Quite the experience, we really enjoyed our meals, non of us were fans of the buns but that was a minor issue at best. Only 1 person of the four needed a to go plate as we all finished our meals. We will go back.
Tried out the New location in Wrightsville Beach today, and had a great experience! Saw lots of menu items that reminded me of previous visits but the new items looked amazing and I had a hard time choosing what to eat! Patty was our server tonight and she was super knowledgeable and very accommodating to my vegan companion, making great suggestions! We enjoyed everything! We loved Patty, she represents your business in the best way, and deserves all the praise! I can’t wait to come back for the pizzas I didn’t try tonight, they really sounded like incredible flavor combinations!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Aimee N.
I am SO glad that I came back and especially to the new location. My family wanted something different for Easter and I heard that they were doing an Easter menu. I called to find out and the girl on the phone was so friendly that I booked automatically. It was great to hear an employee so excited about where she works. We had a party of 4 for brunch. Sundays are half priced Bloody Mary's so I was already in heaven. The new location has been several different restaurants over the years. I like the decor with the mixture of antlers and gnomes. I had the tuna crudo and duck nuggets as my meal. The duck was really, really good. I asked for a side of ranch and it was $1.00. It tastes like a cucumber dill and was very good. I enjoyed the crudo very much, too. My mom and daughter had the gnome breakfast which had 2 eggs, bacon, flatbread and garlic roasted veggies. The eggs were so fresh and the veggies were amazing! My mom opted for a side salad with the Cabernet vinegaraitte. She couldn't get over how great the dressing was My fav item was my dad's duck waffles. They were so delicious. Filled with sausage gravy, duck and so much more. Service was great!! I loved it!
Loran Booker
This was our first time at the new location. The service, atmosphere and food are all really good. Definitely a fan of the salads (highly recommend adding the lamb salami!!).
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beet Salad, Wild Boar Soup
Amanda Johnson
All I have to say is Breakfast Pizza on the Sunday brunch menu. Briar recommended extra sauce on the side to dip our crust and it took something that was already perfection to the next level. Mind blowing!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sonya Smith
The wild boar soup is a hug in a mug soooooooooo delicious and the elk burger I have no words to describe how much I enjoyed my
Austin was a welcoming, encouraging, informed and delightful host! The beet salad was spectacular.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Jackson Simsmyers
Wonderful experience, really enjoyed the beet salad and beet pizza. Poutine was delicious. Austin took care of us and his service was fantastic. Attentive and personable. Will be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Christian Davis
The poutine is amazing and we received wonderful service from Austin!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Darlene Pape
My husband and I visited the new location the Saturday before Christmas. The restaurant was decorated beautifully! We enjoyed the service immensely our waitress, Liz gave suggestions and explained the menu and made us feel very comfortable and welcomed, best service we have had in a very long time?The food was fantastic! We will definitely be back! P.S. the gelato is incredible!
Enjoyed the old location alot but the new location still holds up. The brought over some elements from the last location to tie it all together, like the big couch. Pizza and Gelato is a nice addition to the menu too. Staff is solid and friendly as always. Stoked to see a new twist on an old favorite.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bacon Bacon Burger
Katie Karls
Amazing experience! Always enjoy the food, very accommodating & the gelato is wonderful :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hummus, Fries, Burger
JD_WB _8888
If you follow me or have read any of my other reviews, you know I very much dislike writing negative reviews, and I rarely do. I do not write them to complain to the restaurant. If I wanted to do that, I would contact them directly. With that said, let's get to the review. We used to enjoy going to this restaurant when it was downtown, so we were excited to try out their new location.The Parking at Grandview has always been terrible. It still is. I will never understand why the owner of Grandview thought it would work for the commercial tenants. The only businesses that can survive are ones that do not need a lot of parking spaces.When you walk into the restaurant, there is a loud chime to alert the staff that someone has walked in because there is nobody at the hostess counter. It seemed very odd, but we continued on in and hoped for the best. This space has been totally changed from what it originally was. The original restaurant that was at this location had a charming vibe and a beautiful bar. Now, this place feels very strange