Tufulio's Restaurant & Bar - Craft Beer - Happy Hour - Pizza/Italian Food

Nice out of the way restaurant. The ambiance was relaxing, but a tad dark inside. Our meals were great! Pasta was delicious, I recommend the manicotti. The pizza was alright. A little light on the sauce and a tad undercooked. The crust/dough could have been kept in the oven for another 3-5 minutes to crisp up. Mozzarella sticks were good. Our server was very nice and it was great to see another young lady going around to top off water, clear plates, and check in. Overall a decent place to stop by. Would consider going back 7/10

Had their chicken tortellini carbonara. It was absolutely delicious and in generous size. Also had their buttersquash ravoli with maple appetizer, holy smokes it tastes as good as it smells. Wild mushrooms and beef specials soup hit the spot too

Ordered take out. Chicken marsala. It was fantastic! One of the best I've ever had. Only suggestion would be more mushrooms. Lol. Service was amazing staff was incredibly helpful and kind. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone. Very impressive. Thank you to the chefs and staff. I'll be back for sure! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tufulios certainly Tufooled us tonight. Tufulio’s is the worst experience I’ve had in the 21st century. The Veal Marsala was horrifying. It was 2mm thick, and tasted like 3 week old pork chop - older than a child on a seesaw back in 1980. There seems to have been only one seasoning on this (like grandma says), honestly felt like the only seasoning on the meal was just water. Lick the glacier water and consume it but damn to me, I didn’t ask for water this time. It was a watered down mushy mess and I threw it out after a bite. The pizza looked and tasted like a make a wish disaster. If there’s one wish I could make it would be to never have been robbed in broad daylight by this restaurant. Please please heed my warning and go somewhere else. Stay safe PS: Lady who took our order was wonderful, but definitely a red flag if the chicken fingers on the apps selection is the “best thing on the menu”

Great food, great service and nice menu selection - will go back again

I personally don’t like to leave poor reviews but have to say our experience at this restaurant was pretty bad. We were seated immediately by the hostess and the waitress didn’t come over for 10 minutes. After ordering we waited almost 20 minutes before she brought over our drinks. She was too busy talking with friends and locals while we noticed other customers were experiencing the same service. Once the food came out almost 45 minutes after ordering the quality was equivalent to high school cafeteria food. It was unappetizing, no flavor and overcooked. We literally just wanted to pay for our meal and leave the restaurant as soon as possible. Again I don’t like to leave poor reviews as I like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt but this place is by far the worst Italian restaurant I have ever visited.

Great pasta, and a perfect lowlit bar environment to enjoy. Truly a decades old gem. Better than the one down the street!

Fuel up with Italian food after the long run on slope at Sugarloaf Enjoy your meal my fellow sugarloafer !!

Tufulios is such a classic. The bar always gets busy, but it's a great place if you can get a spot. The food is consistent and solid. There's some great apps. what's fun is that most of the meals come with either rice, pasta, or a baked potato AND your choice of soup or a salad. That's a really good deal for what you get. I had a special this past time, the steak mac and cheese and it was really good! Cheesy, tasty, flavorful.

My family has been here several times and it's always good! We've ordered the same thing a couple of times and it's always the same great quality, but with enough slight variation that you can tell it's truly made from scratch. Their specials are great but everything on their regular menu that we've tried has also been delicious! This is definitely our go-to spot in the area! Our favorites are the pasta dishes (particularly the tortellini)! The staff is also always nice and we've gotten pretty lucky with little to no wait to be seated every time we've come in (though we've seen others have to wait longer).

Cute restaurant with all sorts of posters and Western Maine things. Really Good food after a long day of adventuring and hiking and Server was awesome as well!

Great place and dependable good food. Nice people. Locals really love it and you always know someone when you go in. A great Carrabassett local establishment.

I used to like Tufulios. It was pretty standard Italian fare. I think it has slipped after COVID. They're having issues with staffing. The service these days has gotten very slow. They are no longer offering take out service. I found this out after a half hour of trying to call them. I only live two miles away, so I jumped in my truck and went over. The white nitro pizza used to be a favorite. The one that was served to me was inedible. Seemed like a frozen crust. As a Sugarloaf institution, I hope they get their act together and rebound.

