I would not recommend this for Easter. It was not in the restaurant but in the ballroom. The server was nowhere to be found for the whole meal, it was a buffet and gratuity was automatically added. Set up like a cheap wedding. Not good.
Ron
I made the reservation expecting their regular menu. Instead we were presented with a prix fix menu. However, the evening progressed we noticed that other diners were ordering off the regular menu. It would have been nice to have been given the option. With that said, the prix fix menu option were excellent. The server was attentive and friendly.
Drea
Our biggest complaint was that this did not feel like a genuine restaurant. It was just off the lobby of the Sheraton, had only a few tables and really felt like a hotel eating place. There were several folks just working there and eating while clearly staying there for business. You could also hear lots of noise from a nearby events room. Additionally, the staff while friendly and attentive failed to follow a simple request which then delayed the food preparation and delivery. While the food was more than decent, I would not choose to go there again. There are many restaurants capable of producing this quality of food.
Dolores
After a big mishap, with Instacart, on Christmas Eve that left my daughter and I without supplies for the Christmas dinner we had planned. On Christmas morning I was scrambling to find a place, that was open, and found Two-Fifty Market on Open Table and immediately booked a reservation for 2pm. It was a little bit of a drive for us but was well worth it. It was an all you can eat buffet and the food was quite good (especially the dessert). We are considering making it a new tradition. It is in a hotel and the lobby was beautifully decorated for Christmas. We spent about 2 and a half hours there and didn't feel rushed at all. I would definitely recommend their Christmas dinner. It was lovely!
Ethan
Everything was wonderful thank you! The only thing was the waiter was not very attentive to my family and I. He also distracted my mother. The food was wonderful and the rest was lovely!
Helen
I was looking for a nice spot for a business lunch on a Monday in Portsmouth. Not many restaurants are open on Mondays. So glad I found 250! Excellent for a quiet lunch for business or pleasure. Food was all perfect and service quick and attentive. Highly recommend.
Becky Lanzillo
Went to Two-Fifty Market for lunch with a party of 4. Located right off the lobby of the hotel it has an amazing view of the working waterfront! They had just rolled out a new menu, so we enjoyed doing 'family style' with a few appetizers and entrees. Don't miss out on the wings if you go, best ones I have ever had. Service was also top-notch; quick, friendly & great menu knowledge! Our new go-to place for lunch in downtown Portsmouth :)
Vegetarian options: Great vegetarian pasta dish with artichokes.
Parking: Lots of options
Wheelchair accessibility: One level, easy access through lobby.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crispy Chicken Wings
Veda Clark
Delicious lunch menu for Restaurant Week- stuffed mussels, lamb smash burger, bread pudding. We were very surprised, since this is in the Sheraton. The atmosphere is a little weird as the restaurant is open to the lobby. Nice views of the river during the day. And, a short walk to downtown. We will return!
Parking: Parking on the street is less expensive than at the hotel. Plenty of parking on the street.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
finegael
Food was good but it appeared they were understaffed. Single server was also working the M Club. The restaurant was not busy so it did not create an issue for us. Scallops were good and drinks were spot on.
Rose LeMay
Not crazy about pet friendly and paying for valet parking
I love that place, good selection of everything , nice quality and spacious too
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This restaurant markets itself as fine dining with a view. When you are seated there is a view of a salt pile and a busy road. Our server was pleasant but had no apparent experience or training. She appeared only to deposit food and small piles of cocktail napkins instead of plates for sharing appetizers. The Caesar salad and pretzels were fine. However our entrees the gnocchi and steak and salad were inedible. I requested the steak medium rare and it was a beige and gray color. The gnocchi was like rubber balls you could bounce and play with. Thirty minutes after depositing our food on the table the server reappeared and asked if we wanted to go boxes. We said "No thank you. It's inedible." She smiled and carried our still full plates away. We ordered dessert to go because we were hungry and how can you ruin dessert? We said we did not want it with ice cream because it was to go. The desserts all wrapped up were deposited at the table. We waited for the bill. We waited to pay the bill. At last we retreated to our room to discover that at some point ice cream had been placed on my blueberry crumble. Melted long before we escaped the restaurant. My daughter's banana foster looked like herbed mashed potatoes. She tried a bite and then threw it out. This restaurant should be on a television restaurant rescue show.
