I came to meet a friend at Edna's. It was past ski season so it was a nice and quiet lunch. We got the tables by the big window overlooking the ski hills so we got a beautiful view of the beginning of Spring. I ordered the beet and goat cheese salad and added grilled chicken. Everything was fresh, cooked well and put together nicely. It was a decent portion size. Service was top notch. She made sure all my menu choices were safe for me. It was much appreciated. My only comment is that since this is part of the ski resort it's pretty pricey. Salad, no drink, was about $30. read more

This was a horrible experience! My family and I stayed at the hotel and got take out from this place. Upon seeing the receipt after leaving, noticed we were overcharged. The place had closed so the next day I went to ask them about it and brought the itemized receipt. Was met with"nothing we can do" so i asked if they can credit the price difference to another take out order for the current evening since we stayed at the hotel. Hesitantly they agreed. Since mistakes were made the first take out order and I was told to repeat my order next time to make sure they get it right (although restaurant staff should do this typically; read back the order they took) i preceded to go slow and repeated it, even pointed on the menu. 30 minutes later at pick up, I noticed again I was overcharged by $40+ . I Asked to review the order to find the discrepancy and the lady that took my order input a completely different meal considerably more in price, up charged on salad, and did not credit from evening before that manager agreed to. Back and forth for 30 minutes and waiting for them to remake the incorrect meal and toss in the caesar side salad ($10) just to arrive back to the room and see the smallest salad without dressing! The manager made it a point to take out the regular sized salad and give the tiny one. At the very least leave the salad since you wasted so much of my time and frustration. I would have avoided writing this review, but that put me over the top. So much time wasted and met with unpleasant service, so disappointing as we used to be very happy with the service in all of our past visits over the years. On the contrary the food overall was good! Chef did a nice job, the other staff was just incompetent and seemed annoyed even though it was their fault over and over. I see similar reviews so maybe upper management should have a meeting with staff on how to better respond to situations and be more attentive. It was two different servers that took orders on two separate nights. read more

Oof, this place is not good y'all. The only good thing was the service. Ambiance: first red flag was the carpet. When you see a restaurant with a carpet...run. They're virtually impossible to clean. Sure enough, it smelled vaguely like urine and dirty feet and it had a really grotty look and texture. Matted smelly rug? I don't even want to know what the kitchen looks like. YUCK. Food: Got the brussel sprout appetizer and it was disgusting. 0/10 stars. The sprouts were undercooked (hard) and very sour? I guess that was the lemon but they were really unpleasant and this is coming from someone who loves brussel sprouts. Honestly it almost made me angry how bad these were, they massacred my favorite veggie! 2 of my companions split the pear and prosciutto pizza and they said it was "fine." My third companion got the seafood Mac and cheese and it looked broken to me. Greasy and watery but also clumpy? He doesn't complain so he said it was "okay" but it looked gross to me. DO NOT COME HERE FOR YOUR OWN SAKE! read more

Slope side lunch with our group. Interesting, seasonal cocktails. Loved the pear/honey/bourbon. Large salad portion, so we split it. Service was friendly and efficient. read more

What a strange little restaurant this place is. Located inside of holiday fall naturally this place was insanely busy during fall fest. About an hour wait for our large group. Not to bad it's alright we hung out in the Cabana and played some of the outdoor games. When we arrived we where seated next to a group of clearly insanely drunk frat boys one with a vape IN HIS MOUTH. In our group we had two children and a baby. Our server was extremely pushy in recommending food and drinks and seemed annoyed with us the entire time. We then began the waiting game for about half an hour still listening to the drunk profanity ridden college students. We order apps but our mains came out first. Strange. I had the BBQ chicken with the sides of chefs vegetables and fries. The chicken was cooked nicely on one half but was burnt on the other. The vegetables with slathered in the butter to the point where it pooled in the bottom (see photo). Those who got pizzas seemed disappointed and the pizzas looked burnt. Salads remained mostly untouched. The drink of the day our server recommended also left nearly untouched. As for the Apps it seems like people liked the Nachos. The charcuterie board however was sad. 25 dollars for some deli pepperoni and salami, a tiny blob of goat cheese, burnt bread, random crushed nuts and a disgusting jam. I've had much better charcuterie boards for cheaper. If you are in holiday valley this may be the only sit down restaurant. Still I recommend taking the drive into the town for a bite to eat. read more

John Harvard's Brew House - Chefs Vegetables with pool of butter - American Near Me - Ellicottville, New York

