Growing pains? Really liked this place as Dock-its...

Growing pains? Really liked this place as Dock-its and was very pleased when new owners brought in Copper Kettle. Impressed us as a new business when they reopened but after a Father s Day visit this weekend I am skeptical if kettle can keep it going. Food was sub-par and wait staff was very overwhelmed when they had more than two tables each.

Review of our order:
-hush puppies: Great!
-Fish Sampler: not what it once was. At $21 it was well worth it a year ago for two to split. On this visit the shrimp were micro-sized (well below popcorn as they previously offered large size). Crab cake was good, catfish was good but filets were tiny and soggy.
-tartar sauce: heavy on the mayo light on the relish
-cocktail sauce: now here s one of our issues on this visit. It fell over on the way to the table but the server decided to not replace. Upon asking for some what arrived resembled salsa. It was cocktail sauce but it was gelatinous and chunky. Not appealing, clearly over chilled.

-burger: straight from Sysco frozen foods or similar. Not local and not fresh. Mustard provided was honey mustard. (With so many local cattle operations in franklin and Bedford county it s a shame if any local business doesn t source locally.)

-salad: tomatoes we very under ripe.

-baked potato: kitchen forgot it and then clearly microwaved it to catch-up.

All and all a poor food visit. The owners are always nice and a pleasure to visit but the food quality needs to improve. I thought they hired a chef formerly from the waterfront. Maybe they have since left.

Unlikely to return but I hope they improve as we love boating up to the top of the lake for a good meal.