With plenty of natural light, and beautiful views of the adjacent golf course, Wildflowers is a great spot for an upscale breakfast or lunch. Â We came here for the latter.
I recently attended a four-day conference at the Turning Stone, and was fortunate enough to stay in "The Lodge," Turning Stone's all-suites luxury property. Â It's connected to the rest of the hotel and casino via indoor bridge, and Wildflowers is the flagship restaurant at The Lodge.
Wildflowers offers a "traditional continental" menu, with rotating, seasonal selections, and a few items that stay put throughout the year. Â My colleague and I split a plate of edamame and had a half each of the Asian chicken flatbread and carved turkey club sandwiches.
While the edamame was your typical steamed and salted kind, the sandwiches really stood out. Â The turkey club was made with roast turkey meat, not cold cuts, and topped with crisp bacon, cranberry-infused bleu cheese and a delicious garlic aioli, while the Asian chicken flatbread was topped with a spicy slaw, seasoned hummus, and a chili-lime vinaigrette. Â Both sandwiches were neatly but generously filled, and extremely saucy, but not overpoweringly so.
I think pricing is the only thing keeping this place from five stars... although our sandwiches were fairly priced between $12 and $14, some of the $30-$40 entree plates we saw coming out were pretty small for the price. Â Service was fine, although there weren't too many people here on the Thursday afternoon that we came here.
This place seems to have mixed reviews, mostly stemming from the dinner and seafood selections. Â While this may be an upscale continental restaurant, I don't see any oceans nearby, so I might be a bit more hesitant to order the tuna/lobster/trout/etc. here.
It seems like this place has potential, but the food just comes up short. Staying at The Lodge for a few days, I came here for dinner one night and breakfast the following morning.
Service was very nice and accommodating, but also very slow. I think dinner took almost three hours, and we weren't taking our time or putting in extra orders. It also took a good 15 minutes to get coffee at breakfast, after we had put in our food orders. Generally at breakfast time coffee is offered before you even order your meal, so this was a surprise.
For dinner, I ordered the lobster bisque and the filet. The bisque was fine, but had just two little pieces of lobster in it. Why so little?? The broth was good, but it really just tasted like I was eating tomato soup - the lobster was gone after two bites. My steak was ordered medium rare, and came out medium. Most of our party ordered the filet, and all appeared to be over done. The filet came with "caramelized radicchio" - described as not having the typical bitter taste you would expect from radicchio...but in fact it was, very bitter, and left uneaten by everyone who ordered the dish. At the end of the night the manager gave us parting gifts of lemon pound cake. A nice touch, but I would have preferred a better meal...
For breakfast, I ordered an omelet with vegetables, ham and cheese. When it arrived the omelet had no vegetables. When I asked, the server quickly apologized and took it back. When my new omelet came out, the "grilled vegetables" listed on the menu as an omelet filling, turned out to be just onions and tomatoes. That's it? Plus, this new omelet was so oily it was almost inedible. My original omelet did not look this way. It had so much oil that when I cut into the omelet beads of oil came out from the inside - so I couldn't even eat around it. My group was in a hurry and I had already sent the omelet back once so I didn't say anything... but it was another disappointing meal. The restaurant did take the omelet off the bill for the initial error, which was also a nice gesture.
Very nice service, I just wish the food was on the same level.
I will try to be as fair as possible. Â This was not a special event dinner just a typical dinner for us. Â Dinner for two foie gras and scallop apps - scallop was good foie gras left much to be desired. Â potato wrapped sea bass pretty good nothing to exciting. the chioppino sea bass I cant believe they let it out of the kitchen over cooked chewy and fishy the mussles served with it should not have been eaten. Â Service was ok nothing special. Â Ambiance pretty stuffy and not inviting if you want to look out over a patio you will be satisified with the view. Â Wine selections not too hot. Plent of better places in the CNY area.
Review Source:Great place to have that special dinner... Service is always very good and the food rock solid, but not over the top creative. Presentation is what you would expect from a quality high end resort restaurant... You will have a great time.
I would add if you want a special classy breakfast this is the place.
As a  regular at Wildflowers over time, I rate as follows: "A+" for Decor: it's vista is" lovely & intimate (weather permitting, sit outside)  Food: "A" for  presentation; taste: B-  (for brunch/ lunch) dinner menu changes often and some find the pairings/ offerings unique & unexpected; which, according to palate, may or may not be to your liking;  portions: "C-/D" . Service at Brunch is  ok,  however for dinner: "C-/D" generally slow, but they try to compensate by bringing "tastings.
For Beakfast/ Brunch: I would order the Healthy Omelet ( it is the best  veggie omelet ever;  cooked to perfection & very filling-- comes with toast/ english; nice presentation/ table ware for tea or coffee: cappuccino comes with a  rock candy swizzle stick, and fruit salad w/ toasted coconut comes is a lovely stemmed compote- Villeroy & Boch.
" Conclusion: Â Wildflowers is as upscale as it gets for Central NY, but , is just average to people who are accustomed to fine dining. The Sunday brunch is casual, however be prepared to hear other conversation within earshot-- not sure if that's a good thing...Overall, you'll be pleased; however, Â it's may read a bit pricey, to some, but it's really standard for it's offering in more cosmopolitan places.
There really isnt much in this area, so this is as good as it gets.
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