Recently remodeled and rebranded as Edna's. The ambiance and location if you're at HV is perfect. Pretty good selection of beer on tap & cocktails to select from, but that's the extent of it. We had a party of 4, not one of us enjoyed our dinner after an hour wait. Originally selected as they're boasting all their GF options, but in reality they had limited supply for those in need of GF, to the point where there was only one option to select from. Myself, I went with nachos, hard to screw up but they were probably the worst I've ever had. Would not recommend. read more

I loved everything about this burger. It was cooked to perfection, the Gouda cheese was out of this world, the bun was the perfect softness and it simply tasted amazing. Even the fries were pretty close to being the best I've ever had. We stayed the night at the Tamarack Club for my fiancé's birthday, and decided to just grab dinner in the hotel restaurant instead of venturing into the town. What a great decision because the food was so delicious. We got calamari as an appetizer. I usually just pick at a few pieces, but this time I couldn't stop eating it. If you are in Ellicottville and are looking for a great dinner, this is the place to be! read more

John Harvard's Brew House - American Near Me - Ellicottville, New York

We had a meal at John Harvard's during the E'ville Fall festival weekend. It was a little busy but we did receive good service from the host who also turned out to be our server. Food was good. The view was even better - we looked at the beautiful autumn scenery. I would go back and try one of their pizzas which looked very good at the table next to us. read more

Great location with scenic view but somewhat pricey for what we ordered. $13 for basic hamburger with $2 extra if you want fries instead of the cardboard chips seems high to me. It was very good but not that good. On the other hand the Pasta Primavera was superb well worth the $15 but $6 more for added shrimp that were hard to find may not be worth it Still - we would come back since decent food and decor but service was impersonal making us feel why bother read more

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My family and I have given this place a try over the years. The food, in my opinion, is flavorless. Drinks are OK, but this place lacks in so many areas. You would think facing a ski hill would be grand, but I guess the family here before our most recent visit played charades with greasy hands on the window. Maybe this place should seek out a recent culinary school grad to reimagine the "brew house" concept. I've already given it a chance over the years, and I won't return. read more

We visiting John Harvard's while staying at Holiday Valley. We were hoping for a brew house atmosphere and good food. The scenery was nice as we could watch skier come down the slopes. The atmosphere was that of your typical hotel restaurant. Nothing to exciting or "brew house" about it. They started off our visit with mini cups of hot chocolate which was luke warm with too much whipped cream but tasty. I got a cocktail ( I can't remember what it was called) made with Kahlúa, peppermint schnapps and cream. It was good but not thrilling. They also brought out a bread basket with our drink order. The bread seemed stale but had some good flavor. We ordered the Bavarian pretzels to start our meal off. They we got fresh and ever so tasty. They weren't overly salty or oily and the dipping sauces were great. My fiancé ordered the Chickalo wrap (basically a buffalo chicken wrap) and thoroughly enjoyed it. The kettle chips that accompanied it were okay but might have been better warm. I got the fish and chips which can more accurately be described as a fish fry. The fish was hot and tasty and batter was crispy. My fries however were somewhere better luke warm and cold. They might have been good if they were hot. It came with "creamy" coleslaw however there was nothing creamy about it. It seemed a bit pricey for luke warm food and so-so cocktails. read more

John Harvard's Brew House - View of the slopes and the pool - American Near Me - Ellicottville, New York

Went for a night of drinks the night before skiing as well as the evening after. The bartender, Morgan, was delightful! Pleasant, fun, attentive. Nice selection of liquors and brews. The chips and queso were surprisingly delicious and devoured! read more

Recently came for lunch prior to skiing. We were greeted promptly with a short cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream. I thought it was a little unusual but interesting! I ordered the chicken Cesar salad and my guest, who is vegetarian, tried to order the chicken quesadilla, with no chicken. The waitress was stymied and wasn't sure this was possible. Seriously? Put veggies and cheese on a tortilla and be done with it!!! The food came out and my chicken was very dry; almost inedible. The romaine was cut up into such small pieces it was actually hard to eat it with a fork. My guest enjoyed the veggie quesadilla. Service was ok but took awhile to get the check! Will come back for drinks but will have to hold off on ordering food here! read more

After a long morning of skiing at Holiday Valley, came to John Harvard's for lunch before going back in the snow. The restaurant follows the theme of the hotels, very rustic. We were sat right away and were greeted with a small cup of hot cocoa with whipped cream on top, I was pleasantly surprised. Who doesn't love hot cocoa?! The view is beautiful, you can see the slopes from there. My boyfriend and I didn't want to eat too much because we were going to skii again right after, so we ordered a fillet mignon and a house salad. Which they kindly split into two plates without us asking, I thought that was great! The fillet mignon came with a mushroom risotto dried patty? Not sure what they call it, which was good, but the fillet mignon wasn't as tender as I expected, which made me question the quality of it. And the vegetables it came with was just ok. All in all I'd say this is a solid 3 star restaurant. The service was great and so was the view, but the food could be better. read more

