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jeffk · 06-10-2005, 09:23 PM

When we first started coming to the lake on a regular basis, about 12 years ago, we went to the Woodshed often because it is only about 10 minutes from our house and the food is great. We loved the steaks and the Alaskan crab. It was the place we brought friends and family. Everyone always remarked very favorably. The Woodshed was a consistantly great dining experience.

We ran onto a rough patch a few years ago. On one occasion soup was brought to the table very cool. After pointing it out to the waitress is was returned scaulding hot. I'm not real picky about my food and will overlook most minor issues but the soup was really cold to start, then it was so hot I burned my mouth.
The next time a steak was ordered medium well. It was served bloody rare. It took 2 returns to the kitchen to get it anywhere near right. In the meantime everyone else at the table was long done eating.
For this class of restaurant these types of problems are unacceptable. Further, the wait staff addressed the problems but they weren't apologetic at all, kind of an "oh well" attitude.

We still go there a couple of times a year and everything has been great the last few times. We really enjoy it when they are on their game. I just worry that they will have an off day.

They are also much busier than they used to be. We used to call Friday night for a Saturday reservation. Now we often find we are closed out unless we call several days or a week in advance. This isn't a complaint, just an observation.

06-10-2005, 09:23 PM	#3
jeffk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,250 Thanks: 216 Thanked 488 Times in 280 Posts	Generally very good, with a couple of hiccups When we first started coming to the lake on a regular basis, about 12 years ago, we went to the Woodshed often because it is only about 10 minutes from our house and the food is great. We loved the steaks and the Alaskan crab. It was the place we brought friends and family. Everyone always remarked very favorably. The Woodshed was a consistantly great dining experience. We ran onto a rough patch a few years ago. On one occasion soup was brought to the table very cool. After pointing it out to the waitress is was returned scaulding hot. I'm not real picky about my food and will overlook most minor issues but the soup was really cold to start, then it was so hot I burned my mouth. The next time a steak was ordered medium well. It was served bloody rare. It took 2 returns to the kitchen to get it anywhere near right. In the meantime everyone else at the table was long done eating. For this class of restaurant these types of problems are unacceptable. Further, the wait staff addressed the problems but they weren't apologetic at all, kind of an "oh well" attitude. We still go there a couple of times a year and everything has been great the last few times. We really enjoy it when they are on their game. I just worry that they will have an off day. They are also much busier than they used to be. We used to call Friday night for a Saturday reservation. Now we often find we are closed out unless we call several days or a week in advance. This isn't a complaint, just an observation.