Mackinaw's
545 N Market Blvd #1, Chehalis
(360) 740-8000
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I wish I could give a millon stars. The restaurant is beautiful inside. My husband and I have
dietary restrictions: vegetarian and allergies to tomato, corn and soy. The staff made sure the food we ate was within our restrictions. My husband had the flat iron steak with green beans and scalloped potatoes. He said the meat was juicy, tender and seasoned perfectly. He isn't a fan of scalloped potatoes, but said these were full of flavor and so creamy. I had the lentil curry. Just thinking about it warms my soul and makes my mouth water. It was the perfect blend of spices. The veggies and lentils were perfectly cooked. The potatoes were so buttery. The rice was PERFECT!
Vegetarian options: They had vegetarian options
Dietary restrictions: Allergies to corn, tomato and soy
At first welcome was not warm. Ordered ravioli and got more of a cheese soup with noodles on the bottom. Artistic liberties?… A stretch. Flavor was decent but so salty I had to pace myself and drink the whole carafe of water. I tipped… why?
Service was mediocre at best. We were rushed through from the moment we sat down. We were still eating one course when the next one arrived. I had to hold my finished dish so the server could place the new dish at my place. We got asked about our entrée after we were 3/4 through.The food was blah. The fondue was served with very stale bread, greasy sausage, and apple pieces that needed to be cut down to enjoy. The salad was great. We were not served bread with our chicken ravioli pasta when all other tables around us received bread. The bechemale sauce was flat (salt?), pasta was stuck to the bottom of the bowl, and the chicken so over cooked it was difficult to eat. Won't be back. Too bad.
My wife had made reservations for New Years Eve for our 40th Anniversary a couple weeks prior and had received a confirmation email. However, when we showed up, the place was closed and dark. Their phone rolled over to voicemail.
I love this place. Food is always amazing and menu is always different (which I love), staff is super friendly and efficient. Reservations are definitely recommended. I will be back...soon?
A Fine little Restaurant for a date of Two! I enjoyed the Fast and wonderful waitresses!The Taste of the Food and when we went the sun was setting creating a soothing Dark atmosphere that I enjoyed!
The food was excellent! Unfortunately, there was no liquor available. Highly recommended but bring a flask.
Atmosphere & food were good.NOTE: They did lose their liquor license about a year ago (due to no -compliance with Cov!d restrictions) & are in the process of (hopefully) having it re-instated, so if you would like to imbibe, try some of the bars in the area.Reservations are a definite must, as the space is small, and the food is made fresh to order.
Parking: There is plenty of street parking; no meters
This is the first time we felt Google misled us lol (nothing against Google).We went there due to the high 4.6 star rating, which barely beat out past the other place we were considering, but we knew, halfway through our dinner, that we had made a mistake.A place that has pictures showing alcoholic beverages being available in the past should know better to AT LEAST have some sort of postage, somewhere, detailing that alcoholic beverages are not currently available on the premises. Additionally, a place with such a limited menu might consider having said menu posted (in person, at the restaurant entrance for example) somewhere where folks can look at it and decide if they want to proceed to have dinner or not given what is available and what is being offered.We made reservations and were promptly seated. Service was nice enough! The restaurant, at night, is DARK. I understand the 'mood' feeling, but it was pretty dark even for that. It made it difficult to see our food. Also, half of the little fake candles floating in water weren't working and, to me, for a self-declared 'higher-end' restaurant, seemed awfully tacky looking given they were just wine glasses filled with water and topped with plastic lamp-shade looking plastic covers.We ordered our food and the wait was noticeable. The restaurant was not even 50% seated, so it wasnt even that they were slammed.I noticed other tables, seated after us, were getting their food first. Additionally, I noticed tables were getting complimentary bread/butter - I stopped our waitress and asked what was going on there (because we hadn't received anything) and she replied that due to WHAT we had ordered for our appetizers, we weren't allocated the complimentary bread/butter. Ok ?, nice to know.The appetizer food was good. Not amazing, but good. The shrimp were ALMOST overcooked. The fondue....it's a fun dish, but for bread, apples, a few pieces of sausage, and a beer-cheese, it's hard to understand the $31 price point.More waiting. And more waiting. An hour into arriving, our entrees showed up.We both had the chicken ravioli. Waitress never gave us any updates to the wait of our dish, which would have been nice given that, upon putting the plates down on the table, that they had been baking for 30 minutes. Additionally, at this point, almost sarcastically, the waitress asked if NOW I'd like bread to dip in the sauce.......I felt that cheeky comment was unnecessary. Thanks, but your $31 bread and fondue dish sated any desire for bread I might have, given I was about to eat a pasta dish.This dish would BEST be described as a DECONSTRUCTED ravioli - the dish had globs of a cheese mixture around the bowl, 5-6 pinky-sized slivers of chicken, and 5-6 flat squares of pasta in the middle of the bowl, all surrounded by sauce and thinly shaved zucchini.It WAS tasty. But, if the dish is going to baked for 30 minutes, I'm not sure how the zucchini is supposed to not be obliterated or retain any texture or flavor when it's paper-thin and boiled in thick cream sauce for 30 minutes. The chicken was almost dry too. The squares of pasta were really bewildering given we had expected.....ravioli. Pasta vehicles filled with cheese, herbs, meat, etc., and crimped and cooked surrounded/topped with sauce.To top it all off, my partner never even got his salad.He did note that the water was particularly refreshing though lmfao.
Very very delicious food! Worth the wait, make sure you try to get there at the beginning of the hours open. We had no issues with food running out but I heard a few people mention the steak goes very quick.Both of us loved our meals & the salad dressings were so tasty! Will be back!
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Fantastic wait staff and menu. Definitely the place to go for an upscale dining experience if you're celebrating something and want to support local.
This place was so good! The server was amazing. The food was so worth it. Highly recommend! Will definitely go again!
The fifth star is in anticipation of reinstatement of their liquor license. I guess they behaved badly during the pandemic.Aside from that, it's a nice place for dinner. Closer to fine dining than most anything in the area. The service was great and the food was very good. I also enjoyed the atmosphere and the fact that it's in my favorite part of Chehalis.My wife enjoyed her chicken ravioli and I had a Pakistani style beef curry. I understand that the menu changes frequently. I'm looking forward to another visit.
They lost their liquor license, so no alcohol drinks. Menu was small and limited. The waitress was very nice and apologetic. We went elsewhere.
Had three very delicious meals with my teen granddaughters. I wasn't sure the menu would be something they would like but they ordered and ?loved it?. Very friendly service. Great ambiance.
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