The Shoreham Inn

great dinner here at the Shoreham. have the pork, good sauce, excellent potatoes, good Caesar Salad. nice accommodations. highly recommend it!

My husband and I have stayed at the Shoreham Inn twice and eaten in the pub three or four times. During our two stays, we were in Sheep Barn Suites which we really liked. Both suites were spacious, well appointed, equipped with refrigerator, microwave, French press, coffee and tea, and hot water kettle. The bath is stocked with locally made, organic, and paraben-​free shower gel, shampoo, and conditioner. And there’s a fireplace! The suites are kept as clean as possible, but given the location, a variety of bugs find their way in. Wireless is free and works well, but cell phone reception is dicey at best. The food served at breakfast is terrific– there’s always freshly baked bread or muffins, yogurt, cereal, tea, locally roasted coffee, and an entrée if desired (e.g., pancakes, frittata, eggs & bacon). Molly couldn’t be nicer or more accommodating. Dinners are also of high quality and generous quantity. We have family in the area, and they really love the burgers. But, everything we’ve had there has been quite good. We’ll be back!!!

Excellent food. Menu changes and features fresh local produce. Great atmosphere, friendly staff and owners. This place is a must for those traveling through this lovely part of Vermont.

My family and I are regulars of the Shoreham Inn, and usually we only have very high praise for it. However, yesterday we had a truly dismal time. We had planned to have a nice outing for Mother’s Day, as it is my grandmother’s favorite local spot (until last night), and were left waiting perhaps half an hour after our reservation food order. Granted, it was pretty packed for the holiday, and everyone present had served their time as a waiter before, we were ready to forgive. An hour later we had still not recieved our food, had not been told what the hold up was, and had not been given the opportunity to order appetizers. I hesitate to say our order was lost, but several groups that came in after us and had similar orders were served long, long before we were.
We were never told what the problem was, and although the waitress and manager (both very nice, though understandably harried) both came to apologize, with no explanation and no ‘it’ll be another 20 minutes, can I get you an appetizer to hold you over?’ my poor grandmother became very upset, worrying about my grandfather not eating until late and then getting a really terrible nosebleed due to the stress.
There was no concern or offer of help from any of the staff, and overall it was a really upsetting experience from what we’d come to think of as a family place. We probably won’t write off the Shoreham Inn — the food is very, very good and up till now we’ve only had very pleasant experiences — but it definitely tarnished our thoughts on it. Frankly, I’m pretty shocked, and very dissapointed.
Pros: Very good food, usually good service, a very decent bar and wine selection, polite and friendly waitstaff and managers.
Cons: Does not handle a rush well, and once a meal has gone wrong, very little is done to right it on their part, will not offer an explanation or come clean about what’s happened.

It’s well-​worth the drive to the village of Shoreham, Vermont to experience consistently top-​notch cooking and a great atmosphere.

Great local food. Comfortable and warm atmosphere with friendly and attentive staff. Maybe a tad overpriced.

The atmosphere is top notch. As others have mentioned it is an old school inn in the truest sense of the word. Really does take you back to the John Adams HBO miniseries. There is nothing like it in the lower Champlaign Valley area. If you are by chance coming from New York, if possible take the wonderful little ferry across the lake.
The food I believe is overrated. I do not have a single bad thing to say about it. You will never ever get bad dish here. However I feel that the fact that it is one of the only quality restaurants in the area it gets accolades beyong what it deserves.
My go to dish is the cheese platter and the hamburger. Both very good but not over the top which is the reputation this place carries. The Shoreham inn services a small but needy surrounding area and serves it well, just don’t expect greatness.

The gastropub in the Shoreham Inn is one of the best I’ve ever eaten in. They have a new menu every week, so it’s tough to give a review of specific items, but they always have a cheese platter and the Shoreham burger on the menu along with the banoffi pie for dessert. I’ve eaten here at least a dozen times and every time it has been superb.

OMG Chocolate Guinness Cake!!!
Who said beer and chocolate don’t mix?
Beyond a gorgeous setting and great service, this place has delicious food. Something which is no surprise for those who’ve been to Vermont. Local, fresh, original, yummy!
But the piece de resistance. The crème de la crème, is the chocolate guinness cake. Where to begin, how to describe it? I just don’t know how to express how tasty this cake is, and I like cake and I LOVE chocolate and I don’t like guinness at all. But this cake, moist, chocolatey, beery, with this amazing foamy head flavored frosting.

The place has been an inn since the late 1700’s and is now a great B&B with a gastropub. In my mind, definitely one of the best B&B’s I have stayed at.
During our visit, we stayed in the Lake Champlain room which has a queen bed as well as a day bed for our little one. Rooms are good size and very well decorated with period furniture. Most rooms, including ours, come with shower and bath, although I think one or two of the rooms have shared baths.
The real treat is the gastropub that serves very high quality meals, which incorporates local meats and vegetables. I had a tender pork loin with rosemary potatoes and broccoli. Folks at our table raved about the steak they had. Dessert was a free form strawberry pie which was absolutely delicious! On top of that the prices were very reasonable, especially given the quality of the food.
Breakfast which consisted of fresh berry pancakes, maple sausage, juice, muffin, yogurt and coffee was just as phenomenal!
There is definitely a close eye to detail paid by the proprietors of this fine B&B. We would definitely come back for another stay, if we happen to be in the area.

We visited this place for dinner with family members. The location has a good cozy pub atmosphere. We sat down at a table in the bar section on antique wood table. The furniture varies by type and appears to be collected over time for a unique look. I ordered a great Guiness for my first drink and then a hand poured black and tan for my second. The black and tan was poured with a great dividing line and tasty.
We started off dinner with a Caesar salad that I shared with my wife since it was a good size. There was shaved Parmesan cheese place on it, a good amount of dressing mixed with all the greens so it sticks to just the greens and not pooled on the bottom of the plate. For my main dish, I had a spinach and mushroom risotto. There was a good variation in the types of mushrooms in the dish. The spinach was nicely wilted as well. There a good flavor in the rice with good tenderness.
All in all, it was a good experience with a good meal.

I am wondering what brings someone to Shoreham VT. for us, it was a race in the nearby state park — so it was completely random we landed here. and dammit are we happy we did.
this ain’t your mama’s B&B — this is straight outta English/​Irish countryside joint that would have been featured in a Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares… except it wouldn’t because there isn’t anything needing saving by that loud fool.
walk in, Molly the proprietor comes from the pub area to check you in. cozy rooms upstairs with none of that over-​the-​top crap you can get at some places. settle in, head down stairs to the sizable pub and grab a perfectly poured Guinness.
then, when the crowd allows, grab a table and order some of the finest food you are going to get just about anywhere. it’s pub-​like food, but without all the heavy bland flavors that tend to accompany such a menu. not a single disappointment with a table of 6.
and we are tough bastards.
like i said, not sure I would ever have the need to be in this particular area of VT again — but surely I would stay here again, even if my plans take me within an hour’s drive. it’s just that damn good.