Eagle Hotel — Restaurant in Bernville

Many of you have been following my reviews and have indicated that they find them very helpful. Nonetheless, here's another one for all of you. I visited the Eagle Hotel due to some of the reviews I read regarding the excellent food and great service they experienced. I must say that I gave this restaurant a try but with much hesitation due to my last experience with Havanna Joes on 422 East which is no longer open but I understand was run by the same owner. Yes, our server was pleasant and very eager to serve us but the food and drinks we ordered were lacking in many ways. The mango mojito was garneshed with a lime...where was the mango...not to mentioned there was more spritzer then liquior. So okay, pass the drink experience and whalllaaaa...we get our salad with an excellent bread roll which I must say was really good. But really salad...you really can't go wrong. We both ordered the jerk chicken...now let me just say that a previous blogger indicated that it was the same as what he has tasted in the Carribean...ummmmm which island? I've traveled all over the Carribean and can't remember my jerk chicken served at Eagle Hotel taste what I have experienced. Can I chuck it up to my roots and culture? Let's just say if any of you know the company GOYA...if not look it up. Everything on my plate tasted like it was reheated and bought frozen from the GOYA company. My black beans were hard and yet mushy. My rise was overly cooked. My platanos (plantains) didn't taste fresh. Listen, in the end if you don't know the difference between real Spanish food and can-frozen-box food then your okay with eating here because yes although good...it's not worth my 30 minute drive. Many of you don't like to enter Readign but lets just say you can eat a great fresh meal with all the fixin' for under $10.00. I'm disappointed simply because I've followed this chef since Judy's on Cherry then Havanna Joes and now in Bernville and just wish my taste buds would dance with joy when leaving as when he first showed up in the...

The Eagle used to be a dive bar. The current owners are trying to turn it around and doing a decent job. It's clean! We were back for the first time in many years. 3 meals- Jamaican jerk chicken was excellent-very fragrant and tasty AAA+++, The Cuban beef sandwich was tasty with a great roll but was beef was overcooked and dry as the Sahara desert I give it a B-. Cheeseburger ( asked for med-rare) was crisp around the edges, my teenage kid said it was not as good as BK so the burger gets a C. Flan dessert was super, A. I;m not quite ready for a return visit....

Returned to this building after over a 35 year delay when invited by a friend to taste a Cuban meal created by Havana Joe. If you want a Cuban food experience without traveling to Miami and want really great Cuban cooking, this is the place! Had a wonderful time chatting with the owner and also Joe, the chef. Call them and make a reservation as they pack the place on weekends. We went on a rainy winter night so no crowd. Hope to return real soon. Located in a big beautiful old country hotel that has remained virtually unchanged inside and out for...