White Mountain Cider Co — Restaurant in Bartlett

We had dinner last night for our anniversary meal and it was stupendous! My fiancé had the burger special with parmesan truffle fries, I had the grilled porkchop with a half order of the Cider salad, and we split the charcuterie board. Because it was a little late, we opted for takeout and got dessert to go - which we thoroughly enjoyed back at the inn where we were staying. The donuts, ice cream and caramel sauce were fantastic and I'm certain the plated version is just as wonderful as the container version. Our server Joanne was pleasant, made great recommendations and added to the charm of the whole evening.

Certainly this place may not be everyone's cup of tea, but if you're willing to get adventurous you won't be disappointed. My partner loved the tomato bacon jam on their burger (normally he doesn't care for such things) and everything on my plate from the pickled peaches to the succotash made of peppers and corn and the smoked tomato gazpacho to the chop itself - was perfect. I will dream of the succotash and tomato gazpacho with the tasty bits of kale and try my best to recreate it at home someday.

We both agreed the cheese and meat board was one of the best we had. Everything had a purpose and there was no wrong combination. The pickled apples (I think that's what they were) with the grain mustard and smoked gouda....amazing! I also loved the blue cheese and bacon stuffed date. Order those carefully because they are very delicious but you might fill up on them! Even the salad was wonderful, with some fresh cracked pepper on top made it better. I loved the salty crunchy shallots mixed with the pecans and julienned green apples. It was truly a tasty experience! Chef Miles and his team are putting out some thoughtful, well rounded dishes that we look forward to trying more of!

One more thing, be sure to order a bottle of Alpine Winery's seasonal cider. I opted for the Jonagold and was not disappointed. It especially paired well with...

Went 10/1/23

Bill was $200 for my wife and 2 sons age 3 and 10 Here’s a list of what we ordered 4 bacon blue cheese dates- my favorite should have ordered a full plate of these $2.5 ea. Cheese and charcuterie- $23 are every bite Kids got pasta (orrichetti with fresh grated Parm) and grilled seasoned chicken, my son never eats chicken and we had to order him a second side of it he liked it so much. (10 year old) The 3 year old had French fries and chicken tenders. I had a tender they were very good seemed house breaded.

I wanted the steak but was drinking and didn’t think I’d finish it (old fashion (very good luxardo cherry included) Next espresso martini (7/10) heavy on the vodka, tasted more like Van Gogh vodka then like grey goose with real espresso but maybe I’m just a snob about espresso martinis.

I ended up ordering the beet salad which was very good but I wished the beets had been chopped smaller. They were in large chunks and it felt like I was eating cranberry sauce. I loved the learning with the whipped blue cheese and honey and candied cashews and oranges but the texture of the large chunks of beets left me slightly underwhelmed. I also tried the calamari. Maybe my least favorite. U throughly enjoyed the sweet pickled pieces but I was left wish for something like a sweet chili sauce or a little marinara. I was ok but I just felt like something was missing and that it was a little dry for my taste. My wife had the Tuscan chicken pasta. It was very good. Rich flavor, only complaint was the pieces of chicken were very large chunks. It was the same delicious chicken my son got with his pasta but it seemed like they sliced the same size breast 3 times less for the Tuscan pasta. I know it’s petty complaint but a 1/3 of a chicken breast seemed out of place in such a well developed dish.

Our waiter was very professional In a room full of 60 year olds he didn’t make us feel bad about having two small children

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Applebee's quality at Ruth's Chris Prices My husband and I had a great dining experience here in Sept. of 2013 for our 10th anniversary and decided to celebrate our 12th anniversary here on Sept. 6th, 2015. This time it just wasn't as good. Even though we wrote in the reservation notes that it was our anniversary, we were seated in a small room with two large tables of people. We couldn't hear each other at all, so we asked to be moved and found there were at least two empty small tables in the other area with only small, intimate tables. Why weren't we seated here to begin with? Did they even read the notes? My husband got a drink he liked at the bar before we'd sat down, but when he ordered a second of the same drink after we were seated, it was completely different down to the garnish. He was brought another- the right one this time, with no hassle, but now we were feeling like the complaining customers already, and this is not how we wanted to start our anniversary dinner. The crab cake appetizer was WONDERFUL, but our meals were just ok (I got the duck and my husband got the pork chop). We knew the prices going in, and don't mind paying $25-$30 for a good meal, but I didn't feel the food was so good as to be worth the price. Our waitress, while kind enough, was a low talker. We couldn't hear her at all in the first room we were seated in because it was so loud. I thought we'd be able to hear her after we were seated in the quieter area, but after two repetitions of the special, we both gave up. I know this is not her fault, but combined with the seating, the drink, and lack of stellar food for the price, our overall impression was that this restaurant was either not as good as we remembered, or has gone down hill. We won't be going back, and I wouldn't...