McKinley's Grille

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   Ron

   San Diego

   15 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   15 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Our waiter Alex was fantastic as always. 5 star service!!!
   

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   John

   Los Angeles

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 18, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The Farm Dinner was an experience to savor. Dining right in the middle of the Fairplex farm with melons, pumpkins, and all the other vegetables as your Vista and being served by experienced staff was only exceeded by the fabulous 5 courses presented by the chef.
   

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   Mazie

   Los Angeles

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on September 21, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   I ordered the seafood tempura plate and it was delicious.
   

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   Derek

   Los Angeles

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on September 21, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything was great. The food was superb and the atmosphere was terrific. A definite must do.
   

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   Robert

   Los Angeles

   7 reviews

   4.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on September 9, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   With its friendly service and comfortable decor, McKinley’s Grille is a welcome respite away from the madding crowd. The menu will now sustain frequent visits, however, the available selections are gourmet quality and combine well with the atmosphere to create a fun evening.
   

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   GeraldineD

   Los Angeles

   4 reviews

   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on June 17, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   When we got there, there was only one other group of diners present. We were greeted right away and offered menus once sat. The dinner menu was substantial. It offered more ordinary fare like burgers and sandwiches. Since we were there to celebrate Father's Day, we ordered from the dinner entree list. The appetizers were good. The bananas foster dessert was, as well, but our entrees were disappointing. My Delmonico steak, which i requested to be prepared medium rare, was overcooked and served medium well instead. My daughter's fettuccine, so far from al dente that they broke up into a sticky glob. The loch salmon looked very good, was flaky, and had a nice sear on the bottom, but extremely underseasoned. The sides were good, and plating was attractive as well. There was also a mishap with paying our bill. Our unfortunate server accidentally charged against our hotel room that we didn't have since we were not guests of the hotel. I didn't catch this until I saw her running after us on our way to our car. She insisted that I take the credit card receipt with me instead. I showed her the receipt I took, which was exactly like the room charge one she originally presented me. So, the error was not on my end. Needless to say. I had to walk back to the restaurant, the manager had to get involved, and my credit card was charged correctly. I am mobility impaired, so this took quite a bit of effort for me. The night was memorable indeed, but for the wrong reasons. My recommendation is that if anyone is inclined to try this place out, dine outside in the patio. It is lovely out there
   

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   Victoria

   Los Angeles

   9 reviews

   5.0

   9 reviews

   Dined on May 26, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Staff was super friendly and very generous!! Loved it here!!
   

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8. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Central Coast

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on May 19, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   ABSOLUTELY AWFUL! breakfast buffet, don't fall for it! powdered eggs, greasy bacon, hard pancakes and a complete rip-off! heavily pushed by staff. pastries were days old and coffee was better in the room!
   

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   ChrisW

   Las Vegas

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on May 12, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Very good mothers day buffet. Big king crab legs were awsome
   

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    AliciaC

    Los Angeles

    13 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on May 12, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Took a while to get seated but once we were the food (buffet) was amazing, my only disappointment was that the items being "re-stocked" were not being stocked at all or often enough to keep us going back to the buffet. My group was very disappointed with not getting more of certain food items or any items that they just completely ran out of. They wanted more sushi and I never ever got bacon?, they never had any when I was there once it was served the first round. Also we were the one of the first large groups seated when it opened, so this all seemed very odd, obviously re-stocking food was an issue. They did seem busy but the restaurant wasn't super packed with the amount of staff they had on hand. They were nice enough to give us an hour of mimosas on the house for making us wait to be seated almost a half hour later than our reservation time. But, the mimosas are NOT included in the buffet brunch price fyi.
    

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