After this restaurant was enthusiastically recommended, we looked at the Yelp reviews and were a bit discouraged. Â We went anyway and we are happy to report that we disagree with the negative reviews! Â We were seated immediately, had warm rolls and drinks a few minutes later. Â We split an order of delicately seasoned clams as an appetizer, then split the very large summer salad. Â There was no charge for splitting and the citrus vinaigrette was wonderful. Â After our main courses of well prepared and presented sea scallops and soft shell crabs we were too full for anything but espresso and hot tea. Â Oh, and we enjoyed a nice bottle of sauvignon blanc from the Stellenbosch region of South Africa, one of our favorites. Â After 30 years of vacationing in the area, this is our best dining find!
Review Source:The atmosphere in this restaurant is nice and the staff is polite. Â However, service was unbelievably slow. Â The food was expensive and pretty good, but not fantastic. Â I also don't appreciate the disclaimer on the bottom of the memu "we are not responsible for overcooked meais." Â Hunh? Â Finally, the servings are very generous, but if you want to split a serving with someone else, they charge you $7.50.
Review Source:The food was good-not-great (overpriced for what it is), the ambience was nice, but my wife and I had a strange experience here that really counted against it.
We arrived at 7pm to be told that they were booked until 8pm. But the restaurant wasn't even half full--we counted ten available tables. We agreed to sit at the bar. The bar, being a bar, is not sized to eat it--it's at chest height. We ordered, the waitress said she'd bring bread, and that was the last that we saw of her for 40 minutes. Another waitress brought us bread after half an hour, but with no butter or bread plates. The food arrived all at once, including appetizers. We had neither salt nor pepper, rendering our unsalted potatoes inedible. It was tricky to eat with the food sitting so far up on the bar (and I'm 6'4"). We turned our wait for the check into a game, and I suspect that a good fifteen minutes went by until the waitress noticed our our abandoned plates and asked if we were finished. By the time we left, shortly after 8pm, five of those ten tables were still empty.
To be fair, we never waved the waitress down to ask for salt or pepper, we never asked if we could move to a table, we never asked for butter, etc. Not only because that doesn't really suit either of our personalities, but also because it seemed embarrassing to all parties involved to have to ask for these rudiments.
I don't think I've ever had a restaurant claim that they were full and not, in fact, be full, or even anywhere close to it. I was tempted to ask on the way out what the deal was, but it seemed like another question that would just be embarrassing to all parties involved.
i agree, the menu is a bit small, but with what they do, they get a 3.5 star-rating. Â had dinner this last friday evening and loved everything we ordered.
tomato basil soup: Â big serving and they weren't kidding about the portions of tomatoes in it. Â you won't think that they just opened a carton and poured it into a bowl. Â it's not pureed (which i love) and definite chunks of tomato and basil.
summer garden salad: Â again, large portion. Â the citrus vinaigrette was delightfully sweet yet tart!
hummus platter: Â definitely my favorite! Â not only is there homemade garlicky hummus, but a small bowl of chopped olives w/ olive oil and a bowl of chopped tomatoes, onions, and scallions as well (reminded me of pico w/ the spiciness).
the evening had a posh hometown kind-of-feeling and our waitress was a doll.
An interesting and eclectic eatery and store in beautiful downtown Onancock, Virginia. It's a combination of restaurant, open for lunch and dinner, and gallery featuring pottery, glass works, and hand-tooled leather pocketbooks designed by the owner-chef Miguel Bizzotto.
Miguel is exceedingly capable not only at a cobbler's bench but in the kitchen. Â The menu is relatively limited - 3 or 4 fish or shellfish dishes, a steak, a chicken or two and a pasta. Â The crab cakes are delicious, shaped in conical forms and deep-fried - a different presentation and style for the eastern shore, the salads always interesting with surprising ingredients, and desserts away from the norm. Â Bizotto's has hearty, warming soups, especially so on a cold afternoon. Â The wine list includes several yummy selections from Argentina, Chile and Italy. Â And if you find one you particularly like, Miguel offers a special 'to go' price on 3 bottle quantities.
All in all, Bizzotto's is worth a visit. Â You're not going to write a letter home, raving about the best this or that you've ever had, but you will enjoy a nice evening in a quaint yet sophisticated 18th century town on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Â If you visit during spring summer or fall, take a walk down to the town wharf for a post-prandial libation at the historic Hopkin's Brothers Store.
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