Hey readers!
As Rebecca Black would say "It's friday, friday!" Time to kick back and enjoy the weekend while it lasts. Unfortunately for me though, I'll be locked up in my abode studying until later next week, then I'll be free!
Before I begin today's review, I just wanted to say "AHHHHH!" at the top of my lungs! One of my favorite foodie sites, Eater: Atlanta, has featured my restaurant reviews several times on their site, and I'm just now finding out about it! I'm on their site almost daily, constantly looking up reviews, restaurant openings and closings and much more. In fact, I usually refer to their "38 Essential Atlanta Restaurants" for new places to dine out at. Thank you to the peeps over at Eater for featuring my blog, it really does mean a lot! *fangirl dance :D*
Let's get started:
♔Rosebud sign outside of the restaurant
♔Rosebud Menu
♔Interior of Rosebud Part I
♔Interior of Rosebud Part II
♔Caesar Salad
♔Blue Plate Special (THURSDAY): Lobster Roll ($14.00)-Comes with drink, fries, and salad
♔Southern Sweet Tea
♔Drunken Cherry Bread Pudding ($6.00)
♔Credit card folder
♔FOOD (2.5/5): To be honest, I was a little underwhelmed with my meal here. I had HIGH hopes for the lobster roll. When I envision lobster rolls, I imagine large chunks of lobster meat with minimal amounts of mayo holding it together, and diced onions and celery. At Rosebud, it should've been called lobster salad (?). If you couldn't tell from my picture, there's absolutely WAY too much celery chunks and mayo, and an almost invisible amount of lobster meat (probably less than 1/3 of a claw worth of meat). In addition, it was a tad underseasoned too. The best thing about the lobster roll itself was the toasted and buttered bun. The french fries and caesar salad were fantastic-the fries were perfectly crisp and golden, and the romaine lettuce of the salad was fresh and crisp. Lastly, the drunken cherry bread pudding, which is one of Rosebud's specialty desserts, was absolutely fantastic! It was definitely the best part of the meal hands down. It's simply Jack Daniels soaked cherries (drunken cherries) baked in brioche bread, and then topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and covered in caramel sauce. It's okay-if I were you, I would've stopped listening after Jack too! It was heavenly, the bread pudding was incredibly moist and flavorful and the cherries were soft, chewy and tart. Although the flavor of the alcohol doesn't hit you all at once, it is subtle. The addition of the vanilla ice cream is absolutely sinful and really makes and ties the whole dessert together! Even if I don't eat anything else at Rosebud (which will be impossible considering how expansive and tasty their entire menu looks), I'll have to get this dessert alone-it's DELICIOUS!
♔SERVICE (3/5): Just average-nothing tremendous, nothing too horrible. My waiter was really nice, but wasn't very attentive. Having only been given the menu a minute or two, he already came around asking if I was ready to order. Having told him I wasn't ready yet, he didn't come back until ten minutes later, after having to flag down another employee to grab my server's attention. When I asked for his recommendation between the ahi tuna melt and the lobster roll, he immediately discredited even ordering the tuna melt and said that I should get the lobster roll-his exact response was "why wouldn't you get the lobster roll...it's only offered one day of the week, whereas the tuna melt is offered daily." Well, with that kind of response, I ordered the lobster roll, as part of the Blue Plate Special, which comes with a drink, side of fries, caesar salad and your entree for $14. My server did a great job bringing out the salad first, refilling my tea & water, and then finally bringing out my lobster roll. When I had finished my meal, my plate had been sitting on the table untouched for about twenty minutes and still no sign of him. I had to flag down the same waiter I did before to find him, but it wasn't until about 30 minutes did he finally come back to my table-it's like he was nowhere to be found. I was finally able to order dessert and did so and asked that my check be brought out at the same time, yet it took him another twenty minutes to ring me up. While he did apologize for being so flustered, I wish he would've handed his duties to another employee on-site to avoid making customers wait for long periods of time.
♔DECOR (5/5): Rosebud's interior is absolutely beautiful! To be honest, the exterior of the restaurant was a bit dingy and in desperate need of a paint job and shingles replacement, but had a touch of antiqueness to it because of the beautiful brass sign and tall plants outside. The inside of the restaurant was stunning. Upon entrance, a long wooden oak bar is to your right, while the main dining areas are to your left. The first thing you glimpse at are the large 30-40 ft. black and white photographic canvases against the brick wall. You then can't help but notice the multitude of chalkboards that list the day's specials, followed by the dark wooden tables and slender black chairs, as well as a "sofa wall," which extends from one end of the restaurant to the other end. The colors all mesh beautifully, and the neutral green just blends everything together and makes you feel very at-peace (at least it did for me). While I only came here for lunch, it's no wonder why the beautiful decor here makes it a popular brunch and dinner destination. It's upscale, yet casual-you'd be able to pull off jeans and a shirt no problem here-LOVE it!
Overall, while the food & service here wasn't as great as I hoped, their prices are pretty affordable for the Midtown area, and will definitely make me want to come by and give them another shot the next time I'm in town. Everyone keeps raving about their pimento cheese and housemade saltines, so it looks like those are on my list the next time I'm here!
Thanks for stopping by,
-Sandy
FTC: I was not paid or compensated for this review, all reviews and opinions are my own.
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