The Fox & Falcon by David Burke Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant South Orange, New Jersey

Address: 19 Valley St, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA

Phone: +19734196773

Rating: 4.1
based on 212 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "The staff was super nice; the chef (Michael) was fantastic."
  • "Everything was delicious and the service was outstanding!"
  • "The GM, Nuno, came over to our table to check in on us and we had a nice conversation."
  • "The standout though was the service, our server Maya was amazing and went out of her way to make our dinner perfect."
  • "The service was pretty quick."
  • "Our host John was so sweet and helpful and I also got to meet the GM Lucy! Such wonderful people."
  • "The service was friendly, swift and attentive, without being overbearing."

Cons:

  • "Service was.... interesting. Very nice folks but they visited our table an excessive amount of time pushing us to order and clear plates."
  • "Service was unacceptable, food and drinks were slow, and dishes were disastrous and inedible."
  • "Service was decent."
  • "It was surprising to see our server clearly overwhelmed and several other staff just standing around not helping out."
  • "The service needs better training. Several mistakes with the orders and I had a martini dumped on my shirt."
  • "Our waiter acted like he didn’t want to be there. He kept forgetting our order and once the food came out he never not once came back to ask us if we needed anything."
  • "Service was horrible. They seated us in a tight space for 10 guests which made it difficult to maneuver around."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food and dessert was excellent."
  • "Everything was delicious and the service was outstanding!"
  • "Everything about this place is amazing!"
  • "Both of us left full and happy. Good service, good food. Highly recommended."
  • "The blackberry gastrique and butternut squash purée were good."
  • "Wife had the chicken, I had the bass. Both were excellently cooked and were appropriate portions for the quality/price."
  • "The food was delicious. For appetizers we had the lobster dumplings clothesline bacon. SO GOOD!"

Cons:

  • "Terrible food. My salmon was beyond salty and overcooked."
  • "The roasted duck breast... forgot to be served above room temperature, before getting nuked in a microwave as the grand solution."
  • "Cheesy popovers were salted within an inch of their lives and doughy and undercooked in the middle."
  • "Only to find out once we arrived there was absolutely NO modifications to their menu."
  • "The food was overpriced and underwhelming."
  • "We received cold buffalo wings that they tossed in the microwave after we sent them back."
  • "The pea risotto, while a novel idea, was more flash than substance."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The restaurant is very clean with a very nice atmosphere."
  • "Very cute polished atmosphere and nice interior and vibe."
  • "The outdoor seating option was nice."
  • "This has a very warm ambience and the place was practically empty when we went."
  • "The space is elegant, warm and inviting."
  • "The atmosphere is amazing."
  • "Ambiance warm beautiful American style."

Cons:

  • "The space is very dark."
  • "Neither of the high tops available were clean."
  • "The upstairs portion of the restaurant smelled like feet, due to customers having their shoes off."
  • "The atmosphere is tough, it's a big place with several small rooms but still very loud."
  • "Dining room was incredibly hot and humid."
  • "Super loud music so no one can hear?"
  • "The ambience and decor that suggested an understated, eclectic modernism clashes with live music that is more fitting at a South Florida clambake."

Price

Pros:

  • "All for the bargain price of $130 for a kids burger, 12 buffalo wings, a salad and 4 drinks. What a rip off."
  • "We saw a gift card for this restaurant for sale at Costco in Union and decided to give this place a try and it did not disappoint."
  • "The portions are really generous for the price."
  • "Atmosphere is great, food is decent for the price."
  • "Food was good, but definitely overpriced for the amount you received."
  • "It's an expansive price for a mediocre dinner."
  • "For me to pay $16 for rice is absurd."

Cons:

  • "Drinks were really bad for $18, which is NYC pricing."
  • "$18 for 3 dumplings that have zero flavor is terrible."
  • "Just not worth the $330 we blew on it."
  • "Definitely not worth a fraction of the money you’ll spend here."
  • "Under cooked pork chop had to be sent back and end up being chewy because they didn’t replace it, slow service seating at the patio, cocktails (margarita and old fashioned) were just sugary and plain, and top top it off some of us woke up with upset stomachs."
  • "The drinks were good, not great we got margaritas, hard to mess up one of those. Then we finally ordered our food which felt like it took forever to get our order in."
  • "Both drinks that my husband and I had seemed average considering the price."

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