Meredith Area Suggestion?

[WakeboardMom]

Originally Posted by AC2717

O's in Laconia,
or just this past weekend, I was at Church landing in their restaurant, and also the brand new deck bar on top of the new lodge building that they just built. This place was great for drinks before heading into the original restaurant

the roof deck bar just opened last week

We were there for drinks and lunch last Wednesday, the 8th. Food took forever to arrive and when it did it was cold. The waitress kind of shrugged and said, "Well, these kinds of things will have to be worked out," and walked away. My 21-year-old daughter who has spent several summers as a server was not impressed with that answer.

She pointed to a gentleman at the bar and said to my husband, "Speak to him. He's a manager." We asked him to come over, and when he approached my daughter said, "Hello. Are you the manager of this area?" He answered, "Well I'm the Food and Beverage manager, so I guess the answer is 'yes.' " Awesome. How personable is that? Whatever. He comped the food but neither he nor the waitress ever apologized or made any attempt to woo us back.

Please know that due to her experience, my daughter made sure all of our issues were presented in pleasant tones of voice by us and we didn't ask for the food to be comped. It's understandable that because of the location of the bar, being far from the kitchen, that there might be an issue with enough food runners at any given time. A gracious apology would have gone a long way to keeping us as customers.

I'm sure that we won't be in a hurry to go back there.

(But big LOL to "I guess..." Man up, bucko! George Soderberg where are you???? ; )

[Barbara]

Originally Posted by WakeboardMom

We were there for drinks and lunch last Wednesday, the 8th. Food took forever to arrive and when it did it was cold. The waitress kind of shrugged and said, "Well, these kinds of things will have to be worked out," and walked away. My 21-year-old daughter who has spent several summers as a server was not impressed with that answer.

She pointed to a gentleman at the bar and said to my husband, "Speak to him. He's a manager." We asked him to come over, and when he approached my daughter said, "Hello. Are you the manager of this area?" He answered, "Well I'm the Food and Beverage manager, so I guess the answer is 'yes.' " Awesome. How personable is that? Whatever. He comped the food but neither he nor the waitress ever apologized or made any attempt to woo us back.

Please know that due to her experience, my daughter made sure all of our issues were presented in pleasant tones of voice by us and we didn't ask for the food to be comped. It's understandable that because of the location of the bar, being far from the kitchen, that there might be an issue with enough food runners at any given time. A gracious apology would have gone a long way to keeping us as customers.

I'm sure that we won't be in a hurry to go back there.

(But big LOL to "I guess..." Man up, bucko! George Soderberg where are you???? ; )

I'm a bit confused. Which restaurant are you referring to, O's Steak and Seafood or Church Landing?

In response to the OP, our favorite restaurant in the entire lakes region is Mise En Place. IMO, it's in a class of it's own. It truly is fine dining. We enjoy many of the restaurants mentioned by others posted in this thread that are in the vicinity of Meredith; Tavern 27, Church Landing, Lavinia's and Lyon's Den. Our favorite one that comes closest to Mise En Place in food quality is O. Another restaurant that we greatly enjoy is Ellacoya Barn and Grille. It has an extensive and eclectic menu and every meal we've ever had there has been delicious. In my husband's opinion, they have the best burgers on the entire lake.

[WakeboardMom]

Originally Posted by Barbara

I'm a bit confused. Which restaurant are you referring to, O's Steak and Seafood or Church Landing?

See post I quoted...the new deck bar at Church Landing...

[no-engine]

Venti. frozen franchise foods.
Pizza across street is not much better.

[Mr. V]

Lyon's Den might be a bit more than 20 minutes away, depending on traffic, but it is very good.

Tavern 27 is pretty close to Meredith, and it is a classy, quality experience, but it IS DIFFERENT: not the usual at all.

Not that there's anything wrong with that ...

[Parker21]

Well we just got back from our 2 weeks at the lake; we ended up at O's and had a great meal, with equally great service from our waitress, Linda. While somewhat pricy for the region, it was "cheap" for the quality of the food and setting. I would put it on par with any quality steak/seafood restaurant in a major metro area.

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by Parker21

Well we just got back from our 2 weeks at the lake; we ended up at O's and had a great meal, with equally great service from our waitress, Linda. While somewhat pricy for the region, it was "cheap" for the quality of the food and setting. I would put it on par with any quality steak/seafood restaurant in a major metro area.

Glad you enjoyed O's! We have been a few times and every time service and food has been great!

Dan