Shelburne Farms Inn — Restaurant in Shelburne

My review is specifically for the restaurant

It was a very much sub-par experience and is probably not reflective of a normal evening there, but alas I did not have a great dinner.

Service was at times slow, especially at the bar... Me and someone else ordered ~10 drinks at the bar for a group. they forgot one, so I sat there off to the side for about 5 minutes waiting for them to either get it for me or to at least acknowledge me and ask what I was waiting for. I got neither and eventually just got back in line. The couple in front of me ordered like 3 drinks. I heard the lead bartender tell the other that he'd handle their drinks, and that he should help me. But evidently the other didn't hear this and proceeded to make the 3 drinks. Neither one noticed they were making the exact same drinks, which took about 10 minutes. Then finally once they both finish (at remarkably consistent times), they notice the error. then one of them helps me. So it took about 20 minutes to get a canned cider...

Once we sat (a party of 10) we were told that we'd have to do the fixed sharing dishes and that we can't order individually. I get it... but this was not made clear to us ahead of time and I think we were all looking forward to trying some of the regular menu items. The food was good but nothing amazing.

Also during dinner I ordered a cocktail. after 20 minutes, nothing. I thought maybe they couldn't do that cocktail or the bar was still slow/busy, so I figured eh I'll just get something else. But the server was MIA for another 15 minutes so I couldn't get anything.

It was (I believe) the restaurant's opening weekend post-COVID, so I can forgive some things. And I believe my experience would be better if I came in a group of 2-3,...

This place is really special! It was the home of a Vanderbilt daughter, whose husband spared no expense in its design and construction. It's vast, gorgeously appointed, elegant and at the same time, comfortable in every way. We absolutely loved it and wish we could move in!||We were in the Overlook Room which had been the master bedroom, and I was told, the finest room in the hotel. My husband, who is more at home in a hunting camp than an elegant hotel, gushed about it on and on and on. If you can, get the Overlook.|| Everything was of the highest quality, the most beautiful of materials. You could see the attention that the decorators took in choosing just the right item for each space throughout the hotel.||Additionally, we enjoyed each of the public spaces. I made a point to sit on the lawn, and in the south covered veranda, the drawing room, the library, the tea room, just to absorb the feel of each space.||Every afternoon, they served tea and coffee with cookies, scones or vegetables and dip.||We spent a whole day wandering the estate, and enjoyed the home's setting on Lake Champlain, its vast gardens, lawns and vistas, the farm barn, the breeding barn, the coach barn and the dairy barn. We also visited the Shelburne Museum (a drive into town, and not part of the actual estate), and well worth going.||I wish the Shelburne Farms Inn was closer to us, so we could visit a lot more often.||If you can, stay at this place. It's...

This place is really special! It was the home of a Vanderbilt daughter, whose husband spared no expense in its design and construction. It's vast, gorgeously appointed, elegant and at the same time, comfortable in every way. We absolutely loved it and wish we could move in!||We were in the Overlook Room which had been the master bedroom, and I was told, the finest room in the hotel. My husband, who is more at home in a hunting camp than an elegant hotel, gushed about it on and on and on. If you can, get the Overlook.|| Everything was of the highest quality, the most beautiful of materials. You could see the attention that the decorators took in choosing just the right item for each space throughout the hotel.||Additionally, we enjoyed each of the public spaces. I made a point to sit on the lawn, and in the south covered veranda, the drawing room, the library, the tea room, just to absorb the feel of each space.||Every afternoon, they served tea and coffee with cookies, scones or vegetables and dip.||We spent a whole day wandering the estate, and enjoyed the home's setting on Lake Champlain, its vast gardens, lawns and vistas, the farm barn, the breeding barn, the coach barn and the dairy barn. We also visited the Shelburne Museum (a drive into town, and not part of the actual estate), and well worth going.||I wish the Shelburne Farms Inn was closer to us, so we could visit a lot more often.||If you can, stay at this place. It's...