Icon Grill
worth checking out if someone else is
paying
Walking in the door any night at the Icon Grill,
you'll see large parties of people. These are business groups on expense
accounts. You will also see a fair number of tourists due to its proximity to
the Westin and other hotels. That these groups are the staple customers should
point out one thing to you, which is that this place looks better than it is.
The atmosphere is funky yet kind of fancy. However, the booth we were seated in
had a huge hole in the vinyl seat that was covered with packing tape. This would
be OK in a Denny's, but not somewhere with $20-$30 entrees. The food itself is
Northwest-fusion with some staples. The pizza Margherita was worse than
tasteless, but the squash soup was good. Their Stuffed Tuscan Chicken was tough
and hard to chew, but the sauce it was in was good. My drink was watered down
which I find to be the height of
evil.
Basically, this place is just a
bad bang for your buck. You are paying for the atmosphere, but not the quality
of the food. If atmosphere is all that is important to you, there are better
places to go. If food is what is important, then there are better places to go.
I think you get my general drift
here.
If they dropped their prices by a
third, this would be a fun go-to. Not the first choice, but an occasional one.
As it is, there is much better food to be had near by for the same price or
less. Check the place out if you are on an expense account or stop by for a beer
or wine (which they can't water down), but don't spend your own money
here.
Posted: Wed - February 1, 2006 at 08:55 AM
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