Railway Cafe — Restaurant in Winchester

We came up from NY and very luckily happened upon the Railway Cafe. The first sign I saw upon entering is ‘woman owned business’ so GREAT JOB on that note! Everything was completely on par- to the point where I’m looking forward to returning in two weeks to Colebrook to stop in again! My very picky daughter ate all of her food and truly enjoyed a warmed up chocolate chip cookie, and I ordered a chicken salad wrap, which I wish I took one to go bc it was that good. My boyfriend was raving about his meal and the muffin he took to go, and when I finally tasted it (hours later back in NY) he was on point… it was phenomenal. To our server, I’m sorry I didn’t get your name, but I think for some reason your mom bakes for the restaurant??? If so, you were an absolute breath of fresh air and your mom’s baking is to die for! Thank you both for an excellent surprise on...

First time at this local Winsted establishment and very impressed. We arrived just after 11 AM which is when they take down the breakfast menu so we were only exposed to their lunch offerings - ended up taking their pulled pork BBQ sandwich and their tomato bisque soup - both very much to our liking. Coffee was nice and hot, service prompt, efficient, helpful and friendly. Decor and vibe are great. They go to a lot of trouble to use local ingredients with a farm-to-table ethic where possible. They make their own potato chips - very good. We will definitely be back and will definitely recommend to folk visiting with us from out of town.

Street entrance has steps - we had crutches and were able to easily enter using their side/kitchen entrance. Wheelchair would have been very tricky.

They have outside seating and various separate...

Low rate for service for experience - ordered drink and two items from menu - was told at time of ordering that one item was unavailable (not a big deal). Waiter came back a few minutes later that drink I ordered was not available and a few alternatives were also not available - so switched to water. Came back again later to tell me one other item was not available (so picked another option). Then order came out ~40 minutes after the initial order. Better communication between kitchen and staff might have helped avoid the multiple order updates when things weren't available. Hopefully will be better another time -...