and confused. When I was sitting in there tonight (12/17/23) looking at a random small TV on the wall that only played ads, I could not believe I was in the same restaurant that used to be downtown. Their location downtown had a lovely atmosphere and a fantastic bar. This version of Platypus & Gnome would fit in better at Carolina Beach. I am not saying that negatively; I am just trying to describe what it is like. There is a random L-shaped couch in the middle of the restaurant. I assume the previous pizza place put up the brick divider wall. It used to be an open-flow and had a charming bar where now the gelato area is. We sat at a table that was right at the entrance of the Gelato area. Looking to my left, I could see right into the workstation area behind the gelato counter, which was some storage, a trash can, and a dirty floor.The entire meal, there was staff standing around at the bar talking to a couple of people who were sitting there. We ordered fried cheese for an appetizer. It was more like fried cheese egg rolls. The sauce that came with it was excellent. They should definitely figure out a permanent main dish that has that sauce. The cheese-bread ratio was off. Bread won. For our main dishes, we ordered the mushroom Swiss burger( cooked medium well) with fries and the Platyburger( cooked medium) with fries. The buns seemed to be homemade, which is nice, but they did not hold up to the burger. It fell apart. The Swiss burger was cooked perfectly but was under-seasoned. It may not have had any seasoning. The Platybuger came out raw. When my dining companion told the waitress, she looked at it as if she was asking her if it was undercooked. Then the waitress said she would have them cook it more. She had already cut the burger with a knife that she had used to eat the fried cheese. I was surprised they would put food that a customer touched back on their cooking surface, but that is exactly what they did. It came back out; as you can guess, it was overcooked. At this point, we just wanted to eat and leave. Nothing was taken off the bill, which is fine but not the right thing to do. A new burger should have been cooked just for sanitation reasons. We were happy to leave and will not be back.Vegetarian options: They offer saladsParking: The parking is a nightmare for a restaurant at this location. Usually, only a couple of spots are open if that.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Greyson Keenan
Omfg a comical experience, two servers in the whole place and we sat there for more than an hour for food- went to the women’s bathroom and you can literally see the person in the other stall, like their bare butts on the toilet. Used to be a good not anymore.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Trevor Batson
Amazing food and environment with extraordinary customer service from all staff. 10/10 would recommend, can't wait for my next visit!
Quite the experience, we really enjoyed our meals, non of us were fans of the buns but that was a minor issue at best. Only 1 person of the four needed a to go plate as we all finished our meals. We will go back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Elk Burger w Fries, Bacon Bacon Burger, Platypus Burger, Fries, Confit Duck Poutine
Tried out the New location in Wrightsville Beach today, and had a great experience! Saw lots of menu items that reminded me of previous visits but the new items looked amazing and I had a hard time choosing what to eat! Patty was our server tonight and she was super knowledgeable and very accommodating to my vegan companion, making great suggestions! We enjoyed everything! We loved Patty, she represents your business in the best way, and deserves all the praise! I can’t wait to come back for the pizzas I didn’t try tonight, they really sounded like incredible flavor combinations!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I am SO glad that I came back and especially to the new location. My family wanted something different for Easter and I heard that they were doing an Easter menu. I called to find out and the girl on the phone was so friendly that I booked automatically. It was great to hear an employee so excited about where she works. We had a party of 4 for brunch. Sundays are half priced Bloody Mary's so I was already in heaven. The new location has been several different restaurants over the years. I like the decor with the mixture of antlers and gnomes. I had the tuna crudo and duck nuggets as my meal. The duck was really, really good. I asked for a side of ranch and it was $1.00. It tastes like a cucumber dill and was very good. I enjoyed the crudo very much, too. My mom and daughter had the gnome breakfast which had 2 eggs, bacon, flatbread and garlic roasted veggies. The eggs were so fresh and the veggies were amazing! My mom opted for a side salad with the Cabernet vinegaraitte. She couldn't get over how great the dressing was My fav item was my dad's duck waffles. They were so delicious. Filled with sausage gravy, duck and so much more. Service was great!! I loved it!
This was our first time at the new location. The service, atmosphere and food are all really good. Definitely a fan of the salads (highly recommend adding the lamb salami!!).
