Syberg's

Sunday morning arrived right at opening time to Syberg's - An Eating & Drinking Company, located in O'Fallon, IL. The restaurant is relatively new,  replacing the Lonestar restaurant that was previously located there. There had to be at least 30 TV's located throughout the place all with different sporting events and teams, a little distracting (its more like sensory overload) for me. Over in one part of the restaurant there were probably 15 servers standing waiting for the tables to fill in, even more disturbing. Kind of looked like a bullpen queued up, avoiding eye contact with customers as they are seated. Suddenly one appears at each of the tables, ours pleasant enough.

She asks if we have been there before, we respond no, she responds okay. Our drink order is taken and away she goes. We start to review the menu, we have a question... soup of the day? Answer, hmmm I don't know I will have to check. Hostess whispers in her ear (okay not really whispers as we can hear the response) vegetable beef. Our order is taken and away she goes again. Appetizer arrives in short order, followed by our food. Not bad service, very timely in fact. We open our silverware neatly wrapped in a napkin, sealed with a sticky seal. A lot of time and effort to seal dirty silverware in! One set still has food, mine still had the grease and food from what looked like a steak...not sure though. Our server is very apologetic and takes care of it immediately.

Would I recommend Syberg's to my friends, of course I would. With all of the above said; the food was good, our server was good, if you like to catch up on sports you can certainly do that here. It actually was a pleasant experience, of course when I am with my friends most things are! Syberg's could spend a little more time and effort on their presentation (see photo below), and possibly work with the server bullpen to keep them busy (like learning about their products, i.e. soup of the day would be a great starting point) while waiting for table assignments.

Patty Melt with Buffalo Chips

Maybe you can tell that I eat out a lot. You would think that while attending culinary school I would be at home cooking away. I try out these new restaurants so that I can share them with you. Actually I thought I might try a restaurant review week, but I think I will have to cut it short, before I get round(er).