Frank's Bar & Grill — Restaurant in New Brunswick

We arrived at 7pm and were promptly greeted and escorted to a table. I asked for a high chair, as I had our daughter in tow. We were given menus and the host let us know that the waitress would be right over. First issue, we were not given any water or a children’s menu. I tried several times to flag someone down for a children’s menu, because we were tired and hungry from being on the road, and our toddler was getting fussy from hunger so I wanted to order ASAP. Finally, our waitress came over at about 7:15 with water glasses - she was friendly, but she seemed pretty inexperienced and others around us were visibly also unhappy with the service they were receiving. There was an elderly couple behind us who had been waiting for their bill since before we were seated. Another couple beside us both got garden salads instead of Cesar salads, and they were voicing their displeasure loudly. I inquired to the waitress about if a children’s menu existed, and it did - so she left again to get it. I wasn’t too thrilled with the children’s menu because it was basically “chicken fingers” “fish n chips” “hotdog” “salad”. My toddler hasn’t gotten the hang of eating anything that’s like a sandwich, and definitely can’t eat salad yet (choking hazard for young children). So the only options left are both fried foods with fries - no available substitutes (I.e. steamed veggies or something). The whole point of going to the restaurant over going to a drive thru was for healthier options and less junk food… but here we are. I was pretty disappointed by their options for children. I don’t know if maybe the waitress was new and in training or something so I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt. The restaurant was pretty busy, and only a few tables were open. It seemed to me like there were two waiters and one bartender and they were all juggling hosting/greeting/seating/bussing. They were obviously understaffed for the volume of people. Around 8 our appetizer arrived - fried chicken wings with sauce on the side. Only issue I had was that I would prefer and expect side plates with chicken wings, but we were not given any. Additionally, the only napkins available were the ones wrapped around the utensils. So with messy fingers we had to undo the other utensils since we couldn’t flag the busy waitress down for more napkins. I find this practice very wasteful since they will have to rewash all the opened utensils. It’s likely a covid issue with the napkins, but none the less, the servers should have the foresight that wings are messy so they should know to bring napkins when serving. Shortly thereafter our mains arrived. They were both very good, but my chicken sandwich had a mystery chunk in it (likely meat shrapnel from the deep fryer). So heads up to those who have allergies that the fryer obviously used for all foods (specifically seafood allergies). Overall good, but I found the tomato extremely thick cut and too much red onion (there was like an entire onions diameter of red onion in there! - I feel bad for my husband now since my breath is likely terrible) My husband ordered the fajitas: overall he enjoyed them but found that there was way too much onion in their ratio. We also ordered the $7 fish and chip for our toddler and it was massive. I wish it had been smaller, since again that amount is pretty wasteful. Overall, I found the prices high (pretty typical for a hotel restaurant). For two beers, one shared appetizer, two mains, and one child’s meal...

Revolting and expensive. The $54 "Ribeye" was actually a flank steak that identified as a Ribeye. It was sliced up and dumped haphazardly over a bed of mashed potatoes, no doubt to hide its dubious pedigree. My son and I did our best to force down some of it, even though I would not have fed it to my dog...The Pepsis were nice and tiny, leaving lots of room for the meal. The Calamari tasted like rolled up carboard served with an equally tasteless dollop of spaghetti sauce. My daughter refused to eat her burger, so I took a bite. It had a curious taste. You know, the kind where you chew slowly and cautiously while scrutinizing the patty, and your stomach whispers; "I offer no guarantee that this will not be rejected later." Luckily, I heeded the warning and my stomach and I remain good friends to this day! Inspired by the pretty white billowing smoke from the nearby pulp mill, we went for a stroll to a gas station and my daughter picked up a Lunchable for dinner. The Best Before date was several months in the future so we knew the meat and cheese was super fresh. She loved it! That was the highlight of our stop in Edmundston. Keep your foot...

The food was pretty good, although the gluten free bread offered for breakfast was a hamburger bun... We stopped in here before getting back on the road to our final destination. We were in comfy road tripping clothes which may have been why the wait staff didn't seem to care much for our presence. The hotel and restaurant are both very nicely appointed so my assumption was that my t-shirt and jeans made me look like someone without enough money to eat there. With only two waitresses working, it was hard enough to get their attention just to pay our bill and leave. We'll be stopping in again for dinner in a few days and hopefully have better service. Update: the dinner staff was certainly more friendly than the breakfast staff from few days ago. The food was ok, but not as great as some of these reviews would have us believe. My burger was a little dry and my wife's nachos were not very tasty. Service was slow as others have pointed out and we got out of there before the live music showed up. Fridays are very busy so make a reservation if you're...