There were not many ppl there when my spouse and I got there. We both ordered a fantastic pasta and chicken dish. Side of homemade squash. Yum. No fresh brewed iced tea, though. Only from the soda tap. We both had club soda with a slice of lime. We also had dessert: strawberry short cake and creme brulee. The Strawberry Short Cake was amazing! My creme brulee was OK, but it would have been better if the creme was warm. It was ice cold. My only disappointment. We will return.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Imogen Straub
The atmosphere is very cool; a loungy relic from a bygone era. They have great live music, but the food & drinks are ludicrously overpriced. For a place where most plates are over $20 each, it seems like it’s taking itself pretty seriously, but then they serve this Gold Peak fountain iced tea? Not even real iced tea, but this caramel-color-added carbonated nonsense lobbied by Coke or Pepsi Co that only bears a passing resemblance to real tea? The non-alcoholic drink menu is similarly just soda products. The alcoholic drinks were basically all “well” quality - bottom shelf, full of high fructose corn syrup & food colorings & nonsense for the most part, but still charging New York cocktail prices like you could drink it with your pinky out. For those prices, I want plastic rainbow mermaids, umbrellas and it better be served in a flaming monkey skull. This is 1996! — oh wait, never mind, we’re post-COVID in Western Mass. Okay, well yeah, that’s standard. But I don’t have to like it.
There are basically no healthy options on the menu which aren’t a joke, like a caesar salad that’s lettuce, croutons & dressing for I think $13 but $6 to add chicken? Are you kidding me? If those are the kinds of prices that must be charged that seems like faulty management. As a vegetarian option, offering lettuce & dressing as your option for $13 for a small bowl is also very silly. Like, “You can be a rabbit here, but it’s gonna cost you yer monocle…” For your reference, there are no gluten free options besides the overpriced little salad, either. Not even the fries because they share a deep frier. Sorry Celiacs. :-(
But then again on a music night, the house was packed & people were ordering, so obviously there are enough (wealthy?) retirees it doesn’t matter?
The service was excellent up until I had to check out, but I don’t think that was her fault. The waitress went above and beyond & offered to make a brewed tea though I didn’t have the kind of haughty elitist gall to ask cos I’m not THAT person ?? she just offered, which was really 12/10 courtesy. She was awesome. The only thing to recommend this place besides the music & its environment. It’s visually very cool & historic feeling.
Vegetarian options: No. Don’t go here if you’re vegetarian. They’re aggressively carnivorous. Like behind a Sunday BBQ and full on into the realm of Roman levels of self-indulgent hedonistic cruelty that is veal. Salad eaters are basically punished with the lameness of their salads.
Dietary restrictions: Don’t bother if you are allergic to anything. This place is not welcoming to anyone with unusual needs. The only options that will accommodate you are insanely lackluster & overpriced. But don’t feel singled out - everything is overpriced. You just don’t get to enjoy what you paid too much for unlike people without dietary restrictions. :-P
Kid-friendliness: It’s fine. I don’t know what they’ll eat but the staff are innovative & top notch, they’ll probably figure something out for them that won’t break the bank.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Aaron Boisvert
I had an awesome lil lunch here. The staff was very kind and courteous and the food was delicious. Will definitely stop in again!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Colleen McEwan
I have never eaten here before. The food and service and prices are excellent!! You will laugh with the staff and have a great meal!! We will be coming back soon!!!
Wheelchair accessibility: I am in a battery-operated wheelchair. I had no problems at all with sitting at a table and using the bathrooms!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baked Haddock
A Ijams
It's definitely worth checking out. we ordered the haddock Sandwhich with sweet potato fries and chicken parmasan Sandwhich with onion rings. Both were very good, butnot to crazy about the onion rings,enjoyed the roll with the chicken parm not bready,both were cooked great and not greasy,enjoyed having table cloths as well a great touch
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Lynette DeInnocentis
Their fish chowder was the best I've ever had. And I'm a native new englander!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chowder
Ella Mercier
We stopped for ice cream, not the restaurant. A few years ago, we walked out of the restaurant because we found it a bit pricey.
