This restaurants policy is the most interesting policy I’ve ever seen in my life.For anyone trying to order food on the weekends they don’t do food orders on weekends. She said they only offer food to people who come and sit. ? The loss of revenue with that as a policy is ridiculous ? They also said the reasoning is because they have too many guest come in but we always see the parking lot with one or two guest. After reading other reviews I’m shook to see this is normal for them to deny Norms all the time because they just feel like it. The owner prob just has extra money to keep the place open and doesn’t care about customer service.
Service: 1
Kristy Profit
Very expensive!! They refused to do separate checks and charged my card not only for my portion of the bill, but then AGAIN for the entire bill of about 20 ppl?
Sandra Shrum
My friend and I were there seated at the Bar. Had been regular Customers. Tipped above 29 percent generally. Lobster Soup or, Bisque was on menu. My friend ordered it Price was $12 when it arrived was LESS than a 1/4 Cup. My Friend didn't complain I DId had to get Owners attention She brought Him a normal serving. I was the one who complained. Her remarks were "I like Him"! Had been going there 2 to 3 times a week. Never went back. If because price of Lobster was very high shouli have even been on the Menu. For Customer expected to pay $12 for 4 spoonfuls. Then Her remark as if to point out Her not caring for me. As a paying Customer. As I did the complaint Not Him. As an Owner I feel VERY Unprofessional. And pointing out She didn't care for me. I never went back now year and a half.
Lori Wadsworth
Had small bites. Good food. Cute place. But closes too early.
Maya
They do people dirty. Do not trust them. Do not. Karma will take care of them. She lets disrespect breed there more than her dogs. Worst decision was trusting Candace and her henchmen.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Margaret P.
My bartender, Etta, was personable and helpful with menu suggestions. The food was very good. One of the items I had was their winter bruschetta, which was amazing!! I could've eaten an entire loaf of that appetizer. When my daughter arrives in town next week, I plan on taking her there for dinner. The Savignon Blanc that I had tonight was also very delicious. What a great find.
Mitchell Parker
Won't do any sort of take out what so ever. Just disappointing and sad.
Debra B.
This could be our favorite restaurant if it weren't for the loud music. The menu is great. The Food is great. The service is great. The noise from the music is awful and spoils it all
anjelika tsoy
First time we came to this restaurant a week ago without any reservation. We were happy to see that there were plenty of free tables but to our surprise we were told that there was no available seats for us because everything was booked. After we explained that some of us travelled quite a distance to try their food, we were seated at the tables with high chairs, which are not comfortable at all for the middle age women. But we got lucky that night, because when our third companion arrived we were moved at the regular table. Our waitress, Corin, was excellent. The food was delicious, especially the Lamb Chops. Thus our first experience was good enough for us to come to this place with slightly larger company and with advanced booking for 7 people. But this time everything went wrong from the moment we arrived. Because some members of our company had to travel 95 with its unpredictable traffic, they were late. The restaurant was almost empty, but our group of 5 ( one couple was late) were denied to be seated. We were told that by the policy of the restaurant none of the guests could be seated before all members of the group had arrived. I have never been treated that way at any other restaurant. We got at our table and could order food only 40 minutes after our initially booked time. The one more couple arrived. The wife had a birthday on that day and after celebrating it with a family they decided to join our company. The manager of the restaurant didn't want let the couple in despite of the fact that there were a lot of free tables.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Deb Hayden Downs
We always love Dev's, and have had varied experiences. Sometimes the owner (and her mom!) visit the tables...we have had fun chatting with her while seated at the bar on several occasions. The food is ALWAYS AMAZING and recently we noticed the various staff have been so welcoming, accommodating, and really just on top of their game! Cheers to Dev's on Main!
The main courses are quite expensive, so I opted for 1 small plate of grilled lamb chops with gorganzola sauce and a grilled Ceasars salad with chicken. The lamb was perfectly cooked and seasoned, and it paired well with what I found to be a mild sauce. The salad was a lightly grilled heart of romaine lettuce that was topped with ceasar dressing, parmesan cheese and the slices chicken. Great presentation and flavor. I was disappointed there was no lemonade. To me the water is undrinkable due to chlorine . . . a real shame considering the prices and quality of food. There's a 10% discount for paying cash, BUT, make sure you count your change. A personal peeve of mine is being short-changed, and that's what happened by $1.30. Poor ending to an otherwise great experience.
