Tail O' the Pup - Open May til October
1186 NY-86, Ray Brook
(518) 891-0777
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Use to be excellent. Last two times we were there the food was terrible as was the service. Very disappointed.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Ribs are dank
Always awesome
Just go into town. I spent $44 for a lobster roll and mac & cheese. The lobster roll was the size of a Twinkie, supposed to be on a hotdog bun.
Over usage of corn, even in the Baked beans.
Claims to be a barbecue joint, but doesn’t have barbecue Sides.
I was going to say something, But the staff seemed easily agitated, and the Google responses are hilariously aggressive.
Genuine waste of money, this is my first Bad Google review. God bless and I'm sorry if your business is struggling, however the food was disappointing, and the service was underwhelming.
Good location though.
I’ve been a local for 8 years now and have driven by this place a dozen times but never stopped in but always wondered how legit it was. My gf and I stopped in today for lunch after checking out their FB page. I had the lobster with a side of St. Louis ribs, 3 fried shrimp, corn on the cob, the potato salad and cole slaw. Lobster is lobster… it was a hard shell 1 1/4 #’s and as should be… delicious. Ribs were a surprise. Not fall off the bone but really tender as it should be. Perfectly cooked. Sauce..l std bbq. Good sauce but nothing that stood out. Potato salad was great! I think there was bacon and blue cheese in there. Really very good! Cole slaw also fresh and I’d guess made on premises. Really good as well. Corn on the cob was overcooked a bit but also delicious. Fried shrimp was up to par. Bo surprises there! GF had the fish and chips. Fish was good quality, likely flounder, and had a good crisp batter. Chips were waffle chips which were a little underwhelming. I don’t know if they were frozen from a bag but did not taste like fresh cut chips. Seemed under cooked. Maybe frying in peanut oil would improve the end result. Everything came together to make a better than average meal and at a good price. Service was mediocre. Overall a solid 7/10. Definitely would repeat.👍
The food was 10/10. Best bbq I’ve had in a long time. The new owners seem fantastic, and service was great
Awesome place. Great atmosphere and food. Worth a stop if you’re in the area.
Pet friendly, delicious food, able to listen to the music! We also stayed at the cabin and loved it! Definitely recommend!
Rustic? More like Disgusting!
Stayed two nights this past weekend and were extremely disappointed with the accommodations.
The day we were arriving we got a message telling us, the toilet was broken, the floor in the bathroom was rotten and the heater had just been replaced so the tiles had been removed.
When we arrived we saw that the top of the toilet tank was broken and the flush handle was snapped. The owners solution was to put our hand in the tank water each time we wanted to flush to pull the chain up. We asked if they could fix it as we didn’t want to stick our hands in the toilet each time and his solution was to give us gloves.
I got some rope and tied it to the chain to make a handle so we didn’t have to get our hands wet.
The place was also filthy and didn’t look like it had been seriously cleaned in a long time. The shower was full of hair, the coffee filter basket was disgusting, and half the windows didn’t close properly, the door had a massive gap letting cold air in unless you cranked the heat.
Charging $150 a night for this place is insane. There is also no owner on site, we found this out when we accidentally locked the key in the hut. Turns out the “front office” has been rented out to a tenant. The owner was completely unresponsive and useless. Lied constantly about not seeing messages when Airbnb showed they had been read.
Response to Owners Response: 217 USD is exactly 300 CAD so $150 CAD a night. The owners response here is exactly how they responded to our messages, making excuses for themselves and ignoring the point. If you run a motel, maybe have a back-up maintenance guy in case yours leaves town for 9 days. Claims they only knew about the broken toilet right before check-in, but ignores that the floor in the bathroom is rotten and clearly has been for a while. You didn't "miss" the coffee pot, you just clearly don't care enough about your guests to clean the rooms and then make excuses when complaints come in. Pointing to a rating of 4.4 stars doesn't mean a thing when this is what you get. Also you have a 3.7 star rating on google.
Service: 1
Didn't even know this was a hotel. So can't answer questions as far as that goes. However this is a BBQ restaurant and was a bit over priced and the food was mediocre at best.
Food and drinks: Again, it's a BBQ joint and was a bit overpriced for sure and the food was mediocre at best.
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
My partner and I drove by this place by chance and decided to go back for some dinner. The staff was kind enough to take our order near last call, and we got some fantastic BBQ. I had the pulled pork dinner with cornbread, and my partner had the pork sandwich with waffle fries. Everything was seasoned and cooked so well! The pork was tender and kept its moisture, while the cornbread was soft and fluffy with a touch of sweetness. The sandwich was stuffed and delicious! A beautiful dinner with a lovely view of the treetops.
Service: 5
BBQ was GREAT and atmosphere was fun! (Didn't realize this was also a place to stay.) We ate under the tents.
Service: 5
Shout out to Mark and his great team!
We stopped here to pick up dinner. Food was prepared in less than 15 minutes. But when we got back to the hotel we discovered that 1 of the meals was missing!
I called the restaurant and they had noticed the mistake after we had left. They sent out somebody to deliver the missing meal. When he arrived he gave us a HUGE box with 3 times the amount of food that we had ordered plus they refunded us the missing meal amount.
Talk about customer and service and how to keep their customer satisfied!
Service: 5
We had a pretty good meal here and enjoyed the experience! Dog friendly outside which was a plus. Solid sandwiches, great fries, and everything was served piping hot. Would come back.
I had an extremely poor experience at this place.
1. We were given old menus with outdated descriptions and pricing.
2. My pulled pork was filled with bone and cartilage (see picture for the inedible portions I pulled out of the food). It was nearly every bite.
3. For some reason there seemingly is a half-eaten / broken watermelon slice on each dish.
4. I advised the waitstaff and their resolution was to provide me another plate. Why would I want more bad BBQ?
5. Restrooms were poorly attended and lacked essential items. This left my friend stranded in an unfortunate situation...which I found hilarious.
The people in the parking lot saw recognized my frustration and indicated their dinners were horrible as well. For two of us, the bill was $57.00. A better use of that amount would be two travel down the road about half a mile and buy some cokes and beef jerky from the local tractor supply store.
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