Oakhurst Grille & Event Center (Formerly Oakhurst Tea Room)

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2409 Glades Pike, Somerset, PA 15501, USA
Added by Jopie, at 09 October 2016

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• Gary Beal

  10 May 2017

  Food was good as always. Somewhat smaller selection, but for startup of new owners, it was good. Would like to see the white table cloths again. The black tables make it appear more like a diner. At the increased prices, which still represent good value, I think the ambience could be improved a bit. Will certainly go back.

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• Hyper Sloth

  08 May 2017

  Back to the same as it was before, not good. Wont come again for a long time or, maybe to just try the bar menu items in a pinch. We have been back since reopening 4 times.
  
  The food quality was seemingly up a notch after the new owners took over, now it's back to what it was before they closed last year. The carving station isn't too bad although they are a little skimpy on the portions (very very small), nor is the small soup/salad bar bad at all. About what you would expect for a buffet soup/salad bar and carving station. The rest of the food though was bad. Nothing had been stirred in a long long time, leaving the edges very dried out and the center missing. STIR YOUR FOOD! (reconstitute!)Furthermore, you are going to get people sick if you leave meat product to get cold never reaching the sides or bottom while burning , wasting what sits on the sides forever.
  
  The desert station is very limited, the hygiene of the ice cream bar is questionable, and the cake placed out was frozen. One lady commented to a staff member who just shrugged her shoulders and walked away to do whatever it is she was doing.
  
  Onto the staff. Upon reopening, I was happy with the new staff. Our first 2 or 3 visits, were during the ski season. They were busy and the new staff members were nice. Since then, we have visited a couple more times and notice the restaurant is rather empty and the staff are what was before the new owners took over. They seem less caring than they did before and they weren't very caring then either. This is our second visit whereas my wife had to bus our own table and flag down random staff members or our waitress to get us refills. Unacceptable to never visit your guests after you bring the drinks the first time. Either the current staff is running the kitchen , the buffet lines and waiting tables and far too busy to do everything - or they just stink at their jobs. Either way it needs corrected but, is a far cry from their bigger problem which is food quality. My wife did not permit me to leave the full tip as she did all the work.
  
  The new bar looks good. Stone(or faux stone) U shaped bar, some flat screens from what I could see and about 8 guests in the bar on a sunday afternoon/evening. I may try a burger there but , aren't we all just sick of burgers? There's a great sportsbar in somerset that serves kickbutt burgers. I would likely just go there if I wanted a burger unless I didn't feel like traveling as far from 7S area. Still, I may try this place. Hoping they expand the menu just a bit.
  eventually though, I suspect this bar will be filled with just a few local bar flies and the food will be 100% frozen if it isn't already.
  
  I don't think anyone likes to eat here. There are two sizable (for Pittsburgh) resorts and quite a number of homeowners in both of those areas less than 10 mins away that would love to eat here regularly if the food was of any quality. I'm fairly active in the area and talk to a number of people. The only people that recommend or go here and like it are older people that remember like it was many years ago however today their taste buds are shot.
  
  We keep trying and hoping this place to be ok. It's quick in and out when you have two small kids and the options in the area are very limited. So it looks like at least for awhile for us, it's either 7S sporting clays foods, or drive into Somerset if we want to eat out.
  
  To the owners: Focus on your food quality and staff. You got your bar, you fixed the place up a bit (although I hate the new tables), get the food quality right - then invest on updated the interior of the restaurant. I'd recommend 'sections' , not floor to wall but dividers to break the feel of it being a giant feeding trough. Id take a limited selection of food that taste good over a larger selection of mediocre to poor food anyday.
  If you give up, and want to sell please email me.

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• Andrew B

  07 May 2017

  Happened to be here for the opening weekend of their new bar. Great beer list. Southern tier, fat head, terrapin, and other craft brews on draft. Didn't even touch the bottles, but there was more I could have tried. Had a burger at the bar and it was delicious. Highly recommend the tater tots as a side also. I didn't have the cole slaw but my friends told me it was great. Seriously stop by if you're in the are at seven springs or hidden valley.

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• Gigi Svirsko

  22 October 2016

  Wonderful Sunday brunch buffet!!! They make your eggs and omlet right on the spot how ever you want them! Comfortable settings and a quaint lovely gift shop! :) Some of the dinner food buffet is very bland. They have a good salad bar and seafood buffet on Friday evenings.

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• Ben Henigin

  16 October 2016

  Don't know what all the negative reviews are about, I've been going for the last 15 years or so and I've never had a bad meal. Friendly staff, good food, and cozy atmosphere. The drive there is beautiful in the fall.

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