Amy Sakmyster

Review of Woodcliff Hotel and Spa

We were going out tonight for a special night out....

We were going out tonight for a special night out. The restaurant was cozy feeling, though spacious, and played Christmas songs for the season. For dinner we ordered the cheese board which came with goat cheese rolled in herbs, cheddar cheese, a tasty fig jam, grapes, and a few slices of baguette. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary, but hearty and very tasty. We also ordered the calamari which was fried with Sriracha aioli, and some peppers. The dish was very good. The two dinners ordered were a chicken cutlet, which was breaded in a lemon caper sauce, and we requested green beans rather than steak fries, which seems odd when ordering a nice dish. This was the same when I ordered the $48 strip steak. I ordered it medium rare, however the steak was gristle on one side, and had a tough section in the middle. Around the streak, it was good, though. Like the cutlet, the steak only came with fries, and it just didn't seem worth the money. I requested their potato special that night instead which was scalloped potatoes and they were delicious. The only thing that went wrong was my server forgot my green beans. We ordered a limoncello cake for dessert and it was very delicious.

I gave this restaurant 3 stars because it wasn't the same type of restaurant Horizons used to be; the food, the ambiance, and the service. We were also quite surprised to see the hotel having two holiday parties, where one party with more than 15 people open to the lobby standing without masks.