My family went here on Tuesday night after my oldest son's football game. My in-laws were in town to watch the game and while his team got blown out, he threw two touchdown passes so we decided we were hungry and needed to celebrate his good game at least!
Normally I like to try local or at least regional places instead of going to national chains, but have to admit I really like Houlihan's and wasn't at all upset on the choice of this place. The food is really good and the service was above average.
My father-in-law got a half slab of ribs along with the potato soup and loved both of them. He said the meat was falling off the bone. My mother-in-law got grilled shrimp and enjoyed it. I have seen her order shrimp a lot when dining out, so I take her giving a shrimp meal a thumbs up a good sign. My wife surprised me and ordered a steak which was very good. I got 1 bite :-(, but it was good even if my likes her meat medium well and I like it medium rare. My oldest son decided to get the nachos appertizer as his meal. In other visits (2 I can remember), our family has ordered this huge appertizer to share before a meal. The chicken on it has just the right spiciness to give it a kick without being overpowering. It is on the big size for one person, but my son is 12 and growing like a weed and put it away with no problem. My younger son (7 years old) ordered off the kids menu and got the quesadilla with fries and the strawberry applesauce which he doesn't like. Finally I ordered the tuna wontons as my appertizer and my older son "helped" me by eating half of it. This appertizer is one of the reasons I like Houlihan's so much since it has the great flavor of ahi tuna with a crispy wonton wrapper. The little salad garnishing the plate is also good with an Asian flavor. I decided for a light meal since I'm trying to lose weight and I wanted dessert. I got the ahi tuna salad which was absolutely great!
To finish off the night we got desserts and were informed it was "Free Dessert Tuesday" which means 1 free dessert per 2 adult entrees (the children's meal comes with "free" ice cream already). Since we had 5 adult meals (my oldest not ordering off the children's menu), our waitress told us 2 free desserts. I mentioned that last time they rounded up and she said, "Sure, we can round up, 3 free desserts." My son and I got the seasonal special - root beer float. This is served with a chocoloate chip cookie (2 this time since they were smaller) and has a glass with ice cream in it and then a little pitcher with the root beer for you to mix. I really hope they keep this dessert on their seasonal menu or add it to the regular dessert menu. My wife got the oreo crust snicker ice cream dessert and said it was very good. My mother-in-law got the pecan pie and also finished it while saying it was good.
Our family belongs to their email club and usually try to use our email coupons as an excuse to come here. Even without the coupons, the value for the money is very good in my opinion. This particular bill was picked-up by my in-laws, so THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
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