Bob Evans

My dad used to work at Bob Evans and he told me how the food is cooked. But still tastes ok

I never go to Bob Evans but I was visiting a friend in Lodi and well… there wasn’t really any other option. I’m just not a huge fan of that kind of food. I got the French toast which was fine. It tasted just as I’d expected. Prices were reasonable. It’s just very predictable and unoriginal in my opinion. But, I guess that’s why people go to Bob Evans…

I know it’s a chain and I’m trying to consider that when writing this review. I almost never eat at chain restaurants but there were limited options in this area.
The «chicken» in my salad was big chunks of white? meat?, tasteless and spongy. The other people in my party also had the lowest quality beef in their meals. I’m not sure if the food is even cooked at the restaurant itself or simply reheated. Again, it’s a chain & people usually expect the lowest quality but the prices are rather expensive for the offerings. Further, B.E. advertises its «farm fresh» meals… Well, if this really is «farm fresh,» then this is the infamous corporate farm.
I wasn’t even going to give this review one star but the service was fine. I’m from Massachusetts but I remember Bob Evans from growing up in northeastern Ohio. However, I can honestly say I will never visit another one again.

Living in VA, Bob Evans is a place we visit more for nostagia than anything. I’ve never been super impressed with the food, but my husband loves the wildfire chicken salad.

Don’t cast stones, you’ve been to a chain restaurant too!
Limited choice in this neck of the woods today for lunch, best option was here.
The hostess station was unattended for a few moments, as was the cash register, but shortly a lady arrived and sat us.
After inquiring as to whether or not it was real, the lady got their $ 9.99 turkey dinner special that came with soup or salad, entrée with dressing and mashed, and one of a few very limited deserts.
She got the salad as did I.
It’s relatively nice with tomato, onion, croutons, cukes and iceburg, oddly enough they don’t have a light or fat free option for dressing!!!
WTF?
Wasn’t that option popularized and made widely available in like 1980?
Some people that order salads are actually trying to eat somewhat more healthfully.
I guess Mr. Evans does not care!
Based on nhis pic plastered on the wall it’s understandable.
They were out of their heavily featured whitefish entrée, which was my preference as it wasn’t breaded, so I opted for the flounder,
The flounder had a potato breading and the filet was sufficiently thin that it was about equal parts breading and fish.
Not my ideal entrée, but reasonably tasty.
The lady was a huge fan of her turkey dinner, (breast slices cut from the bone.)
They did seem eager to please in terms of substitutions etc, I was able to swap the starch that normally accompanied my starchy entrée for cole slaw.
Another party seated close to us had a complaint of some kind about their meal, and the waitress quickly offered to secure the help of a manager, and while the offer was declined, she made it a point to have him visit the table and smooth out any ruffled feathers.
It was obvious that this was not a move of defense, but rather just pro-​active waitressing,
That was nice to see.
The manager did his best to hand –hold the patrons and all seemed well.
We both got the fresh fruit option for our included dessert.
Grapes, cantaloupe and pineapple.
I hope some day before death to consume cantaloupe in a restaurant that is actually ripe and flavorful.
It would seem the odds are agin’ me!
This serving was actually crunchy through and through and at least two weeks of additional ripening shy of having any flavor!
Any hope for flavor was forgotten at the first bite!