The Ryland Inn

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   rich

   VIP

   New York City

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   This new version of Ryland is nothing like the old one. You can skip this. Bad food and even worse service. A total disservice to a great venue and what was once a great restaurant.
   

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   Liz

   New York City

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I absolutely love the Ryland Inn. The food is amazing and the ambiance is perfect. We came back to celebrate our anniversary since we got married here and every time I come, it’s amazing. Sooo happy the restaurant is back open.
   

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   Michael

   New Jersey

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 19 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Our server was excellent ! She created a great atmosphere without being over bearing
   

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   Richard

   VIP

   New York City

   45 reviews

   3.0

   45 reviews

   Dined on 15 December 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Restaurant is still beautiful, but it is seriously underheated. We requested they turn up the heat and they said they did, but it was still like a refrigerator with a draft (I'm sure the high ceilings don't help but,....). Only the bathrooms were adequately heated. Except for made to order eggs, the Brunch food was room temperature or cold, including the carving station and French toast. Ham, shrimp, salmon were cold, overcooked, and surprisingly tasteless. If you want to serve buffet, you need to figure out how to keep the food warm but not dried out, especially in the winter. Many of the items listed on their website were not available on the buffet. Service was good, but unfortunately I don't see going back to do this again.
   

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   Ed

   New York City

   31 reviews

   5.0

   31 reviews

   Dined on 15 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Live piano music is a special bonus to brunch at the Ryland inn.
   

   The Ryland InnResponded on 19 December 2024

   Thank you so much for joining us at The Ryland Inn. We’re thrilled to hear you enjoyed your visit and we thank you for your review. Our team is committed to creating memories and we look forward to seeing you again soon! Jeanne Cretella President | Landmark Hospitality
   

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   Sonal

   VIP

   New York City

   42 reviews

   1.0

   42 reviews

   Dined on 15 December 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   My husband and I were celebrating our wedding anniversary at the Ryland Inn. Our reservation was for 7:30 pm but we weren’t seated until almost 8. The server did bring us complimentary champagne (not sure if it was for our anniversary or for making us wait almost half an hour for our table). We placed our orders right away (for the appetizers as well as the entrees) but our appetizers didn’t arrive until almost 9, and the Oysters Rockefeller had gone cold. Our entrees arrived close to 10 and were just average. The desserts were amazing and almost made up for the rest of the disastrous experience. It wasn’t our server’s fault though, for the extremely slow service. There was a wedding going on and the restaurant seemed to be seriously understaffed. It wasn’t a good experience however and I don’t think we’ll be going there again.
   

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   Kimberly

   VIP

   Philadelphia

   8 reviews

   4.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on 14 December 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   The food and service are very good. The “tavern” has a generic feel. Not a lot of ambiance. It’s holiday season, and I expected a festive vibe. The noise level was so loud that I couldn’t hear the person across the table from me. We were a party of four and I’m in my 40s!!
   

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   Dan

   New York City

   6 reviews

   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 8 December 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Very cozy, lovely setting. Ordered a dozen oysters (it’s nice to tell the guest where the oysters are from, even if we didn’t have a choice), the tempura mushroom (wasn’t tempura—deep fried and hard as a rock—wasn’t enjoyable), the foccocia/butter (good). Two of us had the hanger steaks (very good, slightly overdone for medium rare request), salmon special—very good, and linguine and clams (very salty and not “traditional” wine or vermouth based taste. It was a different spin on a classic—assume that was the intent but 3 of 4 guests agreed it was too salty. Shared the Mexican chocolate molten soufflé—most guests really enjoyed it but if I had to nitpick, there wasn’t much that was Mexican about. Normally would have more spice/kick to call it that. All said, we’re thrilled they are back and look forward to coming again.
   

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   Alexaiello

   Philadelphia

   4 reviews

   2.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 7 December 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   This is a review of the landmark in restaurant in Ryland Inn ( don’t see a separate option ). We went for dinner i have been waiting years for it to reopen. And sadly i wish i just had thr reminder of how good they used to be. Maybe it was a bad night on the chef i don’t know but the people next to us sent the steak back due to the meat temp being wrong. That was right after we ordered ours. We ordered the steak and i had the burger. Since it was a favorite years ago. Well no longer sadly. The burger was abit bland bread didn’t seem fresh meat seemed like it was a frozen patty they warmed up also i asked for medium rare it was medium well For 23 it was on par with a diner burger sadly. And the steak was worse. We ordered medium well it was well done. I was annoyed and abit surprised I’ve been telling my fiance for years how great it used to be . Place looks nice of course as it always had been but apparently things change with the food
   

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    Lana

    VIP

    New York City

    16 reviews

    4.0

    16 reviews

    Dined on 30 November 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Had another really good meal at the Ryland. Chef was a bit heavy handed with the salt in 2 of our 4 entrees. We had the almonds there before which was to die for these had a disproportionate amount of oil, literally they were sitting in a quarter inch of oil. However, this was the day after Thanksgiving and they were crazy busy that day so, can be expected that there might be a miss or two. We’ve had flawless meals there before so we will definitely be back.
    

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