Reviews here are way too harsh. This is a restaurant in an old grand hotel. You wouldn’t eat here unless staying. Is it amazing? Of course not.
We stayed three night recently and had 2 dinners and 3 breakfasts.
Servers were all exceptionally nice. Harvest salad, pizza and steak were all good. Comfortable atmosphere though oddly no music.
The breakfast Buffett was better than expected. Plenty of options including eggs and meats and savory treats.
Gorgeous views in the morning.
Overall a solid option when staying at the hotel.
Scott
Limited menu selection, had to pay for bread basket as rolls were not served with diner orders. The chicken was on the dry side, but the pizza I ordered was actually good.
Patrick Penza
Just an awful experience at a beautiful hotel. Took 10 minutes to get greeted at 6:15 in a very non busy environment. Ordered drinks immediately upon being greeted. Once server returned with drinks, we ordered our dinner with garlic fries as an app. FORTY FIVE MINUTES after first sitting , and a half hour after ordering, we finally received our appetizer that takes 5 minutes to prepare. Dinners came out roughly 20 minutes after the fries, so we're not over an hour in, with drinks empty and no server in sight. Dinners were bland and tasteless. Burger was dry as a puck and duck confit was as if it were cooked on 300 in the oven as the skin was rubbery.
The final salt in the wound is that the 2 top sitting next to us had their entire meal comped for "slow delivery", meanwhile they sat after us and received their meals well ahead of us! We were offered zero remedy. If there were a manager to complain to I would have, but that option was nowhere to be found. This is a beautiful resort and should be SOOO much better a dining experience for their guests. This was a really rough first experience and likely a reason to not return for another stay at the Mountain view Grand.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Corey barlow
Extremely disappointing experience. Took forever just to get a menu. Chowder was cold. Ordered a medium burger. Was raw to the point I had no choice but to send it back. I would have accepted rare. But it was raw. Couldn't have been on a grill for more than a minute. Waited 30 minutes just to inform the waitress as she never returned. I refused a replacement as we'd already been there for an hour. Finally paid the bill in cash and had to get up to find out where our change was. We were told it was coming lol. Had to get up a second time 15 minutes later to ask again where our change was. I honestly don't think I've ever had an experience this bad anywhere. Nobody that works there seems to know what they're doing. From the hostess to the "chef". Hopefully they figure it out. But I'll never know. As I won't return to find out.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Peter
I was expecting a Christmas Eve dinner menu, but unfortunately there was only pub fare. The fire-grilled pizza was just fine. However, I had not been to the Mountain View Grand since the most recent major renovation and I felt that the public spaces in the inn lacked a lot of the previous character that made the place so special. The main dining room felt sterile, almost like a chain restaurant. On the plus side, it's still hard to beat the phenomenal view and extraordinary location. To be fair, the inn did need a refresh, it's just a shame that the new management company did not keep some of the old-time New England flair that used to define the inn. It felt like a Restoration Hardware showroom, very bland.
Elisabeth
Food is fine, not great. For the setting & price it seems like the food should be better. Service was pretty good, our hostess was friendliest and most helpful.
Lori
Service was really lacking-it was a good 10 minutes after we were seated before we saw our waiter. Out of 12 beers on tap they were out of 4 of them. I ordered a pale ale and received a stout Our appetizers didn't come out together and we had to ask again for the second appetizer since it never came out. When the pizza we ordered finally came out after 45 minutes after we ordered it, it was as the wrong pizza. There was a table that was so loud that they disturbed everyone in the entire restaurant . People directly next to them left before their meal was finished and yet they only got louder. Overall a huge disappointment Pizza was good even though the second one came back the same as the first one that was sent back
J B
I had a disappointing experience at this restaurant. It took 45 minutes just to get our drinks, and once our food arrived, we never saw our server again. We had several food issues that we were unable to address because our server was missing. I had to hunt down someone to get the bill, which was frustrating. On top of that, they automatically add a 22% gratuity, despite the lack of service. I won't be returning.
Courtney
Server was great. Food was fairly good. Prices are high. Most other diners were young families with poorly behaved children (lots of crying) we should've booked later but had other plans. So not the best setting for a romantic dinner. Drinks were good. Setting is beautiful. It was a fairly empty dining room and we were seated against an interior wall versus near the gorgeous view of the White Mtns. They could certainly do better for what they charge. Disappointed given what could have been.
Lorna Mckinnon
Best bartender/waiter ever was in at 5pm Tuesday. He waited on us promptly and got the bill to me promptly. Very couteous and experienced with great style and manners. The food was great and atmosphere awesome!
Food and service were utterly abysmal. On top of a bad meal, when we checked the card charge versus the receipt we left, they added an additional tip for themselves. Which we are disputing. AVOID at all costs
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Ang Neu
We had significantly higher expectations of this place but were sadly mistaken. Some of the worst food and service ever experienced at a restaurant. Anywhere and at any price. Avoid at all costs
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Shannon
Rude hostess, extremely slow service and sub par food. Nice view. Overpriced for low quality food.
John and Laura
No outdoor dining even though it specifies outdoor patio on Open table. Service was great. Food was good. Lots of families and small children there for the pizza on Saturday night. Same menu as the Wine Cellar which we did on Friday night. Great views.
William
We had a lovely dinner at the Harvest Tavern, not realizing when we made the reservation that the restaurant is inside the Mountain View Grand Resort, a lovely setting. We had excellent mains - lamb shank and salmon- and tasty sides. The setting was less like a tavern than a casual restaurant, with families dining beside us, but the service was very good and the waiter friendly. We would gladly dine there again.