Karen Brennan
We had a cheeseburger plater it was delicious. The fries are great .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
David Susman
While the interior could do with a spruce up, and some updates, the food and staff are still worth going for dinner. Best lamb in the area, bar none. We've never been disappointed with our dinners.
Michael Hebert
Atmosphere has been updated nicely. However, food was sub-par. Rib eye steak was totally raw. Pasta overcooked with very sweet sauce. It will be a long time before we return.
Great buffet, recommend making a reservation.Mother's day brunch, great prime rib but we were saddened there were no pastries. Still though plenty of everything else! ?
Barbara Greene
The food is sooo good and the portions are huge! Great place!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brenda Melendez
Outdated restaurant
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Janelle Kelly
Came here for the Sunday brunch buffet. Food selection is smaller than before (pre-covid) but still quite tasty. The baked Haddock was cold, which had me a bit concerned. I definitely enjoyed the scrambled eggs and stuffed pancake rolls.Interior is a lot nicer than the last time I visited pre-Covid, but it is still showing signs of age and wear age tear. There was a chunk of paint missing on the wall where my husband and I sat.Service was good. The waitress cleared our plates promptly and had our drinks waiting for us by the time we got back from getting our first plates of food.Decent place to eat. Liked the food but didn't love it. Not a bad price for a buffet considering what most restaurants charge for breakfast items these days.Will most likely come back again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Lraw 91
My husband & I remember a time when you used to have to wait for a table to dine at The King Phillip. Sadly, for them that’s no longer the case. The dining room is not inviting, very drab. There may have been a half dozen other couples. The white linens are on the tables because of the sad condition of them.Our server was great, no complaints there. My drink I sent back, twice. I’d have been drunk before my meal. Way too much alcohol, I couldn’t taste the drink at all as my throat was burning!Their bartender needs to go back to school, not our 1st issue on that topic.The salad was very dry, definitely not fresh. The black olives were very dry. Small peices of tomato.Our meals were good, but lacking in the portions, I’ve never seen a potato so small.We’ve decided we’re done giving them the benefit of the doubt.It’s no longer enjoyable. Travel elsewhere, save your money for quality somewhere else.
There were not many ppl there when my spouse and I got there. We both ordered a fantastic pasta and chicken dish. Side of homemade squash. Yum. No fresh brewed iced tea, though. Only from the soda tap. We both had club soda with a slice of lime. We also had dessert: strawberry short cake and creme brulee. The Strawberry Short Cake was amazing! My creme brulee was OK, but it would have been better if the creme was warm. It was ice cold. My only disappointment. We will return.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
The atmosphere is very cool; a loungy relic from a bygone era. They have great live music, but the food & drinks are ludicrously overpriced. For a place where most plates are over $20 each, it seems like it’s taking itself pretty seriously, but then they serve this Gold Peak fountain iced tea? Not even real iced tea, but this caramel-color-added carbonated nonsense lobbied by Coke or Pepsi Co that only bears a passing resemblance to real tea? The non-alcoholic drink menu is similarly just soda products. The alcoholic drinks were basically all “well” quality - bottom shelf, full of high fructose corn syrup & food colorings & nonsense for the most part, but still charging New York cocktail prices like you could drink it with your pinky out. For those prices, I want plastic rainbow mermaids, umbrellas and it better be served in a flaming monkey skull. This is 1996! — oh wait, never mind, we’re post-COVID in Western Mass. Okay, well yeah, that’s standard. But I don’t have to like it.
There are basically no healthy options on the menu which aren’t a joke, like a caesar salad that’s lettuce, croutons & dressing for I think $13 but $6 to add chicken? Are you kidding me? If those are the kinds of prices that must be charged that seems like faulty management. As a vegetarian option, offering lettuce & dressing as your option for $13 for a small bowl is also very silly. Like, “You can be a rabbit here, but it’s gonna cost you yer monocle…”
For your reference, there are no gluten free options besides the overpriced little salad, either. Not even the fries because they share a deep frier. Sorry Celiacs. :-(
But then again on a music night, the house was packed & people were ordering, so obviously there are enough (wealthy?) retirees it doesn’t matter?
