Mary Ann Szymanik

Review of The Manor Tavern

DO NOT ORDER FROM THE RESTAURANT WEEK MENU! A fri...

DO NOT ORDER FROM THE RESTAURANT WEEK MENU! A friend and I went to Manor Tavern for lunch this Restaurant Week and ordered from the chef's special menu. While the appetizers were good, the entrees and dessert were terrible. Hands down the worse oyster po boy I have ever tasted. Absolutely tasteless, completely dry and pancake flat. My friend's fish fillet over a giant pile of french fries (no veggie or garnish--just an unbattered fillet over fries) was little better. The lemon and raspberry cake was a dry yellow cake with pink fondant icing and a dollop of runny whipped cream on the side--no sign of lemon or raspberries. Very disappointing, Manor Tavern! And all for $25! Restaurant Week here seems to translate to "let's empty out the back of the freezer, slap a fancy name and price on it and new people will order and think it's great!" Well, it wasn't and we didn't! The manager even acknowledged how bad the dessert was and that we had the last of it, and as a magnanimous gesture took the coffee off the bill...no offer of a replacement dessert to go--cheap move. The only reason I gave 2 stars is that the waitress was outstanding! That said, we won't be back. Maybe if we had ordered from the regular menu? We'll just have to wonder...I've wasted as much money here as I ever will.