This building and location has been sleeper! My wife and I have driven by this restaurant for years and have settled on "less-than" other places. The restaurant was SPOTLESS! This was solid, well presented "diner food." They advertise themselves as a diner and they deliver. More people need to stop by and enjoy this isolated asset. read more

More often than not, the pizza here is a 3-star affair. Let me explain why I'm scoring 2 stars this time. A while back, they retired Medium-sized pizzas, which was rather disappointing; when you're feeding a family of 4, Mediums were a handy size to appease everyone's tastes without needing to spend a fortune. But it's Midway's pricing on their pizza toppings that most irritates me. Midway intentionally charges the same amount for a half topping as a full topping. A large pizza with pepperoni? That'll be $21.45 (ouch). Pepperoni on just half the pizza? That'll be $21.45. And my personal favorite: pepperoni on half and mushrooms on the other half? That'll be $23.95. Because now you're paying for a 2-topping pizza. If you go the deli counter at the grocery store and order a half-pound of ham, does it cost the same as ordering one full pound of ham? No. A half-pound costs half as much. Because you are receiving half as much. Pizza toppings should be no different. And at 99% of pizza joints I've eaten at, half-toppings cost half as much. But not at Midway. Initially I thought it was one person's error or a software glitch. But I spoke to the owner about it once. He apologized and said he'd fix it, giving me a partial refund (which never actually appeared on my account.) And it's happened every one of the 3 or 4 times we've ordered pizza since then. And their website's online ordering follows the same pricing. It's absolutely intentional. I like to support local businesses but this kind of intentional price gouging is a major turnoff and it has made Midway an order of last resort instead of a go-to for us. Maybe $2.50 seems like silly grounds for a rant. But 2 large half-n-half pizzas for a family of 4 means I've been overcharged $5. Order pizza once a week and that's $20/month. It adds up - as does my frustration. read more

Have passed by this place countless times, usually on my way to and from the pickup point for my charter trips in CT, so it's usually early morning or late night, and they are closed. Finally got a chance to stop in. The pizza was great, great sauce and cheese, the gooey cheese that you put on the crust at the end. Very reasonable prices, and really friendly people. Well worth your time to stop in. read more

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I'm so glad Midway reopened! Both owners are wonderfully kind and always say hello when I come in.

Food was Great. My server was helpful and present. Will definitely be back Great wine pour and a very good selection. Food was well prepared and moderately priced read more

Most of the reviews on Yelp are old so pay no attention to them. 1. Inside is immaculate and tastefully restored after the fire. Sound proofing on the ceiling, the bar is large and comfortable, the outside deck is going to be great this summer. 2. Owner is there and greated us coming in, came out to check on us at the bar and thanked us for coming when he left. 3. The pizza? The dough had to have been freshly made that day and it was a huge pizza and probably the best we have had in years. Seriously look at the reviews on google not Yelp. 4. Great draft beer selection. Can you try putting dogs and boats or two roads to ruin on draft? That said Captains daughter was great. Full pour! We are going back and it's likely to become a weekly visit. My only suggestion: light up those TVs with local sports, car racing, motor sports, etc. Good job folks the place is brilliant and the food was great. Can't wait to come on Monday to try the India cuisine. Thank you! read more

Beautiful restaurant, well decorated and very clean. Beautiful bar room. Maybe put something on the TVs instead of the Roku Home Screen? The food is okay. Not great, not bad. It's certainly nothing special. Very limited vegetarian options - it doesn't take a lot to offer a veggie burger or something. My biggest thing is the two female servers. The older lady and younger bigger gal - two of the most emotionless, personality-less, un-friendly, upset to be working ladies I've ever seen. You are waitresses/bartenders. It wouldn't hurt to smile, even a little, and treat your customers like you are glad to have them there vs. angry that they chose to eat at Midway. The horrible unfriendly service will be the reason I do not give them another chance (I've given them three, and all three have been the same). If the servers changed, I would go back for convenience due to his proximity to my home and maybe the nice bar. read more

The new restaurant is beautiful. The outdoor seating is great, the bar area is beautiful ....... But they need more staff. We sat outside and the service was not timely. When we got service it was friendly but it took over 30 minutes to get drinks. Another 20 for our appetizers. And another 20 after that for our meal. Food was good!! Kids had the chicken tender and kids pasta & meatball Husband got a pizza and I got a turkey club. All of it came out hot and fresh and delicious. read more

