点评:We were looking forward to our return to Patowmack Farm after celebrating our anniversary there last year as well. After our experience this time, we will never return.
It started well, as they presented us with menus – “vegan and gluten free”, “dairy free”, and “pescatarian” for our individual preferences.
And it was all downhill from there. A few examples:
1) The food and wine were completely uncoordinated – to teach them, we refused to accept our second course because our white wine had not yet been delivered. They also brought the red wine one course too early.
2) The food timing was abominable. The first course (the basket) took inordinately long to deliver, when they know we are most hungry, and after other courses, it took 40 MINUTES to deliver the last savory dish (even after requests for delivery). That is, the kitchen production level is poor.
3) The food was not up to snuff. Patowmack aspires to fine dining, but with few exceptions, the dishes don’t measure up (e.g., undercooked potatoes, mediocre mushrooms). And since when is “bread” served as a course?
4) The servers did not know which of us should get each dish, and mixed them up, and there was definitely dairy in some of the vegan dishes. Also, the service was disjointed, with infrequent check-in’s unless we requested it.
5) The room is simply too cold in this season to enjoy for the three-plus hour food marathon they forced upon us…has Patowmack heard of heaters?
Our anniversary was thus a memorable dining experience, but not the memory that Patowmack wants. They need significant improvements to get back to their prior level.
翻译:去年我们在那里庆祝了周年纪念日之后,我们也期待着回到帕托马克农场。这次经历之后,我们再也不会回来了。
一开始很顺利,因为他们为我们提供了菜单——“纯素食和无麸质”、“无乳制品”和“鱼素”,以满足我们的个人喜好。
从那时起一切就开始走下坡路了。举几个例子:
1)食物和酒完全不协调——为了教导他们,我们拒绝接受我们的第二道菜,因为我们的白酒还没有送来。他们还太早送了一道菜红酒。
2)食物的时间安排很糟糕。当他们知道我们最饿的时候,第一道菜(篮子)花了非常长的时间才送来,而在其他课程之后,花了 40 分钟才送来最后一道美味佳肴(即使在要求送餐之后)。即厨房生产水平较差。
3)食物不合格。帕托马克渴望美食,但除了少数例外,菜肴都达不到标准(例如,未煮熟的土豆、平庸的蘑菇)。从什么时候开始“面包”成为一道菜了?
4)服务器不知道我们中的哪一个应该点每道菜,并将它们混合在一起,并且某些纯素菜肴中肯定有乳制品。此外,服务脱节,除非我们要求,否则很少办理入住。
5)这个季节房间太冷了,无法享受他们强加给我们的三个多小时的美食马拉松……帕托马克听说过加热器吗?
因此,我们的周年纪念日是一次难忘的用餐经历,但不是帕托马克想要的记忆。他们需要重大改进才能回到之前的水平。