The New Cloister Restaurant
607 W Main St, Ephrata
(717) 863-5188
Customers' Favorites
Sausage Gravy over Biscuits & Home Fries with Homefries & Buscuits
Western Omelette with Homefries & Toast
Black Olive Crabcake Sandwich
Short Stack of French Toast
blt Sandwich with Fries
Egg Dipped French Toast
Homemade Onion Rings
Chicken Croquettes
French Onion Soup
Stuffed Flounder
Hot Sandwiches
Pork Roll Egg & Cheese Sandwich
With fries.
Chicken Finger Parmigiana Sandwich
W/fries.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
With fries.
Meatball Parmigiana Sandwich
W/fries.
Hot Pastrami Sandwich
With fries.
Fried Eggplant Parmigiana Sandwich
W/fries.
Veal Parmigiana Sandwich
W/fries.
Hot Corned Beef Sandwich
With fries.
Hot Virginia Ham Sandwich
With fries.
Italian Sausage Parmigiana with Onions & Peppers Sandwich
With fries.
Philly Steak Sandwiches
Philly Cheese-Steak Sandwich
With peppers, onions, mushrooms & fries.
Cheese-Steak Sandwich
With fries.
Chicken Cheese-Steak Sandwich
With fries.
Pizza Steak Sandwich
With sauce & fries.
Wiz Wit Sandwich
With onions, cheese sauce & fries.
Buffalo Chicken Cheese-Steak Sandwich
With fries.
Columbia Cheesesteak Sandwich
With porkroll, Bluecheese & Fries.
Black Olive Cheese-Steak Sandwich
With eggs, peppers, onions, mushrooms, bacon & Fries.
Starters, Wings and Things
Chicken Fingers
Served with fries.
Chicken Wings
Hot, BBQ, honey BBQ, garlic parm, or mild wings with fries.
Quesadilla
Peppers, onions, tomatoes, salsa, and sour cream. W/fries.
Buffalo Chicken Tenders
5 pcs in regular, hot or honey BBQ sauce with fries.
Mega Fries
Bacon and melted cheddar cheese.
Potato Skins
Bacon, cheddar cheese sauce, and sour cream.
Homemade Onion Rings
Served with marinara sauce.
Sweet Potato Fries
Clam Strips
Served with cocktail sauce and lemon.
Old Bay Fries
Served with cheese wiz.
Mozzarella Sticks
6 pcs with marinara sauce.
Shrimp Cocktail
5 jumbo shrimp served with cocktail sauce.
Calamari
Tender calamari served with house marinara sauce.
Tempura Buffalo Shrimp
Smothered with our house hot sauce, topped with bleu cheese crumbles.
Black Olive Crabcakes
3 Pcs.
Stuffed Mushrooms
3 pcs served with crabmeat.
Bruschetta
5 Pcs.
Black Olive Combo
2 pcs chicken fingers, 2 pcs mozzarella sticks, onion rings, and french fries. With marinara.
Salads and Cold Platters
Cobb Salad
Chicken breast, avocado, bleu cheese, bacon, tomato, egg, and mixed greens with your choice of dressing.
Caesar Salad W/chiken
Romaine lettuce, sliced egg, croutons, grated cheese, and our caesar dressing.
Avocado Chicken Fajita Salad
Garden greens topped with spicy grilled chicken strips, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and shredded cheddar cheese served with bleu cheese dressing.
BBQ Chicken Salad
Grilled BBQ chicken breast, avocado, tomato, corn, black beans, cucumbers, fried onion rings and shredded cheddar over crisp romaine in a tortilla shell served with ranch dressing.
Large House Salad
With choice of dressing.
Chef's Julienne Salad
Mixed greens topped with turkey, ham, roast beef, swiss cheese, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, and shredded cheddar cheese served with bleu cheese dressing.
Greek Salad W/chicken
Romaine lettuce, feta cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, hard boiled egg, stuffed grape leaves, anchovies, and pepperoncini, with your choice of dressing.
Bruschetta Salad
Grilled chicken breast over crisp romaine lettuce, topped with homemade bruschetta, croutons, and pecorino romano served with balsamic vinaigrette.
Spinach Mandarin Salad
Fresh spinach, chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes, bacon, mandarin oranges, hard boiled egg, croutons and your choice of dressing.