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I absolutely hate giving anything less than a four star review, after much consideration I think it's important and could save somebody a bad night or next day. I had dinner for the first time at Midway a couple of nights ago. The food was ok Nothing to write home about but nothing bad either until I realize the next morning I have been fed a gluten pizza when I had ordered gluten-free. Since I had nothing to compare it to (first time eating there) I didn't notice it wasn't a gluten-free pizza (some places the crust is very obvious that it is gluten-free others they do a great job and it's hard to tell that it's gluten-free). Unfortunately i woke up to feeling absolutely horrible and spent the whole following day in bed, barely functioning which is when i realized what happened. I did reach out to the restaurant via Facebook to let them know what happened hoping to keep it private, and help them figure out where they may need some more training or attention in there business but after noticing, they have read my message, but chose not to respond, I've decided it's best to spread the word so others who have gluten issues do not get terribly sick while eating here. I'm most annoyed that after having my weekend ruined unnecessarily that the establishment would not even acknowledge my outreach to them. read more

Midway Pizza is beautiful inside now. The food and meat lovers pizza is very good. The owners cooks and waitstaff are lovely.

Great food and excellent pizza. I worked in a pizza shop when I was a kid and Midway Pizza blows it away. The staffis hard working and professional and tge owners are fantastic. Always give my business to MIDWAY! read more

After Midway Restaurant reopened this year we ordered several pizzas and they were great and the help was very pleasant when we picked them up. On 09/19/25 we ordered several pizzas from Midway restaurant again and prepaid for them. When my wife picked them up, the employee that brought the pizzas out just threw them on the counter and walked away. No thank you or anything. When we got them home all the pizzas were way over cooked and NOT worth the money. I do not recommend this restaurant to anyone Midway, you just lost a customer for ever and I will pass my experience to everyone. Rick. A read more

Can I just say this is the first time we ate at this restaurant as a takeout or even ate their food. My husband and I both got pizza and I will say it was the best pizza i've had.Around here! Was not skimpy with their toppings? Nice crust, cooked perfectly.I'm definitely going to be eating hair more often for our Pizza. I'm not sure how the rest of the food is yet, but yeah, we'll give it a try. So if you're looking for good pizza, I highly recommend this restaurant!! read more

Friendly atmosphere and menu has many choices! We stopped by in the afternoon after a hike and so pizza was on our minds! Checked out their bar area that has many tv's streaming- we figure we will return on a game night for dinner! read more

The Kids portion of Fish with Onion Rings was sooo delicious! More than enough food for any kid or Senior!

First visit after the reopening. Very nice clean and fresh atmosphere. Large bar area and large section of booths. Plenty of parking. No dress code. I noticed two waitstaff, two managers and a bartender. Some room for improvement would be in the area that follows. One manager was very confused with juggling between running staff, answering the phone, taking to go orders and filling to go orders. You can tell this is their first restaurant. Hire someone to strictly work the register. Orders that are to go and pick-up need to be treated differently then dine in. Sit down customers are already there and willing to wait. Walk in will not come back in they wait to long. 15 minutes for a to go cold grinder might not seem long for some but it is. Manager should worry about smooth operation not working registers. Hide the confusion. All the food coming from the back looked delicious. Just lack of order in the place. Spend money up front to keep it coming in. Fix this and five stars could be in reach. We will see if the second visit brings the score up or down. read more

If you're looking for pizza, then this is the place for you! We have a few restaurants that we go to when we are in the mood for a particular type of food. When we went Pizza, we call Midway. Their salads are also a go to! When we eat in, I always order their grilled haddock. Service is great! read more

The pizza was absolutely delicious!!! Soooo cheesy. The waitress was very friendly! Will come back if we are up this way.

