Wagon Box Inn Restaurant & Cabins

I want to preface this review by stating we had read the recent reviews and went in to this knowing they had a new chef (the past week) and growing pains (not sure for how long, but that was the word on the street. We were staying in story and didn't want to drive to Buffalo so we decided to give it a try without high hopes. We got seated right away on their patio outside. They had a musical entertainer who is very mellow and in the background and it was pleasant sitting under the trees in the shade. The cute little goats in the pen nearby were an added bonus as were the deer passing through. Once we sat down it was a good amount of time before we were paid any attention. We put our drink order in for a cocktail, beer and waters. The cocktail and beer came after maybe 15 to 20 minutes but the water never happened until we asked for it again 25 minutes later. We had prime rib and a burger. So we will just say it was not a fast process getting the drinks, or the water, or ordering, or getting the food. However , the burger and prime rib were good when they came. A visit to the bathroom allowed me to see the very overflowing trash can. I find it hard to believe it got that full just that night because while there were people there it wasn't that busy. Seems like someone could have emptied the trash before the dinner hours. We did stop by in the afternoon to look at their menu and told someone we were doing this and they didn't mention an interim menu (which is what they're currently offering )so we looked at a menu that had probably eight items on their entree section.. The interim menu (that we only saw when we came for dinner later) only had two main dish offerings plus the two specials on the board (which were different than the specials they had on the board when we came in the afternoon). We did this primarily because I have celiacs and wanted to make sure there would be something that sounded good to eat on the menu. It worked out fine, but I wish the waiters and waitresses that were working at the time had mentioned that the specials would be different and that they were only offering an interim menu at this time. Don't know if I would recommend the place or not because they do seem to have growing pains but they weren't awful and have room to grow but take the recent reviews seriously when you consider coming here and decide if you're patient enough to deal with that.

Came for dinner, ate out on the front porch. Norm the chef from the Tunnel Inn now works here. Food is excellent. They also rotate deserts often . Also if you request something to be gluten free they are happy to accommodate.