1865 Restaurant

Never knew this place existed until we were given a gift cert for it. This place is a fairly overpriced steak house seemingly stuck in the early 80's. The french onion soup was the worst I have...

How can a place that looks so promising fail to deliver in so many ways? Oddly-seasoned, heavily-salted, overcooked, high-priced food and inattentive, bordering-on-rude service left us dumbfounded...

Expensive! And not worth the price! I'm surprised they're not out of business yet. There are so many other less expensive and tastier places to eat at in SLO.

The only way you will enjoy this place is if you like food that was considered fancy and posh in the 70's, like your steaks overdone, and you're a tourist staying at the Madonna Inn.

I was pretty disappointed by this place - expensive and bad. When I pay $20 for an entree, I expect it to be pretty good. The food was totally unmemorable, and the service sucked. We were almost...