Totem’s

I had a sirloin stake. Cooked to perfection. Went to the back bar and was r treated extremely rude. My experience in restaurants is extensive.
This was a very bad experience for me. I would not recommend this establishment to anyone. They have boxed wines. Not an establishment worthy the 4 and a half stars that was projected.

It’s sad that Totems is no longer in business. The place is now La Cabana. I tried the new place for the first time today… Her is my impression…
I ordered the special which was stuffed chicken. I was offered chips and salsa as the food was being prepared. The chips were fresh and good and salty. The salsa was a green salsa with a hint of lime. I really liked the chips, the salsa was just so-​so, but it was different.
The chicken took what I thought was too long to be served since it was their daily special. But when the plate came out, I was taken back. The food presentation was a perfect 10! This plate looked like you ordered it at a very expensive, high end restaurant! It was served over mashed potatoes and had two cooked carrots dressing it and had red sauce surrounding. The chicken had a great battered coating with excellent spices and was stuffed with a green, yummy spicy center. The taste was a 9 out of 10!
So… Why 4 stars???
1. The waitress behind the counter had zero personality…
2. Limited menu…
I will come back again for the food, though. The presentation and taste have me coming back…

This place is ridiculous. I do not leave reviews very often but after last night I feel the need to do so. The service is absolutely horrible and I know for a fact that some of their employees are on drugs. It was definitely packed and they were understaffed but some of the employees were worthless. We ordered our food and after asking about it multiple times we never received it after waiting for two hours. Another lady asked where her food was and the owner asked her who she placed the order with. She had placed the order with him! But he was drunk. I was told that I was charged for my fries and when I never got them I asked if I could possibly get a drink or something to compensate for the charge. They then told me that I didn’t pay for my last drink. Okay, that’s fine then. After speaking with my boyfriend I’m pretty sure we didn’t get charged for a lot of our drinks. Our tab was apparently only $ 16. There were a lot of upset people last night. And I mean a lot! The drinks were disgusting. My dirty martini had carbonation in it. The bartender asked how it was and I told him it had a carbonation in it. I appreciate that he asked but even though he knew I didn’t like it he told me I need to give it a name and make it a new drink. No I don’t want to give it a new name it’s gross! Oh let’s also not forget about the time before last night when I went to totems. The server accused us of not paying our bill and not leaving a tip. The bill was $ 100 which we did pay, and left her a $ 20 bill. We told her that and she was very rude about it. So we left her another $ 20 which I don’t even know why we did. I am 100% sure that she was on meth. She was doing the gross mouth grinding thing. There was however one good bartender and I did feel bad for him. He was working really hard and really overwhelmed. Also the owner is a super nice guy. It’s too bad because like in the other reviews I agree that this place has great potential. I know they struggle financially and that’s too bad. End rant!

Five stars to the bartender who was also waiting tables (never a good idea for any restaurant, just hire a food server — it’s worth it as a table sat down, waited and left because the bartender couldn’t get to them in time and she had a number of plates spinning so it wasn’t her fault). I was charged $ 2.50 for soda water, which never feels good unless it’s in a bottle. I ordered a rare steak and got a well done steak, then the kitchen tried again and it was a medium steak. The meat quality is good, they just need a chef instead of a cook with the kind of menu they offer. They kindly gave me a fish dinner to take home. The hunting game and the metal puck sliding game is broken. It had a feel that they were cutting corners where they could to keep the doors open, which I totally get in this day and age, but at least get someone who is skilled in the kitchen and hire one more person to cover the floor so the bartender can tend bar and the food server can serve food. This place has serious potential. BOTTOM LINE: THE STAFF IS SUPER NICE AND WILL FIX ANY PROBLEM YOU RUN INTO SO IT“S WORTH A SHOT TO COME HERE, JUST BE PATIENT WITH THEM FOR NOW. :-)

Where is John Tapper? This place needs a bar rescue. Dimly lit tap handles last time beer lines cleaned? Poor service, lousy cut of strip steak was not prime as listed on the menu and cooked until it was ashes. Menu states home made rolls, yea right. If this place was managed right, could be a gold mine.

Great place, good service and the food is delicious. I recommend the Chicken fried steak and eggs for breakfast, can’t beat it.

dropped by this place little bit ago. relaxed and lazy is probably my two terms here. however I am talking about the wait staff! when many customers are sitting around without drinks on their table, you are not making people happy. when people are not happy they don’t spend money. when people don’t spend money, you don’t make money. vicious circle. would have wanted to stay, I like pool, darts, and the music selection. but the service turned us off huge. one of the bigger bars I have been in sq footage wise, and I would bet with a packed house, there is tons of money to be made, unfortunately they don’t seem to get it.

A beautiful building with great drinks, food and service.

This is not your dad or mom’s bar and it probably shouldn’t be yours. This older bar that resembles a cabin with dead animals not the wall, is quite a disappointment. It features around eight beers with some local beers on tap. I believe they have mixed drinks, but this is not the type of place to order a mixed drink. They do have a pool table and a couple arcade machines. They do have a food menu with brunch, but I didn’t try any food. This is a place to visit, but not to stay. Make it part of your Redwood Rd. bar crawl route, but only at the beginning so you can forget it. There are better bars along Redwood Road that I would recommend, but you might as well try everything.

This is a regular hang out for my husband and me on nights where just back in town and don’t want to cook. Like the staff-​leeann is our regular waitress. I like the low key atmosphere and patrons. Menu is short. I like the Buffalo Burger and my husband likes the enchilada combo. My husband doesn’t like to eat out so this is the only place we go together.

The word that comes to mind… Average. Average food, average bar, average drinks, average staff… Nothing really makes me want to go here, or return. Well, they have a decent breakfast… And a killer chicken sandwich that they serve on a croissant… But that’s about it…

Exceedingly decent steakhouse although slightly behind Diamond Lil’s in the ‘log-​cabin western décor’ category. Friendly staff but the poor bartender/​server was the only person on the floor when my party of six tried to cash out — slightly after the Valentine’s Day rush ordered their drinks and the credit card reader was in another room. Separate checks ruining everything once again.

i love this little place.
it can be intimidating to walk in at 4 or 5 and see a group of well weathered regulars at the bar, but the bartenders are super nice and remember you everytime. i only come in during january and february and the bartender remembers me EVERY TIME. i really appreciate that kind of thing.
the food, thought you wouldn’t guess it from looking around, is really good. they cook a steak just how you like and the salad is more than just a wedge of iceburg lettuce. yes, it’s iceburg, but they put a lot of other veg with and the bleu cheese dressing is made in house and is awesome. oh, and everything is seasoned really well. not too salty, not undersalted.
it’s rowdy on sundays for sports games (i guess i’m there during superbowl season.) and they have free cheesy poofs behind the bar if you just ask:)
oh! and once i brought my dad in and they knew immediately he was a pipe fitter and treated him soooo well (he’s old and eating out with him can be a nightmare) that he always asks if we’ve been lately…

Ummm… yeah. This can be counted as one of the stranger business lunches I’ve been on.
The food was OK pub/​diner type food. Nothing wrong with it. I had a club sandwich and it was OK. Nothing spectacular. Fries were decent.
There was a ‘fashion’ show going on at lunch which is what made the lunch experience a little odd. Not sure what the purpose was… and if itw was any situation but a business lunch it would probably be fine. TO my host’s credit he knew nothing about this and so we were all hapless victims.