Review of Hen of the Wood

Please do not take it for granted that they will give you a gluten free meal. Verify what is on your plate before eating! Please read this til the end if you go here. FYI I majorly specified I was celiac as soon as the waiter met us.

We were so excited to try this restaurant. After reading reviews on this site and trip advisor. We made a reservation for five pm as they were full afterward.

I ordered the carrot app and the hanger steak as my main medium well.

So the app had a potato from the fryer that I ate taking for granted that they were so careful and knew what they were doing. When I ordered it, i asked and the waitress assured me it was totally gluten free. To their credit they were extremely apologetic. Brought me a new one (sans gluten potato) and it was very tasty, but unfortunately thé damage had been done already and I ate cross contaminated food.

Then the steaks- mine was ordered medium my husbands ordered his medium rare. After eating the edges of mine I realized there was blood on the plate. And that it was rare - raw. My husbands was cooked medium (he doesn’t like it like that). I gave him mine but couldn’t eat his cause he was glutenous and his food was contaminated.

The waitress didn’t understand and wanted me to eat his, but I explained that he had eaten bread and his fork had touched his food as had his mouth. After I explained it she brought the manager. To their credit they comped our meal and we’re apologetic and kind.

But we didn’t enjoy it we were anxious. They offered us a desert but i just wanted to leave.

They were very apologetic. But I was sick the next day. I definitely got contaminated.

It was not a good experience. The food was tasty, but with their reputation and such a high caliber and price point, I am shocked they screwed up so badly.

They offered us to return to give them another chance but i am so turned off and honestly frightened of getting glutened and really am scared to.

I’m being honest and I’m trying to help someone else who may read all the positive reviews as I did and feel totally safe going there. I’m hoping that on a non off night they are celiac safe, but when I went, they were absolutely not.

They were very kind, they offered us to come back and comped our meal, but I got sick. It’s not worth it.

Celiac friendly?

No