The Fish and chip is 22.95 and so soggy we couldn't eat it never again will we order from them and the most unfriendly people ever

We recently vacationed on Ashford Lake, and there are not a lot of places to eat anywhere near where we stayed so we ended up ordering from here a few times. If we had only ordered pizza I would be rating it 5 stars. The pizza was REALLY good. The large was HUGE and reasonably priced. The were very generous with the toppings and it was delicious. In fact it was so good we decided to order from there again a few nights later. Unfortunately their other items are not as good as the pizza was. My husband ordered a cheeseburger sub with bacon. There was no bacon on it and the burger was very dry. I had the chicken tenders, and since this is a "restaurant" I was expecting actual chicken but instead it was that chopped formed processed stuff that looks and tastes like thin slices of crispy breaded deep fried kitchen sponge, complete with air holes in it. You can get better chicken tenders out of the grocery store freezer. read more

This place has changed hands since I used to live here, so I can only rate the white pizza I tried. It was the Chicken Breast Pizza listed in the Gormet Pizzas section of the menu. I liked it very much. It came with lots of fresh garlic on it and I added broccoli, which was also fresh. Also the manager (owner?) was nice. They're open for lunch and from 5-9pm for dinner and they have a generator (power outages are frequent in this area). read more

We recently went to Midway with a small group. While I have had several satisfying experiences with the takeout- eating in was a disappointment. The waitress did not even acknowledge us for 20 minutes. When she finally did there was no apology or explanation. Two other "manager types" walked by 3 or 4 times and did not notice we had no drinks or food. They never acknowledged us at all. It only got worse. We did order. Food took forever to come and we were there for just over 2 hours. I understand that it is difficult to get people to work- but just say hey- sorry- we will be right there. That would go a long way. It was very disappointing. read more

The person who answered the phone was distracted and then hung up on me after I asked him to read my order back to me. Guess what they gave me a chefs salad instead of the Caesar salad I ordered. The food is terrible and the service now matches. read more

I had a delicious grilled chicken sandwich that I enjoyed. I got a piece of Reese pie to go. I got lemonade to drink.

Sadly this is not the same Midway I gave four stars to in 2013. I suspect Peter and George have just grown tired of running the place. It has been for sale for some time. If you order pizza or a grinder the food is OK, but not exceptional. However, the "meals" are overpriced and of poor quality. The sign out front advertises $9.95 dinner specials, but the "specials" start at $13.95 and go up to $19.95!!! I ordered the Chicken Souvlaki. It was undercooked and the fries were cold. I sent it back and the same chicken came back blackened and the fries were still cold! My friend ordered a hamburger cooked medium with fries. It came out burnt and again with cold fries. One last note the drink prices for mixed drinks have not changed, BUT the size of the glass has shrunk. It is the only place left in Ashford with a bar, so I guess they feel their customers have no other choice. Unfortunately they are mistaken. read more

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Terrible roast beef grinder. Meat tasted sour roll was not fresh. Won't be going back.

The pizza's,grinders are great. Monday is my favorite for Chicken wings at $5.50 for ten. The mango habanero is my favorite. Frozen margaritas. So yummy read more

The other day my boyfriend brought home a calzone from Midway and asked me if I wanted to share it with him. One whiff of it and the first thing it reminded me of was the horrible food from Basil's in Stafford Springs. I can't quite put my finger on it but perhaps many of the local restaurants buy their oil from the same vendor. If that is it, they all need to change brands because the odor is anything but appetizing. In all fairness to the owner, when my boyfriend brought it back to get a refund (never a bite was eaten), he was refunded in full. However, that being said, it is very doubtful that we will ever be ordering anything from them in the future. Note: chicken fingers ordered previously were nothing to brag about either. read more

Just awful. The food taste was horrible. The meatballs definitely weren't homemade and bland. I ended up throwing half away. We ordered a Caesar salad with crispy chicken (instead of grilled) and no cucumbers and no carrots. Instead got the take out back home and there were onions and carrots in the Caesar salad?! Parmesan cheese was missing. Upon arriving the waitress mixed up our order and put grilled chicken on it so we had to wait for it to be remade. Only reason we went here was because it was a recommendation in our Airbnb's host or house manual. Skip this place and save your money read more

We usually order from this restaurant when we visit family, but today I am pleased more, from our take out order. I ordered online and my daughter wanted Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo. I chose Chicken Breast with Fettuccine and asked for Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo if possible in the "notes" section. It came out perfect. Chicken was cut up like the general way restaurants serve it. My daughter loved it. read more

