Skratch - Abilene

I had a bit of a frustrating experience, but I thoroughly enjoyed the tomato basil soup with grilled Gouda cheese. It was excellent! The staff was very friendly, and it's evident that the owner really knows what he's doing. I will definitely be back for sure!

I give two stars, because the personal was really over and beyond looking for the fact that over 60% of the menu was not available due to the lack of supply. the included drinks. we were one of two tables occupied. we ordered very simple meal (2 children grilled cheese, grilled chicken and a kinderburger) 45 min after order we finally got the chicken dish. they wait 5 or so for the grilled cheese and burgers. after that, they got rid of them because they baked. not sure what was going on, but the chef said he would go. all just a very unpleasant experience. we received a discount of 15.% which was very friendly considering that we did not ask for it or a compensation for such a chaos of a visit. we did the beat and it got kind of weird as we were the only people at the end. eating was not bad at any wise, but it was 't what I expected, as scratch-made gastro-pub it was more like eating almost food type bar that was 't fast. again, the personal was friendly and I feel bad for the cook trying to work cooking menus with small supplies. this was not one of their mistakes and seems to have been as if they had some administrative problems. the poor waiter literally gave us a list of unavailable items and then we would change our order that are not listed for him to say we did not have that either think they, we have to continue a return visit.

Honestly I didn't even get to try the food because management was outright abusive to his waiter and I walked out. He might have been the owner or manager not sure, but while waiting for my food he kept bullying the poor waiter. The waiter was doing an excellent job and hearing him cussed out in the middle of the restaurant over and over again was too much. I mean it was nothing but F this and F you and belittling the poor man for no good reason. What poor managerial skill on top of poor customer service. I hope the waiter can find another job because I can't imagine anyone wanting to work here if the manager treats staff like that.

I ordered the shrimp Po boy and it was okay, no way worth $14, nothing special, the fries were tasteless, not fried, might've been baked, they were white in color; shrimp were good but it was on baguette bread very blah. The shrimp scampi for $20, sucked terribly, the Angel pasta was wet and tasteless; tomatoes were the scampi sauce WTF?

It was definitely worth it! I had lunch and ordered a bacon cheeseburger made with Wagyu beef. It was delicious and incredibly flavorful. Even though I wasn't there for dinner, I’m already looking forward to my next visit. The owner/manager was really friendly and made the experience enjoyable. I’ll be back soon!