Lost Dog Cafe - MC LEAN

This place is a solid lunch spot. I had the Bulldog sandwich a couple of times this week and it's pretty good. I like the garlic bread with cheese as well. Another day this week my work team got pizzas from this week as well. So it's definitely possible to get different things that taste great here throughout the week. Definitely recommend this place.

I'm not going to lie; the reason why I wanted to go was because the name of the place was Lost Dog and reminded me of Lazy Dog. When you're hungry and in a rush for a quick bite and in the area, this is a fair spot to get a loaded sandwich. The Mighty Dog was loaded with ham, Turkey, and bacon; I don't love bacon but I fumbled and forgot to say that at the register so that's my bad. Overall, pretty standard quality. The chili was also fine and hits the spot on a cold day. : The reason for the 3 stars: I would say service is really nice! The girl up at the front was friendly and helped me quickly. She was very warm and welcoming and given that they seemed short on staff, she was working tirelessly. : The atmosphere is very casual and a bit too dimly lit to my liking, but it seems like a nice place to sit and enjoy a quick lunch. It also seemed pretty clean and well kept, so there's that too!

I used to love this place but coming back into town, it is really badly managed now. The beer selection for takeaway purchase is 1/3 of what it was. The food is now one step up from Subway or McDonalds. The staff are clueless kids (not their fault) with no empowerment or analytical thought about what they're doing. Find the next best thing.

Not great. The lost dog chili dip was too liquidy to be a dip and would be better as a bowl of soup. My daughters mac and cheese looked like Kraft. It was dry and definitely not made fresh. My other daughter had the pita pizza which was pretty bland. My salad had a lot of liquid in it like they put very wet lettuce. Dog collars were also soggy and looked leftover as well. #23 was pretty good and fresh but to add fries or onion rings they charge you for an entire appetizer making a single sandwich and fries or onion rings over $20. They were not busy but the waiter forgot our beer. Overall not impressed with food or service.

Pleasant atmosphere. Wait staff harried. A BLT? Disaster. (1). Ordering I was told I couldn't order it as a BLT (even though on the menu). OK I ordered bread, bacon, lettuce and tomato w NO mayo. I was asked if i wanted bacon on it. Remember the BLT was on the menu. Later I was charged extra for the bacon and didn't notice any extra. Still, those are the little things that often come with the biz. (2) When the sandwich came with mayo slathered on it I asked for one without mayo. The server apologized and while checking his order computer mumbled something about kitchen error. Ok that happens. (3) Ten minutes after the others' food had arrived I got a BLT w no mayo. I've never had one with the bottom bread soggy wet all the way through Given the way a BLT is built I took it as an FU from the kitchen. Now I could send it back again or just catch up with the others who had been eating happily for 15 minutes already. I accepted the FU from the kitchen and will never be back.