The Babbling Brook Watering Hole & Eatery — Restaurant in Town of Knox

The Babbling Brook Cafe,Berne N.Y. we stopped at this Cafe ordered mac n cheese,was a disappointing dish, cheese was not baked into pasta,you tasted plain bits of pasta,no cheese taste and pasta was topped on overcooked French fries,extremely disappointing, also ordered a orange soda,wait staff gave me orange creme soda and no glass which was foul tasting and I returned , I told wait staff that I ordered a regular orange soda, not orange creme, she did not remove the charge from bill. Ordered smash burger with cheese,very bland,no seasoning, you had to add salt ,pepper to give some taste,again French fries was overcooked, very disappointing. The turkey club was well made but again side of French fries was overcooked.chicken wings was also bland and chicken tenders was dry and lacked taste/seasoning. Wait staff was not very ambitious to provide excellent service,you have 4 wait staff standing by bar playing with cell phone and chit chatting, getting their attention was challenging. I asked for bill and noticed a surcharge of $4.00 on top of $110 bill ,there was no notice in the restaurant, nor did wait staff inform customers of surcharge.I questioned owner and she was extremely rude about surcharge and kept trying to justify credit card surcharge, this restaurant is more concerned with price gouging on subpar food and refuse to take charge off for wait staff error on soda. In this business you expect excellence and professionalism because there are restaurant that compete with excellence in product and in today's inflation crisis you must provide quality food product and customer relations if you want to stay relevant. This Babbling Brook was a huge regrettable, disappointing experience and wait staff needs to be trained when serving a drink, a glass would be sufficient and not drinking out of a bottle is what customer expect. I...

Fried chicken. Spicy hot honey. Vanilla bean ice cream. The Hot Honey Crispy Chicken Ice Cream Sandwich is an intriguing combination.

The Babbling Brook is about a 40mn drive southwest of Albany and if the name wasn't any indication, it's located right next to a brook.

Their location is great for a spring, summer or warm fall day. There is available seating outdoors and also a large grassy area near the brook where you can just relax and enjoy nature.

We ordered bacon-wrapped pierogies, boneless wings tossed in PB&J sauce (not pictured), garlic asiago fries, 2 chicken sandwiches, and a Philly cheesesteak wrap (also not pictured, sorry).

The boneless wings were delicious. Deep-fried so they were crispy. And the meat wasn't dried out. The PB&J sauce was awesome too.

The bacon-wrapped pierogies were great. The bacon wasn't burnt to a crisp and paired well with the pierogies.

The roasted garlic asiago fries were bomb.com!

I opted for hot sauce drizzled on mine and I thought they were awesome. The melted cheese tasted great and my own improvement would've been adding more of it.

Let's talk about that chicken sandwich though.

It's a novelty sandwich. I haven't seen it done before and only recently learned about it through a local foodies group.

The sandwich tasted okay and I will be trying it again. I just felt as if the ice cream was too much and spicy honey didn't bring the heat like I hoped it would.

Next time I'll add bacon and request just 1 scoop of ice cream rather than the 3 it came with haha

All in all, we will be returning. The service was quick and our food arrived to the table hot. Our meal didn't break the bank and the drive provided an opportunity to relax and...

We enjoyed Easter Brunch at Babbling Brook this past Sunday. It was our first time there, and we will definitely be back to try out the regular menu.

We arrived to find an Easter basket, with pastries and candies in it for us to enjoy. After a few minutes, we ordered and received our drinks and then headed to the buffet. There was a really nice assortment of options. Breakfast included eggs, French toast, Belgian waffles, pancakes, homemade sausage, bacon, and homefries. Also, bagels with cream cheese and lox, a variety of fruit, and caprese salad.

Lunch items included cocktail shrimp, green beans, ham, scalloped potatoes, baked salmon, the most delicious short rib, and pesto tortellini. There were also chicken nuggets and mac and cheese for the kids and an assortment of desserts.

The service was courteous and friendly, with plates removed regularly before we went back up. Pretty sure my husband got his money's worth just in the amount of short rib he ate (I have to admit, it was amazing).

There is a beautiful outdoor area as well for the warmer months and a deck for outside dining. Definitely recommend checking this place out if you...