Lord Essex Tavern and Grill

This place felt fancier than the prices reflect! Great bang for your buck, attentive servers, and a cozy, old-world atmosphere make this a top pick!

Sat at the entrance host looked at our party multiple times and just ignored us. Restaurant had 3 guests. Definitely not accommodating. Seems like a common thing at this place after reading reviews. They obviously haven't changed a thing.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Me and the girlfriend saw the place due to medieval look and wanted to see what the inside was like and get little bit of food and dessert. We were greeted in less then minute. And brought to the table. The hostess asked if we wanted water and filled the glasses for us right away and gave us the menus. The server avery came up less then 2 mins later. And built a bond and impressed us right away. Once we decide what to eat it. I noticed he kept a eye on all his tables and as soon as seen we weren't looking at the menu anymore he was over right took the order and brought us the dessert so we could look it over and decide while waiting and eating. Food was fast to show up. Tasted amazing I had the cheese quesadilla and she had the spinach artichoke dip. Food was amazing. About 5 mins into eating Avery came back to check on us. And I dont maybe 5 to 10 mins later he came back and asked about dessert. I got the cheese cake and she asked for the créme brulee and said they were out for the day. Which she was fine with. So the dessert would be ready when we finished eating. During that time the manager was walking around asking how everything is going. She said it was sad (jokingly) that they were out of créme brulee and said they actually just text me saying there's fresh batches made and he switch it for us before we got the dessert. And the dessert tasted amazing highly recommended.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It was great but the sandwiches on the menu were 4 dollars cheaper than the bill! I didn't say anything because I wasn't sure until I left and checked the menu out front. But I feel ripped off.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was good, but service was PHENOMENAL! Avery made our night! His smile, quirky and witty responses, so quick and personable. He is VERY good at this job. Tip him well!

The food was delicious (koodos to the cooks!) and our waiter Avery was Awesome! He went above & beyond and kept us entertained with his WONDERFUL personality. Will definitely be back & I highly recommend. We had the Fish & chips, corned beef & cabbage with the fish tacos as an appetizer!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My favorite local spot for a great lunch or dinner. Is it Wednesday? Darn. It’s not. Because on Wednesdays is PRIME RIB!! The biggest slice and cooked to perfection. I’d show you a photo but I was so excited I went full caveman on the prime rib and didn’t take a photo. Just as well I shouldn’t have shared my best secret dinner spot.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place is underrated. Excellent service. Great food. We asked to split a burger and they actually cut it in half and plated each half. The burger was a proper burger but they provided sauces separately so we could choose. Would come back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

We waited about 10 minutes before we were greeted by staff to be seated. Once seated it was another 10 minutes before we were greeted by our server. My husband ordered a Bloody Mary which was served to him almost after we were finished with our meal.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

Excellent Service. Excellent Food. Highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wonderful!!! Our waitress was awesome. My husband and I had the Reuben sandwich. It was the best Reuben I have had. I had the potato chips and my husband had Cole slaw. The chips were the best and he said the Cole slaw was the best he has had. Will return.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I guess i can't really rate the food as i was never waited on. A group of 3 of us showed up around 8:20pm and waited about 10-15min to be seated without a single employee even acknowledging us. At least 3 employees walked by us and did not even say a word to us. One even multiple times. We eventually just left and went somewhere else.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Maybe 3.5 stars. Very competent. This is the in hotel restaurant of the kahler grand, next to the Mayo Clinic, and as you might imagine, it caters to a special clientele--patients at the Mayo Clinic and their families. The dining room is wheelchair accessible, and the menu caters to an older crowd, with such entrees as corned beef and cabbage, meat loaf, fear free salmon (nothing spicy), turkey dinner and so on. The sound system features items like Sinatra singing "nice and easy does it," and so on. We found this an easy and comforting place to have dinner. About 76$ for two for dinner. For more "fancy", the Ruth Chris steakhouse is around the corner, in-building Servers are good, attentive, here Bon appetit!

Service was spot on...Avery was our server and We where very impressed..Very attentive on our needs.
Place looks a little upscale but it's not.We had a quite table for 2 and was not bothered by any noise.
After driving 6 hours we wanted a quite atmosphere.
Servers are all male and I can appreciate how they conducted themselves..
Wife had the wild rice soup and she said it was very good. I had hamburgers and house chips and that also was good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Steve Rocks, Very good bartender. Very knowledgeable about the property makes an amazing long island iced tea... He keeps the bar moving.People entertained.Overall, he is an amazing asset to the hotel.