King Solomons Reef

Reviews 7

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James Wright

I went in to King Solomons Reef on Sunday morning May 18th, 2014 and ordered a strawberry shake (the best in the world) and paid for my order with a $50 bill. The cashier that I handed the bill to in turn hands my $46 in change to another customer. I made the cashier aware of her mishandling of my change and she proceeded to call police on me for in a very well mannered way demanding my change. The police arrive and instead of investigating pounces on me demanding I leave the restaurant w/out collecting my change. Well, I refused to leave without my $46 and the police drug me outside threw me up against the wall just outside the restaurant and attempted (with his partner) to handcuff me for attempt to retrieve my change after a purchase made from a vendor charge which I believe is a 1st degree felony charge in Olympia, Washington. Other officers (4-6) showed up within a minute or two to subdue the man (me) who ordered a strawberry shake. They (the officers) violently wrestled me to the concrete, banged my head onto the concrete, I have the scar to prove it, twisted and contorted my body, then placed handcuffs on me so tightly that it felt like my arms were actually on fire. They (the police) took me to Thurston County jail and charged me with suspicion of assault 3. What does this charge have to do with my $46 in change that they still havent given to me? Stop the madness @ King Solomons Reef. Give me my $46 and tell police (?) to drop the charge. And lets discuss a fair settlement.

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Rose M

I was visiting my boyfriend who was in Lacy for work we decided to trying King Solomons as it looked unique and had good reviews. I ordered the Mr. Big (country fried steak) with fries and my boyfriend ordered the breakfast burrito with sausage. We ordered it over the phone to be picked up. The girl I spoke to said it would be ready in 15-20 minutes, we got there about thirty minutes after I ordered it, still wasnt ready... Service was some guy getting my money and confirming I ordered something with a breakfast burrito... I waited around for 8 minutes for my food, left, hopped on the freeway and decided I wanted to try my fries.... Well I ended up with THREE fried tofu English muffins with hash browns, my boyfriend received a bacon breakfast burrito, so either I recieved someone elses order and someone recieved mine or they just dont know what their doing. I feel like for good service they could have easily showed me what I was receiving (obviously just as easy as I could have looked, but Im not paid to do that) I did not even bother to call or go back to let them know the mistake as it wasnt worth my time and as I also felt like they would have done dittly squat for their mistake. I wouldnt bother going into this place unless you are hip enough for their liking or maybe just dont order over the phone since thats too hard to figure out.

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nina bear

We went here for the first time and wasnt to bad but did not match the description online so we were not expecting there to be drug addicts and bums right outside, the Menus are fairly old and used/dirty the place wasnt that clean. It was very loud and no music was on until we were preparing to leave. The skirts of the waitresses were barely below the table. I hazard to imagine if they need to bend over. They were also very abrupt. I have no problems with tats and piercings so thats not an issue. The food was good however the cook did not know the difference between over easy and over medium. In addition I really dont like having to chase down a busy waitress to get a key to access the one shared bathroom. There was a woman who took her shoes off at the table, not to be finicky but I doubt we will return on our next trip. Oh and the potions are a good size since they charge the same as any resteraunt without these issues I would expect a good amount of food. They were hiring as well so this could account for our fairly abrupt service.

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Cody Shaw

Absolute best Eggs Benedict hands down. I was very astounded by this place. Coming in at first was a bit awkward though. There wasnt a sign to wait to be seated so I sat at an open clean table but waited about 5-7 minutes before getting a menu. The food quality and speed of service quickly rebounded the experience though. I was a huge fan of the menu design at first. The overall atmosphere was pleasant. Being from Seattle its a comfortable pace I dont get to see a lot and a big reason I come to visit Olympia. Let me too you though, the food was worthy of a king. For the price you pay you get a huge portion. Hash browns were perfect and a mix of perfect crispy and soft. The eggs Benedict themselves was very flavourful and the pork used was VERY high quality. It definitely took the dish to a level I wasnt used to. I would highly reccomend giving this place a try. I came at about 9am but youll want to try to come early. It gets busy quick.

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Bee

Tried their chicken and waffles and the country fried steak breakfast and the COOK just couldnt get our order right. Even the waiter was getting frustrated with them. The fried items were very over cooked it was pretty obvious the fryer oil was dirty and too hot. Their service is nice but the price really isnt worth the greasy low quality food you get. We tried to ask for chicken tenders with our chicken and waffles instead of a drum stick and thigh.... Nope! They said we HAD to order a chicken tender meal with fries and a side of waffle... Which would be cheaper than the 12 dollar chicken an waffles meal... This to us didnt make sense at all that they wouldnt just accomodate it considering its cheaper to order it the inconvineint way... Just over all was a pretty lousey experince and the nausia that came after really made me remember to NEVER eat here again.... Wont be back would not reccomend to even someone i dislike...

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ashley cichy

I go to the reef all the time they have great food and great service. However I went to the back where the lounge is and had horrible service this lady that appeared to look like curila divils sister immediately made it clear we werent welcome. We asked for a menu and tried to order drinks, she grudgingly took out drink orders and gave us a menu. One of our group tried to go to the bathroom and the lady informed us your not alowed to take backpacks to the restroom. Our friend took off his backpack and gave it to another member of our group, and proceeded to go to the restroom. After he walked away the bartender said, "didnt I tell that f****** kid not to bring his bag with him". He did not bring it with him. After that we proceeded to be ignored and ridiculed from the bar quite vocally. Our order was never taken after sitting at the table with a menu for about 15 minutes. We will not be back to the lounge.

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Corey Switzer

Ive been here dozens of times. It has a cozy atmosphere on the "most clean dive bar" end of the spectrum. There is always an abundance of trendy tattooed and pierced staff, popular and unique jukebox music in either the restaurant and bar section. It is best for groups under 5 people, and while there are children brought to the restaurant, I would advise against it because of its downtown location. There are plenty of homeless people around the area that generally harass customers for change and cigarettes. The food is American "greasy spoon" style. There are a few vegetarian food options, but not "many". Parking is a hassle, at least during the day and weekend evenings, also due to its centrally downtown location.

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