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    Roots the Restaurant

    4.4 (446 reviews)
    ModerateAmerican, Bars
    Closed 11:30 am - 8:00 pm

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    ROOTS THE RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Trendy
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Beet salad
    Eileen L.

    The place is gorgeous! I loved the look. The staff were helpful and easy to talk to. The only thing missing in our meal was seasoning. We started strong with the Brussel sprouts, I recommend asking for the aioli on the side. I don't think they need it and it was overpowering. We had the roast corn and chips. This was everyone's favorite but 2 out of 3 of us thought it would be better warm. Wine, cocktail and beer lists all looked good. It was lunch so we ordered salads. They were all extremely bland. I had the beet salad and my friend has the grilled chicken Caesar. The chicken ceasar was good but the chicken was dry and needed seasoning. The beet salad has no flavor and no texture. It could do with a nut topping maybe and a heavier sauce to stand up to the beets.

    Yickhong L.

    The food was amazing and would come again. Vibe was nice and service was phenomenal. The portion size was good too and price was great.

    Housemade chips and bleu cheese
    Tracey B.

    It was a little hard to find this place because it's tucked around the back of the building. It's got a really nice courtyard and I would love to get back there in the summer to sit outside. We visited just to have a drink and a snack at the bar this time. They had a small tap list, but the beers they had on tap were good choices. We ate the housemade chips with blue cheese dressing and they were very good.

    Tofu
    Nat J.

    Cute spot, especially the outdoor seating. I love that everything on the menu is local. Food was good. The raspberry mojito mocktail was awesome!

    Megan S.

    The best restaurant in this area. Excellent menu, quality food, and the best service in the area.

    Stopping thru while traveling, one of the best ribeyes I have had cooked perfectly, sorry for the bad lighting as I ate at the bar, great friendly service. My wife got the Scallop salad and it was excellent as well.

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    3 months ago

    Good food, comfortable atmosphere, very clean and exceptional waiter - looking forward to returning.

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    10 months ago

    Christian was fabulous. The food was delectable! Prices were very reasonable for the service and food. Wish we lived closer!

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    11 months ago

    Great tasting food and atmosphere. We've dined in and had take away. It's always something good

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    10 months ago

    Food was excellent. We had the cod and kale salad. Service was excellent. Great experience.

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    Wonderfully delicious. Locally source food so you know everything's fresh. Great staff great atmosphere.

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    2 years ago

    Best meal I've had in a long time and by far away best I've had in Vermont! The brussel sprouts were phenomenal.

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    Ask the Community - Roots the Restaurant

    What is the Quality of service?

    They were great. Our waitress was very friendly and attentive, took a little long to order but I️ think they were trying to give us time to explore their menu.

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    West St Grille

    West St Grille

    4.2
    (21 reviews)
    0.2 mi

    We started visiting Rutland regularly two years ago from NYC metro area, and are so glad we found…read moreWest St Grille! We have frequented since, and can say confidently that this neighborhood restaurant cares immensely about the people they serve and the food they make. The menu is a wonderful mix of familiar comfort food and innovative new specials, all very well executed. Our favorites are the dry rubbed wings, their collection of fresh salads, and many of their creative tacos! We most recently also tried their blackened shrimp risotto special, and were impressed by the dish - large shrimps, perfectly made risotto, with a healthy dash of spinach...absolutely delicious. The staff is always kind and attentive, the drink selection is extensive, and the atmosphere/decor is delightfully eclectic. My 4 and 7 year olds also loves coming to WSG, because of their fun kids menus that offer a variety of kids entrees...they ask to come back even though I make them eat extra vegetables every time. One thing to note, the restaurant does get packed with people and reservations during some events and ski season, so make a reservation online to avoid being stuck waiting a long time! P.S. Sorry for the photos of partially eaten plates...I have little control over when my family digs in to the yummy food. ‍

    Great food, service and atmosphere. I recommend the burger and potato skins. They are a little…read morepricey but the quality food is worth it.

