Coast to Coast America Grill Bar- review

Last week I went along to the Coast To Coast American Grill Bar near Rochester to try out their menu and one of their lovely cocktails. I have never eaten in this chain of restaurants before so I was keen to try out something from their menu.

When we walked in it reminded me of another chain of ‘american grill style’ restaurants. It was nicely laid out with lots of booth seating and it automatically gave off a lively, fun, easy going feel.

We were seated in a circular booth seating area that looked over the restaurant and we could could also see the open style cooking area. It was a Saturday evening so the restaurant was fairly busy but this did not distract from the service we received while we were there.

The menu though was far from that ‘other american grill style restaurant’. It instantly looked as though it was offering something a little extra and I felt that was reflected in the prices being a little more expensive.. Yes they had burgers and grills on there. That’s exactly what I expected but they weren’t just your regular burger and grills as we could see when plates were being whisked past us.

So we felt we had lots of choice. Mr B dived straight in the deep end with their Triple Burger. That consisted of three 4oz burgers complete with pulled pork, bacon and Monterey Jack cheese and their signature BBQ sauce. It’s served with either normal or sweet potato chips.

 

I opted for a chicken grill. That was topped with bacon slices and cheese along with their BBQ sauce with sweet potato fries, beer-battered onion rings and a little pot of house red slaw which was delicious.

 

 

As you can see both choices came up well sized and with plenty of extras. So we certainly felt we didn’t need to add any sides to our order, although there is plenty to choose from.

I had also been told about their amazing cocktails which it definitely would have been rude not to try!

They are running a promotion over the Mother’s day weekend were us well deserved mums get a free,YES I SAID FREE, cocktail with our meals.

There are several cocktails on the offer which are:

French Martini

Black Raspberry

Strawberry Daiquiri

Cosmopolitan

New Yorker

I opted for a Black Raspberry having never tried it before and I definitely made the right choice. It was delicious!

 

Now when it came to the puddings we were told outright when we were seated that there were a few things on the menu that were not available that day. This was due to a delivery issue and they apologised.

So, when it came to pudding our server called ‘Huggy’ was brilliant with recommendations and he told me I would not be disappointed with the pecan pie. This is actually something I have never tried before, so in for a penny in for a pound, I took his advice and ordered it. My husband on the other hand was completely stuffed from his almost ‘Man V Food’ mains and couldn’t even contemplate anything else.

As Huggy had said I definitely was NOT disappointed by my pecan pie. So in ‘Huggy’s’ own words………… ‘Always trust a chubby waiter’!

 

As I said earlier the restaurant was fairly busy, and we noticed the different types of groups that were in there that evening. A 50th party, a family 60th celebration ( we could tell by the balloons), couples and families. The music is fairly loud but they had excellent taste playing Motown while we were there.

It is a lively, noisy, fun place to eat and the food may seem a little pricey on first look, but is totally worth every penny. The service was very fast, not that they were rushing you out, more that you didn’t have to wait long when you ordered. We had several people come and check if we needed extra drinks and find out if everything was OK with our food. Our server Huggy was friendly, non pushy, funny and totally made us feel welcome.

Our bill for two of us came to £55 approx. That covered a cocktail, a glass of wine, several glasses of Coke, two main meals and one pudding. So really it was just over £25 a head or so depending on what you order. We have already said we will take our teens back down there. I know my eldest will go straight for the full rack of ribs and we will be getting a good service and good quality food.

Find out where your nearest branch is on their website and don’t forget the Mother’s Day promotion they are running over the Mother’s Day weekend of a free cocktail with your meal for all mum’s who come and dine.

DISCLAIMER: we were given a voucher for £50 towards our meal in return for an honest review, we really enjoyed ourselves on that particular evening at that particular branch of the restaurant and so all opinions are my own