The Stone House at Clove Lakes — Restaurant in New York

I took my wife there for her birthday. It really is an amazing place. We had reservations for 6, but got there at 5 for happy hour (3-7pm, specials at bar only) It was a Wednesday and not crowded at all. The drink specials were great... Luis really knows how to put the drinks together. My wife got the berry lychee martini and she said it was to die for. Heck, I even liked it and I'm def not a martini guy. The red sangria was really good too. It tasted better straight out if the glass rather then sipping through the straw. I would have liked more fruit in it... like pineapple chunks and such, but it did have apples and orange in it. Since we had a dinner res we didn't try any of the happy hour apps so I can't comment on that, but if they are even close to as good as our supper was, then they are delicious. We ordered off the Prix Fixe because it just seemed like a better deal. I wanted the 1/2 roasted chicken. Off the reg menu it was $24 and came with heirloom potatoes, string beans, and (a light) pan gravy. Off the Prix Fixe menu it also comes with a starter (I got stuffed mushrooms) AND a dessert for $29.95. I'm not the world's smartest guy, but to me it was a no brainer. Prix Fixe aaallll day! My wife got the pork chop with sweet potatoes. It was kinda spicy, but she likes it hot so it was all good for her. For her starter she got some kind of lobster bisque. It had pretty nice size chunks of lobster in it was was very aesthetically pleasing to the eye. She moaned so much while eating it I started to sweat a little ( insert when Harry met Sally here) She said it was the best she ever had. Even though I don't like seafood I tasted it and it was really good, but just not for me. For dessert she got the chocolate layer cake and I got the butter parfait thingy which was outta this world good. Plus it came in a little mason jar which is more my style. After we were finished, we took our drinks outside and sat in the gazebo on the lake. It was just a really great evening. Oh yeah... before we decided on the Prix Fixe we ordered the Pear and Blue Cheese empanadas. These things were soooo good I can't even tell you. All in all the total bill was $113.00 before tip. It's a little out of our range, but we don't go to places like this all that often and it was a special occasion. For what we got ... food and experience wise ... It was well worth it. The place itself sits on Clove Lake and when you park, you walk across a stone bridge. You can rent row or paddle boats ($15/hr.) and also walk around the park. Totally cool place that we would both recommend and visit again. We are from Jersey (exit 117) and the drive was a breeze. A little traffic on the way there, but no biggie. We headed home around 930pm and the drive home was cake. If your looking to try someplace you've never been before, this is the place. Iy did start to get busy around 7. If you do try it, we hope your experience was as good as ours....

This place gets some stars for the location/ambiance - the restaurant is really pretty and in a great location. The park surrounding it is very nice and great to walk around in after your meal. Just make sure you set aside plenty of time for that meal.

I went for a brunch service on Sunday with two other people. We made a reservation but that wasn't really necessary as it wasn't packed. We did the prix fixe and things started smoothly - although the server said he'd come back later to take dessert orders which proved a key mistake. I got the jalapeno-cucumber bloody mary and it was actually pretty good - I recommend it over the regular one where the vodka was overpowering.

We got the entrees and they were just alright. I did the salmon BLT which really shouldn't exist - the bacon didn't add anything to the fish and just made it overall fattier for no reason. The bottom of the sandwich also got incredibly soggy and I can't tell if that was because of oil or moisture. My girlfriend got the lamb burger and the toppings were good but the burger was also incredibly moist - I'm pretty sure it was a frozen patty which is fine but at least have them thawed before a service. What was strange is that my sandwich came with sweet potato fries but the burger came with regular fries and the menu doesn't indicate that fries are even included. The server didn't ask us which ones we wanted. They sort of just showed up. My mom got the smoked salmon tacos which were actually a pretty clever take on salmon and lox but could have used more flavor.

This is where it goes south as we waited for our waiter to return to take our dessert orders. And waited another half hour. Eventually we had to ask a busboy to flag down our waiter who emerged looking confused and admitting to having forgotten about us. We placed our dessert orders to go since we had already been there so long and settled up the check.

The punchline is that later that day we opened our desserts to find that instead of the parfait we ordered we had gotten the cheesecake.

As we were exploring the lake after our meal we saw they had a large catered event going on in the back which is maybe what led to the distracted service. Who knows? I may give this place another try in the summer for dinner but definitely won't be returning for the brunch. The poor service takes mediocre food and makes...

I rarely ever make reviews however I felt the need to warn anyone else that decides to eat here during the holidays or in general to host a party here. Every year my family and I go out on Christmas Eve to celebrate. Yesterday we had reservations for 7pm and arrived on time, we were sat inside of the ‘lake room’. First of all it was absolutely freezing in the room, they did have heater which did not provide much comfort. My sister decided to ask the host if it was possible we sat upstairs because it was unbearable sitting there with a child too, which they agreed to and placed us upstairs. We were never provided with cutlery, napkins, or water once upstairs. I had requested it after a certain amount of time, unfortunately the waiter drop the water everywhere and never came back to provide us with new cutlery, water, or napkins after removing it from the table. Additionally, the waiter clearly was not fond of our change of seats, he not only had an attitude the entire time but started making snarky remarks to my sister. She was nice enough to move her chair forward to provide the waiter with some room as the tables were closely together and the waiter responds “you’re not in my way, you’re just cold”. The waiter never came to check on us. We were there for 3 hours and the only time he came around was to collect our plates. I had to ask for a beverage 3 times before receiving it. The food was not that great, also you can tell the cake was not fresh and some of the food was microwaved. They automatically charged a gratuity of $82 on the bill which I was planning on not leaving any tip after the ‘service’ we received. It is disgraceful that my family and myself paid $550 for such a horrible experience. Lastly, the restaurant was not that busy to even give them the benefit of the doubt since the were clearly well-staffed. Additionally, parties that were seated well after us were accommodated before us. The way we were treated just because we asked to be place some where else due to lack of warmth was unacceptable. I will never come back here, I would never advise anyone else to dine here. Way to...