Posted on August 18, 2008 at 9:40 a.m.

Food: 4/5  Vibe: 4/5  Service: 4/5  Value: 4/5  Overall: 4/5

Tried for Restaurant Week on Saturday. Can't say I agree with everybody else on the mac-n-cheese (cheese tasted kind of like flour to me), but everything else was top notch, at least for this non-foodie. Hibiscus martini was fantastic -- would've had more than two if price was lower. Tempura green beans and crab dip were nice -- lots of chunks in the crab dip. Had tenderloin/salmon combo for dinner -- both were almost melt-in-your-mouth good. And Icebox pie was a perfect end to a great meal. Service was perfectly fine, although they didn't really go above and beyond. Any reservations I had about RW were quickly gone after this experience.

On Hibiscus

Posted on August 18, 2008 at 8:24 a.m.

Food: 3/5  Vibe: 3/5  Service: 2/5  Value: 3/5  Overall: 3/5

Yeah, like os518, I wasn't that impressed with this place. The hostess seated a group of three before my wife and me, even though they got there after us, then made some "spacing" excuse to me. Gee, if you have space for three, then you have space for two, don't you think?

After finally being seated, our order somehow became "lost" by the kitchen, resulting in an hour's wait for our food (luckily, I was having a fun conversation with my wife, so the wait was somewhat tolerable). To apologize for the wait, the waitress (who was the nicest thing about the place) brought us unwanted chips and salsa instead of, oh, taking one of the meals off the tab.

Can't say any of the employees were rude, but the food was just so-so, so based on the experience, I can't see any reason to go back there.

On Buzzbrews Kitchen (Dallas - Fitzhugh & 75)

Posted on June 18, 2008 at 9:58 a.m.

Food: 3/5  Vibe: 4/5  Service: 3/5  Value: 3/5  Overall: 3/5

Tried this place for the first time last night as my bride and I ventured down to the Highland Park Village for a movie. Had a Kobe beef burger -- couldn't tell a huge difference between it and any other burger I've ever had. This one actually fell apart a bit, which made the already messy burger even messier. Fries were great, but reminded me of other similar fries I've had elsewhere. It was fun to try once and to now say I've had a Kobe beef burger, but I won't make an extraordinary effort to go back again.

On Who's Who Burgers

Posted on June 11, 2008 at 10:55 a.m.

Food: 3/5  Vibe: 4/5  Service: 4/5  Value: 3/5  Overall: 3/5

This place always seems to be packed since it opened, but that could have something to do with the fact that it shares a relatively small parking lot with P.F. Chang's.

Food was good, but not quite outstanding. My wife and I especially liked the Spicy Shrimp and Eggplant appetizer, a surprise for me since I usually abhor eggplant. I tried the wood grilled salmon -- nothing special and a little disappointing that the so-called "crispy" shoestring onions were mixed in with all the ingredients, making them non-crispy and practically indistinguishable from everything else.

Too pricey to try on a regular basis, but we may try again at some point.

On Brio Tuscan Grille (Allen)

Posted on May 19, 2008 at 7:40 a.m.

Food: 3/5  Vibe: 3/5  Service: 3/5  Value: 3/5  Overall: 3/5

The owners have done a good job of changing the layout of the restaurant from its previous incarnation, Buon Appetito, putting in a partition in the middle of what used to be a huge impersonal room. The food is kind of a strange mixture between Greek (dolmades, gyros, souflaki), Italian (lasagna, pasta), American (burgers, Philly cheesesteak, patty melt, club sandwich), Texas (Country Fried Steak) and even barbeque (ribs, brisket, sausage) -- not often you see that kind of variety in one restaurant. I had the salmon BLT and fries on my visit there -- wasn't blown away by the taste, but wasn't disgusted by it, either, which seems like an accomplishment when you're combining fish and bacon. Most of the prices seemed relatively reasonable, so I'll probably give it another shot at some point.

On Hot Iron Bar & Grill