Ta'carbon Steak House - Tuscola

Awesome atmosphere, friendly staff, and great food! Stopped in here randomly on a road trip and was very happy to have some good food!

The food was excellent and the server Debbie was great. The owner (Jim) even came to our table to thank us for coming. Definitely will be

The food, except for the one truly awful meal I had once, is mediocre at best. For the prices they charge, that makes it doubly sad. Let me start with my awful meal. The very pleasant server recommended the special that day (late lunch time . It was supposed to be like a hot roast beef. Roast beef on top of bread with gravy. Mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables. The beef was dry and topped with a flavorless, watery gravy. The mashed potatoes were like instant that they couldn 't get right. Just grainy and watery. Like they simply put water on the instant, but didn 't really cook it. Also flavorless. The vegetables tasted straight out of the can. Flavorless, watery and not even warm. Everything on my plate was as flavorless as water...that seemed the theme. One of the worst meals I 've ever had!The two other times I have eaten there, I ordered steak, one of my favorite foods on the planet. Wow! To pass off what amounts to a thin and mediocre sandwich steak as a dinner steak and charge those prices? I have a hard time believing some of these rave reviews. I did like the what was supposed to be a wedge salad, but they never seem to have it, so we 'd get a chopped version instead (phew, long sentence! . It has bacon and blue cheese and is a fairly decent size...until you pick out the brown lettuce. It 's not an inexpensive menu item...maybe it should be. I always order from soup to nuts when I go out. I also tip well, so my three experiences have not been cheap ones and I got to try a lot of what this restaurant offers. You know what happens after three strikes?!The staff, the times I 've been there, have been friendly. Based on their recommendations, I have to wonder if they really eat the food, or just need to push certain items. Clean and ok decor. I 'll be saving my money next time though. Use it for gas money to go eat steak in another town.

THE PRICES!!!!!$15 FOR A CHEESEBURGER????HOW IN THE HELL IS THIS PLACE STILL IN BUSINESS???LEFT AFTER WE FINISHED OUR BEER.I WAS STAYING IN A MOTEL NEXT TO IT AND THEY HARDLY HAD ANY VEHICLES IN THE PARKING LOT. WELL THAT EXPLAINS IT.ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!

It's a really cool atmosphere, quick and friendly service. But the price for food vs quality is a bit much. I had a burger that was really nothing special for $13. I could've gotten a better burger across the lot at McD's. I'll probably give it another shot because the BBQ does have me intrigued.