Hamilton Inn

Had dinner on the front porch which was shaded by several large trees on a hot day. My husband and I had the clams casino and calamari for starters. We shared the pork chop and house salad for our main meal. Plenty for both of us and delicious! Then we shared the flourless chocolate cake which was like a slice of rich chocolate fudge sitting on a bed of this amazing raspberry sauce. It does take a bit longer to get your food but that's because its made fresh as its ordered and we were aware of that by our server Heather, who did a great job serving us. It was a beautiful evening, great atmosphere and delicious food. Loved spending my birthday dinner there!

The Hamilton Inn served as the perfect spot for a recent after hours meeting. My clients felt welcomed and appreciated the elegant, yet comfortable, atmosphere. Table favorites were the greens and oysters (best ever!!) for appetizers and we really loved the duck and kielbasa. Unfortunately, we were too full for dessert. But, so glad a neighboring table suggested taking home a piece of banana cream pie. It was the perfect late night snack! Thank you, again, for an exceptional experience!

We stayed at the Hamilton Inn and had a wonderful experience. Great dinner, beautiful room, great views, and incredible breakfast in the morning. The service was outstanding all around. A special place. Thank you for hosting us for a great weekend!

My husband and I had a lovely time at dinner the other night. The live music on the patio was really entertaining and set the mood for a beautiful evening with friends. Outside seating is comfortable and they even had little fire pits going around the patio. The service was excellent! Everyone was so friendly and attentive to our needs, from the hostess to our waiter. The food was top-notch-excellent! I had clams for dinner they were so fresh! I am often hesitant to order fish off the menu, but I have never been disappointed at Hamilton Inn with anything on the menu. My specialty cocktail was also amazing! It originally had rum in it, and as soon as I suggested something else instead, the waiter recommended tequila and my girlfriend and I loved it! This is the perfect place to enjoy an evening, whether celebrating good friends or a special event. I would love to come back and spend the night in one of their very pretty overnight rooms, as well. I heard the complementary breakfast is so amazing!

I dined at the Hamilton Inn with a group of 11 coworkers last night and it was most enjoyable! Our servers, Heather and Riley, were very attentive to our group and knowledgeable about menu items. They suggested drinks that were spectacular and dinner was delicious as well. We sat in a private side room that was the perfect size for our group. Can not wait to go back to try something new from the menu and enjoy the outdoor space!

Collette Pretre

The Hamilton Inn served as the perfect spot for a recent after hours meeting. My clients felt welcomed and appreciated the elegant, yet comfortable, atmosphere. Table favorites were the greens and oysters (best ever!!) for appetizers and we really loved the duck and kielbasa. Unfortunately, we were too full for dessert. But, so glad a neighboring table suggested taking home a piece of banana cream pie. It was the perfect late night snack! Thank you, again, for an exceptional experience!

Brian Read

We stayed at the Hamilton Inn and had a wonderful experience. Great dinner, beautiful room, great views, and incredible breakfast in the morning. The service was outstanding all around. A special place. Thank you for hosting us for a great weekend!

Collette Marie Pretre

My husband and I had a lovely time at dinner the other night. The live music on the patio was really entertaining and set the mood for a beautiful evening with friends. Outside seating is comfortable and they even had little fire pits going around the patio. The service was excellent! Everyone was so friendly and attentive to our needs, from the hostess to our waiter. The food was top-notch-excellent! I had clams for dinner they were so fresh! I am often hesitant to order fish off the menu, but I have never been disappointed at Hamilton Inn with anything on the menu. My specialty cocktail was also amazing! It originally had rum in it, and as soon as I suggested something else instead, the waiter recommended tequila and my girlfriend and I loved it! This is the perfect place to enjoy an evening, whether celebrating good friends or a special event. I would love to come back and spend the night in one of their very pretty overnight rooms, as well. I heard the complementary breakfast is so amazing!

Emily Barnes

I dined at the Hamilton Inn with a group of 11 coworkers last night and it was most enjoyable! Our servers, Heather and Riley, were very attentive to our group and knowledgeable about menu items. They suggested drinks that were spectacular and dinner was delicious as well. We sat in a private side room that was the perfect size for our group. Can not wait to go back to try something new from the menu and enjoy the outdoor space!

Suzanne Burrows

The Hamilton Inn and its employees were so accommodating, helpful, and supportive. We had a four night stay in January relayed to a family funeral, and they could not have been more sympathetic. This is a gem of a place to stay in a geographic area with few options. The service is remarkable, and the rooms cozy.

