The Original Roadhouse Grill is one of several restaurants in Victorville's "Restaurant Row". When driving down restaurant row, drivers will pass Chilis, Sonic, El Pollo Loco, Applebees, Freddys, Mimis Cafe, and Roadhouse. With all of those choices, it's time to see how Roadhouse separates themselves from the other heavy hitters on Restaurant Row.
Roadhouse is a country themed restaurant with a southern BBQ feel to it, The restaurant greets diners at their seats with a bucket of peanuts, and advises diners to throw the shells on the floor. The restaurant offers a perfect family atmosphere with loud music and plenty of seating. The Roadhouse also caters to the bar/sporting event crowd with a spacious bar and plenty of flat screens showing numerous sporting events. After the bucket of peanuts, the waitress eventually brought out some dinner rolls for us to snack on before our entrees arrived. The dinner rolls had a sweet taste to them similar to hawaiian bread sold in grocery stores, they were served fresh out of the oven and were as addictive as chips and salsa. The butter that accompanied the rolls was a sweet honey-butter that perfectly complimented the sweet dinner rolls. It's definitely possible to fill up on dinner rolls and peanuts when eating at the Roadhouse, that's just how good the rolls are!
Next out was our Buffalo Wing Appetizer, The wings were fried and drenched with a spicy, vinegar based buffalo sauce. The wings were tender and had a slight crunch to them, the sauce was great and had a perfect heat to vinegar ratio (not too pungent, not too spicy). They came with chips and celery which were perfect for soaking up the leftover sauce and ranch dressing after the wings were gone. The Roadhouse's wings also come in a bbq sauce upon request, the wings themselves were pretty big and had plenty of meat on them with very little fat. These wings are definitely worth ordering again during future visits.
I decided to substitute my french fries for a dinner salad in my meal, the picture above is the side salad. I was pretty impressed that the salad came with pieces of real bacon (not bacon bits), diced tomato, and a ton of cheddar/jack cheese. The salad was pretty tasty and very refreshing after eating a ton of peanuts, bread, and buffalo wings.
One thing that separates Roadhouse from other establishments is the fact that they serve Bison meat. Bison is lower in fat and cholesterol than normal ground beef, but still maintains a great flavor without any taste or quality compromise. I ordered the Garlic Mushroom Burger with bison meat. The size of the patty was gigantic, it hung over the bun and was cooked to a perfect medium temperature(the meat is cooked to the diner's request). The patty was juicy and tasted similar to normal beef but was a lot juicier, the only noticeable difference to ground beef is that the bison patty was a little less firm than a beef patty and had a tendency to fall apart at times. The burger itself came with jack cheese, grilled mushrooms, and pan fried garlic cloves. The garlic cloves weren't overpowering and added great flavor to the already impressive bison patty. The cheese was melted to perfection, and the mushrooms added a great grilled flavor to compliment the garlic and cheese. The burger was overall a great decision and was the perfect entree to go with the rest of the great bar food that Roadhouse has to offer. Next time I will definitely be sure to try one of their steak or bbq items on the menu. My entire meal came in at just under $20 with a soda. The Original Roadhouse Grill is located in Victorville's Restaurant Row at 11940 Amargosa Rd.
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