The Rumor Reel - Pasadena

We went there since their website said, Pet friendly. They seemed distraught when we walked through the front door with our Golder Retriever, who is very well behaved. They said that we had to go outside and dogs weren 't allowed inside. We put our names on the wait list, and they said 20 to 25 minutes for outside seating. 20 minutes later, they sent me a text saying the wait was now 1 hour. Seemed they just didn 't want our business due to our dog. It 's not a pet friendly business.

After church, we decided to visit Rumor Reel for the Sunday brunch. It was crowded, but we were seated right away. The chicken fingers were the best, not overcooked with a homemade coating.

Server had drinks all mixed up, refills were a challenge, and the food was below average standard. Raw cornmeal inside my fathers fried food, pot roast was dry and gray with what tasted like jar gravy and raw broccoli , burger was not made in-house, shrimp salad had STRONG onions in it. (Shrimp salad shouldn’t have onions). Hot pepper jam on chicken sandwiche wasn’t fully mixed it had chunks of gelatin. Fish was Very fishy smelling (fish shouldn’t smell fishy)! We didn’t complain or send anything back, would not recommend or go back.

A great time by all my husband had my surprise party here and it was wonderful the atmosphere the food and the servers that took care of the party went above and beyond to make sure everything was perfect.

Excellent waterfront dining with bar service. Food always on point.