Dada Too
Excellent hotel food!
Had the pleasure of meeting the head chef / cowboy.
A sober menu, thoughtfully prepared and served with more than a smile.
Who loves brussels sprouts? Me! Clam chowder is excellent! Gnocchi is a delicacy.
Check for special events!
Vegetarian options: A few vegetarian options. Dare to ask the kitchen for something not on the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
JamesD
I took my girlfriend to the restaurant because she had never visited it before . She showed up on time and was seating right away . The ambience was nice looking over Market Street and the salt pile as she noted . We decided to order off the main menu which was very limited . She ordered an appetizer then our meals . I had the 12 oz. sirloin with no option but french-fries and a vegetable and she ordered the scallop plate which was an embarrassment.
A nice, relaxing restaurant environment inside a Sheraton hotel. A heads up... the menu on their official website did not match what's on their actual menu in the restaurant when we were there. My boyfriend and I had looked at the online menu prior to deciding what restaurant to go to in town and already decided what we wanted to try based off the menu information online. The server mentioned that the restaurant do not have most of the food items available from what was listed on their official website, but the menu on OpenTable was more accurate. However, I thought the choices from their in-house menu were still great options. Originally, my boyfriend ordered the diver scallops entree, but then was told a few minutes later that the kitchen was out of scallops. My boyfriend had to take more time to figure out what he wanted for an entree as he was slightly disappointed when his choices (from the online menu and scallops) were not available. Our server tried to be as accommodating as possible though by suggesting other seafood entrees that the kitchen can do that's not on the menu but had the ingredients. My boyfriend didn't want to deal with further complications so he ordered the fish and chips. The fish itself was a big portion. The batter was quite salty, but the fish was moist and cooked nicely. I had the mushroom gnocchi which had a great amount of mushrooms and spinach with the gnocchi. The gnocchi has a nice crisp on the outside with a pillowy softness inside. Flavorful dish! If you plan on going to this restaurant after seeing their menu options online, then be aware that it is possible the restaurant may not be offering the same options currently.
I would not recommend this for Easter. It was not in the restaurant but in the ballroom. The server was nowhere to be found for the whole meal, it was a buffet and gratuity was automatically added. Set up like a cheap wedding. Not good.
I made the reservation expecting their regular menu. Instead we were presented with a prix fix menu. However, the evening progressed we noticed that other diners were ordering off the regular menu. It would have been nice to have been given the option. With that said, the prix fix menu option were excellent. The server was attentive and friendly.
Our biggest complaint was that this did not feel like a genuine restaurant. It was just off the lobby of the Sheraton, had only a few tables and really felt like a hotel eating place. There were several folks just working there and eating while clearly staying there for business. You could also hear lots of noise from a nearby events room. Additionally, the staff while friendly and attentive failed to follow a simple request which then delayed the food preparation and delivery. While the food was more than decent, I would not choose to go there again. There are many restaurants capable of producing this quality of food.
After a big mishap, with Instacart, on Christmas Eve that left my daughter and I without supplies for the Christmas dinner we had planned. On Christmas morning I was scrambling to find a place, that was open, and found Two-Fifty Market on Open Table and immediately booked a reservation for 2pm. It was a little bit of a drive for us but was well worth it. It was an all you can eat buffet and the food was quite good (especially the dessert). We are considering making it a new tradition. It is in a hotel and the lobby was beautifully decorated for Christmas. We spent about 2 and a half hours there and didn't feel rushed at all. I would definitely recommend their Christmas dinner. It was lovely!
Everything was wonderful thank you! The only thing was the waiter was not very attentive to my family and I. He also distracted my mother. The food was wonderful and the rest was lovely!
I was looking for a nice spot for a business lunch on a Monday in Portsmouth. Not many restaurants are open on Mondays. So glad I found 250! Excellent for a quiet lunch for business or pleasure. Food was all perfect and service quick and attentive. Highly recommend.
