Ted's Restaurant

We are from Minneapolis and recently spent 4 days in the Catskills trying a number of food stops. We were introduced to Ted's by the locals. It was delicious! We found LOTS of flavor in every thing we ate. We ate lunches and breakfast there and truly enjoyed the meals. The staff is efficient, even remembering names from prior visits. They are fast, friendly and very pretty. Well Gus isn't pretty but cooks a mean meal and is very entertaining. We are headed back to Minnesota but promise to return soon!

Very good food! Not expensive and friendly staff!

I don't have any ill will towards Ted's and the nice family that owns it. They are pleasant and the restaurant is clean and spacious. We were also treated very, very well with the waitress going as far as making someone in our party of 7 an decaf iced tea. The service part they have down.

I do however take exception to restaurants, in any town, overcharging for sub-par food.  If you want to be a local establishment in "anytown, usa" there are certain standards that restaurants must follow if they don't want to get crappy reviews.  I am also insulted that a reviewer would tell me that because I live in NYC I'm supposed to let poorly executed food slide just because I'm in Jeffersonville.   I  ate taco's from a truck on the side of the road the other night and paid $2.50 per taco that were better than any I've had. The point is you must CARE about what you are serving, again regardless of what town your place may be in. If you choose to serve food with out that care, adjust your prices accordingly.  If you put something on your menu, make it well or don't put it on there.  The phrase of " Oh it's Ted's in Jeffersonville, you can't expect to get good (insert food) there" is a cop-out. A restaurants location should have no bearing on the quality of the food.

Having said all that I really don't think Ted's is all that bad. They do need to fix some issues.  First and foremost they are a diner and that part of the menu is done well. A few people got breakfast stuff and it was made well.  They also bill themselves as a Turkish restaurant and there is a big sign in the window that says "Mediterranean food"  yet it was lacking many of the staples.  Some people at the table got the Mixed Appetizer from the Turkish menu and they liked it. They also shared a shrimp casserole dish that they complained had too little shrimp but otherwise was tasty .  My Gf got a Greek salad with grilled shrimp and the shrimp were grilled well. Sadly, the salad was drowning in Italian dressing. It was almost soup-like.  I got the stuffed flounder with rice and steamed veggies. The rice was perfect, as were the veggies and that's were I should have stopped. While the flounder was fresh and cooked well, They stuffed it with a "homemade" imitation crab meat and breadcrumb slop fest that I left on the plate. It was mushy and really poorly made and all it would have took was a buck or two more to get real crab meat. Supermarkets use Imitation crab meat, not restaurants.  We also shared an order of Borek and although it seemed deep-fried instead of pan fried like it said on the menu it was really good.  They did make some really good Turkish coffee that I got after dinner and I enjoyed it very much.

Like I said originally, Ted's is an OK place. It just needs some work.  I don't think any of my complaints had anything to do with where I grew up, nor did I think they were outrageous demands. It had more to do with poor execution. If they are going to charge the prices they charge for some of their entrees, they had better step up their game or as one misguided reviewer put it, us " cidiots" won't be back to bring our money to towns like Jeffersonville and to places run by good people, like Ted's