Presentation and Appearance - 3/5
The onion rings were heaped into a small, overflowing bowl, which was in turn stacked on a plate, for some reason. I feel like the restaurant couldn't decide between a "neat" arrangement and a more traditional "throw it all in a basket" arrangement and picked some weird halfway point. The rings were, in turn, stuck together and stacked among each other. Two dipping sauces (ranch and some sort of red sauce I could never identify) accompanied in small metal containers.
That said, the rings themselves are pretty uniform in breading and overall appearance, if a little bland.
Taste - 2/5
Despite the uniform appearance, the rings themselves had a pretty bland taste. With almost no depth of flavor, it reminded me a bit of the frozen onion rings one can buy and put in an oven at a grocery store. Come to think of it, these probably WERE those onion rings, just sold at a restaurant instead.
As for the dipping sauces, the ranch helped improve the taste, but that's only because I was tasting the ranch more than the ring. The as-of-yet unidentified red sauce was about as bland as the onion rings, and added little to the flavor.
Texture - 4/5
Surprisingly, the texture was the highlight of the dish. The breading was crispy, the onions were firm, and the whole product was nice and crunchy. The breading was a bit mealy at times, but otherwise, top notch.
Value - 1/5
For a roughly mediocre bowl of onion rings, the price ($10) was far too steep. Granted, this WAS in a conference hotel, so I wouldn't expect thrift to be a high point. That said, these are nothing special, and absolutely not worth the price.
Overall: 10/20
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