David
Dining here we witnessed the most awful behavior of any restaurant manager in our lives. A couple next to us evidently received their meat overcooked. By the time they received the redone dish it was after everyone else at their table was finished and it was evidently cooked worse than the first. When they called the manager and complained we listened as she horribly berated them, said something to the effect of “we don’t serve people like you here,” and asked them to leave. We’ve never seen anyone in the service industry act so unprofessional and disgusting. We couldn’t wait to get out of there. When we checked the online reviews, we saw another person (Liya C) stated something similar “Later on, the owner shared that she was ready to kick us out of the restaurant.” Also, like another reviewer (Gulnara Z) recently wrote; “We experienced first-hand discrimination. The owner said directly that she didn’t like us and wasn’t going to accommodate any of our needs. We felt unwelcome and the attitude of the owner was unacceptable and very disrespectful.” We will never return here and wanted to warn everyone to beware of her. With so many choices of where to eat, we will never return here.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
David S.
Watched as Owner/Manager was extremely rude and unprofessional to customers. As another reviewer said, her comment was "we don't serve people like you here." We would never eat here again and felt terrible for the folks we saw treated so poorly. Definitely agree with other reviews that say how awful she is.
Paul Scott
We just had a great experience with superb food and outstanding service (thanks, Tiffany!). It was a Tuesday night, but a great early fall evening, so the crowd was just right. We had the lamb chop starter. These chops were done perfectly and tasted so good I had the full-size portion for my main. My wife had the chicken parm. Both were great! That, with a good bottle of wine made a perfect evening.We’ll be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Marmalade Blowing Rock
What a great experience. Weary travels after a long flight. Had no idea where to eat especially with a major wheat allergy. Stopped in here and we were blown away by the food. I ordered a steak with a horseradish cream sauce and truffle chips. The best casual dinner out in years. The steak was expertly prepared and presliced. Chips prepared fresh. My husband order a surf and turf that was delicious and beautifully presented. I seriously don't know how they execute a menu like theirs. It's extensive and covers so many regions and cultures. Wait staff was great and we had a warming salt candle on our table. The atmosphere was lively and convivial with locals. A super cute town, too.Dietary restrictions: Many of gluten-free options well marked.
This restaurants policy is the most interesting policy I’ve ever seen in my life.For anyone trying to order food on the weekends they don’t do food orders on weekends. She said they only offer food to people who come and sit. ? The loss of revenue with that as a policy is ridiculous ? They also said the reasoning is because they have too many guest come in but we always see the parking lot with one or two guest. After reading other reviews I’m shook to see this is normal for them to deny Norms all the time because they just feel like it. The owner prob just has extra money to keep the place open and doesn’t care about customer service.
Service: 1
Very expensive!! They refused to do separate checks and charged my card not only for my portion of the bill, but then AGAIN for the entire bill of about 20 ppl?
My friend and I were there seated at the Bar. Had been regular Customers. Tipped above 29 percent generally. Lobster Soup or, Bisque was on menu. My friend ordered it Price was $12 when it arrived was LESS than a 1/4 Cup. My Friend didn't complain I DId had to get Owners attention She brought Him a normal serving. I was the one who complained. Her remarks were "I like Him"! Had been going there 2 to 3 times a week. Never went back. If because price of Lobster was very high shouli have even been on the Menu. For Customer expected to pay $12 for 4 spoonfuls. Then Her remark as if to point out Her not caring for me. As a paying Customer. As I did the complaint Not Him. As an Owner I feel VERY Unprofessional. And pointing out She didn't care for me. I never went back now year and a half.
Had small bites. Good food. Cute place. But closes too early.
They do people dirty. Do not trust them. Do not. Karma will take care of them. She lets disrespect breed there more than her dogs. Worst decision was trusting Candace and her henchmen.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
My bartender, Etta, was personable and helpful with menu suggestions. The food was very good. One of the items I had was their winter bruschetta, which was amazing!! I could've eaten an entire loaf of that appetizer. When my daughter arrives in town next week, I plan on taking her there for dinner. The Savignon Blanc that I had tonight was also very delicious. What a great find.
Won't do any sort of take out what so ever. Just disappointing and sad.
