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parkhouse eatery - university heights - avoid
what time is it? time to go eat somewhere else!
review: Nov 2007
You know, I wanted to find a nice place with a patio for brunch, somewhere with a Cali-mix of scrambles and burgers, maybe some Mex-Cali breakfasts, etc., like the Mission which is an OK place I frequent. So we tried this place, after looking online at their menu and on the recommendation from a friend, and because Zarape taco was packed, or whatever that Mexican takeout joint is that has scallops tacos.
We should have known what was up from the copy on their website: "Off the way wild and wicked breakfast menu." There wasn't no wild or wicked in anything that I experienced here. Nothing even close to mind-numbing dullness, like watching ice melt.
I was thinking about the cheeseburger, being a fan of the genre and such, but was leaning toward the breakfasts. They also had a chicken burger and lamb burger, but then their cheeseburger said "the real THANG" on the menu and how can you pass up that bit of marketing? Plus the waitress was like: "well, I don't even eat beef, but once a month I eat one of these they are so good." So I got it. But I kept the "fresh squeezed orange juice" and added a beer. The juice was actually alright, though a bit unfresh seeming, maybe like naked juice, that brand, and it was like $3-4.
The worst was yet to come, however.
This place we found served a cheeseburger to me that tasted like those crumbly dog treats that I used to always want to break up with my hands when I was a kid feeding my grandpa's dog Pepe in New Jersey. That was the taste of the meat, I'm not kidding, as if you went to VONS, picked up a thing of hamburger meat, formed it in your unwashed hand, popped it into a pan for a bit, sprinkled some kibbles and bits, then shoved it between two obscenely large pieces of foccaccia bread and charge some schmuck $12 for it.
Thank you Parkhouse Eatery.
ain't no nessy
Quite honestly I can't remember having a worse burger in my life. The meat should be tasty folks, should taste like more than someone's hand. And if you have "aged chedder cheese" you should be able to taste that too! But I couldn't! The bread was too damn thick! It even looked good! But it wasn't! HOW!? At least the pickles were ok.
I couldn't put enough ketchup and tabasco on it to flavor this thing, and still the sick taste of that meat keeps coming back in my head, I'm still thinking about it and getting ill. I even left some of it on my plate. My wife looked at me in horror. She said: "I've never seen that before."
The bread was too thick, the meat was too unseasoned, the heating lamp outside was too hot, the Stone Ales were too warm, and the salad that comes with the burger was from a bag at probably the same Albertson's that they bought the hamburger meat from. Later we discovered instead of this salad we could have gotten fries! But the waiters sucked and didn't ask!
They also were inattentive! The kitchen staff came out on the steps to yell at some of the waiters and joke around! We only got water after sitting there for 15 minutes! We asked to be seated inside and they said 15 minutes, when we came back they sat us outside!
A thin 40 something woman thinking she could get picked at any moment for sex in the city II was on her cell phone! she sat without being seated and then called a waiter over using some kind of clicking noise and brought her dog! she said "a glass of water would be great, great, thanks." then she said to her cell phone "ok, MMMMMMMMM (kissing noise) BYE!"
She looked very unhappy, too rich, lonely, and thought she was too cool for school, and seemed somehow to encapsulate the atmosphere of the restaurant.
I did see Jimmy Q, the news guy there though, which was exciting for a local TV celeb sighting! Too bad I didn't get to take his picture with him, I mean my picture with him. He said through the door as he was leaving "GREAT FOOD! THANKS!" But I think he sounded like he was just being polite.
The MRS. had a BLT, with some overcooked bacon, the salad instead of fries (though if she knew of her choice she would have reversed it), and a beer. Again, they served it on 2 inch slabs of bread. Not sure about this concept dudes, especially as its obvious you don't make the bread there, and it doesn't taste like anything = a bad sandwich idea.
why did they serve these with machete knives? so we could resort to cannabalism after trying to eat their food?
Despite having beer on tap, I'm not going back to the Eatery. Plus who serves warm beer. F-you. that means fuck. fuck you for serving warm beer.
hey parkhouse eatery, Eater me, you robbers!
This is exactly the problem with bad restaurants! They rip you off! We spent like $55 for a piece of crap tasting meal and lazy service!
NO MORE! Viva la revoluccion! Don't go! Make better ones!
Be happy!
Thanks,
George Caye
here is the place you don't want to ever go to (and you probably might also want to skip their "sister restaurant" bistro d'asia (what kind of lame name is that?)):
Parkhouse Eatery 4574 Park Blvd San Diego, CA 92116
Tel: (619) 295-7275 Fax: (619)295-6458
http://www.parkhouseeatery.com/
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