This place has a great atmosphere and live music on Thursday nights. The menu has lots of delicious sounding dishes it was hard to decide. I went with the holy cow tacos and I was a little disappointed. They were fine but nothing spectacular. I would like to try some of the other menu items so I will be back.
Matthew Bland
Awesome little spot. Amazing food and great drinks. The staff was friendly and the reasturant was very clean. We will be going back to try everything we didn't try this time!
Debbie
Awesome Sunday brunch. But always awesome all day.
Emily Sherman
Great looking spot! Drinks were good. Service was a bit slow. Food was not very good. My steak came out burnt, the asparagus were undercooked and cold, and mashed potatoes were as well. I let the server know and they said they would let the kitchen know and just apologized, but nothing was changed or comped. Unfortunately will not be back.
Matthew Cheney
My wife and I had reservations for Valentine's Day, we waited in line for almost 30 minutes. We then ordered our drinks and after another @5 minutes of waiting we still didn't have our drinks. We left. Frankly the management should be absolutely ashamed of the level of customer service. I fully appreciate and understand that Valentine's Day can be very busy, on the other hand we had a reservation and had an extended wait. At no point were we offered an explanation, an apology, a free drink, possibly a deal on an app. I'm not trying to get something for free, but if I have a reservation I expect a certain level of service. If I were the owner I would fire, or retrain, everyone.
Stephanie Seger
I have had great meals here in the past. This time Baked Haddock dinner with jasmine rice and glazed carrots… haddock had a ritz cracker crumbled on top dry temp ok, rice was lukewarm at best and pasty, carrots still crunchy, no “glaze” lukewarm. Not busy at all so very disappointing. Offered to reheat, at this point the fish would be very dry and even more pasty rice. No thank you, offered choice of 2 desserts for inconvenience. Asked to take home, when at home there was melted whipped cream that made the cheesecake crust soggy. Very disappointing.
Erik Miles
The food was uninteresting and surprisingly lacking in flavor.
Michelle McAlister
I am a long time customer of the Roost. I live close by so it is so convenient to get to! I recently dined there our server Christy was awesome but unfortunately the meals were vey disappointing. We ordered the mac and cheese which was dry and the haddock was cold with one limp lemon
I’m not a fan of the new menu changes! I use to love the soft pretzels and I the way they served the haddock over mashed potatoes.
I hope management keeps these reviews in mind. I really don’t want to take my business elsewhere.
S D
Underwhelming portion size and food quality for the price. The bruschetta had 3 cherry tomatoes and 2 cherry tomato sized pieces of mozzarella. The $30 risotto had 4 overcooked and gritty scallops with a heaping pile of obviously microwaved green beans. Maybe they do better with their target demographic, but it certainly doesn't compare to most restaurants in Dover. I should have realized why the place was dead when I went.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Dr. Carole Gadomski
So this rating of the Roost is the average of two visits. The first visit was for lunch. The sandwiches were excellent and the service was good. We sat at the bar and the overall experience was a 5. We decided to return a couple of weeks later. This time we sat outside. The little area was nice. The service was very slow. It took a good 10 minutes for anyone to even come out. We ordered a drink and two apps. The drinks again came out very slowly. The food took even longer. The coconut shrimp really didn't have any coconut that we could see or taste, and they were over cooked. The cauliflower bites were also over cooked and were ever so bland. They drizzled some sort of sauce over them but they were very dry. We wanted to ask for some additional sauce but nobody ever returned to check on us. This visit was a 1. We will give them another try for lunch in hopes that the app night was an anomaly.
Might have okay food in a coolish place but the wait staff today at lunch went out of their way to take an incredible amount of time to do anything. Pretty sure the intent is to waste your time.
