Wild Ember Kitchen - Colfax (WA)

4 /5 Roger Wilhelm: Perfect spot to take a road trip break. Loved hanging out here for awhile enjoying a scrumptious cheeseburger. Great service and comfortable vibe

1 /5 Laura Helton: What used to be a full service restaurant is now a seat yourself and order on a tablet restaurant. I have come here 6 times in the last year and each time has progressively gotten worse. Last night we walk into the nearly empty restaurant (5pm on a Saturday) and we grabbed menus to seat ourselves. No one greeted us. You place your order and pay on a tablet at a server stand and grab your own waters, silverware, napkins, etc. The bartender brought our food and that was the last interaction we had with staff. No real wooden highchair only collapsible plastic ones that sit ontop of a regular chair. No one asking how the food was or if we needed anything. As time went on, more people entered the restaurant who also did not know that you had to do the ordering yourself and were confused. My mother is very kind and tipped 20% but honestly we will never come back here. I dont know what happened to this place but the love is gone. It is just a shell of a place with no real care given to customers.

2 /5 Mary: The fried chicken sandwich was decent, but I would order something else if you expect a true fried chicken flavor. The loaded fries, was the best item our table ordered, they had a good flavor and the bacon was cooked nicely. The first time we ate here it was a full service sit down restaurant. Now, you take a menu, choose a seat and order at a counter like a fast food place and then have an overly priced entree for the overall experience.The reason for such a poor review is the food did not match the menu description, which caused massive distress and distrust in the entire restaurant. It wasnt just a flavor, but items cooked with alcohol were served to children. The owner claimed alcohol fully cooks out of food, and claimed its fully safe for children and pregnant women, but I doubt the mac n cheese simmers for 4 plus hours to remove remnants of alcohol, in which case, alcohol is present in the food. It was requested to have the food tested for alcohol, and the request was treated as if it were absolutely outrageous. If the menu stated that it was cooked with beer, it would not have been ordered. The kids menu states "Kraft", the regular menu only states mac n cheese. Refunds were offered, but not accepted as money is not the issue. Safety of food should be any restaurants concern. Menus state gluten free, may contain nuts or may be prepared in the vicinity of...., but a simple meal that normally would not contain beer, and the menu does not state beer anywhere, but shows up with beer being included in the ingredients, should not be served to young, very young children by a restaurant. The mac n cheese was removed from the child after I took a bite and realized it had beer in it by the extensive flavor.

3 /5 Wendy: Food was decent. They were out of several items. Service was very very slow. I came early for our reservation and was told I could be seated but not order food until 3 since they were so busy earlier. Seemed like an odd thing for a restaurant to say. Our waitress disappeared after we got our food so we had to flag down the bartender and then tell him what we ordered so he could get the bill situated. Also seemed like an odd way of handling it. Id give it a solid 3 stars over all.

5 /5 Karli Nieman: Went in for the first time for dinner last night and we should have went sooner! We had the whole place to ourselves at first which was great with our rowdy toddler, and they were so accommodating. Food was delicious, and everyone was awesome. We had the dirty fries 10/10 (the sauce on them.. YUM) chopped cheese 7/10 needed some sauce it was a little dry, and the cowboy burger with onion ring 10/10! New favorite date night spot!