Went to Two-Fifty Market for lunch with a party of 4. Located right off the lobby of the hotel it has an amazing view of the working waterfront! They had just rolled out a new menu, so we enjoyed doing 'family style' with a few appetizers and entrees. Don't miss out on the wings if you go, best ones I have ever had. Service was also top-notch; quick, friendly & great menu knowledge! Our new go-to place for lunch in downtown Portsmouth :)
Vegetarian options: Great vegetarian pasta dish with artichokes.
Parking: Lots of options
Wheelchair accessibility: One level, easy access through lobby.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crispy Chicken Wings
Delicious lunch menu for Restaurant Week- stuffed mussels, lamb smash burger, bread pudding. We were very surprised, since this is in the Sheraton. The atmosphere is a little weird as the restaurant is open to the lobby. Nice views of the river during the day. And, a short walk to downtown. We will return!
Parking: Parking on the street is less expensive than at the hotel. Plenty of parking on the street.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was good but it appeared they were understaffed. Single server was also working the M Club. The restaurant was not busy so it did not create an issue for us. Scallops were good and drinks were spot on.
Not crazy about pet friendly and paying for valet parking
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
I love that place, good selection of everything , nice quality and spacious too
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This restaurant markets itself as fine dining with a view. When you are seated there is a view of a salt pile and a busy road. Our server was pleasant but had no apparent experience or training. She appeared only to deposit food and small piles of cocktail napkins instead of plates for sharing appetizers. The Caesar salad and pretzels were fine. However our entrees the gnocchi and steak and salad were inedible. I requested the steak medium rare and it was a beige and gray color. The gnocchi was like rubber balls you could bounce and play with. Thirty minutes after depositing our food on the table the server reappeared and asked if we wanted to go boxes. We said "No thank you. It's inedible." She smiled and carried our still full plates away. We ordered dessert to go because we were hungry and how can you ruin dessert? We said we did not want it with ice cream because it was to go. The desserts all wrapped up were deposited at the table. We waited for the bill. We waited to pay the bill. At last we retreated to our room to discover that at some point ice cream had been placed on my blueberry crumble. Melted long before we escaped the restaurant. My daughter's banana foster looked like herbed mashed potatoes. She tried a bite and then threw it out. This restaurant should be on a television restaurant rescue show.
Excellent hotel food!
Had the pleasure of meeting the head chef / cowboy.
A sober menu, thoughtfully prepared and served with more than a smile.
Who loves brussels sprouts? Me!
Clam chowder is excellent!
Gnocchi is a delicacy.
Check for special events!
Vegetarian options: A few vegetarian options. Dare to ask the kitchen for something not on the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
I took my girlfriend to the restaurant because she had never visited it before . She showed up on time and was seating right away . The ambience was nice looking over Market Street and the salt pile as she noted . We decided to order off the main menu which was very limited . She ordered an appetizer then our meals . I had the 12 oz. sirloin with no option but french-fries and a vegetable and she ordered the scallop plate which was an embarrassment.
A nice, relaxing restaurant environment inside a Sheraton hotel. A heads up... the menu on their official website did not match what's on their actual menu in the restaurant when we were there. My boyfriend and I had looked at the online menu prior to deciding what restaurant to go to in town and already decided what we wanted to try based off the menu information online. The server mentioned that the restaurant do not have most of the food items available from what was listed on their official website, but the menu on OpenTable was more accurate. However, I thought the choices from their in-house menu were still great options. Originally, my boyfriend ordered the diver scallops entree, but then was told a few minutes later that the kitchen was out of scallops. My boyfriend had to take more time to figure out what he wanted for an entree as he was slightly disappointed when his choices (from the online menu and scallops) were not available. Our server tried to be as accommodating as possible though by suggesting other seafood entrees that the kitchen can do that's not on the menu but had the ingredients. My boyfriend didn't want to deal with further complications so he ordered the fish and chips. The fish itself was a big portion. The batter was quite salty, but the fish was moist and cooked nicely. I had the mushroom gnocchi which had a great amount of mushrooms and spinach with the gnocchi. The gnocchi has a nice crisp on the outside with a pillowy softness inside. Flavorful dish! If you plan on going to this restaurant after seeing their menu options online, then be aware that it is possible the restaurant may not be offering the same options currently.
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