The Village Eatery

Marlene Grugnale

my husband and I went for Sunday brunch we found very little for choices received no service and actually ended up leaving without eating went over to Charlie's got fed right away.

Bill Lau

Gets 2 stars because the food was good. We visited this place Sunday morning for breakfast. The problems started early. Google, Facebook and the restaurant all had different hours. We showed up expecting them to be open, but they were not yet, bad management. Hopefully my edit to Google will at least fix one of their problems. We get inside and there's one table for a large group. Other large groups had to move tables around which isn't a big deal, but it seemed like the staff was not really pleased about that. It is a fairly small place. From here it only got worse and I blame all of it on poor management. They apparently only have one pot of coffee because we were told the one pot of coffee continued to be empty or in the hands of another server. Took probably 30 minutes to get coffee, bad management. It is apparently a buffet Sunday mornings, again I say apparently because it's unclear at the time we went as to what to expect, bad management. We were told that people that were supposed to prep didn't, so the morning crew had to do a lot of it in the morning, bad management. And because of this the buffet was always empty or lacking normal options, bad management. Our server was very nice and tried to be as appeasing as possible given the circumstances. But it wasn't exactly hidden that the servers were fighting amongst themselves for resources, bad management. We left not hungry, but not full either because we didn't want to continue waiting for the slow food prep. 2 kids were hungry and getting upset there was not really much to eat. Went home to feed them. Even though the food was better then the first time we visited the poor management experienced this time will prevent us from going again. I just don't want to relive this experience. Maybe going on a day other than Sunday will be a better experience, but not willing to risk it.

Jon Wolfe

Best kept secret in Merrimack, NH!! Sitting on the side of the DW, in an unsuspecting location this little restaurant offers up some wonderful home cooked meals. Went to the Sunday, brunch buffet and enjoyed a wide variety of breakfast and lunch items. The freshly made omelette at the omelette station was delicious and the freshly baked raspberry turnover was to die for!! They only put out reasonable amounts on the buffet tables and keep them replenished so what you get is always fresh and hasn’t become soft, rubbery or mushy. Reasonable prices and fast friendly service. How did I miss this? Wish I knew about it sooner!!

Kathleen McDonough

My family and I recently stopped by to check out this new little eatery! It was cute inside with lovely wood tables. I had heard some great reviews about the homemade corned beef hash. So of course I ordered the corned beef hash omelette, grilled English muffin and potato pancakes. The corned beef hash omelette was pretty good but something was a little off with it. I could not quite put my finger on it. The potato pancakes were delicious. I will absolutely order those again. My husband had a short stack of French toast with a side of bacon which he said he enjoyed. The bacon was well cooked and crispy. My son had a chocolate chip pancake and shared the bacon with dad. The service was a bit slow but there was only one waitress so we understood the stress she was under. The have a full bar and serve lunch and dinner I understand. It was a good meal and we will be back.