Palm Coast Businesses

 Sammy J’ is located at 2513 Moody Blvd, Flagler Beach and it says it all in its name. We have been going there over the past couple years – usually about once a week – but because of increased costs of eating out, that has been stretched to maybe once every other week. Nevertheless, the food is great. Their home fries are just right and optionally can include peppers and onions. Service is fantastic! The waitress staff is quick, know their menu, and professional. Food always comes out hot and they are jolly on the spot with coffee refills. It is truly a down-home restaurant. We give it 5 out 5!

Ok...so we have been going to Texas Roadhouse in Port Orange for the past couple of years because Outback no longer has good steaks. What we found was that Texas Roadhouse does NOT freeze their steaks and they are always tender, done correctly, and flavorful. When we heard that Texas Roadhouse was opening up in Palm Coast we were ecstatic! It was worth the wait!! The steaks are GREAT!! hands down. Tender, flavorful and done just right. The service is great - even on their opening day. It definitely beats Outback hands down. NOTE to Outback: Don't freeze your steaks and get better cuts so that they are tender. And work on your service. NOTE to everyone else: Go to Texas Roadhouse, you won't be sorry!!

So, we tried the new Popeyes on SR 100 east of I-95 a couple of weeks ago to check out the chicken sandwich that they offer that is suppose to be fantastic... short answer...there is NOTHING spectacular about it. Seriously, it is no better or no worse then Chic-Fil, McDonalds, or Wendy's chicken sandwich. BTW, we waited in the drive up line for about 20 minutes. And today, we decided we'd try Popeyes again. This time we ordered in and sat down. We got two meals: 3 chicken tenders with one side and a drink, and a 2 piece with one side and a drink. Total -- just under $20.00. Problem # 1: Compared to KFC, the chicken tenders and the pieces of chicken were small; Problem # 2: The only sides they had were Red Beans and Rice, and Green beans. No mashed potatoes, no fries, no coleslaw; Problem # 3: The biscuit was about the size of a silver dollar (for those that remember what a silver dollar looked like) Problem # 4: The chicken was over cooked and not tender; Problem # 5: T...

We are not having the best of luck with dog groomers. This is located at 1844B South Ocean Shore Blvd, Flagler Beach, FL. We had an appointment for 10 am and dropped them off about 10 minutes after 10. When we made the appointment we were told it shouldn't take more than an hour and they should be done by noon. When we dropped them off, she told us it could take any where from 2 - 5 hours depending on how difficult the dog was and it would cost $30 per hour. We did warn her that the young male was just 2 years old and it very curious and may be difficult to handle. Not difficult to handle because he was mean, but difficult to handle because he moves about so much trying to see, smell and hear everything going on. Oh, and she said not to call her, she would call us when they were ready. We finally got a call five hours later - around 3 pm - and picked them up. They looked horrible!!! The trim was uneven around the neck and ears. The shirt was cut short. And the male had a cut over...

Well...after all these years of buying stuff from Best Buy, Best Buy has now earned a big fat GOOSE EGG for service. What surprises me is that over the years Best Buy has been riddled with online reviews for their horrible customer service and the way they treat their customers. But remember what they say, one bad apple will spoil the barrel. It appears that Samsung is in the same bed as Best Buy with their lousy customer service. We are now in our 3rd week trying to get a replacement TV covered under Samsung's warranty and we keep getting a run around. We have resorted to contacting the North American CEO Tim Baxter at tim.baxterCEO@sea.samsung.com in an attempt to get this resolved.

Okay -- so big Disney fan here BUT recently had a terrible experience that has since been reported to Disney and ignored. Arrived in the afternoon at Hollywood studios and the disabled parking lot is reportedly full so ended up parking on row 44. Row 44 is not serviced by tram so had to walk about 3/4 of mile to the entrance pass the "Preferred Parking" - which had plenty of parking but cost an additional $35.00. As we approached the disabled parking we noticed that there were like a dozen open parking spaces. We went back got the car and after some disagreeable words with a cast member, proceeded to the disabled parking with the intention of actually leaving the park. Nevertheless, reported it to Mr. Iger, the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, who sent it to his dominions in Orlando. A Shawn responded and asked me to call. I called twice and left messages and never got a call back. So, people, understand this. You are NOT a GUEST at Disney. You are  $$$$ to them and they...