Hung Dinger

Awful, horrible place! Took a friend on a date there last night and I was embarrassed to take her there and embarrassed for the people who own and run this place. I don’t know how gay men can serve such horrible food and have the WORST service ever. I can say that as I am gay myself. Just sloppy, didn’t care, too many apologies, but sure did charge it up! We originally has reservations for 4. We arrived, only 2 of us, and were met by the host who told us he was relieved that only 2 of us came. Ok…
We were seated and I asked about the drink specials. The guy said he didn’t know. You see, he actually didn’t work there, he was just there for the night. Silly me! Then a real «waiter» came. He looked so out of it running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off and said he was the only waiter working that night, the place was packed… He brought us our drinks and kept rushing us to order. When I asked for a few more minutes he said that if we wanted our food we should hurry up and order NOW because they have a ton of huge orders and only 2 people working the kitchen. Wow!
Finally our food came out. I ordered the Clay Aiken with Broccoli which is basically Fetuccine Alfredo. How can you mess that up?! Well it was. The portion was small, over-​cooked, and the sauce so watery. The broccoli was also overcooked, tasted boiled and the meal was flavorless, and FML, no salt or pepper in sight. My friends dish didn’t look so nice either. At one point I asked «are those fries?!». She said no, Its penne pasta.
Overall, just awful place. I will never go back, ever! I regret going and I did read these reviews but also read Urbanspoon’s and they were better so I wanted to give it a chance.
Lesson learned. The drag show wasn’t good at all either. The queens were sad and you could see the misery in the customers faces. We left at 9:40 and ran to Sue Ellen’s to catch the $ 2 dollar wells, bought a bunch to get drunk after this experience (which wasn’t cheap! For such trash) and then went to S4’s Rose Room to see a REAL show!
I don’t see this place staying open for long. Those of you who gave this a great review are mental. I advice the owners of this place to contact Gordon Ramsey and his Kitchen Nightmare’s for some bloody help.

Avoid this place at all costs! I’m sorry, but if you are looking for service this is not your place! We went for my friends birthday and if it wasn’t for the $ 2 drinks, the night would have been ruined. Our waiter was drunk, or high, and he told us as much. He had to take our order 3 times before he got it right, and then, at the end of the night, it took 45 minutes for him to get our check right. I’m sorry, but that is not service. I would have complained to the manager, but it really didn’t look like he would have cared. The only plus to this place is the show. That was entertaining. However, I will not be returning nor recommending this place to anyone.

Cher, Cheap Beer and good food what more could or would a boy need– Always a a good time at Hung Dinger :)

Happened to end up at Hung Dingers last night and decided to invite my roommate to meet me there for dinner. The place is not your momma’s Italian restaurant. It’s décor is off the wall with fun brightly painted chandeliers and torsos on the wall as art.
It was not too busy and our server, Souk, seated us right away and got busy with the cocktails and did a great job staying ahead of our every need. My roommate ordered the bruschetta course and had them add grilled shrimp on top. I ordered the grilled salmon with veggies and pasta. Didn’t eat the pasta due to gluten issues, but the salmon had a heavenly dill cream sauce that contrasted perfectly with the citrus flavor of the fish. The veggies were grilled with a sea salt and citrus flavor that was perfect. My roommate’s dish was equally as good with the tomato topping and suculent grilled shrimp on top.
It was Karaōke night, which is always fun with some really good singers mixed in with a few clunkers. They lost a star not to their own fault, but the crowd gets a little rowdy for a calm dining experience.
They have female impersonators on certain nights which is also fun having Tina Turner, Bette Midler or Cher moving around and entertaining during your meal. You won’t get that at Macaroni Grill!
Overall, great food and a fun time. Great place for Bachelorette or birthday parties as the entertainers can torture the guest of honor mercilessly. Fun for all.

Karaōke on Sundays and Wednesdays is the reason why i go there, well one of them. Brad, the K.J. (Karaōke Jockey) makes you sound like a pop/​rock star and Cher/​Wayne is entertaining as the host. Food was great for the price and the drinks are just what you want them to be… cheap! at $ 2 wells and 2.50 domestics, InCLuDING SHINER!!! its a fun hole in the wall on cedar springs that you should look into. Very comfortable place to drink.

I have not eaten here, but I have had drinks. The bartender, Kamera Acion, is a sweet doll. I went in the other night and asked for a blue drink. I was in one of those moods. Abudi-​Abuda. It was super yum: a mixture of vodkas and other concoctions sprinkled with a powder that resembeled fairy dust. The bar is fun, but as far as the food goes, I have not heard very good things. Prolly wouldn’t try it unless someone caught me washing my panties in the starbux up the street.

