Anthony's Restaurant & Bistro — Restaurant in Town of Plattsburgh

My husband and I decided to take a drive up North to see how the Fall foliage was coming along and get out of town for the afternoon. We came down through Plattsburgh on our way home and although it was a bit early (for us at least) for dinner, we'd skipped lunch and were pretty hungry. We just happened to see a sign for Anthony's about 1/4 mile up ahead of us and at just after 5:00 p.m. the parking lot was already half filled, so I quickly hopped on my phone to check Google Reviews to see if it was someplace we might enjoy. And enjoy it, we did! The decor is quaint and rustic with three sections to be seated in, with the middle room being the bar area. When the host greeted us, he asked if we had a reservation and when we advised him that we didn't, he directed us to the "back" dining room and told us to take any open table. For a moment, I was concerned that the "back" room might be a bit less amenable and possibly used as an overflow space which in some cases indicates that service might not be as attentive and the menu might not be quite as varied as it is in a "main dining room". Much to our delight, neither of these things were true. There were several 2, 4 and 6 top tables. Each had candles and bud vases with a fresh Fall flower & were draped with crisp white tablecloths and matching cloth napkins wrapped around rustic style flatware. There was also a substantial (& spotless) water goblet at each setting. We chose a table for 2 and a busboy appeared almost immediately with fresh, cold water for our glasses. A moment later, our waitress appeared with a "bistro" menu for each of us and also a "main dining room" menu as well to choose from. She asked if we'd like to hear the specials (which we did) and she described five, providing the details of each and it's accompaniments. While she was explaining the specials, the busboy returned with a basket of tasty warm house-made bread and a generous dish of butter to go with it. The menus were clearly written and each one offered many of the same appetizers, soups and salads, but the bistro menu had lighter fare like sandwiches and burgers with a couple of steak and Italian dishes to choose from. The "main" dining room menu had a large selection of dinner options along with the appetizers, etc. with several options in each of the "usual" categories - like beef, chicken, seafood, pork & veal dishes and of course Italian specialties. I don't recall whether there was a children's menu or not, but the options on the bistro menu included several items that kids would be quite happy with. My husband started with Marinated, Grilled Calamari in some type of sauce. There were approximately 8 small whole squid that he said had very good flavor, but he felt it was overcooked which made it a little tough/chewy. For his main dish, he chose the Bison Strip Steak in a Port & Peppercorn Sauce that he said was tender and cooked to a perfect medium rare. He thought both the meat and the sauce were quite delicious. I began with the Shrimp Cocktail, which was comprised of 5 perfectly cooked and chilled jumbo shrimp and a tangy, but not overly spicy cocktail sauce that I believe was made in-house. For my main, I chose the Filet Mignon Oscar, which was also very tender and cooked to a perfect medium rare. The lobster that topped it was plentiful and cooked perfectly & the Bearnaise was delicious. The 3 stalks of white asparagus that accompanied it were quite mushy, though. The sides for both dishes were the same - smashed red bliss potatoes that were well seasoned, but were just luke-warm and a duo of steamed carrots & broccoli that were thankfully not overcooked, but they were devoid of any kind of seasoning. The staff was friendly, professional & attentive, but we never felt rushed. We had a very pleasant evening with very good food. For drinks, my husband enjoyed 2 craft brewed beers & I opted for soda. We'll definitely dine at Anthony's again when we're in the...

Came here for a team dinner, there were 8 of us total. The ambiance is quaint and cute. The Jade trees in the window are phenomenal. Bar couldn't make me a strawberry mojito, which is kind of odd for a more upscale place (this is my go to drink lol) We had to wait quite awhile for our drinks (20ish minutes) but the people who did order a cocktail were very pleased. I ordered a house salad as an appetizer, was not told that the olives were not pitted so I ended up hurting my tooth really badly on one of the pits. Ordered the filet for my dinner, you do not get to choose what sides you want. Figuring out what sides came with a dinner was like pulling teeth. When I asked the waitress she responded with "potatoes and vegetables"... I'm thinking, well that's pretty broad, what kind of vegetables? So apparently you get roasted carrots and green beans and a smashed potato ..No matter what you order (If it comes with sides). When my food came out all of it was cold, the steak, the vegetables, the sauce on top of the vegetables... Maybe just slightly above room temperature but definitely cold to the touch. The kitchen did fix this for me by heating everything up. From the time that we finished our dinner to the time that we were asked if we wanted to dessert was about 40 minutes. It was literally like we were just forgotten about, and there were not that many people in the restaurant so it was a little confusing while we were getting such little contact with our server. I ordered the tiramisu, unfortunately the lady fingers were completely dry, will post a picture. A good tyramisu should have the lady fingers quite soaked as this is what gives it most of the flavor. This was mostly like bread with pudding and cocoa powder. Unfortunately, the only really good thing that I experienced at this restaurant was the steak, and that was after it was heated up again. I'm not certain I would come back. For these prices, I just expect a...

Just simply underwhelmed. Our friends had visited Anthony's last summer and did nothing but rave about it, so when picking a plce to celebrate our anniversary we decided to give it a whirl. It's an hour drive for us but we wanted something different, so when I started talking about where we were going we heard nothing but positive feedback. We were promptly seated when we arrived, watered and given a drink menu and bread right off....the bread was rock hard....the waiter prompt and trying to be helpful brought a taste of wine for my husband and promptly brought us our drinks, rattled off the specials. We ordered French onion soups as an appetizer oddly heavy but not terrible. My husband ordered the duck special with a raspberry balsamic reduction, the duck itself was very good, however the bed of rice it laid on was bland. There was 2 broccoli pieces on the side with some sort of sauce on it and then pureed carrots....sweet doctored pureed carrots. I thought it was sweet potato would have made more sense. I ordered the filet Oscar, my filet cooked well medium rare just how I like it and the lobster was good. However again...pureed sweet carrots and I actually got 2 pieces of broccoli with no sauce...no butter just steamed. Then there was a weird looking square chunk of something on the plate as well, I was told it was scalloped potatoes? It was horrible it actually tasted like the worst processed cheese i have ever tasted. I ate the filet and broccoli and then went for sushi.....I am extremely disappointed in our experience. I wanted it to be amazing, I found the staff over dressed and lacked the knowledge of the fine dining experience. We hope to try it again sometime...