Chicken Salad Platter
A bed of crisp lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, potato salad, cole slaw, hard boiled egg, olives and garnish.
Tuna Salad Platter
A bed of crisp lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, potato salad, cole slaw, hard boiled egg, olives and garnish.
Protein Burger Platter
Beef patty, cottage cheese or greek yogurt, mandarin oranges, cling peaches, pineapple ring and jello squares.
Blackened Salmon Salad
Blackened broiled filet of salmon over a bed of mixed greens, avocado, portobello mushroom, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion and green pepper served with balsamic vinaigrette.
Riviera Maya Salad
Grilled chicken and calamari over a bed of mixed green lettuce, roasted pepper, avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion and pepper served with balsamic vinaigrette.
Jersey Shore Salad
Grilled chicken breast, bleu cheese crumbles, avocado, dried cranberries, strawberries, mandarin oranges and candied walnuts over a bed of mixed green lettuce served with honey balsamic vinaigrette.
Black Olive Crab Cake Portobello Salad
Mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, avocado and feta cheese served with a drizzle of balsamic glaze and balsamic vinaigrette.
Hot Open Faced Sandwiches
Hot Roast Turkey Sandwich
Served with soup or salad, 2 sides & Pudding.
Hot Open Faced Meatloaf Sandwich
Served with soup or salad, 2 sides & Pudding.
Hot Roast Beef Sandwich
Served with soup or salad, 2 sides & Pudding.
Hot Roast Pork Sandwich
Served with soup or salad, 2 sides & Pudding.
Hot Baked Virginia Ham Sandwich
Served with soup or salad, 2 sides & Pudding.
The Deli Sandwiches
BLT Sandwich
With fries.
Egg Salad Sandwich
With fries.
Roast Turkey Sandwich
With fries.
Baked Virginia Ham Sandwich
With fries.
Roast Beef Sandwich
With fries.
Chicken Salad Sandwich
With fries.
Black Olive Classic Sandwiches
Gyro Sandwich
With fries.
Open Face Tuna Melt Sandwich
With fries.
Monte Cristo Sandwich
With fries.
Reuben Sandwich
With fries.
French Dip Sandwich
With fries.
Cold Roast Beef & Corned Beef Special Sandwich
With fries.
Grilled Chicken Sandwiches
Chicken Breast Sandwich
With fries.
Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
With fries.
Chicken Parmigiana Sandwich
With fries.
Chicken Breast with Avocado Sandwich
With fries.
Chicken Breast Cordon Bleu Sandwich
With fries.
Black Olive Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Portabella mushrooms and roasted peppers topped with mozzarella cheese with fries.
Texas Chicken Sandwich
With fries.
Seafood Sandwiches
Tuna Salad Sandwich
With fries.
Fried Flounder Sandwich
With fries.
Black Olive Crab Cake Sandwich
With fries.
Liverwurst Sandwich
Breakfast Sandwiches
Fried Egg & Cheese
With home fries & choice of Meat ( bacon,Ham,Sausage & porkroll).
Black Olive's Lox & Bagel
With homefries.
Country Fresh Eggs
Three Eggs
With Homefries, toast, & choice of meat.
Country Fried Steak & Three Eggs Topped with Sausage Gravy
With homefries & toast.
Sirloin Steak & Eggs
With homefries & toast.
Single Egg
With homefries, toast, & choice of meat.
Avocado & Eggs
With homefries & toast.
Ham Steak & Eggs
With homefries & toast.
Specialty Omelettes
Western Omelette
With homefries & toast.
Country Omelette
Bacon, ham, sausage, peppers, onions & tomatoes with homefries & toast.
Cheese Omelette
With homefries & toast.
Broccoli & Cheddar Omelette
With homefries & toast.
Florentine Omelette
With homefries & toast.
Avocado & Tomato Omelette
With homefries & toast.
Heart Healthy Omelette Egg Whites
Egg White Spinach, tomatoes, peppers, onions with fresh fruit & toast.
Philly Cheesesteak Omelette
With homefries & toast.
Spanish Omelette Sprinkled with Romano Cheese
With homefries & toast.
Lox & Onion Omelette
With homefries & toast.
From the Griddle
Short Stack of Pancakes (2)
Golden Brown Pancakes (3)
Old Fashioned Thick French Toast (3)
Belgian Waffle
Served with butter and syrup. Add toppings for an additional charge.
