Apache Wells Country Club

This review is for the restaurant at Apache Wells. My wife and I have had breakfast and lunch at the new restaurant several times over the past couple of years. Value and service have always been very good to excellent. We decided to try their Friday night fish fry recently. We arrived about 6 p.m. About ¹⁄₃ of the tables were occupied. Over the next 40 minutes occupancy increased to about 40−50%. We were ignored for the first ten minutes after we were seated. There appeared to be only one waitress working, although we later realized there were a total of three. After finally giving our order, two beer and two fish, we waited another 35 minutes until our food was delivered. We watched the other occupied tables during this period and about half of those were only drinking, not eating. There were not that many people dining. We finally complained about the delay to the waitress and she said the kitchen was backed up due to «the crowd.» What crowd? I asked. She told me that when she put our ticket it in it was at the end of a long line of tickets. I told her I had been watching and not that many people were eating. I suggested the long line of tickets was due to problems in the kitchen. She told me that wasn’t true then argued with me that since it was a Friday night all nearby restaurants are behind, too. I chose not to argue back. When our plates finally came the french fries were hot but the fish pieces were luke warm. I could hold them in my hand without any discomfort at all. Our waitress offered to return them to the kitchen but we didn’t want to wait another half hour. The fish was not even average in texture and taste. It’s supposed to be cod, but who knows. Of the three pieces I could only eat one and took the others home hoping that reheating them would improve them. Wrong! One piece of fish was so tough I could barely chew it. I don’t know if it was overcooked or old or what, but I just had the two pieces under the broiler for about 2 – 3 minutes a side. I definitely would not go back here for their fish fry. We had also tried their broasted chicken night and found the chicken to be underwhelming in quantity and quality. This restaurant may be okay for breakfast and lunch, but it is not at all worth our dinner dollars.

I really enjoy this course. Desert and water landscape. Not to difficult for me as I am far from being a pro. The staff is really friendly. The only problem I have is I never see the beverage carts. You have to stick up from the gift shop because you are not allowed to bring your own and I think I’ve seen a beverage cart once in the 10 times I’ve played here.