Wedgwood Broiler

10/20/2008 Posted by LORINO

Big value, little price! My roommate and I love the Wedgewood! And we've eaten at our share of restaurants over the years (1 star to 4 star). The Wedgewood is homestyle cooking, excellent service, and very reasonable prices! In the mood for a rib sticking breakfast on the weekend? Go the Wedgewood! $5.95 for an enormous breakfast. This works great for us as I can usually only eat about 3/4 of mine and my roomie (6ft 3) can have the extra! Most of the staff has been there 8+ years and the place has only changed hands 3 times in over 50 years!

Pros: prices

Cons: big portions

08/12/2008 Posted by OHJIMMYNO

I have lived in this neighborhood for over 20 years and the food at the "broiler" is so tired. Their menu has not changed in any meaningful way in the last 20 years. Most of the servers have been there on average of 15-20 years and the majority of them are cranky. The service is subtandard as well. I can't imagine why it is on the "Best Steaks in Seattle" list. The food is more "institutional" than anything else. The only "fresh" vegatable they have is broccoli, all their other veggies come out of a can. What a joke. I don't mean to rip on the food, but there are so many other restaurants in the neighborhood that are so much better, the only reason to go to the Broiler is for their libations. The bar is where it's at.... the Broiler has Cristy and Kathy who are the real reason most come to this establishment. They free pour the drinks and you always get your monies worth especially during Happy Hour. This place has so much potential, but the owner refuses to change the menu. Hey how about this...fresh local meats, seafood, veggies, and other ingredients. Get rid of all the institutional "Sysco" products and try going fresh/homemade. The NW has so much to offer and the Broiler is stuck in the 70's mentality. I've already said too much, but check out the other great local North end establishments, because I feel you will be disappointed with the food at the Wedgwood Broiler.

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03/23/2008 Posted by richard907

Ragu Boy must have a chip on his shoulder (and no, I'm not an employee -- just a satisfied customer). This place has excellent hamburgers, and some of the best reasonably-priced steaks in town. It's certainly not fancy, but their hamburger dip is simply perfect (definitely my favorite) and the chicken fried steak is the best I've found in Seattle. We always eat in the bar (not the restaurant) and the waitresses know us by name and are always great.

Pros: High-quality food at reasonable prices

Cons: Not fancy -- don't go there expecting The Met

03/17/2008 Posted by The_Big_Ragu

Citysearch readers rated the hamburgers here as no. 10 on the Best of Seattle list. Wow! What were you thinking? Maybe Wedgwood employees write a lot of reviews? Having read the reviews on Citysearch, and seeing the high ratings for the hamburger, my wife and I decided to go there last Friday night (3/14). At first it appears as the reviews have stated; kind of a throw-back to the place your grandparents used to like. Complete with some older staff and an older decor, like an older steakhouse. The service was deathly slow, but we had read that too. The salad was as advertised; covered with Cheese Nips which actually wasn't too bad. We both ordered drinks and they were strong and well prepared. The hamburger, on the other hand, was made of quality beef and the buns were toasted, That was the extent of their positive attributes. The patties were overcooked (even crispy on the edges) and doused with some god-awful seasoning that was probably loaded with MSG and offset the BBQ grilling flavor so that they tasted like charcoal lighter fluid. We both had indigestion for the rest of the evening as a momento of our experience. We did order our fries overcooked and, of course they were overcooked, imagine that. The waitress was inattentive and oblivious to what was going on and who was trying to flag her down. She didn't come back and ask us if the food was good she only came back when we were done and gave us the bill. No where on the bill were instructions as to how to pay it. There is usually something like 'please pay your server' or 'please pay at the cashier' and of course my multiple attempts to flag down our waitress were unsuccessful. So we found the cashier and paid the bill and there was no positive dialogue at all. No 'how was your meal' or 'thanks, please come back' nothing and nothing will ever bring us back. They had all the tact of a AM/PM clerk and, surprisingly enough, the hamburgers were like the ones at AM/PM with that phony BBQ taste.

Pros: I lived to write this review

Cons: food, service, atmosphere, value

10/25/2007 Posted by kimyc

When I lived in Seattle I ate at the Wedgwood Broiler almost daily. The food is always excellent. The Monday Night London Broil special is the best. However, They serve London Broil every day. Most of the waitresses have been at the Wedgwood Broiler for more than five years and the service is always excellent. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming. Dereck, the owner, treats his customers like royality.

07/12/2007 Posted by seattlelarry

I work in lawn care and travel all over Seattle, we came to this place for lunch on a Monday and they had a Mexican food special, i had the enchilada's and they were great coming from a steak house type of place, i gotta say it's A+ good! staff was fast about getting our food, and you get to see the cook's prepare your meal which i thought was really cool. we had no complaint's!

Pros: Fast service! Good Monday special!

02/13/2007 Posted by jcdnsd

I didn't really know what to expect when we went to the Wedgwood Broiler. I thought it might be like The 13 coins restaurant, which is cool in a kitschy kind of way. However, it turns out that the Wedgwood Broiler is NOT a place for a big crowd of 20-somethings looking for a retro night. This place is for families with kids and for older folks looking to a 'nice' meal out. You walk in the "In" door and this place takes you back to a different time. Dark wood walls, tall booths with coffee cups already on the table and food being kept warm under orange, glowing lights. The waitresses, who have all been there for 20+ years, look like your 3rd grade best friend's mom and they are warm and welcoming. The food is rather bland, but I have to say, I grinned when our house salads came out -- served with baco-bits and cheez-its. We ordered a quesadilla & mini corn dogs for the kids and we each had a French Dip. Very plain, just the way the grandparents would have liked it. No, the food is not world class, but our service was great and it felt kind of comforting to step back in time a bit. As we walked out the "Out" door, our kids were happy and my husband and I both had a smile on our face.

Pros: Nice staff, kid friendly

02/12/2007 Posted by dlk2

it feels like you are at home when eating there. all the serves make you feel like you have been friends forever. the food is like home cooking. it like you mom or dad did the cooking for you. thursdays and sunday nights in the bar are the best days to come in on. thursdays you can get tacos for two dollars or a huge taco salad for eight. sunday nights at 9:30pm its trivia. its free and you can win prizes. its a great thing.

Cons: parking (small lot)

11/26/2006 Posted by seattlepoll

I recently ate at the Wedgewood Broiler and I'm not impressed at all. It's pretty apparent to me that all these good reviews written about it are probably written by the owners or someone who works there. I had a burger and it was served cold. I also got one of their supposedly good Bloody Marys and it was basically tomato juice with a little vodka in it. It took a long time for the food to come out as well. The place is basically a half step above Denny's only more expensive. The wait staff was friendly so it wasn't as bad as it could have been.

Pros: Friendy waitress

Cons: Lousy food, poor Bloody Mary, long wait time

08/20/2006 Posted by teknodave

A friend and I went to the Wedgewood Broiler primarily based on the high ratings here on Citysearch, and they are totally right. The establishment definately had that small-town, on the side of the road diner feel, in a big city. We were seated promptly, the staff was very courteous, making sure that our tea and soda were always suffiently filled. But the burgers, oh my golly, the burgers. Quite possibly the best burger my taste buds ever feasted upon. Each taste was like a party in the mouth -- it was that tasty. Very delicious and flavorful. I could go on and on, but you must go there yourselves and you too will be as pleased as we were.