Short Stack of French Toast (2)
Signature Pancakes
Obsessed With Nutella
Chocolate chips and nutella. On your choice of pancakes french toast or waffle.
Chipped Beef Over Toast with Home Fries
With homefries & toast.
Sausage Gravy Over Biscuits & Home Fries
With homefries & buscuits.
Blueberry A La Mode
Blueberry filling topped with vanilla ice cream. On your choice of pancakes french toast or waffle.
Apple Cinnamon
Apple filling sprinkled with cinnamon sugar on your choice of pancakes french toast or waffle.
Banana Nut Pancakes
Bananas and walnuts. On your choice of pancakes french toast or waffle.
Freedom Pancakes
You Must Be Nutz
Harvest Pancakes
Dried cranberries walnuts almonds and cinnamon sugar. On your choice of pancakes french toast or waffle.
Hawaiian Pancakes
Pineapple filling. On your choice of pancakes french toast or waffle.
Greek Yogurt & Honey Pancakes
Black Olive Mile High Pancakes
Black Olive Famous Burgers
Cheeseburger
Served with American cheese. And fies.
Uptown Burger
Served with swiss cheese, fried onions, and mushrooms.w/fries.
Bacon Cheeseburger
Served with American cheese and 2 slices of bacon./fries.
Signature Black Olive Burger
Served with bacon, cheddar cheese, onion straws, finished with chipotle mayo with fries.
Breakfast Burger
Served with bacon, a fried egg, and cheese with fries.
Most Seller Texas Burger
Served with melted cheddar cheese, bacon, BBQ sauce, and fried onion straws.w/fries.
Turkey Burger Deluxe Burger
8 oz burger served with lettuce, tomato, onion, french fries, coleslaw, and a pickle with fries.
Best Seller Patty Melt Burger
8 oz beef burger, fried onions & swiss cheese with fries.
Pizza Burger
Served with mozzarella cheese and marinara sauce./fries.
Beef Burger
W/fries.
Portobello Burger
Served with portobello mushroom and provolone, drizzled with balsamic glaze with fries.
Double The Fun Burger
2 pcs 8 oz beef burgers topped with cheese on both levels with fries.
El Diablo Burger
Hot with sauteed jalapenos, roasted red peppers, cheddar cheese, and chipotle mayo with fries.
Crabby Burger
Served with our famous crab cake atop our beef burger drizzled with chipotle mayo with fries.
Philly Burger
Served with onions, peppers, mushrooms, and melted American cheese. W/fries.
Columbia Burger
Served with Taylor pork roll, bleu cheese, and a fried egg.with fries.
California Burger
Served with avocado, bleu cheese, chopped tomato, ranch dressing, drizzled with balsamic glaze with fries.
Napoli Burger
Served with pesto mayo, roasted red peppers, fresh spinach, and provolone with fries.
Irish Burger
Served with corned beef, sauerkraut, and swiss cheese with fries.
Beef & Reef Burger
Served with shrimp sauteed in old bay seasoning topped with provolone with fries.
Canadian Norfolk Burger Deluxe Burger
8 oz burger served with lettuce, tomato, onion, french fries, coleslaw, and a pickle, add American cheese with fries.
Homemade Vegetarian Burger
Served with lettuce, tomato, onion, french fries, coleslaw, and a pickle, add American cheese with fries.
Jumbo Wraps, Paninis & Pitas
The Greek
Gyro slices, lettuce, tomato, feta cheese, red onion & tzatziki sauce with fries.
Philly Cheesesteak
Peppers, onions, mushrooms and American cheese with fries.
The Milano
Fried eggplant, roasted red peppers, and melted provolone, drizzled with balsamic glaze with fries.
The Cuban
Ham, roast pork, sliced pickles, mustard & mayo with melted imported Swiss cheese with fries.
Buffalo Chicken
Buffalo chicken tenders, lettuce, tomato, and cheddar cheese with fries.
Turkey & Avocado BLT
Turkey breast, bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, and mayo with fries.
Turkey Chipotle
Freshly sliced turkey breast piled on, topped with roasted red peppers, bacon, melted cheddar cheese, finished with chipotle mayo with fries.
