Flying Goose Brew Pub

Reviews 4

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Jeremy Krantz

About 90 minutes away from Boston lies this brewery and restaurant which serves up cold pints of beer and some generously-sized plates of food out in the middle of pretty much nowhere. Entering this place youll find a pretty nice spot with a big dining room area and a pretty big fireplace. Its nothing special, very casual, but its comfortable and has a decent atmosphere. In the backyard, as you peer through the windows, youll see the mountains in the backyard which is very nice and in the restaurants backyard are giant solar panels and the two large parking lots. So far so good. There were six of us seated at the table and we decided to skip individual appetizers and instead opted for a couple of plates of shared apps. We go two orders of onion strings ($4.99 each) and they promptly arrived at our table. While they were dangerously tasty, they were also extremely oily. I understand that onion strings require them to be fried however these clearly were not allowed to sit for a few seconds so that excess oil could drip away. There was oil all over the place. We also got flights of beer, which, in my opinion was the highlight of our visit. I got five different kinds, each featured in a 4oz pour. I cant recall the price of the flight but it was well worth it. I had their oatmeal stout which was outstanding and very comparable to a creamy Guinness. Their IPAs were decent and their nut brown ale was pretty good as well. All in all, the beer was good and might I say great, in some instances. The selection is varied and theres nearly a dozen to pick from which is sure to suit any palate out there. As an entree, I decided to get their Chef Covers combo ($17.99) which is a platter featuring baby back ribs, Potter Place pork and some fixiings. Its one of their most expensive items and I was looking forward to digging into some ribs and sides - I picked baked beans and coleslaw as my sides. The Potter pork was decent but the ribs were completely undercooked. They were hours away from being fall off the bone and speaking of bones, my ribs were dry: bone dry. Not all that great but things got worse when I tried the baked beans which werent traditional at all and featured some bell peppers chopped up in there. It was weird and not all that great either. For nearly $20, I was excepting something a lot better. I wasnt able to push through, the food was below average and really fell short of my expectations. My dining companions dishes were hit or miss - it was nothing amazing. Because I wasnt able to eat my plate of overly dry meat, I had to order dessert - I got a the brownie sundae ($5.99) and it was okay. The service was as weird as it gets. The woman seemed easily confused by the simplest of requests and wasnt very attentive. She often forgot some of our food and when my fiancees steak tips were completely overcooked, she didnt apologize or offer to redo them, instead saying that their kitchen was backed up and that it was normal for them to have come out that way. What the hell? Seriously? I really wanted to like this place. A roaring fire, a nice table with cold, fresh beers but unfortunately the service and the food were sub-par. On the plus side, you get amazing views, its clean and theres plenty of parking. This place is good if you want a cold beer or two but Id skip the food.

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imma X

Ive read the review & wanted to try this place out. The beer really was good but thats where it ends. The waitress was SO rude. She came over to take our order & get our beer. And when our food came she came over & asked if we needed more beer. I had water after the first beer as I was driving.. well one small glass is what I got with my beer & one small glass is what I was left with until the end of the meal when she asked my husband if HE might want water. He got the lamb & it had an egg on top . The egg was over cooked. I got a fish fry & although the fish was ok the breading was thick & tasteless.the cole slaw was the worst. It had brown rotten cabbage in it. I pointed it out when the waitress finally came over to take the plates. She tried to tell me those were carrots. I had to tell her again it wasnt. She finally said ya. Ill say something. So she leaves & were sitting there for ages . I go up to pay the check near the bar THATS when she comes over to get the check from my hand. TOO LATE. Then I ask to talk to the manager & shes up my back side being "helpful" where was she before that? Oh wait I know.. she was serving the people behind us while ignoring us! So I proceed to tell the manager about my experience & how I wont be back & why.. she offered me a gift certificate which I refused. Thats when the waitress come flying over on her broom telling me in a loud voice SHE was alright with things until "this" ..yup you guessed it . No tip. I tip what according to how Im treated. Thats too bad for her & the 4 kids she was trying to make me feel guilty about.

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Tony P

WORST SERVICE AND VALUE EVER. This is how our dinner went at the Flying Goose recently: -Get seated -Wait 10 minutes -Place our drink order (attempt to place dinner order but waitress shuffles off before we can) -Wait 10 minutes -Get drinks, place dinner order -Wait 30 minutes -Get dinner, eat it and then -wait 20 minutes for waitress to come back and check on things, at which point she asks if we want dessert. Reluctantly we say we do, so she goes to get a menu and we -wait 10 minutes -Waitress finally brings the menu and of course, shuffles off again, and we -wait 10 minutes for her to come back and take our order -About another 10 minutes go by and we are told that the item we ordered is no longer available. Naturally she didnt think to bring the check with her when she delivered the news. We opted not to order something different, and of course it was another 5 minutes before the check was brought to us, another 5 before it was picked up, etc... All in all it was 2+ hours for a one course meal. I dont even want to get started on the food. I ordered the Mac n Cheese, and was shocked to receive a very SMALL bowl, that contained no kielbasa (like the menu claimed it had) and it was barely warm...oh yea and it was $18. I guess when youre the only restaurant in town, you can not give a damn about your customers or the quality of your product and people will still give you business. I suggest the owner and/or managers go down to O seafood and steak to learn what $18 of mac n cheese is supposed to look like.

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Alice Koerner

Wow. The host-waitstaff was presumptuous and dismissive. You do go to a restaurant and expect certain things and appreciate the added care. You expect a place-setting and cutlery. You appreciate water being served. Well we had neither after ordering the waters. The menu clearly stated that the burgers are served with lettuce, tomato, and pickle. None came, so the waitress retrieved the advertised and expected condiments and vegetables at the same time as the utensils. Given this was a couple minutes later our food had cooled modestly. While it was fun picking up salad with my fingers ot would have been perceptive of the waitress to bring another napkin with the cutlery. The burgers adornments were baren and the advertised condiments were sparse. The meat was tasty and solid. We found the place mediocre at best. Nice view from the porch though.