Tufulio's is a local favorite - good food, beer and wine, and a fun mountain vibe...what else do you need to have a good evening? The menu has something delicious for everyone - pasta, meat and seafood, vegetarian, and kids too. The once a week half-off wine is a great way to experience wine's out of your normal budget. The friendly staff will take good care of you!

Excellent everything food drinks service. Very impressed. Comfortable atmosphere but not stuffy. Lol forward to next visit

Food was delicious. I had the chicken Parmesan and my husband had a wild mushroom ravioli lobster and scallop in a cream sauce. Service was awesome. Haley was our waitress. She was AWESOME!!! Definitely recommend.

I truly enjoyed having a meal here. In this small town, there are few selections of restaurants. Among these, I believe this is one of the best options here. The portion was very generous. My steak was a cooked perfectly, I loved the side pasta dish. The bread was so soft and moist. The salmon dish was very tasty as well. The potato fries were crispy that i could stop eating it. Overall, this place is great and no downside that I can think of. I would defintely go back if I am in this area.

Great daily food specials and awesome atmosphere! Our favorite place to stop when we're in the area.

I like the food here. It is pretty standard Italian fare. You always know what you are getting. The staff is friendly and accommodating. I'm partial to the White Nitro pizza. Good salads and a cool bar scene.

Pizza was very good, and so was the service. Wasn't crazy about the onion soup as it was too salty.

If you drink enough any bar is good enough lol. Only kidding, Skip! Great bar and great food equal a great time. Visit here every time I come from Connecticut. The ravioli with scallops was yummy. The steak is very good and haddock makes perfect. Staff was attentive and helpful. Nice to have the owner come by to chat and check up on us! See you next visit

If I could give less than 1 star I would. The pasta was horrible, like I'm talking freezer selection at market basket bad bad pasta. Like cmon if you're "claiming" to be an Italian place at least get the basics right. WILL NEVER RETURN!

Went here last night for my birthday dinner, and it was absolutely amazing! Probably the best and nicest restaurant we have visited while in Maine, we aren't from here and I have to say, I'd return just to eat here again! Our server was so sweet and helpful! The inside was beautifully decorated and just all around an amazing experience.

I've been eating and drinking at Tufulios since about 1979, and I have never had a bad eating experience there. During college days, I probably had some bad drinking experiences, but that was due to my own stupidity. However, as a wicked refined adult, I can now review it on a culinary basis. The food is consistently excellent, and there are few places that can compete with them even within a few hours drive from its location in Carrabassett Valley. The staff has been there forever, so they know what they're doing, and they know the clientele. One thing I can say with absolute conviction is that they serve the single best pizza available in Maine: The Hot Chicken Pizza. Loaded with chicken, red peppers and pepperoncini, it gets your head sweating and your tastebuds smiling through a haze of mild pain, so if you like some zip in your food, and have a moderately sophisticated taste for pizza, then this is your dream come true. Of course, their other pizzas are excellent, but this one is something truly special.

This is the best restaurant in town! The steak is superb. The salmon is well prepared! We will definitely come here again!

Super delicious. Ribeye special was very good and seared duck (on regular menu) with wild rice was fantastic: crispy skin and a ton of flavorful mushrooms with a slightly sweet Madeira sauce. Great with a glass of Salentein Malbec. Soup special wth white beans, sausage and ham was great too. My friend from Colby recommended this place and it did not disappoint.

No one in the Carrabassett Valley/ even the No End Boston can hold a Candle to Tufulios. Food is always Fresh and comes to the table Hot. Outstanding Staff and always entertaining. You might even see Olympian Snowboarder Seth Wescott sitting in the bar A+

Food was very good we had Marsala lasagna salad Service was so so ! We waited awhile which is fine and understandable on a Saturday night but the lack of customer Service was missing kind of like whatever attitudes ? Really just a young under experienced staff is all with a little shaping and molding could change I can't complain about the food it was very good price was reasonable .. we'd go back for sure !

