Flannel - STOWE

No tables available at this restraint. How can you enjoy this place ?

Breaking fast review I 'll do, for dinner was too full for our purview. So we sat and ate before it got too too late. The eggs were good, the home fries too, the sausages sweet as honey dew. Our server Lynn, pouring coffee for two, had us feeling right at home while we drank the brew. We were early so the crowd was scarce and few as we enjoyed our stay and the breakfast view. Mount Mansfield in the distance seemed to be call 'you-who, ' we knew we would be slipping and sliding down the slopes with no further ado.

If I could I would give this place a 0. Yes we did have a reservation and yes we did make it 6 months in advance and yes it was Christmas Eve. But what was ridiculous was that they sat us right by the bar and door at a folding table. This family who had been waiting before us got there right before us and was super snooty to us and the hostess. They were rude. So we decided to sit and eat downstairs at the restaurant in the lobby which honestly was so much better. The snotty family obviously was seating in the back of Flannel at a great non folding table. What a disappointment.Yes it was Christmas Eve, but we made our reservation 6 months in advance. We get to the restaurant for our reservation on time and we have to wait 20 minutes to be seated. This super snotty family was also waiting to be seated and the hostess told us to wait outside and that they were clearing our table. We waited in a hallway with no seats trying our best to be patient. Then they proceeded to sit the other family at our table and then made them get up and sit at the bar. So unprofessional. We finally sat down at the worst table in the restaurant. It was a folding table squeezed into the room because they completely overbooked the place. It was not ideal to be eating Christmas Eve dinner at a folding table. We left it was terrible. We sat at the restaurant downstairs which was great but was not our original plan at all. It’s understandable to have problems on Christmas Eve but not like that. The waitress and the hostess both looked like they were about to cry. Rate: 0/10 so disappointing.

Vegan options!!!!!!! I got their butternut squash bisque, the squash and kale salad, and a side of the most DELICIOUS shiitake mushroom quinoa salad with pomegranate seeds in it that was part of their special of the night. Also their rosemary garlic bread is AMAZING they even brought me oil to dip it in. My waitress was extremely helpful and accommodating and also informed me that all of the salads except for the Caesar were vegan. You can also veganize the vegetable risotto by asking for it without cheese and you can also also veganize the tuna dish! This place would have gotten 5 stars if they had a dessert option besides sorbet but overall this was awesome.

Experience was an overall disappointment as we were excited when looking at the menu. Service was terrible, the server was nice but staff was not attentive and the location seemed to be understaffed and undertrained (I.e. did not give us water, plates or utensils until we asked multiple times). To make matters worse, the food was way over priced for quality and quantity. Appetizers were bland and entrees were just ok. This place gets a for price but is one of the most expensive places in Stowe and should not be under a tag. Definitely will not return again even if meal was comped.