Dietary restrictions: Not friendly to gluten free people
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
Jerry Alameda
Very happy with everything. Will go back soon
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kathy Connelly
Food & value excellent. Casual yet cozy Service was fast server & hostess very pleasent. Will return with family & friends
This place has a great atmosphere and live music on Thursday nights. The menu has lots of delicious sounding dishes it was hard to decide. I went with the holy cow tacos and I was a little disappointed. They were fine but nothing spectacular. I would like to try some of the other menu items so I will be back.
Awesome little spot. Amazing food and great drinks. The staff was friendly and the reasturant was very clean. We will be going back to try everything we didn't try this time!
Awesome Sunday brunch.
But always awesome all day.
Great looking spot! Drinks were good. Service was a bit slow. Food was not very good. My steak came out burnt, the asparagus were undercooked and cold, and mashed potatoes were as well. I let the server know and they said they would let the kitchen know and just apologized, but nothing was changed or comped. Unfortunately will not be back.
My wife and I had reservations for Valentine's Day, we waited in line for almost 30 minutes. We then ordered our drinks and after another @5 minutes of waiting we still didn't have our drinks. We left. Frankly the management should be absolutely ashamed of the level of customer service. I fully appreciate and understand that Valentine's Day can be very busy, on the other hand we had a reservation and had an extended wait. At no point were we offered an explanation, an apology, a free drink, possibly a deal on an app. I'm not trying to get something for free, but if I have a reservation I expect a certain level of service. If I were the owner I would fire, or retrain, everyone.
I have had great meals here in the past. This time Baked Haddock dinner with jasmine rice and glazed carrots… haddock had a ritz cracker crumbled on top dry temp ok, rice was lukewarm at best and pasty, carrots still crunchy, no “glaze” lukewarm. Not busy at all so very disappointing. Offered to reheat, at this point the fish would be very dry and even more pasty rice. No thank you, offered choice of 2 desserts for inconvenience. Asked to take home, when at home there was melted whipped cream that made the cheesecake crust soggy. Very disappointing.
The food was uninteresting and surprisingly lacking in flavor.
I am a long time customer of the Roost. I live close by so it is so convenient to get to!
I recently dined there our server Christy was awesome but unfortunately the meals were vey disappointing. We ordered the mac and cheese which was dry and the haddock was cold with one limp lemon
I’m not a fan of the new menu changes! I use to love the soft pretzels and I the way they served the haddock over mashed potatoes.
I hope management keeps these reviews in mind. I really don’t want to take my business elsewhere.
Underwhelming portion size and food quality for the price. The bruschetta had 3 cherry tomatoes and 2 cherry tomato sized pieces of mozzarella. The $30 risotto had 4 overcooked and gritty scallops with a heaping pile of obviously microwaved green beans. Maybe they do better with their target demographic, but it certainly doesn't compare to most restaurants in Dover. I should have realized why the place was dead when I went.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
So this rating of the Roost is the average of two visits. The first visit was for lunch. The sandwiches were excellent and the service was good. We sat at the bar and the overall experience was a 5. We decided to return a couple of weeks later. This time we sat outside. The little area was nice. The service was very slow. It took a good 10 minutes for anyone to even come out. We ordered a drink and two apps. The drinks again came out very slowly. The food took even longer. The coconut shrimp really didn't have any coconut that we could see or taste, and they were over cooked. The cauliflower bites were also over cooked and were ever so bland. They drizzled some sort of sauce over them but they were very dry. We wanted to ask for some additional sauce but nobody ever returned to check on us. This visit was a 1. We will give them another try for lunch in hopes that the app night was an anomaly.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
Great place ans very clean.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had a wonderful time. Eat and talked for hours it seemed. Or service was top notch and food was spot on.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich, Lobster Ravioli
Might have okay food in a coolish place but the wait staff today at lunch went out of their way to take an incredible amount of time to do anything. Pretty sure the intent is to waste your time.
Dietary restrictions: Not friendly to gluten free people
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
Very happy with everything. Will go back soon
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food & value excellent. Casual yet cozy
Service was fast server & hostess very pleasent. Will return with family & friends
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich
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