The Prince & The Pauper Restaurant

For a restaurant that only serves a prix fixe menu, I was disappointed that the food wasn’t as tasty. My smoked salmon appetizer didn’t have any smoke flavoring, so it tasted just like any lox and the pasta was over cooked and drenched in cream sauce. That said, the lamb in puff pastry and the duck entrees were both excellent. Service was attentive.

I really wanted to love this place, especially since it came highly recommended. The host was nowhere to be found and we weren't seated for a good 10 minutes. My husband and I both ordered the prix fixe menu. The fish chowder was fine, the salads were underwhelming, and while my husband’s cod was good, my rack of lamb was unfortunately flavorless. The cocktails missed the mark, and our server wasn’t very warm or welcoming. Overall, the atmosphere felt a bit drab, and the experience didn’t live up to the hype. Especially disappointing given we spent nearly $300 on the meal.

I’m writing this review because I’m very concerned that I was almost scammed. This wasn’t apparent to me until later in the evening when our waitress brought our check, but I want to begin before then. I ordered from the prefix menu ($84) and ordered the filet mignon after asking if the steak was an option on the menu. When that entree arrived I was certain it was Short rib and not filet mignon, albeit tasty, but not the steak I ordered. I did not complain as it was late in the night and I was having an anniversary with my girlfriend. We ordered profiteroles as dessert (delicious.) once our check arrived there were two desserts that neither of us ordered on it. As a server myself I have no idea how our waitress “accidentally” added two desserts to our tab, but also there was a $10 up charg

I went to this place to celebrate my birthday because everyone told me it was the best place. I really loved their beet tartare. It was delicious. Main course was ok, cause I was super hungry. Service was ok, but my server for sure was not interested in me cause I was alone and not drinking 🤣 for example she put bread on top of the used teabag into the dirty plate, btw look at the size of the bread, huge piece)) I put it into the clean plate for pic)) I didn’t get why I have to pay alcohol tax if I didn’t drink, but it’s ok. When I asked for the check, even though I didn’t want to eat desert she bring me a birthday scoop. It was very nice of her. So in conclusion: it was ok

Old place with a history, in the beautiful town of Woodstock Vermont. Pleasant service. We did not do the price fix but went with just an entree each. The food was just not good. I had the boneless rack of lamb.$63.00. It was, I hate to say this, terrible. Sorry. My wife had the special grey sole, meh. It came with a flavorless mound of white rice.