Since the new ownership, hope your stomach doesn't get upset easily. Myself and a few more family + friends from Ashford no longer frequent this establishment. Where do we go now? Beware out of towners. No need to ruin your camp outing or trip to the lakes. read more

Our group occasionally orders takeout and we are usually happy with the food; however, yesterday when we ordered, it was another story. Our order came with no utensils or napkins and the wraps that were ordered had been heated. My turkey wrap was stuffed with turkey, a good thing, but the lettuce had been heated with the filling. Gross. They will do the same thing with the grinders unless you tell them that you want it cold. read more

I love this place. The pizzas are delicious and have a wonderful crust. There is a very nice lounge and bar. The prices are very low for this quality of simple comfort food.The service is friendly and efficient. The portions are huge for many entree items. Two persons could split the dinners if they are light eaters. Enjoy!! read more

My brother and I came here for an early lunch and we had the place to ourselves. Crystal was super friendly and we shared quite a few laughs and traded stories during our lunch experience. We started with an order of buffalo wings, which are offered in regular or hot. I opted for regular since I wanted to taste the rest of my meal. They were battered and delicious. My brother ordered the Paul Newman Midway Special - a hearty Greek salad and a small pizza that was topped with onions, peppers, tomato, sausage, ground beef, and pepperoni (which is a ridiculous amount of food for one person to eat) and I ordered the gyro deluxe (which just means the flatbread sandwich comes with their hand-cut fries). The gyro alone was tasty and plentiful, we really didn't need the fries, but they were delicious. Such a treat to find a diner that hits the spot! I can't tell you how many times I've passed it by on my way from RI to CT! Next time, I'll be sure to stop in! read more

Midway has a lot of potential with a high visibility location on Rte 44. But they need to pay attention to the details better. Our waitress was nice but totally mishandled our order so that we ended up waiting over an hour for our lunch to arrive. Once it showed up, it was mostly tasty. The four of us ordered 2 pizzas, chicken souvlaki & patty melt. The pizzas have a thicker crust than I like, but the 2 people who ordered them seemed to like it just fine. Chicken soulaki was ok, but I adore tzatiki sauce and the sludge they served just wasn't close. The patty melt was standard stuff. The true downer was the service. She was apologetic, but it was just far too long and the place was not at all busy. She should have caught her mistake much sooner and offered us more than just a salty cup of soup as an apology. Plus she kept laughing and going on about how she had to work a double (I don't care) and how she wished she could be outside in the nice weather (how about you do your job and serve my food in a reasonable time???). Won't be stopping here again next time we're camping in the area. read more

Midway is a staple of Ashford and as the only pizza place in town it definitely comes in handy when you're stuck in the woods with no food in sight. The atmosphere is very local and with that you either know everyone or are camped or alone depending on if you're from the area. The bartenders are very friendly as are the rest of the staff. I typically get their meatball grinders, they're always consistently good and filling. Worth a try when in Ashford! read more

What can I say...it's the only dam restaurant in my town... If you like a menu that NEVER changes and ranges from a gyro on a pita to a pizza, then your in for a treat! You might be lucky enough to see Paul Newman and Jo-Ann Woodward in there.. read more

The Midway has gone downhill in the last 12 months. Having been a regular there for 15 years, tonight was the last straw. After waiting for an hour for a single cheeseburger and a small salad, I ended up walking out. At no point in time did the manager or owner seem to care one bit that we had been sitting there with empty beverage glasses and no food. While there are not a lot of food options in the area, Midway will not be a place I frequent again. read more

I've been in Ashford for 15 years and though I've never been pleased at the Midway - it's practically the only place in our little town to grab a quick take out. Tonight was yet another disappointment : I called and ordered a meatball sub with American cheese to go- and please add a side of fries ? My partner gets home , starts to open his sub , and is disappointed that's it's covered in toppings (lettuce, tomatoes etc) - but he's home and not one to complain . Then after trying to eat it- he realizes it's not a meatball sub but a hamburger sub covered in the aforementioned toppings - and the fries are cold and fairly tasteless . (Sigh.) For once - Midway- could you please prove me wrong ? Signed (Yet again ), A Disappointed Customer read more

Stopped in for seafood platter and fish n chips. Never again. More fries than seafood and both were terrible. Fish had no taste and fried in oil that must have been in use for months! read more