Restaurant Review: George Inn
Each year, my family and I take our annual trip to Crystal Springs Resort in Hamburg, New Jersey. While staying there, we love to check out local restaurants that offer an exciting, delicious selection. This year in particular, we would be celebrating Valentine’s Day that night and decided to go to a place nearby. After reading great reviews online and having a friend’s recommendation, we decided to head to George Inn as a family for that special holiday dinner. It was located in the neighboring town of Vernon, New Jersey only about one mile from our hotel, it seemed perfect.
Upon arriving, I could tell service was going to be an issue. We were not greeted by anyone and even though we had a reservation, we basically sat ourselves. Once our waitress came over with menus, we were all starving and just wanted to order. Each of us picked out our drinks and entrees and our order was placed. We were all still having a good time, when we noticed it had been at least twenty minutes and our drinks had not arrived. Then she finally came back with them and they were completely wrong. The liquor in the adult beverages was way too strong for anyone to even enjoy. We all still had our smiles because it was a holiday evening, and we were on vacation. This attitude changed quickly when our food arrived at the table another half an hour later.
We all dug in and as soon as I cut into my chicken francaise, I was horrified. The inside of it was raw and as I looked around everyone’s face also seemed to be disappointed. In fear of getting sick, I did not take a bite and instead asked to speak to a manager. This was the best part, because the manager was too busy even though the tables all around were empty! I told our waitress I would wait, and a few minutes later he walked up to our table. I told him the dilemma we were facing and he could tell we barely touched our drinks or food.
This is when I knew a review needed to be written. He was so rude and told me there was absolutely nothing he could do. They continued to bill us full price for our meal and drinks and we walked out very disappointed. We did not eat anything and wasted over two hours in this ridiculous restaurant. While the reviews online were good, I would never return here because this experience was just that bad. I understand holiday weekends are crazy, but there were just too many mistakes to be forgiven.
