Beef 'o ' Brady 's - Bartow

I 've visited several Beef 'O ' Brady 's over the years and this was my second visit to the Bartow, Florida location. During my first lunch visit, the service was excellent! I didn 't have to wait long for a table, the server was prompt and polite and the food came out hot and ready. During my second lunch visit, (during the same week), I had to wait a while to be seated. It appeared that the hostess was personally busy visiting a friend at a table. It took a bit of time for the server to see me, (only because she had no idea someone else sat me in her area). I was ready to place my complete order but my food came out slower than the previous day. Although my burger was hot, my fries were cold. My server was good, but I didn 't have much more positive points than that. Maybe, if the owner who was also visiting that same table, stopped by... my opinion may have changed. This was a swing and a miss today! On a positive note, you 're at .500 for the week.

Honestly don't know why I decided to stop in today. This place is usually dirty. At the time this picture was taken, I counted 5 tables that were being served. The boneless wings and fries came out cold. When they brought it back, you could tell everything had been reheated because it was piping hot in some areas and still cold in other areas. Very frustrating to say the least. After today, this is the very last time we will attempt to eat at this location.

The lettuce in the salad was old and slimy, called the manager, as he states he was and he laughed. Thought it was funny. I wonder what upper management would think?

During my lunch, right in the middle of it, a female employee came to my table and COMPLAINED TO ME, that my vehicle 's bumper was touching her personal vehicle 's bumper in the parking lot. She 'd WRONGFULLY parked her jeep with its front end hanging over into the space ahead! (See photo) I immediately left my meal and relocated my vehicle, and I photographed the subject jeep. I went back in, and I told the woman that my vehicle was moved, BUT, that she should expect another vehicle to park just as I had, BECAUSE of her wrongful/selfish parking. I showed her the photo. It amazes me how absurdly ENTITLED some people feel. I sent in a complaint through the company website. We 'll see how they handle it.

We were in the area for a band performance at the local high school. Beefs has a tendency to be pretty consistent, plus it was late. My map application gave me bad directions but we still found it without a problem. This one is located at the end of a strip mall. Upon entering we were greeted and seated immediately. Our server was very friendly and personable and made us feel welcome. My companions had the barbecue bacon cheeseburger and the garden salad. Both were excellent. I found something different to try, the buffalo chicken salad. I had it with light Italian dressing which are server found a little unusual. I personally thought it was a fantastic salad and I finished the entire thing. I would definitely go back to this location again if I was down in the area.