't be eating here again.
Dancing Fox is my go-to place when I want an extra special lunch or dinner. The Salads are delicious and I love the Margarita Pizza! Don't forget to order the Bread Pudding "to die for!" The atmosphere makes me feel like I'm in Europe, and since I have never been there it's a treat to have such amazing atmosphere in Lodi! I would highly recommend it!
horrible service and the food was not much better. The worst waiter I have ever had.
The restaurant's decor reminds me of Tuscany, it is beautiful to look at.The problem appears to be in the service and the taste of the food. The server was aloof,curt,and downright arrogant. As a person who works for with customers on a daily basis I would assume that social skills would be required for the job. Although I have lived in Lodi for 1.5 years ,I waited until my parents drove from Los Angeles to eat at the Dancing Fox. The yelp reviews were 4 stars and from the appearance of the restaurant I thought my parents would love the place. The food was prepared with little to no taste which surprised me as the order was fairly simple. We ordered a patty melt, two hamburgers and french fries. The fries tasted like frozen ORE-IDA with absolutely no seasoning, the hamburgers were no better than Denny's. Now it is time to describe the patty melt which came on two pieces of bread thick enough to be considered a pastry. My father had to take the sandwich home so that I could replace the bread and put sauce on it. Might I add that the hamburgers did not include even a dollop of mustard, ketchup, or any sauce. The waiter never asked how the food was and did not care that it had barely been touched. My boyfriend had to ask repeated times for a refill on his water with only 4 other patrons in the entire establishment. When the waiter arrived I asked if I also could get a refill and was met with a sarcastic tone " ohhhh, you too." I am not from a small town but from a big city for many years and have eaten at 1-5 star restaurants in my time. If I could give the dancing fox a negative star I would. A bit of advice- GET NEW WAITERS.
I love this restaurant for several reasons including atmosphere, decor, quality and healthfulness of food, locale, great service, hard workers, cleanliness. I feel lucky this business exists here. Thank you to the proprietors and staff.