Food was good and so was the service. Helpings were plentiful. Highly recommend if your in the area or are extremely hUngry after skiing all day.

We went on a Friday evening. Plenty of room and we were seated right away with plenty of social distancing. The wait staff were prompt, pleasant and knowledgeable. Our party of 3 had haddock, salmon and pizza. All were Excellent! Highly recommended.

Great food, good specials, great layout, well staffed, great variety of food, lots of good beers on tap, lots of great wines on tap, family friendly and a fun bar area with a few TVs, away from the hustle and bustle of the mountain. I can't think of much else I'd want in a restaurant. It's not gourmet, but it's not mountain food all the other places serve around here. I would take a date here, go with the guys, or bring the fam. I'm going again tomorrow!

Fantastic Italian restaurant. Extensive wine list at good prices. Really nice selection of beers on tap. This place is a regular hang-out for locals and visitors and is a mainstay of the Valley community. Opens at 4:00 everyday for happy hour. They have the best homemade blue cheese dressing which is great with the chicken wings. I've been here many times and have tried a lot of the menu selections and have never been disappointed. Great place to land after a day of skiing, mountain biking, golf, etc.

Ordered take out since covid time still. Haven't had food from Tufulio's in a year. Hubbie and I pleased as always! Love their food!! Hubbie had veggie pizza and he said it was better than our home town pizza. That is high praise, indeed! I had the chive shrimp and requested they add some broccoli. I was in heaven - so delicious!! Tufulio's never disappoints!! Our favorite restaurant in Carrabasset Valley!! Been coming here for 9 years.

Tufulio's is a really cool place, the food is fantastic given that it is alone in this otherwise baron part of Maine. In the winter when Sugarloaf is open this place is very busy, in the summer not so much but busy or not this place is always a great place to come for cheap happy hour, great food and some very friendly locals. Jean is a great bar tender and there is a loud local named Jennifer that just lights up the the place.

The Carrabassett library employee's told us that this place was good, and they were correct. We had dinner salads (meh, average), haddock tufulio with pesto (A+, especially if you love pesto) bread (nom noms) butternut squash ravioli appetizer was my dinner (it had maple syrup sauce!) lobster stew- more of a bisque, not that hearty, but good, not a ton of lobster. Prices were average. I'd say the service was decent as well. Cheers.

Best meal we had staying up here! A lot of places were closed and we were very happy this place was open for the marathon weekend! There was a little wait but like I said there wasn't much open so it was going to happen. Food was fabulous! Service aside from it being super busy was great! Very friendly people! Actually just ate my leftovers and they were still perfect! I had the 3P tortellini that was very flavorful and filling! Also the chocolate mousse was a great choice too with kahlua and some kind of crunchy middle very tasty! My mom had some lemon cake that she keeps saying that she keeps dreaming of. Haha!

Finacee and I came here after getting bored with the on mountain options, and we were very glad we did! The wine selection lives up to the hype. They also had Allagash Black (one of my local favorites) and several other hard to find beers. I had the steak, which was delicious if slightly dry, and she loved the eggplant parmesan. The service was outstanding, our waitress was happy to accomodate our indecisiveness. We'll definitely be returning.

I love this place. A landmark of the loaf with delicious food and a fun and eclectic atmosphere. I have on many occasions been tempted to drive an hour and a half for their veggie pizza with eggplant. I actually want to go now. Mmmm.

I love Tufulios! The staff are great, the food is great and the drinks are always good. I have a lot of dietary restrictions and I can always find something on the menu.

Back at Sugarloaf for Reggae Fest this year, and the obligatory dinner at Tufulio's! We brought the boys with us this time and we all enjoyed our meals. The portions are very generous, so we even had enough to bring back to the dog eagerly waiting in the car. As with last time, we got a generous amount of lobster in our creamy lobster stew, and the duck was tender and well cooked. The boys' salmon special and steaks were delicious too. Tufulio's fills up fast during the ski season, so make sure you get there early so you can get a table. The service is efficient, upbeat, and friendly. See you again next year!! Check out our our food photos and you'll see why.