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    Hop'n Moose

    3.9
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    The ambiance here is that this is a bar, with great food. The bar is long, lots of tables inside,…read moreand tables on their entrance and on the sidewalk out front. We were seated without waiting, and I ordered from the extensive beer menu after a tasting. I had the rhubarb rumble (something like that) and it was great! We both ordered brick oven pizzas. Hubs got his ushe, pepperoni and onion. I had the white pizza--garlic mozzarella. We both really enjoyed our pizzas and the atmosphere. Our server was very attentive and it really didn't take long for our order. We'd come back!

    We were sat in the back, and the kitchen is open, but that wasn't the issue-…read more There was a woman SCREAMING at the staff in the kitchen. I only assume she ran the kitchen- and she was NOT happy with the staff. One person even told her he wouldn't be talked to that way anymore. It was extremely tense and we were all uncomfortable. Her screaming orders and belittling staff was louder than any music or conversation. Waitresses were cringing taking orders trying to hear over her. We were there on a Saturday night at 6pm and they ran out of small pizzas and calzones as we sat down. One person got poutine that was ice cold, and the gravy was sour with no taste and cold. Chicken wings were just large breaded chicken tenders with some sauce drizzled over the top of them. Not great atmosphere with the incredible demeaning kitchen staff and food was not good.

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    Southside Steakhouse

    Southside Steakhouse

    4.0
    (156 reviews)
    0.8 mi
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    It looked pretty. But it was extremely rare and was lacking flavor. For a steak this expensive, I'd…read moreexpect better. I sent it back. The service has been great tho!! **update** They tossed my cut/tried steak back on the grill - which created a char and a dried up end result. Still no flavor. Peppercorn sauce also had no flavor. Disappointed. Would not recommend this steak. Texas Roadhouse makes a better steak.

    Had our second visit within a months span. The first visit our food tasted great but as kitchen…read moreemployees ourselves, we could tell our plates had been under a hot lamp for a while. To the point where the hanger steak I ordered developed that glazed like look. We returned last night with some family from out of town hoping to show them a good place to eat. We arrived at 6pm We were seated as a party of 7 by 620 due to a canceled reservation. The problems started with our drinks. We ordered three sprite. All three came back without a LICK of syrup in them. No big deal that happens right. So after waiting about 25 minutes after getting our drinks we are finally blessed with presence from wait staff, who took BOTH OUR ENTREE AND APP ORDERS. The apps were great although we waited WAY TOO LONG. When the waiter arrived he stated the "kitchen was backed up". We were sat at 620 and was not severed our entrees until 813! The wait makes since as it was evident the host was not seating sections right. And wait staff were putting in 5 tickets at a time. But the wait can only be justified if the food is good and the service is on point. My brother who I was treating while home from out of state ordered the bone in ribeye which retails at $56. Not only did we wait forever for our food, when it arrived it was not prepared. He ordered a MEDIUM COOK. THE WAITER CONFIRMED "SO WARM PINK CENTER". This steak was brought out seared only. You could see the white fat striation on the meat still and the center WAS BARLEY WARM TO TOUCH. As it's such an expensive cut and amazing steak we asked it be sent back and PREPARED PROPERLY. At this point the waiter states "I'll have him throw it back on the grill for a few minutes." I told him it would need far longer to go from RAW to medium. About 4 minutes later he brings this steak out. It's been microwaved, something obvious by the shrinkage of the steak and the greying of the sear. Then had to gull to PUSH THE BONE UP TO THE STEAK TO HIDE THE STILL RAW MEAT. We got it back and it was still RAW. Through all of this the waiter was doing nothing to accommodate us. WE had to tell him to take it off the bill and all he did was offer us a shitty "wagyu" burger. My brother took him on the offer because at this point we're 2hrs in and he's starving. The burger was sent out UNDERCOOKED. HE ORDERED WELL AND GOT MEDIUM. The lettuce was BROWN and they BURNT THE BUN. I can't help but think this was done solely out of retaliation for sending back the chefs TERRIBLE WORK. I've attached photos. And if you need any assistance in training your front of house/management team or any help educating on time management and customer service as it relates to the systematic flow of the business please reach out to me. THE ATTACHED STEAK PHOTO IS OF THE SECOND

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    Roots the Restaurant - tradamerican - Updated July 2026

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