If you check out the menus at the 3 restaurants in the hotel, you will begin to notice that they all have the same basic choices. Sure the expensive steak place has steaks and the Italian place has some pasta, but for the most part they all serve the same food. Room service also has the same options! My coworker and I decided on Chatfield’s because we ate at the Italian place for lunch and the steak place was pretty pricey and our expense accounts are not as fatty as they used to be. :(First of all, be warned. the service here is SUPER slow. We waited to order drinks, then a little longer to order food and even longer to get our food. While I was sitting there I noticed that food arrived at the bar on plates with metal covers — which explains why the menu is the same at all the restaurants! I don’t think Chatfield’s has their own kitchen, they just get their food from another one of the restaurants. Unfortunately, this process makes the wait really long. I enjoyed my French dip — it was a bit on the salty side, but I like that and they brought out a huge bowl of au jus. The apple crisp with ice cream was also surprisingly tasty. In the end, I think dinner and dessert ended up taking almost 2 hours! Oh well, it’s not like I had anywhere to go and there really aren’t any other dining options in walking distance — not that you would want to walk around Newark anyway. !
George B.
Place rating: 3 Charlotte, NC
I Unilocaled the Hotel and now it is time to Unilocal the bar inside the hotel… The crowd here was your usual suspects: business folks in town, travelers, pilots and cast of others. I was in town with my co-workers for a new year kick off meeting. We meet here for a few cold ones and to catch the BCS Championship game. The barmaid seemed to be overwhelmed with the large crowd on a Thursday night and the service suffered for it. She wasn’t having a good night. I mean there an important football game being played. The manager should have jumped in to provide an assist. I ended up having a late dinner here and our waitress was top notch. The bar had an apps and beer bucket special working. The apps were tasty and beer ice cold. We did manage to drink the bar out of Anheuser-Busch products this evening. I suggested going across the street at the Newark Brewery to pick up some more but it was too late for that! For dinner, i went with a cheeseburger was fine but the fries were a but dry and tasted like sand. The game was a actually good too this year with Florida edging Oklahoma 24 – 14.
