Quinault Mercantile

Ok, I don't know how good this place is, because they are refusing to serve us? We were in a decent size line, my husband and I were the LAST TWO in the line, nobody behind us, they took the order before us, then when we got to the front they said they weren't taking any more orders.... at 2PM! Absolutely ridiculous. I can only assume we are being told we can't order because we look different than their normal clientele? Their excuse was that they were too busy? Ummmm, we were the last ones in line! You can take a break from orders AFTER you take ours, no? Since there is not a gosh darn person behind us? Don't go here if you want to actually eat, but you don't look like a backwoods redneck.

We stayed at the Lake Quinault Lodge, but we did not get breakfast there. Instead, we wandered across the street for some basic breakfast offerings. You don 't have much choice if you are staying at the LQL and you don 't want to pay an arm and a leg for a couple eggs. In the kitchy little restaurant area, we got coffee to fuel us. I ordered the Basic breakfast of 2 scrambled eggs, toast, bacon, and home fries. My companion got the Mom 's low-carb breakfast. We were served pretty quickly and did not have to wait long for our food. I would guess that it was about 9:00 AM on a Thursday in June. As for the meals, this wasn 't gourmet cooking. But the toast was really tasty and the bacon was very crisp. The home fries were not the best, but the meal was adequate for the price. The little convenience store seems to have a little of everything if you can 't find something on the menu to eat. .

There is a sign near the register that warns they are not the fastest kicking out food so I was prepared for a bit of a wait. The day we went around 2pm they were short handed and the next shift was not coming on so they were going to close but remained open I guess they thought they had enough people. We placed our order at 2:10, a burger and chicken fish basket with a sundae that I asked to be made maybe a few minutes after we received our food of that was ok and the very friendly cashier said it was. About 30 mins later the cashier cane with the sundae, in a large size cup/bowl, when I informed her we hadn't even gotten our food she said she would make another one later for us. Another 15 mins waiting and I went to the window to ask on our order. The friendly cashier was gone by now. The lady at the grill said there were 2 orders ahead of mine, when I pointed out that the customer who ordered right in front of me had revived their order about 15 mins before me she asked what my order was. Then informed me that our food had just went out, given to who knows who...I was ready to ask for a refund at that point but waited a few more minutes. Another woman came over and gave us our bag of food that was given to another customer so who knows if they opened or touched it. The food itself was not great or that good. The cheese fries were not good at all, although my brother liked them. The chicken and fish basket we ordered was just 3 very small pieces of Chicken, no ranch or sauce and no fish. I had to ask about our sundae and received it in a small bowl, not the same size the previous employee had brought out earlier and no whip cream, which I noticed the sundae earlier did have. Overall this place is a dysfunctional mess! The employees are careless, the wait was a few minutes shy of an hour and the food was definitely NOT worth the wait. I wanted to support the little small businesses in the area while on my trip and now I know to never order from here again. Only have 2 stars because initial cashier was friendly.

Worst service ever. Waited over 30 minutes for a latte they forgot to make. First time I've given up and asked for a refund. Instead of coffee, it was my anger that fueled my drive home. :

Delicious food, friendly people, good price, absolutely amazing. My girlfriend and I stayed at the lodge directly across from here and the food there was way pricey, very lucky to have this hidden gem