Gelston House
East Haddam, CT 06423-1302
Phone: (860) 873-1411
User Reviews for Gelston House
06/19/2008 Posted by ashleyGGS
Have had great service everytime, Food declious as well. Highly reccomend. View of the river completes the dining experience
Pros: view
Cons: a little higher price, but taste and quality worth it
06/08/2008 Posted by eileen2817
The only reason I give this restaurant any star at all is because ofthe view. Sitting above the river watching the boats and the bridge is lovely. The food and service were terrible. We went tothe newly opened beer garden to celebrate my husband's birthday with our 25 and 21 year old kids. My daughter and I ordered cocktails fromt he list on the back of the menu. The server had not seen this addition to the menu. We also ordered the chili cheese fries appetizer. The drinks came in good time but the cocktails were weak and very sugary. It took nearly 30 minutes to get the fries. When they arrived there was no chili and the cheese had been drying out under a heat lamp. When we asked about the chili the waitress checked with the kitchen and reported that the chili was "in the fries"????????? We said this was silly and she went back to the kitchen and returned with a bowl containing 3 raw red chile peppers. An unidentified young man came to talk to us and was arguin that the jalapenos on the fries were the chili. I asked to see a menu and pointed out that the description said the fries came with "Three Alarm Chili". He said that the menu was misleading. Absolutely ridiculous! Immediately our entrees came out. When a busboy wanted to take the full plate of fries I told him we had just gotten them. The entrees were mostly forgetable, but in my case just awful. Fried clams are not rectangular. Clams just are not that shape. I don't know what they were but I was not going to argue with a completely disinterested staff. When our dinner plates were cleared the waitress plunked down our bill. We informed her we wanted desert (only because it was a birthday, we werent' expecting much). The deserts were predictably so-so to bad.j It's a shame that the management of this place can't provide at least decent food in such a beautiful setting. If you are going to a show, go across the street or to another town. This place is just plain bad.
Pros: view
Cons: bad food, bad service, bad music
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