Chicken Caesar
Grilled chicken, romaine lettuce and parmesan cheese with caesar dressing with fries.
Chicken Fajita
Peppers, onions, chopped lettuce, chopped tomatoes, cheddar cheese & ranch dressing with fries.
Roast Beef
Tender sliced roast beef topped with sauteed onions, sharp cheddar, and spicy horseradish mayo with fries.
The Tuscan
Char-grilled chicken, roasted red peppers, melted provolone, and a basil pesto sauce with fries.
Black Olive Sausage & Spinach
Grilled Italian sausage & sauteed spinach, topped with minced garlic and melted provolone, drizzled with balsamic glaze with fries.
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Chicken, ham, honey mustard, and Swiss cheese with fries.
Prime Rib
Mushrooms, onions & melted cheese with fries.
Delicious Mini Meals
Roast Turkey with Stuffing
With soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Chicken Croquettes
With soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Chicken Parmigiana
With soup or salad & pudding and over pasta.
Chopped Steak
With soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Meatloaf
With soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Fried & Broiled Flounder
With soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Stuffed Flounder
With soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Fried & Broiled Crab Cake
With soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
London Broil
With soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Chicken Scampi
Served over rice, soup or salad & pudding.
Fried & Broiled Scallops
With soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Fried Shrimp
With soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Mini Virginia Ham with Fruit Sauce
With soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Hoagies & Clubs
Cheese Steak Hoagie
W/fries.
Italian Hoagie with Salami, Ham & Mozzarella
W/fries.
Black Olive Hoagie Ham, Turkey & Roast Beef
W/fries.
Tuna & Chicken Salad Hoagie
W/fries.
Egg Salad Hoagie
W/fries.
Turkey & Roast Beef Hoagie
W/fries.
Triple Decker Clubs
Turkey with Bacon
W/fries.
BLT Sandwich
W/fries.
Baked Virginia Ham & Swiss
W/fries.
Cheeseburger with Bacon
W/fries.
Roast Beef & Swiss
W/fries.
Tuna Salad with Hard Boiled Egg
W/fries.
Chicken Salad with Bacon
W/fries.
Chicken Breast with Bacon
W/fries.
Cheesesteak
W/fries.
Char-Broiled Steaks & Chops
Prime Rib
With soup or salad, 2sides & pudding.
Sizzling N.Y. Sirloin Steak
Topped with maitre d'hotel butter and served on a sizzling plate.
N.Y. Sirloin Steak
With soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
London Broil
Served with mushroom gravy.with soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Pork Chops
With soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Ham Steak Topped with Grilled Pineapple
2 sides &with soup and salad.
Chopped Steak
Served with mushroom gravy.with soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Ham Steak
2sides& soup OR salad.
Broiled Center Cut Pork Chops
3 Pcs.
Fresh Seafood
Broiled Seafood Combo Platter
Stuffed flounder, jumbo shrimp, stuffed mushrooms & sea scallops, served with lemon & drawn butter.with soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Fried Crab Cakes
2 pcs. Served with tartar sauce.with soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Broiled Filet of Salmon
Served with lemon & butter.with soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Fried Seafood Combo Platter
Filet of flounder, jumbo shrimp, clam strips, sea scallops and a crabcake, served with lemon & drawn butter with 2 sides.
Land & Sea
N.Y. Steak and stuffed shrimp, served with lemon & drawn butter.with soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Fried Filet of Flounder
Served with tartar sauce.with soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Fried Deep Sea Scallops
Served with tartar sauce.with soup or salad, 2 side & pudding.
Fried Jumbo Shrimp
With soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Broiled Stuffed Flounder
2 pcs. Served with crabmeat stuffing.with soup or salad, 1 side & pudding.
Broiled Scallops
Served with lemon & drawn butter.with soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Broiled Filet of Flounder
With soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Broiled Stuffed Shrimp
3 Pcs.with soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Broiled Haddock
With soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Broiled Tilapia
With soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Broiled Stuffed Mushroom
3 pcs. Stuffed with Crabmeat .with soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Broiled Stuffed Salmon
Stuffed with crabmeat.with soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Black Olive Broiled Crab Cakes
2pc.with soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Fried Seafood Trio
Flounder, shrimp and scallops,crapmeat,onion rings.with soup or salad, 2side & pudding.
