The Blue Lion

Apparently there are new owners of the Blue Lion. My husband and I went there yesterday to try out their menu. We walked in and there were 3 people at the bar and a man behind the bar. I guess it was the bartender? No one greeted us. No one showed us to a table. We sat ourselves and no one was else was there. After about 5 minutes of sitting there the man behind the bar came over to us and said can I help you. I was kind of confused because usually a restaurant asks if you would like something to drink and offers you menus. I awkwardly said, well do you have food here and he said yes we do. Then I said, well we would like menus please and as he was walking away my husband told him that he would like something to drink and he turned back around to us and took our drink orders then brought us 2 menus. Well, my husband was already turned off to the place and decided not to order food. I wound up ordering the chicken avocado salad for $ 12. After about 10 minutes with still no one in there other than the 3 people at the bar, my food was brought out. It looked okay. It didn’t look $ 12 okay. It tasted alright. Nothing spectacular. There were 5 tiny slices of avocado in the salad and when I began to eat a piece it was hard as a rock. All of it was hard as a rock, in other words unripe. I couldn’t believe it. This was supposed to be a chicken avocado salad. While I was eating it the cook came out and went to the bar for something and as she walked back by I called her over and explained my issue and she told me that they were all of the avocados were like that and apologized and said that it would be different the next time I came in and that she had only been working there 2 weeks. She said would you like me to get some cucumbers or jalapenos for you instead. I told her no, that isn’t what I wanted. Instead of making the salad she should’ve come and explained the fruit wasn’t ripe and ask me if I wanted something else. During all this time the man behind the bar never once came over to check on our drinks to see if we needed a refill or how the food was. We will never go back and I wouldn’t recommend this restaurant to anyone. Now if you want to go drink beer I guess that is something altogether different or to see their entertainment, but as a restaurant they need a tremendous amount of improvement.

I went here for the first time just yesterday. The employees were very friendly & knowledgeable ! I like the atmosphere and the selection of beer & wine. I can’t wait to come back on a weekend to experience the music as well!

I love Inlet Wines, they have a great selection of micro-​brews and their tasting events are super. It’s friendly, intimate and not intimidating at all. The owners are super friendly.