Preston's

Visited for the first time recently and was very impressed with the selection on their breakfast and lunch buffets. Servers were kind and attentive. It was extremely convenient as I was staying at the inn while there on business.

A very disappointing experience. I'll start with the good. The wedge salad was great. Large portion with some innovations. Balsamic worked well with the bleu cheese while I appreciated the avocado. The waitress was also excellent, pleasant tried quite hard. Unfortunately, went downhill after that. My entree, the ribeye was okay, but definitely nothing special. Slightly overcooked with not too much flavor. The real disappointment was the cocktail my wife ordered, a strawberry lime mojito. First, it literally took over 30 minutes. Maybe understandable if the restaurant and bar were packed but there were scarcely anyone at either (which is probably the morale of this story, given it was move in week at VT). When it arrived, it was as my wife described as the worst cocktail ever. Mint, the underbelly of a mojito, was just ground mint flavor, not the fresh mint leaves you expect (or were on the menu). The strawberry and lemon garnishes were rotten and the drink tasted as bad as it looked, it was undrinkable. When my wife told the manager, he took it back without even an apology. It ruined what would have been an average meal, no reason to go with so many better options.

Their Sunday bunch is amazing. Great combination of breakfast and lunch foods. Nice ambiance and the servers are always attentive and professional. Excellent combination of great food, good service at a decent price.

The food was okay - however I ordered a chicken dish for $32 and wanted to substitute my 2 sides. So they charged us another $6 for mashed potatoes and broccoli... which wasn't broccoli but tough stalks of broccolini. SERIOUSLY?
Wow ... NEVER had a restaurant do that before. It was pretty empty there and I can see why. Won't go back.

Everything was delicious! We had the poutine, fish and chips, burger, pork chops, cauliflower steak and tacos. The dessert - lava cake was to die for- so chocolaty and not too sweet. We had a party of 12 and our server Nikki was great. The bartender John made the best Old Fashioned.

It sure it is worth doing a review because there seem to be no improvements based on the reviews posted so far by others. Hard to believe we could have a large group of over 15 people and every single person had an absolutely horribly experience and the only thing memorable about the food is that it was so bad, we will likely never forget it. Several orders were wrong, the rib eye was u luke any ribeye I have ever had before and was more like shoe leather. I am not sure what happened to this place, I ate here a few years ago and it was very good. Hard to see how I could ever return to this restaurant.

The hostess was rude. On Saturday we came at 1:40pm. Was told not accepting new customers because they closed on 1:30pm. That's fine. On Sunday we came at 12:10pm. Was told it was full although they had empty tables right in front of us. I asked how long would the wait be. Was told 40 minutes or maybe longer even though there was no other customers around us near the door. I asked to be put on the waiting list, the hostess told me I could put you on the waiting list but there was a good chance you would not get a table. I said it's ok just put me on the waiting list. While she took my name and number down, she repeated telling me three times that there was a good chance I would not get a table. My 10 year old daughter asking me: Mommy, are they not liking us?

So disappointed, made a reservation to take my family to a nice dinner (based on their website menu). Arrive to find an empty restaurant that is only doing a dinner buffet (item included pasta salad and Mac and cheese - seriously) for $35 per person.

Stay away

The food was flavorless and all meat/fish we ordered was extremely over cooked. Multiple members of our party had extreme food poisoning!!

Overall, the atmosphere is very posh, and if you are looking for fine dining this is certainly the place. All around, considering the prices of surrounding businesses the buffet cost isn't unaffordable; however, it is still a tad pricey at 13 dollars for breakfast. The food quality is somewhat good, and they have a large variety, although my one pone to pick would be how fresh the items are. Nothing seems to be made hot even if it's just been made. All in all, for a breakfast buffet it's rather good, although nothing exceptional.