Wedgwood Broiler

Wow! This place fit all eleven of us for an early dinner celebration. We were stuffed, happily, on Chicken Fried Steak (chunky gravy), Lasagna, Prime Rib (why I chose this place) and hamburger with onion rings. Everyone got what they wanted, then finished with Ice Cream Sundaes. Love this place

Haven’t been to the Wedgwood Broiler in ages after moving from nearby Ravenna over 14 years ago. After kiddo’s recent intro to 13 Coins, figured this place is in the same genre. Time for a Saturday evening visit (5÷21÷16). It was true since some waitstaff were sporting work attire celebrating 50 years as an establishment last year (1965).
I’ve always been seated in another part of the restaurant, so it was a pleasant surprise to be seated elsewhere. There was some contemporary oceanic art, so it felt slightly refreshed.
Pleasant and efficient waitstaff… most booths were occupied by 2 to 4 people, but nearby was a large gathering of 10 to 12. Decent prices and generous servings make this a nice weekend gathering place.
Kiddo and I declined bread service, but indulged in a hand dipped chocolate milkshake ($ 5). Dessert first!
Starters included with our entrées ($ 23.50 each) was a green salad (dressed with salami bits and Cheez-​its) and a cup of sausage bean soup and saltines. Feeling a bit full already, but moving forward to the main event… the prime rib, Wedgwood cut (12 ounces), medium rare.
Note: prime rib is only available on Fridays through Sundays. Either 8 or 12 ounce portions.
Each plate also came with a buttery baked potato, vegies, au jus, and horseradish. A separate plate had chopped chives, sour cream, and bacon bits to garnish your baked potato.
Just looking at the plate demonstrated I had eyes much bigger than actual stomach capacity!
Between the both of us, we had enough to pack home the equivalent of a third entrée.
Yes, Wedgwood Grill is a place to dine when famished, budget-​conscious, and/​or nostalgic. Honest, homey neighborhood destination. Body by Buddha, indeed.

Whoever says this place is not good, they got it all wrong. Am gonna defend Wedgewood Broiler as well. Today was my first time experience having dinner here. Me and my husband, and our 2 year old daughter got treated really well. We ordered bacon avocado burger, and homemade lasagna. The food came fast, they tasted real, you know, like food your mom made. All of the ingredients were fresh and delicious. Portions were generous. The service was excellent, server was checking couple times and refilling husband’s coffee twice. Price is very reasonable. And who says this place décor is outdated? It is decent and clean, and nice. I keep saying to husband during our dinner, That I don’t understand why people putting bad reviews about this restaurant. We are definitely gonna come back again. It is become one of our favorite places to eat around the neighborhood:)

My partner and I went with another couple the other day. It was a really horrible experience. My partner had liver and onions (the whole reason we went there) and said it was okay but the gravy left a lot to be desired and the vegetables were gross. Maybe they were frozen? Not seasoned for sure. We ordered chicken strips for a starter and it was $ 8 for only 4 strips that were really badly burned. I ordered a cocktail from the menu (pointed at it) and got something completely different and God bad attitude from the waitress about it. I ordered turkey and nowhere on the menu does it say gravy but the whole plate was covered in disgusting gravy. I mentioned to the waitress it didn’t say it had gravy and she said «well of course» in a rude way. I got it sent back and replaced without gravy. The meat was practically sandwich deli meat. The stuffing was soggy and gross. Between the awful attitude of the waitress and the bad quality of food and outdated atmosphere we will never be back.

This place is a total throwback with great food and a great staff. You feel like you are in old school Seattle. The happy hour is great and the bar is like a scene from the movie Casino. Love this joint.

My husband and our friends dragged me here because we just bought a house a block away so our hopes for a neighborhood restaurant are high. I’m a vegetarian, so if you’ve been there you probably know this was a bad idea. Vegetarian choices: a Boca burger (frozen, cardboard-​tasting hockey puck. No one vegetarian would ever serve one in a restaurant) or a grilled cheese from the kids menu. I got the grilled cheese and a side of broccoli, which came with hollandaise on the side. My sandwich was meh. My broccoli, super overcooked. My daughter’s kids menu Mac & cheese was seriously just Kraft microwaved crap. My husband’s salad came with cheez-it’s on top. Maybe that is kitschy to hipsters and nostalgic to the old folks all around us but I just thought it was gross. The waitress was super nice and the carnivores among us enjoyed their meat, so I’ll give them 2 stars. I know I’m not their target audience, but the food I did have was not good; my husband can come here with our kids & I’ll go find some real food on 75^th.

Food poisoning, need I say more? The burger was ok, but not good. The taco salad wasn’t taco salad like. It was a half a pound of beef and lettuce and cheese. I would say 0 stars if that was an option. Got food poisoning from the burger so don’t eat that.