Alyssa Diemer

My family and I stayed there and had a wonderful time! The hotel is very cozy and was decorated so festive for Christmas. The food at the Inn was delicious, especially the beet salad! The service was amazing, very responsive and helpful! It’s walkable to everything in town. We will be coming back for sure! Thank you for a wonderful stay. The puzzle table in the lobby is a nice addition, something fun to while waiting in lobby.

Jennifer Lattimer

Through the year's we've dined here repeatedly. We've always had delicious food, amazing cocktails and the service is phenomenal. The last 2 night's we've ordered carry-out and they did not disappoint. We ordered the fried green tomatoes as an appetizer both night's and they were honestly the most incredible dish we've ever had & we pray they stay on the menu.

Frances Colucci

Had dinner on the front porch which was shaded by several large trees on a hot day. My husband and I had the clams casino and calamari for starters. We shared the pork chop and house salad for our main meal. Plenty for both of us and delicious! Then we shared the flourless chocolate cake which was like a slice of rich chocolate fudge sitting on a bed of this amazing raspberry sauce. It does take a bit longer to get your food but that's because its made fresh as its ordered and we were aware of that by our server Heather, who did a great job serving us. It was a beautiful evening, great atmosphere and delicious food. Loved spending my birthday dinner there!

This review is for the guest rooms, not the restaurant. Lovely overnight stay! Jess was so welcoming and accommodating. Great breakfast spread. The room (#1) was spacious and comfortable. The only oddity is that you can hear the water running in the bathroom next-door, but not really an issue. Super convenient to Colgate.

K LD

I loved bringing my Mother here.. this building is so beautiful, good food, good staff.

M Lue

This review is for the guest rooms, not the restaurant. Lovely overnight stay! Jess was so welcoming and accommodating. Great breakfast spread. The room (#1) was spacious and comfortable. The only oddity is that you can hear the water running in the bathroom next-door, but not really an issue. Super convenient to Colgate.

This had been a favorite and perhaps this was an off night but the food was heavy, salty and greasy. The mushroom ravioli was served in a thick, oily cheddar cheese sauce which was almost inedible. (Not what was described on the menu). The calamari was served on top of mashed avocado that was way past its prime, an odd choice of garnish but if you're going to experiment at least use fresh ingredients.

Service was slow at times. The appetizer was good but the mains were just ok especially for the price.

We sat down at 6:30. took about 15 minutes for our server to come over. he was very friendly and accommodating. but, our appetizers took quite some time to come out. they were fair. I would say this. The scallops we're very good. hummus plate average and the greens honestly somewhat flavorless.. we had to ask our water girl for another glass of wine because our waiter did not come back for quite some time.. Not that he probably wouldn't have been attentive, but it appeared as though there were only two or three servers for a very large2 dining rooms and bar room. when we got our dinners my $36 skirt steak was well done when I asked for medium rare to rare and there was no chimichurri sauce on top of it, couldn't help myself. I had to say something. I couldn't see paying that much and not having it done right. quite frankly, it was literally four 1/4-in slices of skirt steak for $36, three potatoes and a dollop, I'll go with a quarter cup of arugula salad on the side. The cauliflower steak he was flavorful but very ..el Dante almost raw. we had been there twice before and it was outstanding. it's been a few years. We went there to bring my mother and her husband for her birthday dinner before she goes back home. quite frankly, under impressed. In making the reservation they asked if there was a special occasion and we had said that it was her birthday and outside of us making mention of it there was no acknowledgment. For a $250 dinner for four ,not including the tip I would say I wouldn't go back.

There'sNoTruckThatIKnow ThatCouldKeepInBoltAndRhino

Service was slow at times. The appetizer was good but the mains were just ok especially for the price.

