Red Onion Cafe - Boone

Highly recommend for a bite to eat! The lunch specials are pretty good as well

My wife and I were on vacation in the area. We were looking for a nice whole in the wall.... Found this place... Has decent reviews.(I think there is something screwy about the reviews Boone, almost every single place has over 1k review and is close to 5 stars, some even have 2k reviews. But yet, when you show up or call ahead, they are never busy. We show up, and notice that the restaurant is lacking style and decent interior design, nothing ornate. Nothing fancy at all. Which is I guess. Okay, but I don't know why people wouldn't put more work into making the place look more presentable. I'm looking at The menu, the prices are glaringly high. I originally thought that was the case because the food must taste great and be of high quality. Well, that is a false presumption. I some chicken and a side that comes with your food. Which by the way you can't pick. Because they have a vegetable of the day idea. Which is very very stupid. So you can't swap out your side. I get the food, and bite into it and everything taste and feels microwaved! Which only means the food was frozen prior to be heating up. Everything had a rubbery taste to it, especially the chicken. I pay $26 for an entree, which is high price for a hole in the wall for chicken! I got two chicken breasts, a side of broccoli, and some chopped up sweet potatoes. I know where I can go to get a 12 oz sirloin for that price! Texas Roadhouse. The prices are too high. The food is frozen then microwaved. The place is not well kept and feels more like a nursing home than a restaurant. Service is great though, our waitress was genuinely trying to make our stay better. They offered us free dessert and apologized several times.

My wife had a delicious chicken dish, but my ribeye was not very good. The steak was tough and poorly cooked. However, the staff was friendly and the waiter was attentive. Overall, service was great.

I was disappointed with the restaurant. I don't see why it received such high ratings on Trip Advisor.

Food was amazing. Steak was perfectly cooked. Sydney was awesome! Dessert was the best.