Docs Place

Met some friends, had a burger. None of craft beers listed on the menu were available. The entertainment was good. The food, acceptable. We will go back for the entertainment. That’s about it.

Pass, please. Gave this restaurant 3 try’s and it failed each time. I’m done. Was there this evening at 6pm. Ordered the wedge salad, was out, ordered the steak medium rare, came well done, ordered the bread pudding, was out. Waiter brought the bill before the no show dessert and while I was told a portion would be discounted due to the over cooking of the steak no credit was given. By the way I did not eat the streak after one bite. Terrible. Never, ever again. Doc’s you struck out.

Dayton restaurant week brought us here. It’s the kind of cool local bar type place that you want to love but…
This place is very cool inside and out. It has a nice big bar area and two dining areas. We happened to be here on trivia night. The trivia guy was so loud we couldn’t even talk to each other much during dinner. We decided to sit at the bar. They have a decent wine list. Much better than I expected and they also do a half off wine night. Their website says Wednesdays but their chalk board said Thursdays. I could see coming back for a half price bottle of wine and a little entertainment. The food bombed.
My wife ordered off the menu and I chose something from the restaurant week menu. My wife got the chicken tortilla soup and a veggie wrap. The soup was more like chili though I have never had anything like it. The veggie wrap looked really good and came with a pile of fries. The wrap had so much feta cheese thats all you could taste. It was a big salty burrito with a side of cold limp fries. Eww. I ordered the 8oz filet with asparagus and a side salad with their zinfandel vinaigrette. The salad was good. The dressing was so sour thank God I ordered it on the side. My steak, ordered medium rare, was so done it had no moisture left in it. The odd thing. It also had no sear whatsoever. Wierd. It also looked like a scrap cut of some sort. The asparagus was really good. The bartender saw my steak after I cut into it and asked me to hand it to her. i didn’t even have to say anything. She ordered me another one. The next one came out, still no sear at all. Cut it open and RAW and cold. I just went with it and cut around the outside. I left about half of that steak on the plate. The finale for restaurant week was the molten chocolate cake. It was dry too! haha
The presentation on everything was really good. I think the «chef» should give as much attention to the basics of cooking as he does with presentation. I hate to dump on a local place but I could not recommend this place to anyone that wants to eat. If you want to drink and play trivia… cool place.
Notice nowhere in the owner’s comment below did he ever apologize for such a weak experience. He assures me that I am the only one that has had issue with his kitchen. HA! That’s surely a joke. His bartender did bend over backwards. We didn’t even have to say anything, she knew our food sucked and tried to make it right. That’s why she got a $ 20 tip. It wasn’t her fault.
Based on the response from the owner I am guessing he was the one doing the cooking. That would be the only way I could imagine an owner personally attacking a customer. Enjoy that mess chief.

Great renovations, versatile food on the menu, not too extensive, just right.
Great ambiance, we enjoyed the fireplace, spend almost 2 hours just sipping wine and conversing with the cook.
Well be back!