Apr 26, 2010

Arrowhead Restaurant & Bar, Wheaton IL - April 10

Rating - 2.1

GREAT golf course and cool bar........but a HORRIBLE Restaurant...........

We went on a Saturday night with 3 other couples and were the first to arrive around 6 pm....so we naturally wandered into the bar and found the last two seats. It was a full house, and the crowd was split between golfers, couples out on dates, and the few single men....nice tvs all around tuned to the Masters. Great service from the bartenders, quick to refill drinks and friendly...then we got called to dinner.

Dinning room is pretty small and we had a big table in the middle. Nicole was our server and she was marginal at best (worse as the night wore on). Apps were just ok, it was SLOW, and a band began to set up....pretty strange for 7:30 on Saturday night. Anyway after what seemed like a few hours we got to order and the band started to play.

They were LOUD, LOUD, LOUD, so loud you couldn't talk to the person next to you, and the lead singer/guitar player was HORRIBLE and a hog of the "spotlight". I could not believe we were served food while a really loud band was playing in a small space....

The food itself was AWFUL. I had the BBQ Salmon and it was bad, overcooked and had the distinct taste of being dragged in the parking lot prior to hitting my plate.....don't think anyone else really liked theirs either. We were forced to watch and listen to the band because you could not speak to anyone.....

After dinner we wandered back to the bar, and there was still a good crowd. It seemed like many locals hang-out here, and as I said the bar is nice and fun. They also have a brick patio deck that is REALLY NICE.

NO WAY I came back here to eat, would play the golf course any day.

Brushetta 6.00
Fish Tacos 9.00
Calamari 7.00
Cheese Quesadilla 6.00
Sienna Bottle (2 @ 34) 68.00
Nachos 8.00
Key Lime 6.00
Carrot Cake 6.00
Mom's Favorite 6.00
Bailey's 7.00
Pitching Wedge Salad 8.00
Mush Risotto 18.00
Shanghai Chicken 11.00
Veal Milanese 21.00
Stoli (3 @ 8.00) 24.00
BBQ Salmon 16.00
Genuine Dft 22 (5 @ 5.00) 25.00
Whitefish Piccata 15.00
Miller Lite 22 (3 @ 5) 15.00
BBQ Ribs (2 @ 19) 38.00
Grey Goose (3 @ 8) 24.00
Arrowhead Garden Salad 5.00
Shrimp Pasta 17.00
Cosmopolitian (2 @ 7.00) 14.00

Total - $412.52