Wow! Just when you thought you had the best! I'm doing a tour of the best Sunday Brunches of the Delaware Valley. Let me tell you that this is either Number 1 or tied for Number 1. Class all the way. Located on the grounds of Delaware Park Racetrack, The Rails Sunday brunch is the REAL DEAL! No Ball Caps With Sunglasses, No Sweat Pants. It is Dressy! Comfortable Chairs, Carving Station, Raw Bar, Great Selection of Desserts, Great Service! Complimentary Champagne, Cooked to order Omelets, Their Signature Stuffed French Toast, Cheeses and the best Mozzarella Balls! Homemade Hummus. This Place is Class all the way! A definite favorite. Make sure you make reservations!
Review Source:I have eaten at the Rail several times over the past couple of years. Â It makes for a nice place to go for a business lunch being so close.
i have seen a few changes to the menu and offerings as far as specials. Â Consistently there is a good service and pleasant staff. Â There has been a "no jeans" dress code for the restaurant, but not sure how much this is enforced.
The soups are excellent. Â The French onion soup is rich and flavorful with a rich broth and sweet onions. Â The cheese is thick and tasty with a nice crust formed at the edge of a classic porcelain mini-turine.
The crab chowder is rich and a thick creamy soup with small crab chunk. Â For soups i prefer smaller crab chunks to allow a nice taste of crab without being large pieces that crowd out the broth on the spoon. Â This s a nicely balanced soup.
The lobster bisque is excellent and competes with the triple cheese french onion for my favorite soup from the Rail. Â The bisque is rich, smooth, and thick with a strong lobster flavor. Â It is a wonderful well made soup.
Salads are standard, however, the combination on the Rail salad is a nice mix. Â Not exactly a light salad given the cheese and fried corn kernels. But it is a nice fresh salad with crisp fresh greens and good quality cheese. Â You can obtain toppings of different meat options.
The tuna served at the Rail is fresh and fairly standard, nothing wowing about it. Â However, it is fresh so that is better then most places.
The lobster mac and cheese is a great dish but a bit heavy for a working lunch. The cheese is thick, rich, and quite flavorful. Â Lobster chunks are sweet and soft and interspersed throughout the dish. Â The elbow macaroni is well cooked and soft without dried out portions from the baking.
Overall I enjoy my meals at The Rail, usually related to work times. Â The soups are well made and several dishes are consistently high quality. Â However, not sure if I would venture to the Rail over other places if it were not for the close proximity to work.
Having just closed on a new home last night, my aunt and uncle wanted to take me for a celebration dinner. They suggested At the Rail (more commonly referred to as just "The Rail"). I'd never been, so I gladly accepted their generous offer. I perused the menu online, but wasn't terribly impressed.
However, we arrived and saw the menu was nothing like that which was presented online; they must have had a recent update! The menu as presented to us seemed much more modern and befitting this gorgeous, by-the-golf-course view we were treated to as the sun began to set.
We were promptly seated in big comfy chairs and our party was greeted by a very cheerful waitress who took our drink orders immediately. We decided on three appetizers to share among the five of us: calamari, hummus, and a salmon spring roll.
The calamari was basic. Nothing fancy. It was well executed, not greasy, and served with a tasty, chunky tomato sauce. Crisp and meaty, it was how calamari should be. Extra points for including some spicy-sweet sauteed peppers among the crunchy cephalopods. Honestly, those peppers were just as good as the calamari.
Unfortunately, whoever plated the hummus could have used some help as it just looked a mess. We could barely differentiate between the hummus and the pita wedges provided, both of which were hidden under a flurry of chopped Kalamata olives, cucumber, feta cheese, and, yes, avocado (huh? Actually, it was quite a delicious addition!). The hummus was OK. It was missing -- I think -- a good bit of tahini to give it a creamier texture, as well as a big squeeze of lemon to cut through some of the pastiness of the chickpeas. But it was seasoned very nicely and I swear I got a hint of oregano, which pleased me.
The salmon spring roll blew us all away. It was a perfectly cooked piece of salmon, wrapped in a wonton, and deep-fried. Served with a spicy-sweet dipping sauce, there was nearly a riot at our table over who would get the biggest piece.
For my entree, I ordered the chorizo-stuffed chicken breast. I know, it's not a great idea to judge a restaurant based on its chicken dish. As a somewhat health-conscious eater, it seemed like the most suitable choice on the menu. The chicken was overcooked, no doubt. And I perhaps should have asked the style of chorizo before ordering. I have an unhealthy obsession with fatty, greasy, Mexican-style chorizo and figured it would be stuffed as such. However, I was somewhat let down to find it was stuffed with Spanish-style, sausage-like chorizo. It was tasty, yes, but it just wasn't what I expected. Served with the chicken were Cheddar smashed potatoes and sauteed spinach with garlic, both cooked and served very nicely. The potatoes in particular were unbelievably creamy and cheesy; the spinach, not overcooked and just appropriately garlicky to satisfy this garlic lover.
I also tried my aunt's crab cake. Decent. Mostly lump and very little filler. Nice size, too. My mother order the beef short ribs paired with scallops, artichokes hearts, and a butternut squash puree. I found the puree to be too reminiscent of baby food and just overall lacking in flavor.
Because we couldn't pass up dessert, we ordered something that I just simply can't resist whereever I see it -- seven-layer bar! Yep, a seven-layer bar topped with vanilla ice cream was all mine. And it was excellent. I won't get into the details of the seven-layer bar. That's what Google is for. All I'll say is they're a divine combination of graham crackers, butter, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, condensed milk, and coconut. My aunt got the banana chocolate cake, which was also good.
All around, an enjoyable meal that could have been helped along with a little more tact in presentation, as well as improving one's ability to appropriately cook a chicken breast. But that was my fault. Going into a classy joint like The Rail, one should probably look past such pedestrian menu items like chicken and go straight for the haute cuisine!
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