Lauren C.
Google
Lynn, I’m deleted my angry review from this morning and am reposting. I realized that my anger was likely magnified by a new medication I just started that can cause irritation in the first few days.
With that said, I can’t rate Stilesboro Biscuits on my experience with the food, which would be a 5, and have to balance it with my experience inside the restaurant today and many other times.
Unfortunately, while the food is good and the staff is friendly, the restaurant is frequently dominated by large groups. I understand as a business owner you probably don’t want to put restrictions on who can visit your establishment, but with it being a small space, it is not conducive to, nor does it feel welcoming to other guests, for a large group to push all the available tables together so that no one else who comes in is able to sit down.
The group of 10+ in there today left only a single chair available for others. Most of them were no longer eating, yet none of them seemed concerned with another customer sitting on the floor. I don’t know if it was a Bible study group or perhaps some type of club.
Logically, I know you cannot control a larger family who may come in occasionally, but I would say 3/5 times I have come in over the past year, a group is dominating the space. And yes, it is a bummer, because the space is very cute to come and sit with a friend or two and have breakfast. Yet, it seems Stilesboro Biscuits is becoming a conference room.
I was also disheartened that it wasn’t until after my sister had finished eating that one of the staff brought two folding chairs from the back. Maybe they’d forgotten they existed, but it would have been nice to sit down with my sister today and eat before she flew back across the world.
However, I should have just suggested we go somewhere else. Problem solved. Which is what I suspect a lot of people may be doing when they see there are these big groups taking up all of the tables and chairs. Thoughts of going to Stilesboro Biscuits no longer bring that feeling of “Oh, it’s a nice place to sit with a friend or your kids and have breakfast.” Instead, they’re more like “Hopefully the conference room isn’t booked today.”
I don’t know what the solution is. I appreciate the small mom and pop feel of Stilesboro Biscuits. However, I personally believe there need to be some restrictions on these large groups overtaking the dining area.