B&B Lounge — Restaurant in Town of Catskill

First of all I want to say that we just came for dinner, and this is a review of the restaurant only. We didn't swim in the pool or stay in the apartments or anything like that.

My family and I arrived at about 4:00, and we were the only customers in the restaurant.

The place was very attractive -- inside, there was polished wood and plenty of things to do like pool tables, and outside, the landscaping was beautiful. However, the music was extremely loud, and the stall doors in the restroom were only about four feet tall.

We sat outside at a picnic table and got drinks. The beer menu was extensive, and there was a good variety of mixed drinks available, but the actual food menu seemed a bit lacking in variety. It was almost entirely "basket" type fried food -- wings, burgers, chicken tenders, calamari, mozzarella sticks... (Maybe they gave us a lunch menu? We asked for a dinner menu, though.)

I wasn't asked for ID when I ordered a strawberry daiquiri. I'm 21, but they couldn't have known that I wasn't 20 or 18.

Also, my daiquiri had hair in it. I didn't say anything because, honestly, I don't care, but I know some people would be really upset by that. I don't even know where the hair came from, since everyone present (my family, the waitress and bartender) all had longer hair than that..

And then we waited for the food. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And moved to a different picnic table because the sun had moved and we were no longer in the shade. And waited.

All in all it took 55 minutes between ordering dinner and receiving it. (Let me remind you that everything we ordered was fried food and wings.) We were told that it was because a phone order had come in right before we had ordered. Even if that was the case, there were still only two groups to serve. Imagine eating here when all those tables were filled... would you ever get to eat?

When we finally got the food, it was delicious. Honestly, they're right about "best wings around" and even the plain fried stuff tasted really good.

And then we got ... THE BILL. Apparently, at this place, 2 sodas, 1 beer, 2 strawberry daiquiris, a mozzarella stick appetizer, and 4 baskets of fried food costs $75. The daiquiris were $10 EACH. We'd expected them to be the same price as everything else on the mixed drinks menu, $7.50. But even excluding those, it's still $55 for some fried food and sodas + 1 beer. Yeah, no. If the hair in the daiquiris wasn't enough, if the 55-minute wait wasn't enough, THIS was enough to guarantee we're not...

I work for the owner in his other business where he has a daycare for the elderly people and he also offers home healthcare services. I also rent from him- • MY OPINIONS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MY PERSONAL LIFE- ITS ALL MY TRUTH AND MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES • I came in for a job from someone who knows the owner Vitaliy- she lived in one of his apartments years ago and was telling me about how great of a person he is and how he has a few gigs and I’d enjoy working for him. So I went and filled an application out for the Home Health Care Aide and I did my interviews and met with the manager Brooke and started not to soon after- one of the best decisions I’ve ever made was going in and filling the application out - Vitaliy and his managers Brooke and Julie are all the best people to work for! They actually acknowledged me not even a month into working for him about how good I’m doing - that meant everything to me, the fact that they pay attention and care about their employees and clients and also customers is a beautiful rare thing. The restaurant is a very homey place. I’m new and my husband is a veteran and he has a hard time being around people and even he loves it. My kids love going to play ping pong while the adults play pool and listen to music. It’s just an amazing atmosphere with people who make you feel like your family. My family lost everything to hurricane Ian in Florida and had to move back and the employees AND THE CUSTOMERS ( I’m telling you once you meet them and they like you and you them it’s a family - they look out for each other!! ) all rallied up to make sure we have what we needed for our apartment. I am a very outspoken, outgoing, blunt, rare individual and I’m very opinionated- I would not lie to anyone about anything- but I PROMISE you that you will love the Bar/Restaurant and everyone inside it.

Thank You to everyone for making us feel welcomed! It means so much to...

First off, I did my homework. We travel budget largely and I've stayed in several "vintage" places from a long gone era. As it was one night and I had read the reviews- (the ones that are positive flummox me), I thought it would be fine. Not. The pros-walking into the "motel" part was full of nasty fumes, cleaning products and products to cover foul smells. Once in the room- it was difficult to breathe- very sharp cleaning fluid odor.The window (we really needed air to circulate) had a sign that said "Window is broken. Don't open. Is being fixed". In its favor the place though run down in furnishings was very clean and bug free. We always like that. Went into the bathroom to wash, turned on the water and it reeked from sulfur. It is likely well water and hit something foul. Couldn't shower, wash, used bottled water to brush our teeth. No coffee in the a.m. as we couldn't use the water in the kitchenette. We got in in the evening and though it was too late to find another place, we stayed, laughed at the "badness" of the situation (the decor is early insane asylum, mottled pink walls with very garish, childlike paintings) and drove 15 minutes to Catskill for dinner. Back at the room- there is no "cable tv"- it is all done by streaming and if you don't know how to do that, you are out of luck. So no tv. In the a.m., we couldn't get out of there fast enough. Suffice it to say, having stayed in both independent and often budget chains, the B and B lounge makes those look...