Candia First Stoppe Country Store — Restaurant in Candia

I have been a customer for many years. It feels that they do not care about their customers in the takeout portion of the store. It is infuriating and disrespectful how this place has become. We have been ordering the same thing since the restaurant opened. Now we call to order a family meal and they tell us that it comes with 6 sides and only the Mac and cheese is an up charge. I get there and they up charge us for all the sides and did not even give us 2 lbs of steak tips. They said only the fries and the rice is not an up charge and contradicted themselves from what they said on the phone and what we have ordered for over 5 years. The employees are not informed and don’t know anything about the menu. Their menu is complete “FALSE ADVERTUSING” . They disregarded me as a customer and do not show any care. I was up charged an insane amount which nearly doubled the total of which the meal should be. I will not be returning and this business will be losing the business of me, family, and friends...

Good shop.

Employee at checkout tonight (5/9/24) was pretty rude, mainly because an employee dropped something in the back and she assumed me and my girlfriend had dropped something, and was rude in an interaction about rhat at checkout. Misgendered my girlfriend, subtly accused her of having two ids (what????) I don’t know maybe she was having a bad time tonight but generally a lot of sass and rude comments.

I’ve shopped here a decent bit, and this is the first bad interaction I’ve had with any of the employees, otherwise they are super nice, just this one employee who gave bad service.

Restaurant host was really helpful, showed us prepared meals in a freezer when the restaurant was closed. Really nice guy. Thanks to him for showing us some good food we could get when the restaurant was closed.

This location is one of few places with a good mead selection.

This would be a 5 star review if not for this one interaction, retraining, or. Something, is...

They have just about everything you want here, but you know how the old saying goes. You pay for convenience. The prices are ridiculous, borderline apocalyptic. It's actually shameful that the town of Candia allowed this venture to crush the small businesses that existed loyally in town for decades, especially since Candia prides itself on its rural character. A gas station with a dunks would have been one thing, but it has turned into seven businesses in one. There is nothing country about a gas station / store / bar and grill / music venue / truck stop / donut shop / events location. You would think with all of the things offered that the owners could make a decent profit without gouging...