Goblets & Goblins — Restaurant in Newmarket

*Edit: I felt the need to edit and update my review following a recent drop in quality of service. My family and I have been to Goblets and Goblins about 4 times before and had great times. But hopefully our recent visit was an off day and not a sign of things to come.

The wait for our food to arrive following our order was an hour. This was not a peak busy time, it was a Sunday afternoon. The food itself was okay, the biggest notable change food wise was the fries seemed to have changed, which was disappointing (I talked those up to few people).

I myself had also had the Nashville hot chicken sandwich with the highest level of hot sauce, which was presented as a challenge of some sort. The sandwich itself was alright. There was talk of free ice cream for finishing it with a certain time. But no one checked in on us to verify anything, so I never got any. A chef did come out to see how it was, which was appreciated.

Im pretty easy to please, I don’t expect to be waited on at all times and coddled. I’m leaving my original rating and review below but it does feel like things have changed in such a short period of time that I hope it reaches the right person to avoid any further degradation. My family and I had lunch at Goblets and Goblins and it was a fantastic experience. The staff was very friendly, helpful, and accommodating, taking care of any questions or requests we had.

The food was also really great, the smash burgers were delicious. The fries were stand outs especially, with a crisp texture and great seasoning. My daughter absolutely loved the mac and cheese, and she can be a bit of a picky eater.

While we didnt partake in any games, the selection is vast and has options for just about any genre. We will definitely be visiting for many...

Genuinely some of the best food and service I’ve ever had, as well as such a nice atmosphere. Like the fries were SO GOOD. I only ate a sandwich but it was still a great sandwich. The server was incredibly helpful, hardworking, and kind as well. Sadly I didn’t catch their name but it was whoever was working July 14th 2024 at 11am. They were so incredible, kept checking on us and making sure we were good, and were very quick to bring food and drinks after we ordered it even with all the up and down from us being in the basement. Even gave me a great tip of adding vanilla to my matcha latte which was delicious.

There were three rooms that we saw to set up in and play, two larger rooms with at least 6 tables seating 4-6 people and one smaller room with two bigger tables seating up to 6-8 people each I would say? The decorations were gorgeous and it was fun finding mangas my friend and I recognized on the manga wall on the stairs leading to the basement.

There was a wide variety of boardgames, some of which I’d never seen before, ranging from family friendly to not family friendly, short and long games, and simple and harder games. There’s some arcade games in the basement as well, and a video game section upstairs but I did not check that out.

There was a small shop as well, which sold cute plushes, dice, books, a few games, and more.

All in all it was a great experience and my friends and I intend to come back again. It’s a great place for boardgame lovers to meet up and play some new or old...

This weekends visit was a 1-2 stars, leaving a 3 because we have had decent experiences in the past. For context this was our very first time not being served by who we assume is the owner, he is much more attentive than this weekends staff.

We visited this weekend and were one of only TWO parties when we arrived. We asked for a kids menu for our 3 year old and were told there isn’t one ( we’ve been here in the past and I asked on instagram if they had one and was told “Yup! We’re currently working on one but for now it consists of: Kids burger and fries Chicken fingers and fries Mac and cheese Grilled cheese and fries Mozzarella sticks” ) anyways they told me there isn’t a kids menu so I just ordered her the app size Mac n cheese no big deal but confusing.

We ordered our food shortly after noon and by 1pm we were starving, our 3 year old was getting HANGRY, no one had even stopped by our table to check in and I had to go to the front to find our waitress and ask if our food is coming anytime soon. We’re not hard to please people and if someone had just stopped by to refill drinks and check in it would have help immensely.

I’m still confused how an app Mac n cheese, a chicken sandwich with fries, and chicken strips with fries took longer than 1 hour to cook with only one other party in the entire place..?

Anyways, we live up the street and had quickly decided we would be here often but if this is the service quality without the owner we likely...