John Harvard's Brew House - Cool view from inside - American Near Me - Ellicottville, New York

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Well the location and weather merited 5 stars! Beautiful enough spring day to sit on the patio and they are dog friendly, a big plus for us. Husband had the southwest chicken sandwich, couldn't really screw that up. Large portion, big portion of fries too. I was undecided . Normally go for lighter fare. There was a nice choice of salads, burgers and sandwiches . I chose a Mediterranean platter appetizer . It was not what I was expecting . Not kalamata olives. These were from a can. Feta cheese would have been better in slices not crumbles and. the tabbouleh? Not. Needed more parsley, cucumber, olive oil and lemon juice. Really nice idea but not executed well . Almost like the kitchen said " oh crap, someone ordered that? What do we have around to create that?" Hostess was very nice and accommodating. Server was not into her job at all Will give it another try read more

John Harvard's Brew House - American Near Me - Ellicottville, New York

Things have gone down here! Bartender was not good. Claimed the head on the beer was due to the size of the glass. At $8.00 a beer I don't want excuses. Pizza was under cooked. read more

John Harvard's Brew House - I didn't have a sip! - American Near Me - Ellicottville, New York

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Spent the weekend at Holiday for a girls trip. We wanted to have a nice dinner, bottle of wine, etc and this seemed like a good place to go since we didn't want to drive into town. We were not offered the bread and oil that literally every other table around us was getting and we weren't told the specials. We ended up ordering the pasta primavera because of a photo from a yelp review it looked amazing. We also ordered the Sea Bass ($28) and the filet. The pasta primavera came out and it was sooooo disappointing. It was essentially wet oily noodles with a couple veggies. The Sea Bass came out and looked like a kids portion. This was the most disappointing meal. (Photo of sea bass I had taken only three small bites). read more

John Harvard's Brew House - Pasta Primavera - American Near Me - Ellicottville, New York

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Go somewhere else. I work in the industry and have never written a review before but feel the need to share this experience. We waited over an hour for our food just to be served burgers that tasted and looked like they had been caught on fire and weren't even what we ordered. Our waitress never showed up again and we had to hunt her down to ask for our check. Sides we ordered never came but we're still on the bill. Refills were never offered on our beers and we the service was non existent. Go somewhere else. read more

We always forget about this place because it's not downtown but we've been here three times and it's always been good. Decent Moscow mule if you're into that and solid food selection. Pretty busy in ski season because it's at the resort. read more

HORRIBLE service at the bar. (Not real busy either) Acted like they didn't see us & when they finally did they thought we were the previous customer at the bar. The bartender left the bar filthy & served our drinks on top of the filth. Used to like this place but now that I'm seeing the mess and lack of clean up I'm most likely going to eat & drink in the village of EVL!! Cheers! read more

First the waitress at the bar made a big fuss about running a tab, because you can't transfer them to the table. Fine, I understand that in a place like this (big bar scene, lots of customer turnover, etc., bartenders/waitresses not sharing tips) BUT we wanted to run a tab AT THE BAR. Finally, she agreed. Confundido. On to the food, my rare steak came out medium well and the frites were big slabs of frozen potatoes with a dusting of parm cheese. My mom ordered the tuna rare and it also came out medium well. I figured, in weighing my choices, that I should stay away from the tuna because I can deal with an overcooked steak but not overcooked tuna. There's always A-1! The lobster mac & cheese was pretty tasty. I can see coming back for a burger, the bar area is a fun apres-ski crowd and it's best to stick with basics at a place like this. read more

Was VERY disappointed with the customer service here. We were here for an after party after a wedding and some of us didn't want to drink alcohol. I ordered a pitcher of soda for me and a couple friends (not even a liter of soda) and the bartender Holly charged me $14 for the soda. I was shocked at the price but didn't question it at the time. I came back to the table with my friends and told them the price for the pop and they were appalled. I went back and asked her if she meant to charge me $14 for the soda that literally only filled four cups (not full cups). She said yes. She could tell I thought that was ridiculous for something I could buy for less than $3 at ANY OTHER PLACE and saw me talking to my friends so she came to our table and gave us a free refill out of spite. read more

