The Grill at Fairview Inn

Kathleen Foley

My three sisters and I got together for dinner on Thursday, 9/1 at The Grill at Fairview. We have all been there on several occasions and although the menu is limited, the food has always been really good and consistent. Three of us ordered the Short Ribs (my favorite) and one ordered the Sirloin (med-rare). When the food arrived, it was served by someone other than our server and immediately, I noticed that it was not what I usually order. There was absolutely no Bordelaise sauce on the ribs; they were not even browned and whatever juice was in the dish, was clear and watery. The mashed potatoes are usually creamy and melt in your mouth, but what we got was an ice cream scoop of hard mashed potatoes. The spinach was the only thing on the plate that was recognizable from the several other times that I've ordered the dish. My sister's sirloin was med-well at best with one third of it so charred, it was not palatable. So DISAPPOINTING all around. Meanwhile, our server was waiting on a large party of about 15 people who were seated after we ordered (as well as other parties). I know that places are short staffed and we have to be patient, but by the time she came over to check on us, it was too late. I barely ate any of my dinner. My sister told the server, when she finally came over, that the steak was overcooked - I mean there was barely any pink even in the thickest part - and we were not happy at all with the ribs. She apologized and said that Arty was not the chef tonight. We ordered one dessert to split which the server took off our bill to make up for our bad experience. Love getting together with my sisters, which is not often since was don't all live in the same state, and while we enjoyed each other's company, the meal was a real downer.

Patricia Shea-Vacca

Food was good. View gorgeous. Parking difficult.

Maria Malado

From beginning to end this was a terrible experience. We were seated at the bar even though there were plenty of dining room tables available, but we were told that they couldn’t seat any more people in there due to the servers rotations (ok?? We offered to wait and they said no quite rudely). It then took over 45 minutes to get our drinks and they were not good - I do not recommend a mixed drink here. Our waitress never come back so it took another HOUR to get our appetizers. We put in our food order at the same time knowing it would be a while and then she forgot one of the food orders so that took an extra 20 minutes - no apologies. When we went to the hostess stand to ask where our waitress was we were rudely told that she’s very busy and she would be by when she came through (no apologies again). It was such a wildly bad experience that it almost seems like they just didn’t want us to come here.

Jagger Doll

Wow. The food was delicious and reasonably priced, the portions were big, the service was great, and it all came quickly. Jack M. was our waiter, he was super friendly and helpful. I'll definitely come back to this place next time I'm in town.