Two Stars Is Kind, I'm in a good mood, but read the review.
I started out with donuts early in the am so I thought I'd have breakfast for lunch, today was my first visit to Burgundy Brook ... it was interesting.
To say the least the restaurant is charming, I will give it that. It has a New England mid-century charm, although they shouldn't put up to many more nick-naks for fear of over-kill on the cheese factor (that's not the food either).
I noticed they had a nice looking selection of baked goods to take-out and some good looking pies too.
I tried a Special of the day: lemon/blueberry pancakes w/ coffee & sausage. I got 2 cakes and they were flavorful but lacking in blueberries (isn't it blueberry season??) but they were light and not cake-like so I knew the batter hadn't been sitting long. I asked for no sausage and to substitute potato for it (I don't eat sausage) and was told "not-a-problem". Needless to say the sausage was on the plate and I didn't get potato. All smiles ! ! hehe ...The coffee that came complementary with the meal was never served to me either, although I guess I should have asked for it. Stupid me, will I ever become an alpha male?
Their was another special LISTED:, a "Veggi. Eggs Benedict" served on a Griddled English Muffin w/Home Fries and Toast. I thought the toast & the English Muffin was a lot of bread but I figured I'd do some dunkin' in the poached eggs. (Yes, I Ordered This Too, I was hungry!).
The meal came out with hash browns (much different than home fries) and no toast. all smiles ! ! hehe At the end of the meal I asked the server if they were the normal potatoes served and was told, "No ...We Ran Out of the normal ones". I asked about the toast too and was told "Oh That .. it was a misprint".
Now you may be thinking what's the big deal on the potatoes right ?? Well, Hash Browns are frozen grated potatoes, griddled. Home Fries are fresh diced potatoes griddled and often with onion n' pepper bit's in them. btw: I DID NOT enjoy the hash browns. In contrast the Benedict was great.To some the potato thing wouldn't mean a hoot. I figured if the server didn't notice the sausage mistake on the pancakes, nor bring out the coffee, something like substituting one type of potato for another wouldn't mean a thing! The aforementioned meant something to me because I would have ordered something else. It also meant something to me that I had a slab of pork on my plate when I don't eat pork! Can you feel my blood pressure rising??
Final comment then I will end this! The place was CRAWLING WITH FLIES EVERYWHERE. I had to get a menu to swat at them to keep them off my food & table I think I inhaled my food to keep the flies off... What a miserable way to pay for food!
The manager (I presumed) asked me, "is this your first time here?" I replied, Why yes .... Umm .... do you always have flies, flying about like this? She said with a smile, "well there is a horse farm behind us so yes we do, We Try to do the best we can but ....they do, get in".
I may (????) go back but I think I will wait until after the first deep freeze of the year like in the dead of Winter! You'd think the food/service would have annoyed me and that I would have brought that up to the manager. No, wondering what it was like in the kitchen because the kitchen windows/doors are in the back of the restaurant Where The Horses ARE preoccupied my mind far to much to be bothered about substitutions and/or service.
Ask if they do kitchen tours. Whatever you find out I could never eat here again unless it's Winter. read more