Orchard Park By David Burke

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Recommended dishes: Clothesline Bacon, Lobster Dumplings

I’ve been to this place before but went for HH and had a great experience. I booked a table to celebrate a friend’s birthday and was told after paying a hefty bill that ‘we were being too loud’ by a manager with a power trip. There are nicer way of saying things in what I thought was a nice establishment. Never going back Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner

I met up with my mom to get food and drinks and listen to a band. When I arrived I parked in the private lot. I walked into a very nice bar and restaurant. I sat at the bar, and the bartender was so nice. I ordered the lemon drop martini, which was good and also the red wine. I also got the espresso martini but wasn't a fan and the bartender was so nice and made my other drinks. They have a great happy hour and I ordered the margarita pizza and it was very good! Happy hour is from 4-7pm Monday through Friday. The band they had was so good! I really enjoyed my time!

I met up with my mom to get food and drinks and listen to a band. When I arrived I parked in the private lot. I walked into a very nice bar and restaurant. I sat at the bar, and the bartender was so nice. I ordered the lemon drop martini, which was good and also the red wine. I also got the espresso martini but wasn't a fan and the bartender was so nice and made my other drinks. They have a great happy hour and I ordered the margarita pizza and it was very good! Happy hour is from 4-7pm Monday through Friday. The band they had was so good! I really enjoyed my time!

After hearing glowing reviews from family and coworkers, we recently celebrated our wedding anniversary at Orchard Park. We pulled in driving thru a street lined with lighted up trees. That was nice. The place's parking lot was pretty packed! I opted to park my own car rather valet. Walking in I couldn't help but think of the Manor in West Orange where I had my wedding. Unlike the Manor there wasn't any nice landscaping outside here. Just a huge (and filled parking lot. Unfortunately the Manor closed down but Orchard Park and it's associated wedding venue seemed to be doing really well. Inside there was a nice hotel reception area followed by an equally cool bar. We got to our table and got a good look at the open kitchen. A lot of clothesline bacon appetizers were stacking up by there. Everything was nice but with a modern feel rather than the traditional but very nice atmosphere I remember at the Manor. The food overall was pretty good and our server was great. Cocktails were awesome too. The clothesline bacon was tasty. Spots of burn (which we aren't a fan of but definitely packed with flavor. My son said that it was the best bacon he's ever had. The margherita pizza was a little disappointing because it arrived as just a regular cheese pizza. The waitress explained they don't add basil for kids. We requested for added basil and tried it and decided to keep the dish so as not to waste it. It tasted fine but I don't think it wasn't made with fresh mozzarella but rather with shredded. There weren't the delicious islands of cheese surrounded by sauce I am used to when having a margherita pie. Also we are used to fresh basil leaves not the pesto sauce basil they added. It was all uphill from there though. My cocktail was great. I chose the Quattro Quattro, after the old forrester 100 proof and cynar Italian bitters caught my eye. The drink was like a fresh delicious variation on a Manhattan. The 20 oz dry aged ribeye was probably a bit smaller than advertised (15 Oz? but it was delicious. It came with delicious sides we ordered potato and asparagus/ mushrooms were excellent. The brussell sprouts were a little burned but had good flavor. The steak came out probably closer to medium than the targeted medium rare but it was still very tender. It was accompanied by a tangy sweet jam/ sauce that was memorable. I found out it's a known patents pending David Burke steak sauce called B1. As mentioned our server was great. Very attentive and she even took the pizza off our bill which I told her was unnecessary but she said she knew we weren't happy with it. Overall it was a nice meal for the 3 of us with a good amount of leftovers for under $200.