Stone Creek Dining - Montgomery, Cincinnati, Ohio Restaurant Details

Food:

So far Good food and Service

Food:

Great food and great service. Have never been disappointed.

Food:

Very good service, the bottled water refills is a nice touch. Food was good and atmosphere was good. Healthy menu selections was great. Parking was hard to find but otherwise a great spot to dine while in Montgomery.

Food:

Capsule: Overpriced, average food, poor service.

I took a colleague and my wife there over lunch for his birthday. The total bill came in just under $90 for the three of us.

I had the AYCE Soup and Salad. The soups I picked were the French Onion, which was comparable to Panera, and the Spicy Gumbo, which was terrible. The gumbo was occasionally spicy, but it lacked any depth - pretty much warmed over canned soup. The salads were basic fare (Caeser) like you would expect from Outback or Longhorn.

My wife had the Salmon Salad - she had the salmon blackened. The cook burned more than blackened it and under-cooked it too boot. The salad part was a bit more acceptable to her, but still it was nothing you cannot get at any generic steakhouse.

My co-worker had the Gumbo along with the Applewood Chicken Salad, plus 2 glasses of wine and a coffee. He also found the gumbo bland. The salad was average as was the coffee. He wine was decent - the second mini-carafe was over-filled so that was a bonus for him.

For an appetizer we had the lump crab cake. All of us rated that as the best part of the meal.

Nicole, our waitress, was a disaster - terribly slow and gone for long periods. The food may have been uninspired and wan, but the service took it down a notch from there. They drop off a bottle of water at the table, which with four of us was empty pretty quick. Then it took forever to get another one - all of our glasses were sitting empty before out waitress finally made an appearance and dropped off another one. My wife had to flag her back to get a refill of her tea before she whisked off to hide once again.

Getting a refill of my soup and salad nearly required a writ from the Pope to finally get Nicole to swing by once again and check on us.

EDIT: My first review was for 1 Star and given my experience at the time I still stand by it. However, I rarely refuse to return to a restaurant after a single try. There are just too many variables that might not have clicked that time - we have all had to moments. I returned for a second visit and it was much improved. I still think there are better locations in Montgomery to visit, but I am bumping it to 3 starts on account of the better second visit.

Food:

This place is not worth it. They try to be fine dining, but the food is below average. We went there for a birthday party. I tried a bite of 15 different meals, and not one of them was worth the price. I could easily make these meals at home (and I am not the best chef). If you just want your meal to look pretty, then this is your place. If you want good food, go somewhere else.