Saute Specials
Fettuccini Alfredo with Choice of Meat
Creamy butter garlic sauce with parmesan cheese, served over fettuccine complete.
Linguine
Served with red or white clam sauce.
Marsala with Choice of Meat
Sauteed with mushrooms and marsala wine, served over rice complete.
Saltimbocca with Choice of Meat
Sauteed prosciutto ham, provolone, red wine, and spinach, served over linguine complete.
Franchise with Choice of Meat
Egg dipped and pan-fried, with a lemon white wine sauce, served over linguine complete.
Shrimp Scampi
Jumbo shrimp sauteed in a garlic butter sauce served over rice complete.
Seafood Cioppino
Scallops, clams, mussels, shrimp and crab meat served with a tomato red wine over linguine.
Seafood Fra Diavolo
Scallops, clams, mussels, shrimp and crab meat served with a spicy marinara sauce over linguine complete.
Chicken Florentine
Spinach, roasted peppers, and mozzarella cheese.
Veal Florentine
Spinach, roasted peppers, and mozzarella cheese.
Italian Specialties
Spaghetti with Meatballs
Served with marinara sauce.with soup or salad.
Tour of Italy
Meatball, stuffed shells, manicotti, and cheese ravioli. Soup or salad.
Chicken Parmigiana with Marinara Sauce, Mozzarella & Spaghetti
Over pasta & soup or salad.
Spaghetti with Marinara Sauce
With soup or salad.
Cheese Ravioli & Meatballs
Served with marinara sauce. With soup or salad.
Baked Stuffed Shells with Meatball
Soup or salad.
Cheese Ravioli with Marinara Sauce
Eggplant Parmigiana with Marinara Sauce, Mozzarella & Spaghetti
With pasta.
Chicken Cutlet with Marinara Sauce & Spaghetti
With pasta &soup or salad.
Manicotti Parm with Meatball
With soup or salad.
Grilled Chicken Parmigiana
With pasta& soup or salad.
Veal Cutlet with Marinara Sauce & Spaghetti
With pasta &soup or salad.
Veal Parmigiana with Marinara Sauce, Mozzarella & Spaghetti
With pasta &soup or salad.
Kids Dinner
Spongebob Grilled Cheese
Grilled cheese. W/fries.
Donald Duck Chicken Fingers
Chicken fingers 3 pcs. W/fries.
Spiderman Spaghetti
Spaghetti & 1 meatball.
Avengers Cheeseburger
Cheeseburger.w/fries.
Sides
Home Fries
Pudding
French Fries
Mashed Potatoes
Corn
Tossed Salad
Garlic Bread Sticks
6pc with marinara.
Cheese Fries
Homemade Apple Stuffing
Coleslaw
Applesauce
Sweet Potato Fries
Broccoli
Our Own Onion Rings
Potato Salad
Fried Eggplant
Side of Spaghetti
Replace 2 sides.
Beets
Baked Potato
Beverages
Milkshake
16 oz extra thick.
Variety of Sodas
16 oz. Please contact the merchant for soda selection.
Chocolate Milk
16 Oz.
Fresh Ground Coffee
16 once.
Juice
Hot Chocolate
Fresh Brewed Iced Tea
16 Oz.
Hot Tea
12 once.
Milk
16 Oz.
Soups
Chicken Soup (16 Oz)
French Onion Soup
16 ounces.
Chili
Pint.
Chili
Pint (16 oz) with garlic bread.
Entrees & Roasts
Roast Turkey
With stuffing, 2 sides, soup or salad, and a pudding.
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Recent Reviews
Good place to stop for a quick breakfast. It seemed like the kind of place filled with friendly locals. Prices were reasonable and the food came out quickly and was hot and delicious.
May 2025
Newer to the Lancaster area and having searched for a great local restaurant, the New Ephrata Cloister has become our family's favorite. The menu offers a great variety of choices, the food is delicious and plentiful, and the prices are very reasonable for the quality and quantity of food. But what truly sets this restaurant apart from others is the friendly, attentive staff and management. Clearly a well-run, small family business with high standards. We look forward...
April 2025
Great Diner for Lunch! Tasty Soups and Sandwiches at decent prices! Food is served hot and plentiful! Friendly and helpful staff. Definitely going to go again next time I am up in Ephrata, PA!
April 2025
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