There were three of us. I ordered the chicken fried ribeye. The gravy was over salty almost ruining the entire entree. The potatoes were very good and the spinach was fresh but also over salty with about 20 slices of garlic in a half cup serving.
One person had the goat cheese salad and said that was real good. Her pizza looked okay and was very large for an individual serving. The other person had the pasta entree on the lunch special and she said it was very good.
The desserts were plain awful. It took over 45 minutes to get ours after we ordered them. We came to the conclusion that they ran to Kroger to pick them up. I had a chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling with a side shot glass of vanilla milkshake. The cake was pathetic to say the least. The mousse was ok. The milkshake was barely cool and thin like sugary milk. How easy is a milkshake that they screwed that up so bad? Someone else had the fried apple pies and blueberry ice cream. The pies were ok but the ice cream was really good. The third person had the pecan pie sundae and said the pecan pie was one of those frozen ones and awful. She said the ice cream was good though.
The service was spectacular and the building is beautiful. I may try it one more time and no doubt about it, I'll skip the $8 dessert from Kroger.
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I have since returned to Cullen's with a party of 8. We got there at noon, it took a few minutes to get our table set up even though I'd had a reservation. Our waiter was very nice but geez, you had to ask him for every single little thing. Lemon for the tea, a teaspoon to stir it with, butter for the bread that took one hour to come out. It was on a weekday at lunch and we were there several hours and only 4-5 other tables had anyone at them the entire afternoon. Someone said the service at night was good and they put their experienced staff on at night and leave the trainees for lunch. That would explain a whole lot but even a trainee should have not had to be asked for every little thing.
Ok, I knew better than to order the ribeye again so I got a burger and WOW, it was great. The fries would have been great too but they were ice cold. Funny since there weren't 25 people in the entire restaurant and we could see them in the kitchen and it wasn't busy AT ALL. But it was a great burger. Someone ordered a cobb salad and said it was gritty like it hadn't been washed and it tasted funny. The chicken tasted stale and dry. She ate one bite and pushed it away. The waiter didn't even mention the uneaten salad. Two of the diners ordered soup and sandwich and said it was just okay and they wouldn't order it again. Everyone that got a burger agreed they were really good.
I like the atmosphere at Cullen's so I was relieved to find something on the menu that was good. I will not vary from the burger and NEVER order a dessert there again. The margaritas were decent too. The first one was weak but the second one had alcohol in it.
Pros: Beautiful building, excellent service
Cons: Lots
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