George Inn

The trip to this place was seriously like a Twilight Zone situation. We were trying to book a place in Warwick and couldn't get reservations so we began to look in the Vernon area. We were staying locally but had very good things about the place we couldn't get in to. After looking at the possible options in Vernon (and the Hawk's Nest being closed for whatever reason) we decided to try out the George Inn. Arriving we saw that there was maybe 10 cars in the parking lot. This was 6:30pm on a Saturday night so we thought we were either extremely lucky or that the place wasn't going to be very good. We eventually heard from our server that they had apparently just been very busy and emptied out. We were greeted by a hostess who said she would clean a booth for us. While she was doing that (I would guess him to be) the owner saw us and started looking around somewhat frantically. My guess was that he was worried we hadn't been attended to, I was wrong. He was looking for someone to tell them that they should let us know there would be an hour long wait for food if we planned to stay. The server who told us seemed pretty adamant that she didn't want to make any more money that night. The hostess got us a different server and she assured us it wouldn't be an hour for food. Being a chef of 20 years and seeing a massive dining room with another side for their bar area, it was upsetting to see maybe 4-5 tables in the whole place and nearly everyone in give up mode. The hostess was great, and so was our eventual server. Both kept checking on us and making sure we had things while we waited. They tried their best to get us drinks (not enough glassware to make their drink special in the proper glass more than once...weird) and when the food did ultimately take a long time, our server brought some chips and salsa to hold us over. If it wasn't for these two employees, this review would be worse. We ordered wings as an appetizer so that we could get a little food quicker than they had told us it would be. 10 breaded wing ding style wings in hot sauce we figured wouldn't be that long. It was maybe 20 minutes. Better than an hour. The wings were good. They said the sauce was really hot, it was not, but had good flavor. They make their own ranch and blue cheese. The ranch had an odd addition to it, almost as if it was 80% ranch and 20% Caesar. The blue cheese wasn't blended well enough, huge chunks of cheese, but the liquid portion was nearly flavorless. The actual food we ordered did in fact, take nearly an hour. After seeing their menu online and realizing they were trying to do FAR too much, we figured getting a large main plate item was a poor choice. We further added to that belief when we saw the typical diner style place settings at the tables (some of which had coupons that expired a year ago). We went with the tenderloin tips sandwich and 2 burgers. The tenderloin sandwich was good, would have been better than good but the entire roll was wet with what I would assume was either the butter or oil they used to cook the peppers and onions that come on it. Fries were dusted with flour or cornstarch so they had a bit more crunch than some others, they were also good. Both burgers had good flavor and came on Kaiser rolls (which I like) however both temps were wrong. We were supposed to get a medium rare and a medium. We got a medium well and a well. After waiting an hour and realizing it wasn't going to get much better, we decided to keep them and just count our losses and head for the door. Not sure if I'll end up in this town again but if I do, I'll be finding somewhere else to eat.

Me & my husband `had Christmas Eve dinner .here today .The food was excellent I had the salmon with rice very tasty ,salad was very fresh .my husband had the stake he love it .We were so happy with our dinner & the people very friendly especially our waiter his name is James ,highly recommended him & I want to complement him for the best service we had with him ,he the best can't wait to go back & hope James still be there .working so he can serve us again .

The food is really good here, and its a really nice inside. You can have a casual date here. Menu has good variety, reasonably priced. Most dinner entrees are around $20 or under. But the food is what brings me here. Cooked with farm fresh ingredients. Great atmosphere and good service. Friendly staff that knows their regulars. Definitely one of my top places to eat in Sussex county.

They charged me for a bag to carry my 3 meals out to the car with which is insanity if you don’t want to give people bags then why do you offer take out, and they didn’t give any ranch with our orders that we requested. Food is fantastic but seriously let’s get real here charging me for a bag is as petty as it gets. And please follow through on what your customers are asking for instead of worrying about getting my credit card info.

Been to this establishment many times in the past (10+ years ago), just visited recently and everyone that goes in the packaged goods side sets off an obnoxious buzz each time some enters or exits...right? Impossible to miss and same sound as it was back then. I walked in yesterday after to grab a bag of ice, and I think it was the owner Jon stocking little bottles of fireball in the refrigerator right behind the register...but dude was too busy to see if a customer needed assistance. Stood there for 3 minutes, before turning around and walking out.

Really big menu and the food was very good. Draft selection was limited due to Covid 19 but they had some nice IPAs in bottles so that was cool. Service was really friendly but really slow. However, it's COVID right now so we have to excuse that. Outdoor seating is fine but near the road which is loud. It'll be nice to go inside again! Overall, a really nice dining experience and we'll be back. Also, Ice Cream place down the road is a nice bonus...