The Blennerhassett Restaurant & Lounge

We had a fantastic dinner. We had the pork chop and a Cobb salad. All of the food was delicious. The people working were wonderful and so nice. It was a delightful experience. I would recommend it to everyone.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I had lunch with an old friend at the Blennerhassett. I had the shrimp & grits, which were fantastic and we split a creme brulee, which tasted more like flan. The entire experience was very positive. The prices were better than I expected. I'll be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I’ll start by saying that the atmosphere and vibe at this hotel lobby, bar and restaurant are insanely amazing and gorgeous at Christmas time!
I had a dirty “Betty” martini at the bar and it was perfectly made and the bartender was great.
After that, my family met me for dinner and we sat in the dining room, where again, the decor and ambience were perfection.
We started with appetisers , the beef Wellington appetiser, calamari, and chicken wings.
The appetisers were all very good, and a nice basket with delicious biscuits and honey butter were delivered to our table.
Everything‘s slowly went downhill after that.
The first mistake, which we could have overlooked was that no appetiser plates were brought to our table for us to share the appetisers until we asked.
Next my mother-in-law and I received our French onion soup, which was not only slightly overdone but literally charred, it should have never, ever left the kitchen looking like it did. The fact that it left the kitchen looking like it did and then was also delivered by the waitress looking like it did was pretty amazing for a restaurant of this type.
We were willing to overlook that too, but I did mention to the waitress, who seemed a little inexperienced in fine dining, and she did offer to have another one that made for each of us, however she had also delivered our entrees at the same time and It didn’t seem to make any sense to to go backwards on our entire dinner at this point.
My entree was the most disappointing part of the entire meal, and completely inexcusable anywhere, especially in a restaurant of this calibre. I ordered the chicken piccata, one of my favourite dishes that I order whenever I see it on a menu and frequently cook at home. The first thing I noticed was that there seem not to be a single caper on my plate. I had to signal for the waitress to get her attention, she never came back to check on us after our food was delivered, to ask her if I could please have some capers because my chicken piccata didnt seem to have any. After a while, she came back from the kitchen and told me that they were out of capers, which I laughed at because that is one of the main ingredients of this dish, also the funny part was I had one small black item in my dish that I thought was a caper and when I tasted it, I told my husband that it definitely tasted like a piece of an olive, and then the waitress told me they were out of capers so they sautéed olives to make this dish! Again I laughed because that is absolutely not an acceptable substitution and when I said that the dish also did not have any lemon in it she came back and said head Chef was not working and the cooks told her they do not make chicken piccata that way with “lemon”. This also made me laugh considering the two main ingredients of chicken piccata are lemon and capers. I pointed out to her that their menu specifically did state that they use lemon and capers in their chicken piccata, but at this point, there was no use and I was the one looking like the difficult customer, when this was a situation that was as ridiculous as if I had ordered spaghetti and meatballs and received spaghetti with chicken in it because they were out of meatballs, it simply was not the same thing!
They did take the chicken piccata off of our bill which was the least they could do considering I didn’t eat it anyway. I cannot understand why I would not have been told that this dish was not available this evening, they did not have the proper ingredients to actually make it.
So overall great atmosphere, great drinks good appetisers but the rest ….unacceptable!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 3

Atmosphere 10/10. Service was not great for an “upscale” restaurant. Food was terrible…cold even. Next visit if we return….just drinks and maybe an appetizer. Very disappointed with the food part. It’s a beautiful place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 2

An excellent and memorable dining experience! Our services was exceptional and our meal was delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lovely place, but the food presentation was very strange(kind of like a garbage plate)-the halibut was placed in with the two sides instead of being placed separately on the plate- so the fish flavor was impacted by the Brussels sprouts and risotto. My steak was correctly grilled and was a nice cut however it was sliced and mixed in with the asparagus and mashed potatoes. I think the chef was trying to go for a different presentation- but the flavor suffered.

Exceptional food and service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The only reason it was noisy was a local high school was utilizing the hotel and patio for homecoming pictures

Good food and service. I had salmon and my wife had the sea bass. Overall a great experience.

The meal was overpriced for the quality of the meal. I could've had a better salmon (taste and quality) at an Applebee's. Lounge service was poor during dinner as they seemed understaffed/only staffed by one overwhelmed bartender and we spent half our meal listening to the bartender/a server celebrate selling someone an $84 margarita - couldn't tell if the patron knew what they had ordered based on the conversation but it made us uncomfortable enough to be noteworthy. Proceed with caution when ordering from the bar with that in mind I guess. No breakfast/brunch available on Sundays, which was a shock and very inconvenient.

After being seated, we were not informed which menu items were unavailable the evening we dined We kept having to go back to the menu to make alternative choices. Tebles very close together.

We’re staying in the hotel and decided to try the restaurant, as it’s been close to 30 years since I was here.
I’ll start with the good. The patio area is really pretty, it looks like they have a setup for live music (we were there on a Sunday of a holiday weekend, so there wasn’t anything going), the atmosphere is quiet and lovely, and the staff were helpful and friendly.
And the bad. This is not an inexpensive dinner, but the quality of the food does not reflect the price. I got the bourbon glazed salmon with bacon fried Brussels sprouts and a baked potato. The potato was hard in the middle, so I sent it back only to get another potato that was hard in the middle so I gave up. The sprouts might have once been in the same room as bacon, but I doubt it, and they had the same texture as if they’d been boiled, not fried. And the fish was okay. My husband had the chicken piccata with fettuccini, except his pasta was penne when he got it, the chicken was soggy and had no flavor, and the sauce was watery. But on the plus side, my old fashioned was decent.
In short, maybe come here for overpriced drinks and apps if you’re feeling fancy, but eat your dinner somewhere else.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Anniversary dinner was superb. A must for your list of fine dining in Parkersburg.

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Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We love the old world feel of the hotel Only issue is bell man wasn't there when we arrived. But the front desk personnel came to our aid. Restaurant was outstanding. We will return in the near future.

Love this place for food, live music, the beautiful garden patio and the historic, amazing hotel!