This could be our favorite restaurant if it weren't for the loud music. The menu is great. The Food is great. The service is great. The noise from the music is awful and spoils it all
First time we came to this restaurant a week ago without any reservation. We were happy to see that there were plenty of free tables but to our surprise we were told that there was no available seats for us because everything was booked. After we explained that some of us travelled quite a distance to try their food, we were seated at the tables with high chairs, which are not comfortable at all for the middle age women. But we got lucky that night, because when our third companion arrived we were moved at the regular table. Our waitress, Corin, was excellent. The food was delicious, especially the Lamb Chops. Thus our first experience was good enough for us to come to this place with slightly larger company and with advanced booking for 7 people. But this time everything went wrong from the moment we arrived. Because some members of our company had to travel 95 with its unpredictable traffic, they were late. The restaurant was almost empty, but our group of 5 ( one couple was late) were denied to be seated. We were told that by the policy of the restaurant none of the guests could be seated before all members of the group had arrived. I have never been treated that way at any other restaurant. We got at our table and could order food only 40 minutes after our initially booked time. The one more couple arrived. The wife had a birthday on that day and after celebrating it with a family they decided to join our company. The manager of the restaurant didn't want let the couple in despite of the fact that there were a lot of free tables.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
We always love Dev's, and have had varied experiences. Sometimes the owner (and her mom!) visit the tables...we have had fun chatting with her while seated at the bar on several occasions. The food is ALWAYS AMAZING and recently we noticed the various staff have been so welcoming, accommodating, and really just on top of their game! Cheers to Dev's on Main!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The main courses are quite expensive, so I opted for 1 small plate of grilled lamb chops with gorganzola sauce and a grilled Ceasars salad with chicken. The lamb was perfectly cooked and seasoned, and it paired well with what I found to be a mild sauce. The salad was a lightly grilled heart of romaine lettuce that was topped with ceasar dressing, parmesan cheese and the slices chicken. Great presentation and flavor. I was disappointed there was no lemonade. To me the water is undrinkable due to chlorine . . . a real shame considering the prices and quality of food. There's a 10% discount for paying cash, BUT, make sure you count your change. A personal peeve of mine is being short-changed, and that's what happened by $1.30. Poor ending to an otherwise great experience.
Dining here we witnessed the most awful behavior of any restaurant manager in our lives. A couple next to us evidently received their meat overcooked. By the time they received the redone dish it was after everyone else at their table was finished and it was evidently cooked worse than the first. When they called the manager and complained we listened as she horribly berated them, said something to the effect of “we don’t serve people like you here,” and asked them to leave. We’ve never seen anyone in the service industry act so unprofessional and disgusting. We couldn’t wait to get out of there. When we checked the online reviews, we saw another person (Liya C) stated something similar “Later on, the owner shared that she was ready to kick us out of the restaurant.” Also, like another reviewer (Gulnara Z) recently wrote; “We experienced first-hand discrimination. The owner said directly that she didn’t like us and wasn’t going to accommodate any of our needs. We felt unwelcome and the attitude of the owner was unacceptable and very disrespectful.” We will never return here and wanted to warn everyone to beware of her. With so many choices of where to eat, we will never return here.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Watched as Owner/Manager was extremely rude and unprofessional to customers. As another reviewer said, her comment was "we don't serve people like you here." We would never eat here again and felt terrible for the folks we saw treated so poorly. Definitely agree with other reviews that say how awful she is.
We just had a great experience with superb food and outstanding service (thanks, Tiffany!). It was a Tuesday night, but a great early fall evening, so the crowd was just right. We had the lamb chop starter. These chops were done perfectly and tasted so good I had the full-size portion for my main. My wife had the chicken parm. Both were great! That, with a good bottle of wine made a perfect evening.We’ll be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
What a great experience. Weary travels after a long flight. Had no idea where to eat especially with a major wheat allergy. Stopped in here and we were blown away by the food. I ordered a steak with a horseradish cream sauce and truffle chips. The best casual dinner out in years. The steak was expertly prepared and presliced. Chips prepared fresh. My husband order a surf and turf that was delicious and beautifully presented. I seriously don't know how they execute a menu like theirs. It's extensive and covers so many regions and cultures. Wait staff was great and we had a warming salt candle on our table. The atmosphere was lively and convivial with locals. A super cute town, too.Dietary restrictions: Many of gluten-free options well marked.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Truffle Chips