"Best food in the world, ever." "I would seriously drive six hours just for this place." Those are quotes my teenage brother wants to include. Take these with a good shaker full of salt since a) he just spent all day burning calories at Sugarloaf b) was starving c) is a teenager d) who's one true love is food and e) should never be taken seriously. But still, he said that. So yeah, my dad, my brother and I came here after spending the day skiing, and this place really hit the spot. I personally may have only given four stars since the waitress had to be reminded of little things like refills on a few occasions, but honestly she was perfectly nice and did in fact take our orders and give each person the right order, all of them hot and delivered in a reasonable amount of time. Also, the food was really, really good, to the point where when I could only eat half of my shrimp pasta dish (forget the real name) Dad and my brother were more than happy to polish off the rest. Glad to have come here.

Great servers who arrived at the right times at the table....didn't wait for anything. Food quality of all our dishes was great for the most part. Roasted red potatoes were underdone and asparagus was only 4 thin spears but the steak was perfect. Meatballs/ravioli .... Delectable Beer...yum....wine....yummier..... Choose this over your hotel restaurant....it's worth the 10 minute drive. Kudos to the DJ.......this meal with BB King et al in the background was great ambience.

So wife and I decided to try this place while staying at a local inn in Kingfield. Wife ordered the duck breast and I ordered the filet with Gorgonzola. The duck was served at a perfect temperature however the fat was not rendered correctly. They should be starting the duck in a cold pan and slowly bringing it up to temp. The filet was cooked perfectly but the grilled zucchini was saturated in oil and inedible. Service was slow but very friendly. It's a cute little place and probably come back again just not order the duck.

My fiancè and I were told to visit Tufulios as an option for dinner. Menu looked good so we tried it out. Overall we were really impressed ! My fiancè got filet medallions Gorgonzola and it was cooked how he liked it... it came with a lot of other sides which were also good. I got the baked haddock and it was made with all of my favorite things - pesto tomato and Parmesan cheese... at first I was skeptical... but I am so glad I tried it. This was AMAZING. The pesto sauce was so good that I joked I could drink it from the dish. The fish was cooked perfectly and fell apart by the touch of my fork. Service was okay - waitress was new so she was unsure of some things but was personable and honest. We would definitely go back.

My friend and I, both long time Sugarloafers, rank all the mountain area restaurants each year. Tufulios generally ends up 1 or 2. It's in the valley which adds to its appeal. Overall food quality, selection, prices and atmosphere are the criteria. Great place for families and meeting friends for drinks. Lots of sugarloaf and ski history on the walls of the bar. During the season and weekends get there before 530 or after 8. Otherwise, you will spend a fair amount of time in the cramped bar. Traditional Italian food menu. Veal Marsala is a favorite. Baked wings are awesome. Usually rotate 3 or 4 specials which add some menu diversity. Good locally owned restaurant.

Waitstaff was very friendly and attentive but the food was just okay. I got the steak that was on special that day. Steak cooked okay but no flavor. Didn't wow the mouth whatsoever. It was about $27 too! Basically could have picked up my own steak at the grocery store and cooked it myself in a fry pan with nothing other than oil and it would have tasted the same. When you pay that much you'd think they'd make it special, a flavor that melts in your mouth. Also, I opted to skip the starch and just asked for veggie in its place. They charged me an extra $2 and didn't tell me they were going to. That was annoying, I thought it would be in place of the starch. Oh well. We also got the scallops. Again, cooked good, but no special flavor. Almost like our dishes lacked cooking with salt and pepper? Not sure, that's why we go to restaurants, honestly to enjoy a meal you can't make the same at home. Wine list was impressive! It was fun to get a bottle and enjoy. Great options for wine and fair prices. Overall experience was good. Staff makes a difference. Wouldn't go back for the food, but would for how nice the experience was with staff and customers.

Great selection of craft beer and well portioned american/italian food. Open year round and a hot spot for locals.

