Charley's Steak
Jun 15, 2006 | 6:25 pm
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I've never tried it, and I'm not surprised to hear you hated it. Any restaurant that has to market itself THAT much is almost certainly lacking in key areas. In a place like Orlando, some businesses clearly are not looking for repeat business--they just want to sucker as many first-time customers as possible. Charley's (and Fish Bones), with all their cab-top billboards and ads in every tourist magazine seems like just such a place.
Jun 16, 2006 | 8:34 am
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We've eaten there many times, both at the Irlo Bronson Hwy location as well as the one on I Drive. Hubby much prefers I Drive but they both seemed fine to me. They cook their prime steaks over orange and oak wood chips so the distinctive flavor may be a little different and might be a bit unusual for some.
Though I know some people have had bad experiences there, and I do think the quality has gone down a bit in the past few years, we still have never had a bad steak there.
Though I know some people have had bad experiences there, and I do think the quality has gone down a bit in the past few years, we still have never had a bad steak there.
Jun 17, 2006 | 10:04 am
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Originally Posted by UNITED959
It was about 10 minutes from MCO.
I'm really sorry to hear that you had a bad experience
Jun 21, 2006 | 11:02 am
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Originally Posted by mkt
10 mins from MCO... sounds like the Orange Blossom Trail location, which I've actually never eaten at. I've been only to the International Drive location and I've never had any problems there.
I'm really sorry to hear that you had a bad experience
I'm really sorry to hear that you had a bad experience
Wouldn't say it was a bad experience (wait staff was friendly), just food was not good.
Jun 25, 2006 | 9:07 pm
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Originally Posted by UNITED959
just food was not good.
Jun 26, 2006 | 12:21 am
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I took a group of people to the International Drive location in February--it was excellent. Everyone loved the food. Maybe I just lucked out.
Jun 26, 2006 | 2:33 am
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FWIW, I just posted our experience at Charley's in this thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...=474354&page=3
I hadn't noticed the specific thread related to Charley's, or I would have posted here instead.
Susan
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...=474354&page=3
I hadn't noticed the specific thread related to Charley's, or I would have posted here instead.
Susan
Jun 27, 2006 | 4:49 pm
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Used to eat at the original Charleys (on O.B.T.) but during the long term road reconstruction it went way down in my estimation. The I-drive & Kissimmee locations were more tourist focused (i.e. more expensive) and not as good quality. Our last visit was quite some time ago, but the service was extremely poor and the server couldn't have cared less, so they lost our custom.