k r

We sat down at 6:30. took about 15 minutes for our server to come over. he was very friendly and accommodating. but, our appetizers took quite some time to come out. they were fair. I would say this. The scallops we're very good. hummus plate average and the greens honestly somewhat flavorless.. we had to ask our water girl for another glass of wine because our waiter did not come back for quite some time.. Not that he probably wouldn't have been attentive, but it appeared as though there were only two or three servers for a very large2 dining rooms and bar room. when we got our dinners my $36 skirt steak was well done when I asked for medium rare to rare and there was no chimichurri sauce on top of it, couldn't help myself. I had to say something. I couldn't see paying that much and not having it done right. quite frankly, it was literally four 1/4-in slices of skirt steak for $36, three potatoes and a dollop, I'll go with a quarter cup of arugula salad on the side. The cauliflower steak he was flavorful but very ..el Dante almost raw. we had been there twice before and it was outstanding. it's been a few years. We went there to bring my mother and her husband for her birthday dinner before she goes back home. quite frankly, under impressed. In making the reservation they asked if there was a special occasion and we had said that it was her birthday and outside of us making mention of it there was no acknowledgment. For a $250 dinner for four ,not including the tip I would say I wouldn't go back.

Maybe we came during an off night, but the food was pretty rough - especially considering how expensive everything was. Everything was so incredibly bland, nothing was salted. The broccoli was just steamed and plopped onto the plate. My boyfriend’s “lamb chops” (if you look at the photo, they’re actually loin chops - very little meat and very small in size) were so tough and well done he could barely chew them. The rice blend underneath his lamb was also very, very underdone and didn’t really taste like anything. Our waiter was very nice and kept checking in on us, and the atmosphere was also super nice! The food even looked good as it came out, just very disappointed in the way everything tasted, especially considering we spent over $100 :(

Kylie McGowan

Maybe we came during an off night, but the food was pretty rough - especially considering how expensive everything was. Everything was so incredibly bland, nothing was salted. The broccoli was just steamed and plopped onto the plate. My boyfriend’s “lamb chops” (if you look at the photo, they’re actually loin chops - very little meat and very small in size) were so tough and well done he could barely chew them. The rice blend underneath his lamb was also very, very underdone and didn’t really taste like anything. Our waiter was very nice and kept checking in on us, and the atmosphere was also super nice! The food even looked good as it came out, just very disappointed in the way everything tasted, especially considering we spent over $100 :(

We waited two hours for our first morsel of food. This is not hyperbole. My friend was served soup with no spoon. The server promised to come right back with one and disappeared. Three times, I had to get up and hunt down the manager for basic things. Dessert was disgusting and our server agreed that it was an awful dish (margarita sorbet with giant chunks of salt). We barely touched it, but we paid for it. We received no apologies and no effort was made to make up for this display of incompetence. I gave two stars instead of one because there was good music and lots of local people that I like were there.

Not sure where exactly where to start, except to say that this was one of the worst dining experiences I can recall. It was a Saturday night at 7pm and clearly the staff and kitchen were overwhelmed. (The inside dining room was mostly empty, however.) After being seated, our server eventually came over to “take care of us.” After we asked for a few minutes to figure out drinks (with no drink menu provided), he disappeared for about 30 minutes. We asked the host to have him stop by and take our order. When he came by he apologized for the delay and took our drink and dinner order. When the drinks were finally delivered nearly an hour after we sat down, we were told that they ran out of skirt steak (which 2 of us had ordered) along with 2 other entrees. So one of us went with a burger, another with a ribeye, both medium rare. To make a long story short, the food was terrible. We ordered 2 heirloom tomato and peach salads. What arrived were 2 plates full of arugula with a few scattered bland cherry tomatoes and four or five thin slices of a hard tasteless peach. This was followed by a burger that was burned to hockey puck status and a quarter inch thick bland steak(?) buried under goop. There were other issues, as well. We informed the server that a Coke that was served was flat. So they brought another flat drink to replace it. The salads were comped for the ridiculous delays, but truthfully, having to pay anything for this experience was insulting.

This restaurant was recommended to us by two people. We were surprised, therefore, that it turned out to be maybe the worst dining experience we’ve ever had. It began with us being seated and then left alone for thirty minutes. I had to get up and find the host to let her know no one had come to our table to take a drink order. The waiter came eventually and was apologetic. He took our drink order and let us know that already (at 7p.m.) they were out of three of the specials. No drinks arrived until 50 minutes after we arrived at the restaurant. He took our food order (two heirloom tomato and peach salads, lamb chops; two skirt steaks) and went away for another twenty minutes, only to return to notify us that they were actually also out of skirt steak. My husband opted for the rib eye and I chose the burger (no cheese) on the theory that it was hard to screw up a burger. The salads were piles of arugula with blue cheese. There were no heirloom tomatoes, just a couple of grocery store grape tomatoes and two slices of hard-as-a-rock peaches. It was awful, but not to be outdone by the entrees. The lamb chops our daughter ordered were actually not bad. But the medium rare burger I ordered was cooked to oblivion—a hockey puck. I asked how long it would take to get a new one if I sent it back. Before I got an answer, the waiter brought out a plate with another burger, slathered with what looked like cheez whiz (I’d ordered mine with out cheese). I accepted it and just scraped off the cheese. But it, too, was an inedible, charred puck. Meanwhile, my husband’s steak was not overcooked, but it was most certainly not a ribeye; they clearly had subbed it for a cheaper cut of steak (but charged us $40 for the ribeye nonetheless). It was flavorless, except for a distinct taste of gas. The restaurant was a total disaster. My guess is that they are in financial straits and have cut so many corners that they cannot function even as a pub, let alone a fine dining establishment. But the food was terrible, and service was atrocious. I would never go back.

