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“I go 1x a year.”
Review of The Walpack Inn

The Walpack Inn
Cuisines: American
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Description: We are a rustic country restaurant located in the heart of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation area. Established in 1949
Reviewed 28 October 2016 via mobile

I love the ambiance and history here. It's in the middle of the Delaware Water Gap. Beautiful views, spacious dining areas, incredible fireplace. Rustic and older. The food is simple. If you like food w/o a lot of jazz, then you will enjoy it. People go nuts for the bread. I'm a real flavor person, so the bread seems bland to me, but it's fresh and has a great consistency and I can understand why people like it. The salad bar is nothing special, again, it's quite simple and offers the basics. A Ruby Tuesday salad bar has more options. I had oysters tonight, they were delicious and prepared properly. I had a seafood sampler, fish, shrimp, scallops. It was ok. It was overpriced for the quality. Again, it was more of the simple flavor that I did not enjoy, but plenty of people like simple. I asked for tartar with it. My baked potato was small but tasted fine. My boyfriend had the prime rib and it was flavorful and he was very happy with it. He had the Apple crumb pie, I had the chocolate mousse pie. This and the oysters were my favorite part of the meal. The desert portion was appropriate and it was delicious.

If this was a local restaurant, I'd probably skip it, but I love the location and ambiance so I hit it once a year.

Next time I'm getting the burger, I just have a feeling it will be good.....or I'm hoping.

Also, service was excellent. My waitress was patient when I asked where the shrimp come from (Ecuador) and she was pleasant and attentive and had a wonderful happy glow about her. I wish I got her name.

My advice: try it once, you will know if it's your cup of tea or not. If you come from New York and are used to eating fine foods there, be mindful that the flavor profiles here are simple.

Date of visit: October 2016
Thank A6911MCkellys
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Reviewed 27 October 2016 via mobile

The food is good the scenery ever changing. The drive there, an adventure. Be brave and go for the beef not a place for vegetarians!

Date of visit: October 2016
Thank spello
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Reviewed 26 October 2016

Great food (limited menu). Prime rib special on Friday nights. End cut lovers will be overwhelmed with the size of the piece of meat they will be served. The salad bar is basic, but extremely fresh. The bread baked on premises goes with the very tasty butter. Desserts also very good. The Resturant is hard to get to, but the trip is worth it - especially with the leaves changing color.

Date of visit: October 2016
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Thank Dr K
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Reviewed 23 October 2016

We arrived here shortly after 5PM, a party of four on a Saturday evening.Yes, we knew that it would be busy, and we left our name at the desk and found seats at the bar, ordered. paid and tipped for a round of drinks, perfectly fine with waiting for a table. The bar area was very busy, and clearly they need a second bartender. When one of us tried to order a second drink, the bartender said," I'll be right with you" and proceeded to ignore us for the next 30 minutes. Despite asking a minimum of four times for the drink, the bartender said the exact same thing each time, then waited on other people who had just come up to the bar. When our table was ready, and our name was called, we still had not gotten the drink.
As we were leaving the bar area, my husband got the bartender's attention, and asked why he had refused to serve us. The bartender answered: " I WORK FOR TIPS". How dare he speak to us like that??? Not only did we tip him, we were very patient, given how busy it was.
When my husband told the woman at the front desk what the bartender had said, her response was, do you want me to speak to him? Like we need to tell her that she ought to be outraged at what her employee said. No don't bother, which is why his attitude is apparently acceptable.
The saddest thing is that we really enjoyed our dinner, and had excellent service. We paid good amount of money for dinner, and tipped accordingly.
I would seriously reconsider ever going here again. They clearly can do quite well without our business, and have no problem letting their guests know that they could care less whether they ever return.

Date of visit: October 2016
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9  Thank Trotpeg
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Reviewed 22 October 2016

Take Dramamine if you get car sick! Winding roads forever, but beautiful drive. So crowded when we pulled up. The decor is amazing. So much to look at! Bonus is they feed the wildlife so you can watch them while you eat (if they come). Disappointed that so many people were walking around outside the restaurant in the fields so of course the wildlife stayed away... by the time it got dark, too hard to see and take pic.'s. On the flip side, food was great! Open salad bar with plenty of selection, homemade bread and great choices for kids and adults. Something you won't see anywhere else. Fun experience. Make sure you have a full tank of gas!!

Date of visit: October 2016
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Thank Kristin591
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