I hate to do this, because I believe this is a gay owned business and I truly want to support the community and really wanted this place to succeed. It’s a cute concept. But I’ve eaten there (or tried to eat there) three times since it’s been open, and last night was strike three. I’m done with them.
Every time I’ve eaten there, it’s been the worst excuse for service I have ever experienced at any restaurant in my entire life. At least at McDonald’s you get some food, even if it’s not what you ordered. Last night, we had to walk out after waiting an hour and a half and not even getting our appetizer yet. The waitstaff is completely unqualified. One watier took our drink order and then we never saw him again, another waiter took the rest of our order but never put it in… all we got after 90 minutes was one of the three side salads we ordered, before any sign of our appetizer even showing up.
It’s a casual place with a fun environment and I’m willing to put up with lousy service for the great entertainment, but their service is worse than lousy… it’s so bad there’s not a word to describe it. Deplorable? Non-​existent? Can’t even think of one.
You can’t run a business without having a waitstaff that is trained and at least minimally competent. Because of this, they’ve lost my business and all of my friends’ too.

This place looks like a rainbow exploded inside. A very gay rainbow. It was fabulous darling.
Things I saw on my visit:
–Tina Turner concert playing on the flat screen in the bar area.
–Kooky drink names for their cocktails, like the one I ordered called vanilla sex.
–A Cher drag queen.
–Their menus are on old records of past/​present divas. I think mine was a Donna Summers album.
Mike was our waiter/​bartender/​mover of tables/​bring ice to my friend who fell off the stage when signing karaōke (it was hilarious… sorry Misha K). Mike could not have been a nicer person. Unfortunately he told me he had put his two weeks notice in so we won’t be around much longer. My friends ordered calamari and bruschetta. I had a nibble of each and thought everything tasted good. I guess they do karaōke every Sunday so that was a lot of fun. I minus cool points for having the flimsiest chairs EVER in the bar area. And minus points for not having cable to put the Cowboys game on. If I happen to be in the area again, I’ll definitely try this place out and sample their food. It was tons-​o-​fun.

Cute, kitschy Italian place with drag queens for waiters. I was about 6 or so cocktails into the night, so some details are fuzzy.
We sat in the bar area and a Diana Ross impersonator (or was it Donna Summer?) was our server, I think. Or maybe she was working in the main room. I saw her pass by several times though. I was preoccupied with trying not to break the plastic, squeaky chairs and chatting it up with the friendly bartender.
The menus are on vinyl records of divas like Cher, Madonna, Aretha, Judy, Whitney etc. The entrees are named after gay celebrities («George Michael» Manicotti, «Elton John» Capelinni, «Boy George» Ravioli etc.).
Our group shared the calamari (fried naughtiness) and I had the «George Michael» Manicotti. Food was good. Better than I expected, honestly.
I apparently gave them my business card as I’ m now signed up for their email specials and alerts. They have drag shows and karaōke (Wed?) on some nights.
Was a fun, upbeat place and I’d go back.
Love the name.

Im surprised Hung Dinger is still open.
I have been there several times… nothing tastes good. the wait staff «forgets» and has to be reminded of the water you asked for hours ago… the appetizers suck, and pretty much the best thing about this place is the «drag shows» — and even those arent the best on Cedar Springs.
My appetizer of choice for one day was a ravioli filled with veal number… deep fried [though I could have SWORN that It didnt say that it was fried on the menu — but alas I was wrong.]
The appetizer tasted and looked like someone opened a can of Chef Boyardee — wiped the sauce off, breaded the poppies… and fried them. It was COVERED an an annoyingly sweet and suspiciously chunky marinara sauce — more to make the plate look full than anything else.
It was so horrible that I traded a friend one for a fried mozerrella stick — which I HATE! Afterwards I felt taken advantage of, mislead… and cheated. NOT A GOOD FEELING.
Another night I showed up – for a drag show [only because a friend was there performing.] I didnt intend to buy any food — though I bought a drink to be nice. [soda, not booze.]
Then I was «hinted» to the fact that I might be asked to give up my seat for those who came to watch the show and had paid for food so they could sit and eat… so I bought a salad to split with a friend. I blew 9 bucks and a tip for that salad [the waitress was nice. the food wasnt.] The salad was a shrimp and avacado thing with weird cruncky lettuce… and this horribly sour pickled artichoke hearts. It was so JARRING to taste, like the thing was sprinkled with sourpatch kids candy!!! Me and my friend picked the shrimp out of the salad…[which were good. hey… its shrimp… hard to screw that up] and we sloooooowly ate the salad [more to stall for time so we could watch the show, than to savor the taste…]
I felt cheated yet again. I imagined the delicious Subway 5 dollar footlong I could have gotten for a cheaper price… I was hungry, bored… and walked out before the lame show ended.
I went there several times more with friends… though I have never bought anything since. I have since refused to go
all.
The décor is juvenile [Lisa Frank, anyone???], …and its designed to be «bold» and original… but it looks like some cheap Isaac Mizrahi knockoff crap. The walls are every color of the rainbow, and theres these annoying stamped-​art prints on the wall, which are so unprofessional… when you look closely you can see where the paint bled or smeared. the restrooms are gaudy… odd…with these Godawful paintings on the doors. Everything CLASHES… nothing matches… the tables are a weird metal with cheap plastic chairs… In my opinion its almost BLASPHEMOUS to call this «italian food.» there isnt an Italian [by blood, last name, or birthright] within sight of this place. Everytime I walk by im surprised its still open. I’d rather eat little Debbies, and cornchips for dinner!
*side note* this place used to be called «Fridas» before the Hung Dinger people took over. That place was just as lame — and so bad, in fact, that i didnt make it past the appetizer, which was juillienned carrots covered in balsamic vinegar… and water… and it was COMPLIMENTARY. I felt so bad, that I left a $ 10 tip and BOLTED FOR THE DOOR. the service was awful and the waitiers talked amongst themselves before «noticing» my party was there.

