User Rating: 35 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)
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User Rating: 1 out of 5 starsI want to begin by saying I have heard only good things about Kelts, was very excited, and I didn't think even bad food could make me not want to go to this place, it came highly recommended by multiple people, and I expected to have a good time. However, the place is very disappointing and the owners make you feel like you are priveleged for them to let you eat in their establishment.
I'll start with the food: For an $18.00 steak, I could've gone to MUCH better places, it was bland, cheap (not well-marbled) and was well done when I ordered medium. The sides (potatoes and broccoli) were also bland, boiled vegetables. The Bearnaise on the vegetables was gross, I have had better bearnaise on many occasions. My girlfriend ordered the chicken bearnaise ($17.00), which wasn't any better. As for drinks, they DO have beer on tap, which is good, however, the only beer is dark ales from England (No domestics at all), including smithwick's, bass, guinness, and harp (the only lager). I don't have a problem with that, but some might.
The service was sub-par, although our waitress was cute. The restaurant is dingy and looks like a hole in the wall bar that only lowlives would enter.
The coup de' grace of the entire place is the RULES for eating at THEIR restaurant. You are immediately reminded it is a privelege, not a right, to eat in the restaurant.
Rule#1: You CANNOT under any circumstances move tables/chairs. It states "expect to sit apart" if you bring a group (tables seat 4-5 people)
Rule#2: No booster chairs/high seats. It states "Don't even ask." right there on the menu.
Rule#3: If you get WATER, and ask for a lemon slice, then mix the lemon slice, water, and add sugar, then you just made lemonade with their ingredients, and will be charged $1. Not only is this ridiculous, but to actually take the time to state it as a rule? And with the food and drinks as expensive as they are, I don't know why anyone could argue on a $56 meal about a $1 drink?
Rule#4: If everyone doesn't order a dinner plate, you can't sit at a table.
This is stated on a big board as you walk in.
There were more rules, but those were the ones that stuck out in my mind. When you go into Kelts, you are basically being told that it is their restaurant, and if you want to eat in there, you better follow their rules and like it. For as many rules as they were throwing at us, I expected the food to be much better. With that said, there are definitely some other fabulous places to eat in altus, don't waste your time.-
User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Yummy!!!: There is nothing like a meal at Kelt's. Excentric best describes the layout. Their beer list is terrific. The spicy ranch salad dressing is wonderfully different, along with the ribeye with dipping sauces, or the salmon, or the... hard to decide. Afterwards a slice of cheesecake with their homemade raspberry champagne sauce (if you have room) is to die for. Eat at Kelt's and your wallet and your stomach will not be disappointed.
User Rating: 5 out of 5 starsA real PUB!: I have visited Altus several times and I do not miss my trip to Kelt's. They have the famous spicy ranch dressing and all the great import beers you can thinks of. My last stop in Altus, I had dinner and brunch at this fine establishment. It is very homey, with a couch in the center of the room. Your food is of course made to order, you can see Dan or Tyler preparing your meal from your table. If you are traveling through Arkansas, you should definitely stop in the tasting rooms in Altus and go down the hill to the town square and eat lunch or dinner at Kelt's (one of my personal friends owns Chateau Aux Arc (the newest) and I am friends with many of the sons from Post Familie).
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Comments (2)
I have only eaten at Kelt's once (sometime around Thanksgiving of 2007), because we live in Jonesboro and only get up that way when visiting friends in Ft. Smith. However, I found it very very good. I enjoyed talking to the owner, who is a grissled old guy from Ireland or somewhere. Yes, they only had English beer, but he introduce us to Smithwicks, which we had never heard of. Very smooth beer that I would never have tried without his suggestion. The food was excellent, although a bit pricey. The atmosphere was exactly what I wanted...something of an old Irish Pub. Not the cleanest place, but atmosphere is more important to me than having nice shiny new tables. We actually considered going back over Christmas to take part in some kind of Celtic dinner where you had to dress up as a Celt and bring your own steak knife and all of that stuff. But we didn't make it. Yes, they did have the set of rules that were written about in the above review, but in most hole-in-the-wall places, they have things like that. And the part about the lemonade was supposed to be a JOKE. Anyway, the reason I saw writing this review was because it is Christmas 2008 and we are going to make another trip up that way and would like to stop by Kelt's again. We enjoyed it that much.
I am lucky enough to live relatively close to Kelts, and so, I am able to dine there often. Kelts is a pub, not a high end restaurant. It has ambience, and transports you somewhere that time time, and schedules, and worries aren't a factor anymore. It is not, however, dingy. No, they don't serve domestic beer... they do however offer pub fare (I wonder if that somehow ties into the restaurant's theme?) I would recommend Kelts to anyone and everyone. Kelts isn't just a restaurant, Kelts is an experience; and an experience you'll never forget!!