The Dutchess Biercafe Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant

Address: 1097 Main St, Fishkill, NY 12524, USA

Phone: +18454407747

Rating: 4.6
based on 218 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The Hot Nashville chicken sandwich is perfect."
  • "Their mussels are amazing and Brussels sprouts delicious."
  • "The food is fresh and delicious. I had the onion rings burger was amazing!"
  • "Food is some of the best we ever had."
  • "The food was really delicious, with a touch of special."
  • "Some of the best poutine I’ve ever had. The gravy is amazing."
  • "The food is always good. I describe their menu as comfort food."

Cons:

  • "I'd avoid the Brunch Burger, however, I found it to taste like a Wendy's Baconator, which was disappointing."
  • "The waffles were thick huge pieces of dough that had very little flavor and slightly soggy on the outside."
  • "The majority of the food looked and tasted like it was either precooked or came from frozen product."
  • "Food looked soggy and loaded with grease."
  • "Ordered a Poutine and it was very very salty."
  • "Don't order the sampler (potato salad is garbage) or pretzels (tasted frozen + stale)."
  • "The burger was tasteless."

Service

Pros:

  • "staff attentive and efficient."
  • "The staff is friendly and helpful when you are ordering."
  • "The service staff was friendly and polite.. we will definitely go back again."
  • "Good beers on tap and friendly staff."
  • "The service was excellent."
  • "The service was very welcoming."
  • "The staff were super friendly and they have fast service!"

Cons:

  • "Almost non existent when it came to service."
  • "Also told my husband he couldn't go to the bar to order beer."
  • "Unfortunately, I got sick even threw up in their bathroom."
  • "The waitress came back to table and told us she cannot make coffee because the outlet was wet...making us coffee was not her priority."
  • "The service was lacking. Our waitress was not very pleasant."
  • "the waitress was non existent."
  • "We weren’t given any type of service, we didn’t even have a waiter or waitress come to the table for 25 minutes."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere is fun and relaxed."
  • "Lovely warm place for a little oktoberfestin. Family friendly."
  • "Outdoor seating is laid back and comfortable."
  • "It's great being seated outdoors."
  • "The outdoor patio is fairly large."
  • "Nice family atmosphere."
  • "The ambience indoors is very comfortable and relaxing. makes you feel like you just stepped into hip 'ye old pub'."

Cons:

  • "Part of the space is annoyingly echoy."
  • "The place is like eating in a tin can it is so small."
  • "It can get a little loud inside when busy."
  • "It was very loud and small inside."
  • "Place is too small, makes it hard to relax and enjoy your meal."
  • "Towards the end of our evening the mosquitos won."
  • "It's gets busy in the evening so there is a bit of a wait."

Value

Pros:

  • "You really get SO much food for your money."
  • "All in all everything was delicious, reasonably priced."
  • "Prices and portions were more than fair."
  • "The food was really good and very reasonably priced for the portions."
  • "The service was also great and the prices were very reasonable."
  • "The food was definitely expensive but well worth it when you take the first bite."
  • "The food was excellent and everything was fresh and tasty."

Cons:

  • "Got my burgers from doordash and they came with no fries. $35 for two burgers with no fries just doesn’t sit well with me."
  • "Great beer, good food if overpriced."
  • "Again really good just a bit pricy."
  • "It was a tad on the expensive end for a cute, relaxed, you can wear flipflops, Not-Snooty-Or-Stuffy-or-Fancy restaurant and beer garden."
  • "But I don't think the price for the food was justified."
  • "Food quality not worth the price."
  • "I don’t think it was worth the wait or the poor service."

Management

Pros:

  • "Jess and her husband, the owners, are super friendly and do such great things for the community."
  • "The owner is a really chill dude too!"
  • "Nick and everyone was personable and caring."
  • "Better than great! Family-owned restaurant owners very nice exceptional service and exceptional food we loved it we recommend it to anyone!"
  • "The Staff was Great, very professional, Courteous and Attentive."
  • "Awesome Service from Jenn, i mean really amazing attention to detail, prompt and courteous."
  • "Friendly Staff our waitress Jen was the best."

Cons:

  • "Definitely need a more active manager in there who actually helps the staff."
  • "The whole place seemed terribly mismanaged."
  • "However the only criticism I have is that I wish the server's and staff were a little more attentive with just the little things, like silverware, plates and glasses what not."
  • "We had to flag him down a few times just to get water, napkins, the check."
  • "We unfortunately had a waitress that was never around."
  • "The waitress was rude. Never had my food taken away before I was finished."
  • "A shockingly terrible experience. I’ll never be back."

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