Best Healthy Restaurants in Stoneham

This was my first time going to Sam's Kitchen. I have heard good things about Sam's so I wanted to try it and I am glad I did. The restaurant is a small, quaint, elegant place with friendly waitstaff. From the beginning, the menu options sounded delicious. Along with the regular menu, they had a special: app, main course, dessert, and a glass of wine for $35! I decided on that to get a taste of a few things and it was fabulous. I had the seafood stew to start. It was delicious, I would have eaten a couple of bowls of that and would have been happy. The seafood was plentiful, fresh, and perfectly cooked. Next I had the Chicken Piccata with linguine. The pasta is homemade so right there it is already delicious. The seasoning was even so you could taste all of the fresh ingredients. Next was a chocolate chip cannoli. What more can I say? This will now be my new favorite Italian restaurant and it will be yours too.

Time and again - good food, reasonably priced in a pleasant, cozy environment.

Our server, Susan, was, as always attentive, friendly and knowledgeable. We are a high school group who meet twice a year at the Escadrille. We choose it because the food is good the service is prompt, this servers always polite and eager to please.

The food and the Charles was great. Two got the beef ribs and they were a very healthy portion and very tasty, as was the gravy on the mashed potatoes. Two got the scampi, it was very flavorful. The sliced zucchini with the pasta was a nice accompaniment. The side of bread was warmed/toasted and was the perfect combination of crunchy & chewy yet just soft enough. Service was good and attentive, but the server could have know more about the menu. The sound level was high and there was a sort of music bingo going on which while perhaps a local tradition seemed a little out of place in a finer restaurant on a weekend night. Cost was an excellent value for the quality of the food.

While we realize that this is a new venture after Covid, Chopps used to be much better. Gone are the servers who brought you coffee, tea and assorted beverages, making it a truly cafeteria style atmosphere. This may be what some people like but after the original Chopps, we were subjected to a less than stellar experience for brunch. The scrambled eggs were horrible. Coffee and tea are served in paper cups at a station. The omelet station was manned by one gentleman who was pleasant but really didn't know that you fold an omelet before presenting it. Fruits and waffles were good, as were the bacon, sausage and cereals. Hard to goof those things up. I don't believe we'll be going back to his version of Chopps unless we hear they have made some adjustments to their presentation.