What a fun place! If you go expecting a fun place with quick service Italian then u are in the right spot! The staff makes the atmosphere. We went with a large group and Tinkerbell was the bomb. Her witty banter kept us going all night. The evening was capped off by a pheonominal show from Wayne Smith and equally talented performing artists! Take a group, relax, drink, ask for tinkerbell and enjoy the show !

Cool concept if you like drag, but they really blew it with our group.
The food and drinks took forever and were definitely not worth the wait. I ordered the Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo, and my chicken was so over-​cooked that it could not be chewed.
Go there for the drag, not the food (or drinks, for that matter)!

My friend and I were headed to Buli for lunch on Saturday when we happened upon this new business in Oak Lawn, so we decided to give it a try.
Brunch $ 9.95 on Sat and Sun from 11 – 4? Bottomless bloodies or mimosas for an extra $ 5? Sounds good so far. The vibe is cool and did enjoy reading my menu off an old LP. The Village People? I used to have that album!
Ordered the quiche of the day, which is supposed to come with a side caesar salad and fresh fruit. But either there are no fruit on the kitchen or too much soup from the day before, so the chef had substituted the cup of soup in place of the fruit :(My companion ordered the lasagna.
I agree with Chris’ review that the food doesnt «wow» you when it arrives. It did look a bit tired on that plate. The spinach quiche was personal size, but honestly could have come from Costco. I liked the side caesar, with lots of fresh croutons. The soup of the day, red bell pepper, was also unexciting. The «cup» of soup comes in a bowl the size of a cup, and only about a third full. The lasagna was a decent portion size and pretty satisfying; the side vegetable medley was quite small, leaving a good deal of the plate sitting empty.
The food really only rated 2 stars. The third star goes to our server Austin, who was engaging, funny, sweet, and attentive. Am willing to give it another try, especially for dinner with the free drag show on Fri and Sat eve. I am so glad the owner took a risk to open a new spot in the tough environment and definitely hope it succeeds.

Dear Hung Dinger,
I love the ‘strip”. It’s been lacking something lately. It’s become more a bar crawl than a place to just be. Your restaurant gave me just that place.
I went there last night on a date. I was very pleasantly surprised with the remodel. I have seen this space through several businesses and this is by far my favorite. GOOD JOB!
A cool funky vibe. Anybody ever been to Urban Mo’s in San Diego? Sorta reminds of it. Just a fun place you can EAT and DRINK! The menus were printed on old records. Mine had a very special rendition of «He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.» Kitschy and very much appreciated. It was nice to see a place that had a good ol fashioned gay sense of humor.
The food is Italian based. My earth didn’t move under me feet but considering my meal was only 10.95. I have no complaints. Had the grilled chicken over spinach and a side of past with marinara. Can’t remember the name but those were fun too… Like the Madonna Bolognese.
Here are a few suggestions:
Work on your food presentation. You wooed me so I was willing to let this slide. The food just kinda sat on the plate. Don’t get me wrong it was good just needed to look prettier.
Drinks… Your Margarita mix was tart and not good. Step that up. We are in Dallas, the home of the frozen margarita.
Give your customers a reason to return. Hand out a coupon for xyz amount off their next visit.
And last but not least set up your Unilocal account. I am own Christopher Box Color and Extensions here in Dallas. It is an amazing word of mouth customer generator. It will keep you on your toes though. Makes you bring your A game all the time because you never know who is coming through the door.
Good job and good luck!