Gretchen's Grotto — Restaurant in Honesdale

We ate lunch here. It's a quaint little place where it seems like the waitresses knew the regulars/ locals by name and those people most definitely seemed to get " extra" attention. When we walked in I had asked if the special they had yesterday was still available as a regular menu item. The hostess said she would check. We seated ourselves and it took about 10 minutes before the waitress came over to take our drink order. Interestingly enough the " regulars" were seated and immediately taken care of. I inquired again if the special was still available and she said she would check. That took another 10 minutes as she continued to go to other tables, take drink and food orders. Finally she returned to take our order and I asked a third time if it was available and she looked at me like she had no idea what I was talking about. Finally she just said that they " couldn't find it" ... I ordered the baked potato skins and my husband had a salad. It arrived very quickly. The food was good. Prices were average. She did come back over while we were eating and we asked for drink refills once which eventually arrived (after we were done eating). But again We waited for those for several minutes while She brought out other food and drink orders and stood at the tables talking. The positives were how quickly we got served and the potato skins were not just skins but rather still had the potato meat in it along with a decent amount of cheese and bacon. Nothing special here unless you're a...

This restaurant has a great next door feel as you walk in. The food was very good, we had the BBQ platter, as it was the special of the day. The ribs might of been on the dry side but the flavor was very good, the chicken was nice and juicy, the sides where coleslaw and baked beans, both were excellent. The cornbread had good flavor but was a little on the dry side for my personal preference. We also enjoyed a cup of the seafood chowder and it was very good, could be a little thicker but the seafood pieces were nicely diced up with some larger shrimp pieces, it was very good. The waitress was absolutely amazing, super friendly, was right on top of getting items and checked with us a few times to make sure everything was going ok. I would give the food a 4 🌟 but the waitress made our experience very enjoyable so that's why I...

Well the one good thing was the service. As far as the atmosphere goes it was like a funeral home with a fish tank. We got a plain pizza and an order of garlic knots, I'm not sure if they're partners with Shell oil or not. The pizza was dripping and soggy with oil, the garlic knots were floating in a half inch of oil in the to go box. It was good but suffered severely from the grease. I'm not sure how this place has high reviews unless people are getting the food for the oil and...