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beet Salad, Wild Boar Soup
All I have to say is Breakfast Pizza on the Sunday brunch menu. Briar recommended extra sauce on the side to dip our crust and it took something that was already perfection to the next level. Mind blowing!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The wild boar soup is a hug in a mug soooooooooo delicious and the elk burger I have no words to describe how much I enjoyed my
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wild Boar Soup, Wild Boar, Burger
Austin was a welcoming, encouraging, informed and delightful host! The beet salad was spectacular.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Wonderful experience, really enjoyed the beet salad and beet pizza. Poutine was delicious. Austin took care of us and his service was fantastic. Attentive and personable. Will be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
The poutine is amazing and we received wonderful service from Austin!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My husband and I visited the new location the Saturday before Christmas. The restaurant was decorated beautifully! We enjoyed the service immensely our waitress, Liz gave suggestions and explained the menu and made us feel very comfortable and welcomed, best service we have had in a very long time?The food was fantastic! We will definitely be back! P.S. the gelato is incredible!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wild Boar Soup, Fries, Burger
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Enjoyed the old location alot but the new location still holds up. The brought over some elements from the last location to tie it all together, like the big couch. Pizza and Gelato is a nice addition to the menu too. Staff is solid and friendly as always. Stoked to see a new twist on an old favorite.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bacon Bacon Burger
Amazing experience! Always enjoy the food, very accommodating & the gelato is wonderful :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hummus, Fries, Burger
If you follow me or have read any of my other reviews, you know I very much dislike writing negative reviews, and I rarely do. I do not write them to complain to the restaurant. If I wanted to do that, I would contact them directly. With that said, let's get to the review. We used to enjoy going to this restaurant when it was downtown, so we were excited to try out their new location.The Parking at Grandview has always been terrible. It still is. I will never understand why the owner of Grandview thought it would work for the commercial tenants. The only businesses that can survive are ones that do not need a lot of parking spaces.When you walk into the restaurant, there is a loud chime to alert the staff that someone has walked in because there is nobody at the hostess counter. It seemed very odd, but we continued on in and hoped for the best. This space has been totally changed from what it originally was. The original restaurant that was at this location had a charming vibe and a beautiful bar. Now, this place feels very strange and confused. When I was sitting in there tonight (12/17/23) looking at a random small TV on the wall that only played ads, I could not believe I was in the same restaurant that used to be downtown. Their location downtown had a lovely atmosphere and a fantastic bar. This version of Platypus & Gnome would fit in better at Carolina Beach. I am not saying that negatively; I am just trying to describe what it is like. There is a random L-shaped couch in the middle of the restaurant. I assume the previous pizza place put up the brick divider wall. It used to be an open-flow and had a charming bar where now the gelato area is. We sat at a table that was right at the entrance of the Gelato area. Looking to my left, I could see right into the workstation area behind the gelato counter, which was some storage, a trash can, and a dirty floor.The entire meal, there was staff standing around at the bar talking to a couple of people who were sitting there. We ordered fried cheese for an appetizer. It was more like fried cheese egg rolls. The sauce that came with it was excellent. They should definitely figure out a permanent main dish that has that sauce. The cheese-bread ratio was off. Bread won. For our main dishes, we ordered the mushroom Swiss burger( cooked medium well) with fries and the Platyburger( cooked medium) with fries. The buns seemed to be homemade, which is nice, but they did not hold up to the burger. It fell apart. The Swiss burger was cooked perfectly but was under-seasoned. It may not have had any seasoning. The Platybuger came out raw. When my dining companion told the waitress, she looked at it as if she was asking her if it was undercooked. Then the waitress said she would have them cook it more. She had already cut the burger with a knife that she had used to eat the fried cheese. I was surprised they would put food that a customer touched back on their cooking surface, but that is exactly what they did. It came back out; as you can guess, it was overcooked. At this point, we just wanted to eat and leave. Nothing was taken off the bill, which is fine but not the right thing to do. A new burger should have been cooked just for sanitation reasons. We were happy to leave and will not be back.Vegetarian options: They offer saladsParking: The parking is a nightmare for a restaurant at this location. Usually, only a couple of spots are open if that.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Omfg a comical experience, two servers in the whole place and we sat there for more than an hour for food- went to the women’s bathroom and you can literally see the person in the other stall, like their bare butts on the toilet. Used to be a good not anymore.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Amazing food and environment with extraordinary customer service from all staff. 10/10 would recommend, can't wait for my next visit!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5