Wildflowers Inn — Restaurant in Hopewell Township

We had read a few reviews of Wildflowers and it didn't seem like it would be a bad fit for our group of 12. We were seated quickly at a bar in the back of the restaurant, and at first we were happy that we had a mostly private space to ourselves (and all 6 kids) but it didn't turn out to be so great. We were right next to the service station and what I assume are the "downtime" tables. The tables behind us had various notebooks and office supplies strewn about, and the tables across from us were still dirty and didn't get bussed the entire time we were there. Our server Taylor, the only good thing about about this place, was super nice and attentive all night, even as things went south. All of our drinks and food orders were taken correctly and he was top notch - but everything else was pretty much in the tank.

The salads were literally huge plates of lettuce with a few pieces of tomato, ONE olive and some onion. The entrees all came out in intervals over the course of about 10 minutes, which is unacceptable. After the all the food arrived, we were told that there was only one order of ribs available -- AFTER the food was on the table -- and that a replacement could be made. Again, AFTER the food was already in front of us. The sweet potato side on one plate was ice cold, as if it was never heated up at all. And the woman who seemed like the manager wasn't cordial at all and almost seemed annoyed at us.

We tried to finish what we could, asking for the check as the food came out so we could vacate as soon as we were done. Not a great experience.

I noticed a sign on the way out that read, "DINNER: 1. Take It 2. Leave it"....

This must be a locals-only place, because if you don't know how to work it, you're out of luck.

My friend and I went here for dinner on a Wednesday night. It was lively, but not a mob scene. We were blatantly ignored when we entered. I caught a bartender's eye, and she quickly looked down and avoided acknowledging me. We walked all the way around the bar slowly with no acknowledgment before finally flagging down a waitress to ask if we should seat ourselves or not. She very brusquely and rudely asked if we wanted dining room or bar seating. Well, if that's the service we would get in the dining room, I wasn't going for it; we chose bar.

We sat down and waited. And waited. And waited. Finally, we decided we had better sit right next to the waitress' station--maybe then they would see us. That did get us attention, but the service never became good. We were given one menu which we ended up having to share. The wait for our simple cheeseburgers was unreasonable. The waitress never once checked back with us after we got our food. She did bring us a second round of drinks, but long after they were gone, we ended up asking another waitress for our check.

To be fair, my burger was delicious (fries were not--they were dry and rather bland). The beers on tap were decent, though they didn't actually have the Dogfish that was on the beer list.

Overall, seems like the place to go for decent food if you know the people and aren't afraid to help yourself. If you're just traveling through and looking for a good meal like I was, skip it. Or, if you like halfway decent...

Was there Friday March 9th at 6:30, upon arrival I sat at the bar. There were 2 young ladies and a gentleman bartending. After waiting 5 minutes , I got a beer menu , then 10 minutes later the dark haired girl served me my beer. I ordered soup, was delicious as usual. After putting my plastic # ID on top of my empty glass, I waited approximately 15 minutes (due to the fact that the 2 young ladies were doing shots with one of the patrons, and the blonde was eating his pizza) The blonde finally comes over and asks if I needed anything. I pointed at my empty glass with the #thing on it. She then gives me my check, I look at it and she charged me for another beer. Now I'm waiting another 5 minutes to tell someone about the overcharge. So when a server brought food to the couple sitting next to me, I asked him to get a bartender for me. The dark haired girl came and says you want to cash out? I say yes but I was overcharged, she looked at the check and says you only had 1 beer, I said yes. I then overheard the couple next to me say how inappropriate it was for the blonde to be eating and a I turned to them and said yes extremely inappropriate !!!! I have been a regular there for a very long time and hope this makes its way to the owner. I'm sure he wouldn't approve of...