Reviews here are way too harsh. This is a restaurant in an old grand hotel. You wouldn’t eat here unless staying. Is it amazing? Of course not.
We stayed three night recently and had 2 dinners and 3 breakfasts.
Servers were all exceptionally nice. Harvest salad, pizza and steak were all good. Comfortable atmosphere though oddly no music.
The breakfast Buffett was better than expected. Plenty of options including eggs and meats and savory treats.
Gorgeous views in the morning.
Overall a solid option when staying at the hotel.
Limited menu selection, had to pay for bread basket as rolls were not served with diner orders. The chicken was on the dry side, but the pizza I ordered was actually good.
Just an awful experience at a beautiful hotel.
Took 10 minutes to get greeted at 6:15 in a very non busy environment. Ordered drinks immediately upon being greeted.
Once server returned with drinks, we ordered our dinner with garlic fries as an app.
FORTY FIVE MINUTES after first sitting , and a half hour after ordering, we finally received our appetizer that takes 5 minutes to prepare.
Dinners came out roughly 20 minutes after the fries, so we're not over an hour in, with drinks empty and no server in sight.
Dinners were bland and tasteless. Burger was dry as a puck and duck confit was as if it were cooked on 300 in the oven as the skin was rubbery.
The final salt in the wound is that the 2 top sitting next to us had their entire meal comped for "slow delivery", meanwhile they sat after us and received their meals well ahead of us!
We were offered zero remedy. If there were a manager to complain to I would have, but that option was nowhere to be found.
This is a beautiful resort and should be SOOO much better a dining experience for their guests. This was a really rough first experience and likely a reason to not return for another stay at the Mountain view Grand.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Extremely disappointing experience. Took forever just to get a menu. Chowder was cold. Ordered a medium burger. Was raw to the point I had no choice but to send it back. I would have accepted rare. But it was raw. Couldn't have been on a grill for more than a minute. Waited 30 minutes just to inform the waitress as she never returned. I refused a replacement as we'd already been there for an hour. Finally paid the bill in cash and had to get up to find out where our change was. We were told it was coming lol. Had to get up a second time 15 minutes later to ask again where our change was. I honestly don't think I've ever had an experience this bad anywhere. Nobody that works there seems to know what they're doing. From the hostess to the "chef". Hopefully they figure it out. But I'll never know. As I won't return to find out.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I was expecting a Christmas Eve dinner menu, but unfortunately there was only pub fare. The fire-grilled pizza was just fine. However, I had not been to the Mountain View Grand since the most recent major renovation and I felt that the public spaces in the inn lacked a lot of the previous character that made the place so special. The main dining room felt sterile, almost like a chain restaurant. On the plus side, it's still hard to beat the phenomenal view and extraordinary location. To be fair, the inn did need a refresh, it's just a shame that the new management company did not keep some of the old-time New England flair that used to define the inn. It felt like a Restoration Hardware showroom, very bland.
Food is fine, not great. For the setting & price it seems like the food should be better. Service was pretty good, our hostess was friendliest and most helpful.
Service was really lacking-it was a good 10 minutes after we were seated before we saw our waiter. Out of 12 beers on tap they were out of 4 of them. I ordered a pale ale and received a stout Our appetizers didn't come out together and we had to ask again for the second appetizer since it never came out. When the pizza we ordered finally came out after 45 minutes after we ordered it, it was as the wrong pizza. There was a table that was so loud that they disturbed everyone in the entire restaurant . People directly next to them left before their meal was finished and yet they only got louder. Overall a huge disappointment Pizza was good even though the second one came back the same as the first one that was sent back
I had a disappointing experience at this restaurant. It took 45 minutes just to get our drinks, and once our food arrived, we never saw our server again. We had several food issues that we were unable to address because our server was missing. I had to hunt down someone to get the bill, which was frustrating. On top of that, they automatically add a 22% gratuity, despite the lack of service. I won't be returning.
Server was great. Food was fairly good. Prices are high. Most other diners were young families with poorly behaved children (lots of crying) we should've booked later but had other plans. So not the best setting for a romantic dinner. Drinks were good. Setting is beautiful. It was a fairly empty dining room and we were seated against an interior wall versus near the gorgeous view of the White Mtns. They could certainly do better for what they charge. Disappointed given what could have been.
Best bartender/waiter ever was in at 5pm Tuesday. He waited on us promptly and got the bill to me promptly. Very couteous and experienced with great style and manners. The food was great and atmosphere awesome!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Food and service were utterly abysmal. On top of a bad meal, when we checked the card charge versus the receipt we left, they added an additional tip for themselves. Which we are disputing. AVOID at all costs
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
We had significantly higher expectations of this place but were sadly mistaken. Some of the worst food and service ever experienced at a restaurant. Anywhere and at any price. Avoid at all costs
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Rude hostess, extremely slow service and sub par food. Nice view. Overpriced for low quality food.
No outdoor dining even though it specifies outdoor patio on Open table. Service was great. Food was good. Lots of families and small children there for the pizza on Saturday night. Same menu as the Wine Cellar which we did on Friday night. Great views.
We had a lovely dinner at the Harvest Tavern, not realizing when we made the reservation that the restaurant is inside the Mountain View Grand Resort, a lovely setting. We had excellent mains - lamb shank and salmon- and tasty sides. The setting was less like a tavern than a casual restaurant, with families dining beside us, but the service was very good and the waiter friendly. We would gladly dine there again.
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