Walldorff Brew Pub & Bistro
Reviews
I love this local favorite for all intents and purposes, but service is almost ALWAYS lacking. Regardless of how many tables are filled, food takes too long to arrive. Most dishes are a bit pricey, considering the fact that they're a brewpub. Regardless, the local brews are great, the menu can be interesting at times, and I generally walk away satisfied in the grand scheme.
Always have a pretty good time here. Wife and I like to try and get here every few months but doesn't always work out that way. Food is a little pricey but very good. The brewpub fries are AMAZING! I don't drink hardly at all, so I can't make a comment on the beer.
I love this pub! Its amazing food. Love the turkey pita w/fresh fruit and bee sting or grapefruit ale. Amazing place and very cool addition for a small town like hastings. Become a pub club member like I did and reap all the benefits ....love this place
I keep wanting to love this place. I'd much rather eat in the local stops than at a chain restaurant... and their beers are consistently awesome, but their service is sub-par and the chefs just can't seem to get it right. Out last four trips to Waldorff have each had their share of problems (from poor service to bad food). Tonight pushed me over the edge. The restaurant was extremely busy due to the Hastings Jazz festival, yet we agreed to the 35 minute wait for a table. On any other weekend we would have left. But I digress. After about 25 minutes we got seated at a table... but that was where our positive experience ended. Being that my wife and I had our five year old with us and we saw how busy they were we decided for a simple appetizer to help quell her hunger. Almost a full hour after we sat down we received our chips and salsa! And within another 10 minutes our meal arrived. Obviously the waitress forgot to place the appetizer order for us. When the meal arrived everything looked decent, but halfway through my hamburger I saw raw meat in the center of the patty. I even ordered medium as I like medium rare (a little pink) and I have learned over the years that they always under-cook their burgers - except for bison, that's always way overcooked (so much so that I won't order it any longer), but that's also another story. I immediately stopped eating, warned my wife about my undercooked food and began checking my daughter's chicken for any signs of pink meat. Thankfully her chicken fingers were fine. After a few minutes, I was able to flag our waitress down and raise my concern. She said "someone would come around to talk to us" about the problem and then she immediately left. No offer to go cook the burger to completion, no offer to replace it with a new one, nothing. Just the advice that "someone" would come talk to us. Turns out that that someone was her. Obviously her boss said we'll take care of them when the bill arrives and sent her back to our table. Now I will admit that she did ask at this point if I wanted another burger. But after waiting a hour and a half for this first one to be delivered raw, I politely declined. As compensation for our two hour dining experience? I got a free beer (full price on that raw hamburger BTW)... and the possibility of food poisoning. Seems like a fair trade, right? As much as it pains me, we'll head to Applebee's next time.
Great food. Beer is good, but I am spoiled by all the great breweries around GR and Kzoo. Staff on the other hand very out of it and some what rude.