The service was excellent up until I had to check out, but I don’t think that was her fault. The waitress went above and beyond & offered to make a brewed tea though I didn’t have the kind of haughty elitist gall to ask cos I’m not THAT person ?? she just offered, which was really 12/10 courtesy. She was awesome. The only thing to recommend this place besides the music & its environment. It’s visually very cool & historic feeling.
Vegetarian options: No. Don’t go here if you’re vegetarian. They’re aggressively carnivorous. Like behind a Sunday BBQ and full on into the realm of Roman levels of self-indulgent hedonistic cruelty that is veal. Salad eaters are basically punished with the lameness of their salads.
Dietary restrictions: Don’t bother if you are allergic to anything. This place is not welcoming to anyone with unusual needs. The only options that will accommodate you are insanely lackluster & overpriced. But don’t feel singled out - everything is overpriced. You just don’t get to enjoy what you paid too much for unlike people without dietary restrictions. :-P
Kid-friendliness: It’s fine. I don’t know what they’ll eat but the staff are innovative & top notch, they’ll probably figure something out for them that won’t break the bank.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
I had an awesome lil lunch here. The staff was very kind and courteous and the food was delicious. Will definitely stop in again!
Food: 5
Service: 5
I have never eaten here before. The food and service and prices are excellent!! You will laugh with the staff and have a great meal!! We will be coming back soon!!!
Wheelchair accessibility: I am in a battery-operated wheelchair. I had no problems at all with sitting at a table and using the bathrooms!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baked Haddock
It's definitely worth checking out. we ordered the haddock Sandwhich with sweet potato fries and chicken parmasan Sandwhich with onion rings. Both were very good, butnot to crazy about the onion rings,enjoyed the roll with the chicken parm not bready,both were cooked great and not greasy,enjoyed having table cloths as well a great touch
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Their fish chowder was the best I've ever had. And I'm a native new englander!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chowder
We stopped for ice cream, not the restaurant. A few years ago, we walked out of the restaurant because we found it a bit pricey.
We had a cheeseburger plater it was delicious. The fries are great .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
While the interior could do with a spruce up, and some updates, the food and staff are still worth going for dinner. Best lamb in the area, bar none. We've never been disappointed with our dinners.
Atmosphere has been updated nicely. However, food was sub-par. Rib eye steak was totally raw. Pasta overcooked with very sweet sauce. It will be a long time before we return.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Great buffet, recommend making a reservation.Mother's day brunch, great prime rib but we were saddened there were no pastries. Still though plenty of everything else! ?
The food is sooo good and the portions are huge! Great place!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Outdated restaurant
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Came here for the Sunday brunch buffet. Food selection is smaller than before (pre-covid) but still quite tasty. The baked Haddock was cold, which had me a bit concerned. I definitely enjoyed the scrambled eggs and stuffed pancake rolls.Interior is a lot nicer than the last time I visited pre-Covid, but it is still showing signs of age and wear age tear. There was a chunk of paint missing on the wall where my husband and I sat.Service was good. The waitress cleared our plates promptly and had our drinks waiting for us by the time we got back from getting our first plates of food.Decent place to eat. Liked the food but didn't love it. Not a bad price for a buffet considering what most restaurants charge for breakfast items these days.Will most likely come back again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
My husband & I remember a time when you used to have to wait for a table to dine at The King Phillip. Sadly, for them that’s no longer the case. The dining room is not inviting, very drab. There may have been a half dozen other couples. The white linens are on the tables because of the sad condition of them.Our server was great, no complaints there. My drink I sent back, twice. I’d have been drunk before my meal. Way too much alcohol, I couldn’t taste the drink at all as my throat was burning!Their bartender needs to go back to school, not our 1st issue on that topic.The salad was very dry, definitely not fresh. The black olives were very dry. Small peices of tomato.Our meals were good, but lacking in the portions, I’ve never seen a potato so small.We’ve decided we’re done giving them the benefit of the doubt.It’s no longer enjoyable. Travel elsewhere, save your money for quality somewhere else.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
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