Great American Saloon
Reviews
Most of the time the food is good- particularly for Red Lion- IF you get the right order especially in take out. Literally EVERY time we have ordered from here in the past 3 years they have ruined the order. The last time and I do mean the very last time I ordered (or will ever order) from here they messed up 3 items in the order. As one other reviewer noted- at this establishment the customer is NOT always right and apparently is rarely right because even with a phone call to complain about the order no attempt was made to correct the burned chicken and 2 other mistakes on the order.
Decent service, Very good food, and overall a nice place. Slightly pricey and the hush puppies that came with my seafood dish were awful. So they only get 4 stars, but other than the hush puppies everything else I've ever eaten there (including several buffet style banquets) has been very good.
I had the Crab and Corn Fettuccine. It was completely delicious. The crab was succulent the corn tasty and the sauce and noodles dreamy. Our service was fantastic too, we didn't have to wait for a drink. Or the bread which was fantastic with the butter they make. Their prices are pretty much along the same lines as Applebee's or Ruby Tuesday's BUT you get twice the amount of food AND it's made fresh. I will be going back!!
The Saloon used to easily be the best place in the Red Lion area to eat. However, a few months ago, they changed their menu, and now they are offering basically the same food at significantly increased prices. They must be embarrassed of their menu because they don't even publish it on their website! For example, chicken pasta dish which used to cost $11-$12 now costs $15-$16, they just tweaked the sauce a bit, or substituted mushrooms for peas in the dish, or something like that, but it's basically the same dish. They also got rid of many of their more affordable sandwiches, like $7 wraps, and replaced them with just a couple more expensive sandwich/burger options for $10-$11 or so. It's very disappointing because we used to go here regularly, but have only been once this year (back in February, which is when we found out about their menu change). The food still tastes good, but I'm not sure why they think they are entitled to a 25-30% increase in their prices when they are still putting out the same product, and most of us aren't making 25-30% more salary due to inflation.
We decided to give them another shot and everything tasted great. Service was still really slow so I gave them another star.