Had the fried chicken dinner. I requested wings and thighs which they gave an ample amount. The chicken looked tasty. The actual taste — it needed more seasoning. The texture– the meat was moist which i very much enjoyed, but the coating wasn’t as crisp, crunchy, or even tasted fried at that matter, even for a southern style. It didnt have that golden brownness. So i have to rate the Chicken a –C, Mashed Potatoes-​D. This is sad because I love mashed potatoes. I think this is the first time ever I’ve frowned upon them in my life. It was absolutely flavorless. Not even the gravy could make it taste better.
Then the absolute loser was the steamed veggies –F. That was a total flavorless, pale, soggy, tasteless waste of plate space. I never add salt when I eat out. I believe that the chef is responsible for bringing out the flavor in the food using herbs, spices, cooking methods and maybe a little salt. I couldn’t believe how bland everything was. I asked for a little olive oil to make it taste better. I’m thinking: You charge this much and have broiler in your name and you can’t even use decent oil. She said «We don’t have olive oil in this restaurant.» Neither our waitress or host smiled, said hello, please, acknowledged us or said thank you when we left. When we walked in the door, the host walked away without indicating to follow him until he realized we were still around the corner. Most would hint by saying «Your tables ready or we can seat you this way.» When we got to the table he was a little OCDish setting the napkins and plates perfectly placed. The side of onion rings tasted good but was a greasy mess. What a pricey disappointing dinner. We’d come here once before for their prime rib, which was tasty and what we originally came for. Their website must have showed and old menu because it did not state it was not offered daily, but it turns out its only offered on Friday and Saturday and I think Sunday. So be sure to come here for that. Also I was a little confused with what I was seeing but turns out the guy in the booth to my right over my bfs shoulder kept leaning and leaning lower. Turns out he was falling asleep mid dinner. It was a bit comical. He stood up once and he nearly tipped the table with a full glass of beer on it. He should’ve been offered a cozy booth in a corner so he could curl up and take a full nap and take his time eating instead of pestered and rushed. I felt bad for him. When ur hungry and sleepy its never good. I’m glad he didn’t choke or fall face first in his food.

One of the best prime rib dinners I have had. Cooked perfect to order and so tender it could be cut with a fork. My wife had the filet mignon and she raved about it. The dinners and drinks for the two of us for our wedding anniversary dinner was under $ 70 dollars. We left full. service was excellent also.

Old place, bad food, terrible service. Who can give more than one star?
I don’t get it.

Went here last Saturday morning to finally try their breakfast. Man am I glad we did!
Hubby had the Eggs Benedict. I wish I would have ordered it. I will next time. Best Hollandaise sauce I’ve ever tried. Not too lemony like most. I had the Chicken Fried Steak & Eggs. I ordered the gravy on the side to keep my CFS & hashbrowns crispy. At first I thought I might have leftovers but I ended up eating every delicious bite. Paired our breakfasts with a pair of Bloody Mary’s. Went home & took a nap. (Just kidding) Will definitely go back for breakfast again.

I rarely write a Unilocal review but I feel I must defend the Wedgewood Broiler against the army of haters.
If you were born after 1990, you probably won’t understand the appeal of the Wedgewood Broiler. This is no attack on the young but a simple plea to understand the value of nostalgia and the fact that people understood what good food was before it came vertically stacked and with squeeze bottle smears that made it appear fancy.
To begin: It has been over 20 years since I had a salad delivered on a chilled plate and I have been through fine dining establishments worldwide. This used to be mandatory for anyone that tried to be even middle of the road. You may have missed it but it is awesome and needs to return.
The service was quite good. They entertained my niece and promptly brought out our drinks. Our salads appeared a moment later (please see the chilled plate reference above) and our entrees followed just when the salads were finished.
The food is simple and straightforward. There is no pretense to haute cuisine, this is home-​style cooking… from about 20 years ago.
The baked potatoes come with separate tubs of sour cream, bacon bits and chives. The steaks aren’t prime beef but you get a complete steak dinner for about $ 20.
When was the last time you had a perfectly satisfactory meal for $ 20?
Despite the mountain of hate in the ratings, the parking lot was completely full on a Thursday night. Apparently, there are a great number of people who appreciate reasonably priced, good food with friendly service.
I know I’ll be back.

