Housepitality Family - Midlothian

This restaurant is located by a beautiful lake, offering a scenic dining experience. It's a great spot for happy hour, and I highly recommend trying the jalapeño hush puppies - they were delicious. The wine selection is good as well. For dinner, I had the clams and shrimp which were very tasty. The only improvement I can suggest is adding a baguette to soak up the sauce.

I had a 2:15 reservation at the restaurant. When we arrived, the waitress informed us that we could either scan the menu with our phones or choose the traditional service. We opted for the traditional service, which we later found to be a good decision. After looking at the paper menu, we realized that we had been given the dinner menu and the entrée my partner wanted was no longer available. We requested the lunch menu instead. I ordered a dozen oysters, which arrived quickly as they were raw. My partner ordered hush puppies. We also placed our entrée orders. I ordered something and my partner ordered fish and chips. However, they later informed us that they were out of fish and chips. Despite this hiccup, we continued with our meal.

We made a reservation for brunch at 10 o'clock on Sunday and arrived 5 minutes early. The staff informed us they weren't ready yet and would let us know when they were. We received a text 10 minutes later that they were ready, even though we were only 10 meters away. It would have been nice if they had just told us in person. It took a while for someone to take our drink orders and the French press coffee we ordered was disappointing for the price of $5.75. Two of the coffee saucers were cracked and one of the plates had food on it, showing a lack of attention to detail. The food was okay but overpriced for the portion sizes. The service was consistently slow and the waiter seemed to be distracted. The restaurant was beautiful but the food and service were only average. We were automatically charged a 20% gratuity, which we were not happy about since we had not been given a choice. It seems they have no incentive to improve since they automatically add on the tip. We probably won't be returning.

The view of the reservoir from the restaurant was excellent. server kelly and emre were attentive and had good personalities. food quality and portions were good. recommend the Calamari Appetizer. I'm sure we're back.

This is such a beautiful place it is a shame that the new owners are turning what should be a realaxing experience into a exasperating event. No server takes your order. Must be ordered on a device. Food does not come at correct time. It took our group over 2 hr.s to complete their meals, due to being served at different times. I got a margarita which was watered down. The food was over 5/10 at best. My recommendation is, if you go, enjoy the deck. Get something simple. Not a quality culinary experience. I hope they can regroup, because it is such a nice place. I will not buy food there again under the current system. Oh, to top things off that, 20% gratuity is automatically added in. Service minimal.