Burger Theory

The young bartender doesn't get in a hurry for anything. Drinks. Money. Food all good. Service very slow at the bar.

We stayed in the Holiday Inn Riverfront over the weekend and dined twice in the in-house restaurant branded here as "Burger Theory" -- for dinner on Saturday night and breakfast on Sunday morning. We were treated both times by the same server. She was wonderful -- professional, personable and attentive. She was also doing double if not triple duties as hostess, table cleaner, food orders, and food delivery. This was somewhat of a surprise to me since this hotel is billed as the flagship hotel property for Paducah KY. They seemed a little thin on staff since we waited on Friday night to get seated several minutes (and the bartender seemed very uninterested in stepping out and assisting those waiting to be seated or at least offer to take some drink orders while guests were waiting --- seemed like he could use a little team building exercise).

The food quality was good for a hotel and the costs didn't seem out of line with other places we have dined. We ordered burgers and fish tacos for dinner and a robust breakfast the following day. Juice and tea refills were complimentary.

If getting a visit to your table by the kitchen staff, management or chef is your kind of thing -- you'll be disappointed --- in fact the kitchen seems like its in an odd location -- way off the main floor of the dining room and bar. Overall I give the dining services a three-star so if you have time to select other venues in town, you may want to do a little research --- if weather is bad and you don't want to leave the property, you wont go hungry, just wont get top tier service.