Against all odds, only 8 restaurants in and John chose a restaurant that Ahmed was about to choose! Crazy! We ended up in Royal Restaurant! Not seen: neon signs when you pass by that advertise their SEAFOOD and SPAGHETTI. Will we order their advertised, therefore superb, seafood and spaghetti?
They voted, probably for Cynthia McKinney.
Off the bat, Ahmed explained how he's eaten here before and doesn't like it, and originally wanted to choose it to try to beat the low scoring Tiffany Tavern for "worst place we've been to." However, John wanted to eat here based on a very favorable review from his brother. Richard was stuck in the middle, like a child with divorcing parents.
Inside: the decor inside was very middle of the road, but we liked it. It seemed like a cool hangout spot for a college town, and thought it was unfortunate that no colleges were nearby. However, Pizza Pan is nearby so we decided to try to found a college specifically for Pizza Pan and Royal.
The waitress was something else. Her accent was weird. Not in a foreign way, but in a "she's obviously faking that" way. Richard figured out that she was an actress in acting school and her coach told her to be a character all day, even at work. She went for the Audrey Hepburn in the first half of "My Fair Lady," but ended up more like Ralph Hepburn in the 1933 Indy 500 race! (You see, he's a race car driver so I'm assuming he's a terrible actor. Like she was that night. Zing.)
Our drinks! Ahmed ordered a coke, John got a Michelob Ultra despite his desire to get a Michelob (they ran out), and Richard got... wait a minute...
No, Richard didn't take any of his drink. He ordered an alcoholic beverage (a fancy one, the name didn't get written down), and he got it served in half a glass. We did not like the lack of fancy alcohol cups, the place was half a bar!
WE'RE HUNGRY FIRST: We got the appetizer platter! Because if a place has a platter of some of their appetizers, it's a good taste of how well the food will be. Three of each appetizer, so one for each of us! The mozzarella sticks we loved, the chicken tenders were meh, and the wings... the wings weren't terrible, but John and Ahmed were underwhelmed. What did Richard think?
Richard took a brilliant picture of this lone wing that he couldn't eat. Yes, couldn't. It was absolutely burnt and uneatable. It was as hard as rock. At least we got some art out of it.
But then the food came out!
Ahmed: Meat loaf and cabbage
John: Chicken Fried Chicken
Richard: Bacon Cheeseburger (another art picture. For future reference, if it's a terrible picture it's taken by Ahmed, if it's a great picture it's taken by Richard)
Not pictured: Free bread and butter! And the butter was garlic butter, a definite plus for us. Also not pictured is the seafood and spaghetti, because none of us ended up ordering those items.
John highly enjoyed his chicken fried chicken, especially how moist it was.
Richard enjoyed his burger, also.
Ahmed enjoyed his meat loaf, mostly because last time he ordered meatloaf at Royal it was cold. It was not cold this time.
After a bit of a mixed bag experience, we decided the scores:
Ahmed: 5
Richard: 5
John: 5.5
TOTAL: 15.5
This place seemed more like a breakfast/brunch type place, why is it even open for dinner? If you want a decent dinner or presumably a really good morning meal, visit Royal Restaurant at 734 N Saint Asaph St
They voted, probably for Cynthia McKinney.
Off the bat, Ahmed explained how he's eaten here before and doesn't like it, and originally wanted to choose it to try to beat the low scoring Tiffany Tavern for "worst place we've been to." However, John wanted to eat here based on a very favorable review from his brother. Richard was stuck in the middle, like a child with divorcing parents.
Inside: the decor inside was very middle of the road, but we liked it. It seemed like a cool hangout spot for a college town, and thought it was unfortunate that no colleges were nearby. However, Pizza Pan is nearby so we decided to try to found a college specifically for Pizza Pan and Royal.
The waitress was something else. Her accent was weird. Not in a foreign way, but in a "she's obviously faking that" way. Richard figured out that she was an actress in acting school and her coach told her to be a character all day, even at work. She went for the Audrey Hepburn in the first half of "My Fair Lady," but ended up more like Ralph Hepburn in the 1933 Indy 500 race! (You see, he's a race car driver so I'm assuming he's a terrible actor. Like she was that night. Zing.)
Our drinks! Ahmed ordered a coke, John got a Michelob Ultra despite his desire to get a Michelob (they ran out), and Richard got... wait a minute...
No, Richard didn't take any of his drink. He ordered an alcoholic beverage (a fancy one, the name didn't get written down), and he got it served in half a glass. We did not like the lack of fancy alcohol cups, the place was half a bar!
WE'RE HUNGRY FIRST: We got the appetizer platter! Because if a place has a platter of some of their appetizers, it's a good taste of how well the food will be. Three of each appetizer, so one for each of us! The mozzarella sticks we loved, the chicken tenders were meh, and the wings... the wings weren't terrible, but John and Ahmed were underwhelmed. What did Richard think?
Richard took a brilliant picture of this lone wing that he couldn't eat. Yes, couldn't. It was absolutely burnt and uneatable. It was as hard as rock. At least we got some art out of it.
But then the food came out!
Ahmed: Meat loaf and cabbage
John: Chicken Fried Chicken
Richard: Bacon Cheeseburger (another art picture. For future reference, if it's a terrible picture it's taken by Ahmed, if it's a great picture it's taken by Richard)
Not pictured: Free bread and butter! And the butter was garlic butter, a definite plus for us. Also not pictured is the seafood and spaghetti, because none of us ended up ordering those items.
John highly enjoyed his chicken fried chicken, especially how moist it was.
Richard enjoyed his burger, also.
Ahmed enjoyed his meat loaf, mostly because last time he ordered meatloaf at Royal it was cold. It was not cold this time.
After a bit of a mixed bag experience, we decided the scores:
Ahmed: 5
Richard: 5
John: 5.5
TOTAL: 15.5
This place seemed more like a breakfast/brunch type place, why is it even open for dinner? If you want a decent dinner or presumably a really good morning meal, visit Royal Restaurant at 734 N Saint Asaph St
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