I love this place! Consistently delicious up-to-date food. They'll customize off the menu when not busy and the everyday happy hour is so fun. Every visitor I bring there has such a good time. For my Dad it has become a ritual. He comes to Maine we go to Tufulios. Every time! The decor has a story to tell and if it doesn't you can make one up. The regulars banter across the bar and it has wines (good wines) on a tap setup. Love love love! What to eat? Sunday is two-fer, eat the steak or seafood pasta! The duck is a pleasant surprise. And hurry in for lasagne night before it's gone. Go there for sure, there are so many surprises! I don't want to give it all away ;)

I've been going to Tufulio's for years. Always reliable and I never had a problem. They take good care of my wife and daughter's gluten free requirement with many options for them, including GF pasta cooked to order. I had dinner there last Saturday night, 23MAR2019, and ordered the pork chop special accompanied with risotto. I couldn't believe the beautiful presentation of this dish. The chop had been frenched with the full-length (10") rib bone like a lamb lollypop usually is, and I'm quite sure it had been subtlety brined as the chop was perfectly cooked through yet nice and moist: a hard thing to do with a pork: easy to make dried out pork... The excellence of this dish and the attention to detail, and care in preparation got me thinking about the previous time eating here in mid-February. I also ordered off the special menu then and requested the Half Duckling, which was an equally outstanding meal in its own way.This special was such a welcome change from modern restaurant nouveau-Duck Breast entree, where one usually only gets a half boneless breast (leave hungry) and the staff encourages you to order it medium-rare. No, this was a complete half-duckling, bone-in with breast, wings, and legs. Fully cooked with crisp skin, fat rendered out from slow cooking. A nice sweet sauce "Duck a l'Orange." I haven't had it like this in years. Perfect. This restaurant and chef are knocking it out of the park this winter and this compelled me to write my 5 star review. I hope to get back one more time before the snow melts.

4pm Grumpy Hour! If you don't sit in Joe's chair he may offer you a "monkey nut". Oven baked wings are awesome and cheap. Suck'em right off the bone. Great pizza ( especially left overs the next morning when you're hung over ) and menu items. The specials are tasty too! Nice selection of beer and wine. Oh, and there is a full bar that I can attest to. I I always look forward to stopping in when I'm upta camp.

Drinks where great. Food was good..... except as a vegan there are no options unless you want a bland salad. The one option that was available was a veggie stir fry with rice (which was covered in butter). When I asked for no butter the waitress just said sorry it is what it is and didn't even check if they could make it without butter.

Excellent service. Had seafood-stuffed haddock which was great. Son had pizza and liked it. Prices ok and wine was very reasonable. If I ever go skiing at Sugarloaf, will definitely return.

Went here after being away for many years. 2for night. Menu great, wine list good, service great. Many people there for a Sunday night. Salads small but good. Food great, nice flavor ... Chicken Marsala light and tasty. Bread hot... Service was great.

Prompt, friendly service coupled with excellent food and good pricing. All of that in a warm, casual atmosphere.

Tufulio's is my favorite restaurant when going up to Sugarloaf. I have gone there countless number of times. Each time I visited I was never dissatisfied and always enjoyed my meal. Having been there so many time the waitresses treat you as a guest not a customer. I always love getting their pizza along with the side of garlic bread or mussels.

This place is a gem. Very nice Italian restaurant with high standards, great prices, terrific wine list. We didn't venture into the specials, which looked innovative, and had a simple meal that exceeded expectations. Great pesto sauce on pasta -- homemade. A vege pizza without having the veges mush or burned. Great service in a nice atmosphere. Recommended! (Note -- the location in Yelp is not right ... The restaurant is in Carrabasset Valley center, at Valley Crossing on Route 27)

Back at Sugarloaf for Reggae Fest this year, and the obligatory dinner at Tufulio's! We brought the boys with us this time and we all enjoyed our meals. The portions are very generous, so we even had enough to bring back to the dog eagerly waiting in the car. As with last time, we got a generous amount of lobster in our creamy lobster stew, and the duck was tender and well cooked. The boys' salmon special and steaks were delicious too. Tufulio's fills up fast during the ski season, so make sure you get there early so you can get a table. The service is efficient, upbeat, and friendly. See you again next year!! Check out our our food photos and you'll see why.