Well I was so excited to see the re-revamp of this that the addition of the brunch was a perfect excuse to get me there ASAP. I was fortunate enough to be able to share the experience with the Mrs. and a special guest @seal .
This is about the point that I’ve run out of anything good to say about the rest of the experience. Seldom does dining out actually offend me, well this is the rare occasion.
We were the first to arrive at 11am and we remained 1 of 3 total tables by 12:30. To start they did have shrimp cocktail and oysters (west coast) as part of the cold salads. They offered croissants and bagels but no bread for toast. (You also had to request for them to be toasted) Several items were missing utensils for serving, the meat and cheese platter was obviously pre-made-purchased.
The carving station had only turkey, while they advertise pork loin and ham. The omelette station was generic and they had to special request actual eggs for over easy. (Again although the web site said egg and omelette station all they had were pre-scrambled)
The hot buffet: breakfast potatoes (literally orida frozen potatoes EXACTLY same as I-hop)
Sausage and bacon - both literally diner quality the sausage was the exact same as any good Greek diner. Nothing unique or special about it which is great if your at a diner it what you expect, same with bacon.
Waffles: didn’t even look at it can’t comment
French toast: served cut into 1/4’s of slice again I suspect it was frozen. Nothing unique or special about it.
Cheese Blintzes: the best of the hot items but also not homemade
Chicken Francese: per seal who took one bite “It’s ok”
Fluke: I didn’t try it but seal did, he took one bite and said it was bad, spoiled bad.
Potatoes and Vegetables: roasted potatoes (cold) and carrots which were good.
Desert: store bought cookies and cake pops
The website says bottomless Bloody Mary and mimosas, I had 2 Bloody Marys at their make your own Bloody Mary bar. It was good.
We got the check to find I was charged $26.00 for the 2 Mary’s, you tell me what the menu says. The waitress tried to explain how I was wrong but did that then off the check.
I was surprised to see they charged additional for the coffee and tea as well.
For this to be The Fromagerie / Rumson House and paying $37pp I would have been more satisfied with The Grand Slam at Denny’s for $10.95 and gotten the SAME exact food. No joke.
Based on expectations this was probably one of the worst experiences I’ve had. Terrible for what you expect from this location.
Can’t wait to hear from @seal