Made a reservation 10 days before hand at 6pm on our Anniversary to see the entire place booked out to a wedding. When we eventually got a manager to ask what happened to our reservation there was more concern about who we talked to then the actual mix up. Zero attempt to make anything right by us. It was going to be our first time there. Definitely will not be trying again.

AF

This restaurant was recommended to us by two people. We were surprised, therefore, that it turned out to be maybe the worst dining experience we’ve ever had. It began with us being seated and then left alone for thirty minutes. I had to get up and find the host to let her know no one had come to our table to take a drink order. The waiter came eventually and was apologetic. He took our drink order and let us know that already (at 7p.m.) they were out of three of the specials. No drinks arrived until 50 minutes after we arrived at the restaurant. He took our food order (two heirloom tomato and peach salads, lamb chops; two skirt steaks) and went away for another twenty minutes, only to return to notify us that they were actually also out of skirt steak. My husband opted for the rib eye and I chose the burger (no cheese) on the theory that it was hard to screw up a burger. The salads were piles of arugula with blue cheese. There were no heirloom tomatoes, just a couple of grocery store grape tomatoes and two slices of hard-as-a-rock peaches. It was awful, but not to be outdone by the entrees. The lamb chops our daughter ordered were actually not bad. But the medium rare burger I ordered was cooked to oblivion—a hockey puck. I asked how long it would take to get a new one if I sent it back. Before I got an answer, the waiter brought out a plate with another burger, slathered with what looked like cheez whiz (I’d ordered mine with out cheese). I accepted it and just scraped off the cheese. But it, too, was an inedible, charred puck. Meanwhile, my husband’s steak was not overcooked, but it was most certainly not a ribeye; they clearly had subbed it for a cheaper cut of steak (but charged us $40 for the ribeye nonetheless). It was flavorless, except for a distinct taste of gas. The restaurant was a total disaster. My guess is that they are in financial straits and have cut so many corners that they cannot function even as a pub, let alone a fine dining establishment. But the food was terrible, and service was atrocious. I would never go back.

J R

Not sure where exactly where to start, except to say that this was one of the worst dining experiences I can recall. It was a Saturday night at 7pm and clearly the staff and kitchen were overwhelmed. (The inside dining room was mostly empty, however.) After being seated, our server eventually came over to “take care of us.” After we asked for a few minutes to figure out drinks (with no drink menu provided), he disappeared for about 30 minutes. We asked the host to have him stop by and take our order. When he came by he apologized for the delay and took our drink and dinner order. When the drinks were finally delivered nearly an hour after we sat down, we were told that they ran out of skirt steak (which 2 of us had ordered) along with 2 other entrees. So one of us went with a burger, another with a ribeye, both medium rare. To make a long story short, the food was terrible. We ordered 2 heirloom tomato and peach salads. What arrived were 2 plates full of arugula with a few scattered bland cherry tomatoes and four or five thin slices of a hard tasteless peach. This was followed by a burger that was burned to hockey puck status and a quarter inch thick bland steak(?) buried under goop. There were other issues, as well. We informed the server that a Coke that was served was flat. So they brought another flat drink to replace it. The salads were comped for the ridiculous delays, but truthfully, having to pay anything for this experience was insulting.

Mary Ann Keene

Made a reservation 10 days before hand at 6pm on our Anniversary to see the entire place booked out to a wedding. When we eventually got a manager to ask what happened to our reservation there was more concern about who we talked to then the actual mix up. Zero attempt to make anything right by us. It was going to be our first time there. Definitely will not be trying again.