My expectations weren’t high before we went, but we wanted burgers and this place was nearby. Driving into the parking lot on a Saturday night, I was surprised at how full the lot was, which gave me some hope that it may not be terrible.
The instant we walked into the restaurant the feeling of a mid-​America outdated old diner hit me. I’m pretty sure that Fred and Wilma Flintstone founded this place and the interior hasn’t been updated since. It’s dark, it’s dingy, and it’s dirty. The carpets are stained, the fabric on the booth seats are stained, there are water stains on the acoustic ceiling panels, and wall panelling is loose. Even the wood handle steak knife was falling apart.
We were hungry, so we we stayed anyway. After we ordered our burgers the waiter brought my wife’s salad, which turned out to be nothing but lettuce that was topped with CHEESE NIPS (honestly). A few moments later we saw the waiter serve another nearby table and on one of the plates was a small single serving bag of Lays potato chips. Obviously not a place that cares about serving quality food.
The burgers arrived on some pretty nasty mass produced buns with nothing but a single slice of tomato and a small piece of lettuce. There was a small 1 oz. plastic container of mayonnaise that came with it. As you’d expect, it was far from good.
My overall impression is that the owners, managers, and staff just don’t care. Save your money for other options.

Prude’s need not apply here. Go run up Tiger Mountain (Kim W.) then have some shitty Turkish food somewhere (like at that place in Ballard). This place rocks old school down to the «if don’t know that London Broil can be ordered like a steak in terms of doneness, order a cheeseburger or google it, Millennial».
Don’t like the smell?, I prefer the smell of B.O. (I mean hops) at your microcrap pewpub Matthew M. If they pour your Stella in a glass, your supposed to thank them. It’s comfort food as in what your aunt might throw in front of you or what we Boomers remember growing up. Before it was hip to run up mountains not enjoying the scenery.
Keep the canned beans and boats of sour cream & butter comin’ baby… its like «goin’ home».

WHO is giving this place any more than 1 star?! Seriously, this place is outdated, old and the food is no good. Maybe I’m spoiled because Seattle has delicious food. Maybe when something says «vintage» or «comfort food» I think fluffy biscuits or well-​prepared, simple and hearty food or a mid-​century modern, Mad Men type of vibe.
I shouldn’t have expected any of that because that is definitely not what this place is and couldn’t be what they meant to tell me.
When people are describing this place and they say things like «warm and inviting», they mean that weird attic smell that you don’t really know why it smells like that but it just smells old. In defense of the attic, it’s probably just mothballs, but why would a place with food and no old fur coats smell like mothballs? They may use other words like, «throwback» and «blast from the past» and yeah, that’s probably true since they haven’t updated their décor. Ever.
I see other words like «tired» and «overcooked» and «physically sick» and those are much better describing words. «Inexperienced, grouchy people serving me weird and flavorless food despite CUPS of sour cream delivered» and «why did I come here» are the words I would personally use to describe my experience.
And they don’t know a damn thing about beer. They dumped a Stella into a glass (maybe that’s how they did it back in the day…) and blew the keg, gave my friend the ass-​end of it and didn’t see the problem besides the glass being ¾ full.
This restaurant needs to retire.

This restaurant was impressive when we first entered but that that perception quickly faded into an ill-​at-​ease What-​are-​WE-​doing-​here as we noticed there was not a soul in the place. Being bereft of patrons was not the tipping point for this old-​tymie, hitching-​post of a dive. The menu was nondescript ie the «London Broil Dinner» said just that. There was no description for how it was to be prepared or served or anything; just «London Broil Dinner». (which is what I ended up having). None of the entrees were described in anyway shape or form other that their title, leaving way too much to the imagination. Maybe this place was empty for a reason; hmmmmm
The London broil cam as six VERY thinly sliced pieces of meat with what the waitress called choose any two sides. They charge extra if you order two of the same side. The Steak tasted as though they had dropped it or at the least left it out all day before cooking it: o (FOUL !! I could go on and on but, why bother. Avoid this place if it’s a good meal you desire. It is just a disgusting place to eat.

Any of the meat they cook here is fantastic. I especially love the prime rib, steak for two and the broiled salmon. The portions are fairly large and its always tasty.
The atmosphere is a family/​older crowd type of place. The outside looks a little strange, but inside its warm and inviting.
There is also a lounge section of the restaurant that I’ve never been in, but it looks interesting and the bar looks extensive.
It’s an excellent place to have a late Sunday afternoon dinner.

This place is mostly for old people the food is overcooked some of the waiters are very rude the breakfast menu is too expensive two cups of orange juice was $ 6 a piece I could have went to QFC bought me a gallon of orange juice never again

I absolutely love this place. It’s a dying trend sadly, great service decent food good prices and the dim light décor just makes it homey.
I enjoyed speaking with the waitress, but the older lady that hosted us to our booth was just plainly wonderful. I keep coming back and still enjoying their breakfast menu, coffee is pretty good. But, will come back to try their dinners and drinks menu I’m sure I’ll enjoy that as well. A great staple to have in my neighborhood. I thank all the staff for make an enjoyable environment for their patrons.

A square meal by classic resturant and bar. The best prime rib and Saturday morning hash. We eat at the Broiler frequently. Try the pulled pork sandwich w/​double sause and slaw. I can’t end without honoring the classic dinner salad. A Wedgwood must eatery.