I've been here a bunch of times in the winter and the food and service has always been great, hence the 4 star rating. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for the pool area in the summer. We ordered a couple drinks and a small pizza and it took an hour and a half. The waitress said our drinks would be out really quick after 20 mins of waiting, but never brought them out. I ended up going to the bar to get them and she still tried to add them to our bill. If you decide to order food or drinks, I suggest ordering at the bar. read more

John Harvard's Brew House - Bloody Mary :-) - American Near Me - Ellicottville, New York

This place used to be one of our favorite restaurants in Ellicottville. They had the best chicken tenders east of the Mississippi. Recently they have completely changed the menu and have started buying cafeteria grade food. It was complete garbage. Not sure if ownership has changed but they used to have high quality across the board. Disappointing that you can get a better meal in the food court at the lodge then at this nice sit down establishment. Don't get the nashville hot chicken Mac n cheese. read more

Was a staple for me to eat here, but they've changed chefs a few times and the staff are hit or miss. Some of them are very friendly and service oriented, and some are definitely not. In the summer they serve a reduced menu outside at the Holiday Valley pools which is great, and in the winter they start every meal with a small mug of hot chocolate as you watch the skiers descend the hills through the large picture windows overlooking the slopes. Good place to eat, but could be better in the reliable service and quality food departments. read more

We got on the waitlist via yelp. We walked to the restaurant about ten minutes before our scheduled time only to be told that we were placed on the bottom of the waitlist because we used the app. There was no customer service whatsoever. I told them how that was unsatisfactory and as I was walking away I could here the hostess sarcastically comment that we shouldn't have used the app then. Not the best business decision to use a service that you clearly aren't capable of using correctly. Manager was no help either. read more

5 stars based on the level of food at other places round. The Salmon Entree is good. Lots of good choices. Lots of draft microbrews. Very good wood fired pizza. read more

We enjoyed the place. Stopped in two days in a row after golf. We did not have dinner but shared a pizza one day and had lunch the next. The service was very good and the food was great. The pizza was large and tasty and the veggie burger was fantastic. I usually do not eat veggie burgers but this tasted like meat but better. Wish I knew how they made these. read more

Really beautiful bar and building. Most of the food was pretty good. I had the Fish fry and the fish was way over breaded. It was almost like a corn dog breading it was so thick. When I did dig my way to the fish, it was over cooked and a little dry because the crust is so thick that the fish keeps cooking. When I was done with the fish, there was about a pound of left over breading on my plate. There's no way people are eating this. My suggestion would be to offer a smaller cut of fish that is lightly breaded. read more

Had a great experience for our party of 10 on MLK weekend. Was able to make lunch reservations for our party of 10, at 10am for a 1pm seating. We were seated in a private room overlooking the slopes. The kids were all impressed when our server delivered mini hot-cocoas. Also of note was the amazing 20 piece wing "flight". Food and beer selection was great and the burger and fries were also on point. read more

This is an apres-ski place. The food comes out not slow, but not fast enough if you are on skis. It's pretty good food, but sadly, the beer did not work for me. when you say great beer, I think a hand pump, and what they have are slightly ecentric but not great choices. But, we liked the food and beer for what it was. read more

Last night we ate at John Harvard's Brew House. I think we had the opposite experience of most others who have written reviews of this restaurant: For us the service was great and the food was TERRIBLE. I'm not a picky eater, and I can usually find something positive to say about the food at any place. Unfortunately last night's dinner was an exception to that. Our server's name was Olivia, and she was very nice, attentive, and prompt. The food on the other hand was a complete nightmare. When you're seated, you're given focaccia bread with olive oil for dipping. The bread was okay. I had one piece and didn't find myself going back for another. "Forgettable" was a good word to describe it. Little did I know, that later I'd be longing for forgettable... We ordered the Buffalo Pizza. It came out quickly and was hot. It looked really nice too. The positives end there. Never in my life have I experienced such a greasy pizza. It made Pizza Hut seem like a culinary, health food option. The grease appeared to be radiating from the crust. The crust was super thin, more the consistency of a communion water that was soaked in deep fryer oil than a handmade pizza that came out of a brick oven. The chicken and cheese were fine. The hot sauce topping was so overloaded it was unbearable. I normally love hot sauce, but between the grease and the overload of hot sauce, it was absolutely disgusting. Neither one of us were able to finish our first slice. I felt sick for the rest of the night, and woke up this morning still feeling a little bit queasy. Despite good service, I won't be returning. Save yourself (particularly your stomach and taste buds) the agony. read more

