My family and I (2 adults and 2 children) dined at J. Baldwin's last Friday night to celebrate our Anniversary. The restaurant was nice and busy, and we were seated right away (I did have a reservation). I wish I could say our service was really good, but it was just ho hum. Perhaps our server was having a bad day, but regardless he barely did the minimum. When we declined appetizers it went down hill. No explanation on the dough balls (we had to ask another server), no refreshers on my husbands ice tea, my sons meal was cold. My husband had to ask more than once for a condiment for his sandwich, which took forever since it appeared our server was avoiding us (my children sit very well at restaurants, we have no issues with them). Â When my husband took my sons to the bathroom, the fire exit was blocked with boxes and it looked like the hallway was being used for storage.
My salad was the probably the highlight of our dinner, it was excellent. I had the salad with the baked goats cheese.
We have another gift card to J. Baldwins (only one of ours was honored), but I doubt my entire family will be going back. Perhaps I'll try their lunch service. I really hope it's better.
Based on all the five star reviews we were looking forward to trying J Baldwin's. Unfortunately, there was nothing about our food that would excite me about going back. Granted, all three of us had burgers so we didn't have a varied sampling of the menu. The "ultimate baldy" burgers appeared to be cooked to perfection (medium rare), but they were dense, tough, dry (not a drop of juice on the plate) and not seasoned. The lamb sliders were juicy, but lacked complexity in flavor. The whole grain buns had good texture and flavor.
Of note, our server hit us hard with up selling throughout our meal. It started as soon as we sat down with suggesting that we get bottled Jones Soda ($3.19) instead of the soda on tap "because it's not very good here." Â (Shouldn't they do something about improving their soda dispenser?) I bet she asked us five times if we wanted to add fries, soup etc, to our burgers.
If I pay $9 for a burger (not including any sides) I want it to be mouth watering memorable. These were forgettable.
Simply put  well done!
We received our Birthday postcard ,which included a Free $18 entree & up to 3 free chocolate mousse desserts.
The  Bread & Home Made Crackers, dipped in their wonderful pesto sauce.
A
I ordered the Chicken Marsala over linguine
[ 3 very large pieces of chicken & sweet marsala ]
A+
The Birthday Girl ordered Chicken Picante served over Angel Hair
A+
We passed on appetizers,soup or salad so we could have dessert.
The Dessert tray had quite the selection , and we chose Bumpy Cale Ala-Mode , with Sanders Hot Fudge,Butter Cream Frosting ,Whipped Cream & Fresh Strawberries  !
[ also noteworthy is the ice cream is also made on the premises ! ]
A++
Ryan  was a very efficient server
A
Finally! Â I've found a restaurant where I don't have to sacrifice quality just because I have two toddlers!
Seriously, people, fine dining - scratch that - even mediocre dining is nearly impossible with two little people who can go into major meltdown mode with a mere moment's notice. Â J. Baldwin's may have just saved me from Red Robin/Chili's hell. Â
Don't get me wrong, your progeny are by no means allowed to run amok in the joint, but the special attention that J. Baldwin's pays to little ones is amazing and will completely captivate the little buggers for the majority of your meal. Â
As soon as you sit down, your waiter/waitress brings each child a dough ball which they can pound and punch to their heart's content while you peruse the menu. -They top the dough with cinnamon and sugar, bake it and bring it back out at the end of your meal.
J. Baldwin's also lets rugrats build their own pizzas AND sundaes. Happy, busy kids = happy, vino-enjoying 'rents. :)
Even setting aside the kiddie-wow factor, J. Baldwin's makes the grade. The menu is huge and chock-full of awesome dishes. - The pizza rocks. The frequent diner program rocks. The wine list rocks. The place just rocks.
The only problem I have with J. Baldwin's is that it's situated out in suburban hell. Other than that, it's A-OK!
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