We made reservations for their thanksgiving buffet based on past dinner experience with this Inn’s restaurant. It was close to the end of the event and with a sparsely populated dining room the hostess proceeded to walk us the the back of the dining area...to seat us at a table near the kitchen entrance. When I said we prefer one of the booths we past on our walk through the dining room, she said of course we could change.
Now in our preferred seats, we waited a long time without any acknowledgement from any staff, so we flagged a manager and she started to take care of us until our waitress showed up and her attitude, professionalism, service and attention was exceptional.
Unfortunately most of the food was cold or luke warm at best, the turkey was dry and the beef had way too much grizzle and it would have been nice to have a bit of horseradish to compliment the beef.
The smoked salmon was nice, but there was no sour cream or and such condiment to go with it.
The shrimp was ok, but the cocktail sauce was empty and we had to wait for it to be replenished. As for the oysters, they were piled on top of each other and I did not want a room temp oyster, so I had to dig for the cold ones sitting on the ice. Even so, I was only brave enough to try three and one of them was off.
When it was time for our dessert we ordered coffee and cappuccino and I went over to the desert buffet to find all the desserts put away, save for a few brownies. The women was very apologetics and did bring back out some of the deserts.
The coffee was not very hot but the cappuccino was nice.
Obviously, they have a lot of work to do if they care to get back to the quality experience we once enjoyed at the Exeter Inn and we hope they are successful in getting back what they have lost.More