Morgan House Inn & Restaurant — Restaurant in Lee

Morgan House is an inn, tavern and restaurant. The new owner, Vern, is an experienced restauranteur and a reluctant innkeeper. He purchased the property a few months ago primarily to further develop the already successful restaurant of the same name. The inn happened to come with it. He seems equally determined to improve the inn almost as much as the restaurant and tavern.||||The inn is quite old, over 200 years old. The building is structurally sound, with everything in excellent working order. Some rooms are on the smaller side with a shared bath. We stayed in a very large room, room 207 (Honeymoon room is its name), with a king bed, private bath, sofa, dining table and chairs and a small refrigerator. It was one of the rare rooms, if not the only room, with a coffee maker. Housekeeping did not know how to deal with the coffee maker, nor did they recognize it was there. Vern was always quick to give us a supply of coffee, filters, milk, cups and utensils, whenever we asked for this, which was daily during a 4 night stay. This room is in the rear of the building, clearly an addition at some point in ancient history, but it has a deck, with a private entrance from the rear parking lot. It was often more convenient to come and go from the private entrance than to cross the entire structure. There is a public deck in the front of the building with tables and chairs that overlook busy Main St.||||I wish Vern a lot of luck and success with his future projects and look forward to visit again and watch progress being made.||||Vern is incredibly friendly and helpful. He is quite interesting and will chat with you at length. He will fill you in on his background and about his attraction to the Berkshires if you ask him. He loves discussing his future plans for the inn, restaurant and tavern. His right hand man, Louie, a retired auctioneer, is, not surprisingly, gregarious and charismatic. He is also very quick to help you out in any way possible. They reserved an exceptional table for us one night to celebrate a special anniversary. I reviewed the restaurant separately.||||There is ample, free off street parking right in the heart of Lee. The Price Chopper supermarket is only steps away so it allowed us to stock up on snacks, drinks and breakfast items. Remember, this is not a B&B, so breakfast is on your own. But don't despair, plenty of good places to eat within a couple of hundred feet from the front door.||||Morgan House Inn is one of the best values I have found in...

Morgan House is an inn, tavern and restaurant. The new owner, Vern, is an experienced restauranteur and a reluctant innkeeper. He purchased the property a few months ago primarily to further develop the already successful restaurant of the same name. The inn happened to come with it. He seems equally determined to improve the inn almost as much as the restaurant and tavern.||||The inn is quite old, over 200 years old. The building is structurally sound, with everything in excellent working order. Some rooms are on the smaller side with a shared bath. We stayed in a very large room, room 207 (Honeymoon room is its name), with a king bed, private bath, sofa, dining table and chairs and a small refrigerator. It was one of the rare rooms, if not the only room, with a coffee maker. Housekeeping did not know how to deal with the coffee maker, nor did they recognize it was there. Vern was always quick to give us a supply of coffee, filters, milk, cups and utensils, whenever we asked for this, which was daily during a 4 night stay. This room is in the rear of the building, clearly an addition at some point in ancient history, but it has a deck, with a private entrance from the rear parking lot. It was often more convenient to come and go from the private entrance than to cross the entire structure. There is a public deck in the front of the building with tables and chairs that overlook busy Main St.||||I wish Vern a lot of luck and success with his future projects and look forward to visit again and watch progress being made.||||Vern is incredibly friendly and helpful. He is quite interesting and will chat with you at length. He will fill you in on his background and about his attraction to the Berkshires if you ask him. He loves discussing his future plans for the inn, restaurant and tavern. His right hand man, Louie, a retired auctioneer, is, not surprisingly, gregarious and charismatic. He is also very quick to help you out in any way possible. They reserved an exceptional table for us one night to celebrate a special anniversary. I reviewed the restaurant separately.||||There is ample, free off street parking right in the heart of Lee. The Price Chopper supermarket is only steps away so it allowed us to stock up on snacks, drinks and breakfast items. Remember, this is not a B&B, so breakfast is on your own. But don't despair, plenty of good places to eat within a couple of hundred feet from the front door.||||Morgan House Inn is one of the best values I have found in...

• September 2025 Update *

Well, things seem to have gone a long way downhill since the last time we visited the Morgan House restaurant.

The first hint that something had gone awry was the overwhelming smell of vanilla scented candles, which were burning throughout the restaurant and bar. What began as an overwhelming odor became such a strongly scented distraction that we could barely taste our meal.

The second clue was the first course of meatballs. These were the driest, hardest to chew, and most strangely flavored nuggets I had ever eaten. The tomato sauce was actually quite tasty, but it could not compensate for the almost inedible meat.

My wife's lamb burger followed a similar path, although it smelled much worse than it tasted. "There is something wrong with this meat," she said, "but I can't really tell what because the candle scent is throwing off my sense of taste." When I took a closer whiff of the burger I advised her to stop eating it.

My duck entree looked very appetizing, but it had only been partially reheated, so the cool, dry meat was more like something to bring along on a picnic then to place on top of mashed potatoes. It had a nice flavor, but I resolved to take it home and use it in another dish.

I will say my peach Margarita was confident and enjoyable, but that too was contrasted by my wife's cup of hot coffee, which tasted thin and bitter, as if it had come from coffee brewed a few days before with the grounds left in it.

Our view from the table of downtown Lee was very pleasant, and our server was competent, efficient, and thoughtful. But unfortunately we have to remove Morgan House from our list of possibilities to enjoy a meal.

Thankfully, we were able to go across the street afterwards to have some stuffed crepes and very good espresso. We weren't hungry, but we felt a strong need to get rid of what turned out to be a very unpleasant lingering taste and aroma....

This was a great find for us. The food was nicely presented and quite tasty, the service very attentive, and the atmosphere low-key, quiet, and rustically elegant. It reminded me of restaurants I've been to in small towns in the West of Ireland, where there may only be a few tables and the food arrives a bit slowly...but is definitely...