I am not sure why others have had a bad experience. We eat here often. The food is always decent. The service is always good. Could they improve on food? Probably, but it is always good enough where you won't be disappointed. read more

I went here for dinner. I got bang bang shrimp pasta and French fries for my son. My fiancé had buffalo chicken wraps. I think the food was ok, it wasn't anything special. The service was ok too. I'm not sure if I'd go back here again. I think I want to check other places out in town. read more

Had a late lunch there yesterday. We were the only customers in the restaurant so you would have thought the food would have been perfect. It was horrible! I got the veggie burger and it was burnt on the outside and not fully cooked on the inside. My husband got the hamburger and same thing. Burnt black on the outside! Both were over salted, barely any cheese and one tiny piece of lettuce. Plus they have down sized the portions and the buns were nothing more then a plain old hamburger bun. The kettle chips were WAY over fried and way to much seasoning. They also need to clean the restaurant better the menu's were even dirty. We have been there several times and enjoyed the food etc., but apparently they have a new cook that has no idea how to prepare food. We won't be going back. read more

We were visiting the area and decided to try out the Brew House on Sunday 1/1/17. When we called to see their hours and whether we'd need a reservation we were told they were open and no reservations were needed. Once we arrived around 7:00pm we were told it would be a 30 minute wait (a long time when your hungry after skiing all day), which was a disappointment because we were originally told that we'd have no problem being seated. So we went to the bar to wait. There was limited seating but we found two chairs (no bar space or table though). We order an app and drinks, both of which arrived quickly. The restuarant was very busy but they seemed to manage the volumn well. Once we were seated with our appetizer and drinks it felt like we were forgot about. We had to seek out a waitress after about 30 minutes of sitting. The saving grace was being able to look outside the surrounding windows at the skiers outside and enjoying being seated after a day of skiing ourselves. Once the waitress was summoned we were served luke warm hot cocoa, which had it been hot might have been enjoyable. Our meals (Lobster mac and cheese and a vege pizza (order with no cheese) was okay. There were no vegan options on the menu as everything came with cheese, but you could ask for no cheese as I did), I wouldn't go back to this place as there are more options in Ellicotville that I'd try first. Maybe if I was just looking for drinks and an appetizer. The best thing about this place are the windows which look out on the resort and the fact that you can ski in, ski out. read more

Service is horrible for having Two bartenders and less then a handful of people here. The drinks don't have any alcohol in them and when you ask to have some more they get defensive and pour a shot in front of you , then the drink tastes as it should. Go back to bar tending school. I get this is a business and it needs to make money, but don't disappoint your customers by putting in 1% alcohol and 99% mix... read more

I was with a large group.I ordered one of the specials a Pittsburgh Salad. They brought me overcooked steak, on a mixed green salad with a layer of fries and no Rivera Dressing. There was not any dressing at all. The steak and fries were cold due to our large group as I was served last. I asked the waitress to get dressing. But she said that is how it comes. I tried to explain to her the proper way to make a Pittsburgh Salad, but she was very busy and said they did not offer Rivera Dressing. Not wanting to cause a scene with our group I begged for any salad dressing and she brought Italian. it was terrible. Others at our table ordered Grilled Chicken Salads and the chicken was overcooked. Those that order burgers, pulled pork etc. thought the food was good. read more

View and service good. Don't get any seafood. Lobster MAC n chz chewy. Salmon fishy tasting. Bread great. Will not try again, especially for the price. read more

Lousy service. Waited forever for my beer while Rene our waitress fumbled with the cash register getting tons of receipts ready for what assume may have been another guest, although I certainly couldn't find them in the restaurant. It Took literally 20 minutes to get my credit card back and she was only serving 3 tables. Rene was certainly a beautiful young girl but that only goes so far when it comes to the hospitality industry. food: The vegetable soup tasted like watered down tomato sauce. My shepherds pie tasted good but for the price was poor value. Best part of dinner was the complimentary hot chocolate. The guests next to us were complaining about the chili and I believe the soup and sent it back. They were also complaining about how poor Rene's service was and went to talk to the manager upon leaving. Most of our food was good quality. I'll give credit where it is deserved. To the manager....get rid of your server. She gives your establishment a bad name. And I realize many business owners contact yelp and try to have these reviews removed even though they are factual with no exaggeration. It is very frustrating that yelp moderators remove accurate reviews at the request of a business as it defeats the purpose of why we all take the time to write. Hopefully I can reach out to others who expect value for their dollars, whether US or CDN. Id go somewhere else until the service improves. read more