Review for Mexican Restaurent Puerto Vallarta in Newark Ohio

Puerto Vallarta

269 Deo Dr,

 Newark, OH 43055

(740) 364-1411

I have been to this restaurant several times in the last couple months. First off I will say the service is always poor. It just is. Its a fairly busy restaurant especially in the evenings and they rarely have enough employees working. Especially if you go in the evening on a week night. 

If you can get past that they do have some good menu items. My favorite is the steak fajitas. Really tasty! Their beef burrito is nothing to write home about. Just an average burrito. My girlfriend really likes their chimichangas. 

They are really skimpy with the sides such as rice and beans. Especially the rice. 

Every time I have been there we have to wait forever to get someone to take our money. They do not have a designated cashier so you have to wait until one of the waiters has time to cash you out. Hate that!! 

Restaurant Review for IHOP in Heath Ohio

IHOP 

651 Hebron Road
HEATH, OH 43056-1349

(740) 522-6192

• Mon-Thu 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM
• Fri-Sat 24 Hours
• Sun 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM

So unfortunately for me Ruby Tuesday's closed their Heath location. Dang I really liked their burgers and salad bar.

IHOP just opened there after extensive remodeling. I have been to the new IHOP in Heath Ohio two times now.

The first time was horrible. They had been open 2 weeks and we went for breakfeast. The place was a zoo. The poor waitress's were so confused and scattered. I was shocked they didn't have trainers helping them. We did see a manager but he was sitting with some buddies chatting at a table and never noticed the chaos that was surrounding him. Not a good sign.

I ordered biscuits and gravy with link sausage. Hubby ordered 2 eggs, bacon and hashbrowns. Easy peasy. But apparently not so easy at IHOP. Mine came all in separate plates which I thought was odd. I poured them all on one plate and gave the extra plates back to the waitress.

The biscuits and gravy was COLD. Like refrigerator cold. Yuck. I sent it back. She finally (after about 20 mins so hubby was done eating) brought me a new kinda warm plate of biscuits and gravy. At this point I gave up. Took a couple bites and just left it and ate the sausage links. I really feel bad for the waitress we had as she was just a hot mess. Not fair to put new employees out there to take orders when they have not been fully trained.

We got our bill and I about had a heart attack. Two breakfasts came to 35.00. I called the waitress over and had her look. She agreed that something was definitely wrong. She did go fix the bill and bring it back. Apparently she had ordered my food as all sides instead of a meal. At least she fixed it and she took the biscuits and gravy completely off.

Last week my son wanted to go there so we tried it again. Service was much better and things seem to have calmed down. All the food was hot and served promptly so kudos on that. Waitress was great. We had breakfast again but I did not dare order biscuits and gravy. Just got eggs and bacon since that seems safe.

All in all not bad but not great either. I am going to try them for lunch one of these days.

Restaurant Review for The Grills Chop House Grill in Newark Ohio

The Grills Chop House
On the square in downtown Newark
10 North Park Place
Newark, Ohio
(740) 344-2467

Last weekend we went to the Blue Oyster Cult concert (which was fabulous) at the Midland Theatre in Newark. I decided to take everyone to The Chop House in Newark Ohio for dinner before the concert. I knew it would be busy so we went early around 5:30.

Even though it wasn't that busy yet the waitress seemed like she was in a panic, which was just odd. And she was pretty grumpy.

We ordered drinks and then finally got the waitress to come back and take our order. After that another very confused woman kept bringing food to our table that wasn't ours. I felt bad for her as she obviously had no clue what she was doing.

Got our salads and they were pretty good. Not a fan of the cranberries in the salad but other than that it was tasty. The bread was fabulous.

We all ordered steaks. Hubby got the filet Oscar Style, my son and I got the Rib Eyes and my daughter in law got the top sirloin. We had also ordered a side of mushrooms and asparagus with holidaise sauce.

The steaks came but none of the sides came with the meal. And our baked potatos (which are huge and meant for two but no one told us that) came plain with no butter or sour cream. My daughter in law had ordered the one that was suppose to be stuffed with cheese, bacon etc. But it came plain.

When I asked the waitress about the sides and potatoes she got really irritated. After a few minutes she finally came back with the mushrooms and asparagus but still nothing for the potatoes. My daughter in law told her to just forget her stuffed potato and I split mine with her. After about 8 minutes we finally got butter and sour cream.

A few minutes later the waitress comes back with the stuffed potato that my daughter in law ordered.  That was good. So then she asked if everything was okay to which I replied the asparagus was cold. She very rudely replied it is supposed to be served at room temperature. Hmm never hear that one before. She was so snippy!! So I pretty much told her she didn't have to be so snippy. When paying these kind of prices for a nice meal I really expect a nice waitress. I will say she did apologize and didn't charge us for the stuffed potato. I think she realized she was blowing it as she was much nicer after that.

The steaks were wonderful. The best I have had since moving from Kansas so many years ago. Cooked perfectly, juicy and just delightful. The stuffed potato was also delicious. It can serve 2 to 3 people its so huge.

The mushrooms were nothing to write home about and like I said the asparagus was cold which to me is a turn off.

I finally had to get up and go outside for a smoke as no one would remove the dirty plates. Ughh I hate that. Once you are done eating no one wants to sit with a table full of dirty plates.

In a nutshell the steaks are fabulous. Well worth the visit. The service is not so great. I have had friends tell me that the service is always lacking so I don't think this is uncommon there. I really did not like that our meal came in pieces instead of all at once.

We had two rounds of drinks for 4, 4 steak dinners and two sides. Bill came to about 250.00 which is about right for a nice steak house.