Vanwinkles Restaurant

Great atmosphere, happy hour, food and service. Make sure to secure your reservation– because this is the place to be after a day of skiing/​riding at Hunter Mtn… thanks Josephine and staff at Van Winkles for a great night out!

Reasonably priced food and very delicious. Got the salmon for $ 20, my friend got the Thai chicken stir fry for $ 17. Happy hour at the bar was from 4pm-​7pm so we had drinks before dinner. $ 3.50 for a glass of wine??! Can’t beat it. Staff is friendly and accommodating. Made reservations for 6pm on a Friday but the restaurant was empty so reservations weren’t necessary.

Worst service I’ve ever experienced and I’ve been in the restaurant business 16 years. I specifically asked the waitress to make sure there was no mushrooms in the entrée I ordered because I have an allergy. She assured me there was not. The entrée arrived covered in mushrooms.
She charged me $ 18.25 for a margarita too!!! How insane!
Beware if you have an allergy. The waitress does not know the menu at all, she could really seriously hurt someone.
Bring your Benadryl if you dine here!

This is a very nice venue for catered parties — we hosted several family events for 40+ recently and VW did not disappoint. Located in a ski resort/​hotel dining room — it has an institutional feel — especially in the summer — but that does not detract from the overall experience. Whether a la carte or buffet style — the food was honest and the service pleasant. Not sure I would go out of my way to eat dinner for two here — given the other choices in the area, but it is serviceable for what it is.

This place was pretty good food was decent, and i had a nice waitress, inside it looks preety nice. If you were not staying at hunter mountain you may not know about this place as it is in the lobby of one of the hotels (the biggest one) just a side note they serve pepsi instead of coke.

Poor service, poor quality food.
Bartender appears to resent being there. Bar was not wiped down so we had to sit in an area that had spills and food remnants. We would have asked her to wipe it but she picked up her cigarettes and went for a smoke while we decided what to drink. When we had decided, she was nowhere to be found. The workspace behind the bar was also a mess and littered with crap for lack of a better word.
Pasta with bolognese sauce was overcooked and bland. The meat tastes as if it were from a can or jar. Salt and pepper shakers slide in your hands from the grime.
Hunter mountain has great people working in ski rental area, ticket area, ski program etc. this hotel and restaurant do not match that level of service or caring. There are some substantially better options in Tannersville as well as Windham.

The food is always good but the service is unpredictable. Had dinner there Saturday night. The restaurant was not exceptionally crowded but the service was not quick. This restaurant seems to have a hard time keeping good wait servers. We ordered wings as an appetizer as soon as we sat down. Received drinks menus, ordered our entrees. The entrees arrived and never received the wings.
There aren’t many other choices in the area.

I would definitely recommend this place to anyone whose in the area
We had to leave a voicemail and call back but I was able to get a rsvp for 8:00 on a Friday night for 14 people. Not the easiest thing to do. Everyone showed up hungry from a day of sking and the Food was enjoyed by everyone. Lots of people got the beef stew and it was very good.
I would def recommend for any large groups staying in the area.

If I was going on an electric chair, that would be my last meal. I had the 14 oz grilled rib-​eye with mashed potatoes and asparagus. Redonkulous!!! My girlfriend loved her thai chicken stir-​fry entrée as well. We look forward to going to Hunter Mountain again just to eat here. Hope this post helped. :)

wow, did i just walk into my high school cafeteria (except now we just have iphones and credit cards to throw around?)
the bf and i opted to dine at the bar for the happy hour drink specials and also ordered the black and tan onion rings, the apple and fig salad with grilled shrimp, and the chipotle chicken sandwich before beginning our 3 hour drive home. the apple and fig salad was very good with fresh ingredients. i was disappointed that for an extra $ 5, i only got 2 firm, large pieces of shrimp. the black and tan onion rings were worth a try for the horseradish sauce pairing and the bf seemed fine with his sandwich (although he wasn’t feeling well that day.)
if i were to come back to van winkle’s, i would probably opt for the dining room to avoid the rowdy-​ness of the bar area.

ate here off-​peak. found the food and service to be great. Between the hubs and me, we had two meals there… everything was good: fig salad, chipotle chicken sandwich, steak, and Bouillabaisse seafood stew. The chicken was surprisingly juicy and tender. The seafood stew was fresh-​tasting.
I wasn’t a huge fan of the Sunday brunch but it wasn’t bad. I was unfortunately on a restricted diet so only had yogurt and scrambled eggs. I would recommend offering some hard-​boiled eggs too.
Finally the servers we had were super accommodating and even remembered us the next day. We also went in starving 20 minutes before closing and they were very kind. Also when there was a chance of rain for the wedding, I saw the same servers pitch in to move all furniture out of the lobby to another place. the teamwork and attitude exhibited was impressive!

Went for brunch on Easter, buffet style food. The food was really good and there was a lot to choose from but the price of the buffet which was like $ 20 a person didn’t include drinks. The staff was very friendly, but a little to friendly, talking at your table for a while, while you’re trying to eat.
I got a piece of chicken franchise and felt it was a little dry. The ham and turkey however was really good, along with the penne al vodka and penne alfredo.
They had a few things for dessert and i got like a chocolate, raspberry cheesecake piece and it was amazing.

We ate here on a slow Tuesday night before a big blizzard. There is a bar with a few tables and then the dining room and an open kitchen. It’s a nice space and conveniently located inside the Katskill Mountain Club hotel right on the slopes.
I had the apple and goat cheese salad which was delicious. I followed it up with the Philly cheesesteak pizza. I asked for light onions and peppers and it came out with none at all. My salad was so good though and I was already kinda full so I didn’t complain. The server was very sweet and I didn’t feel the need to send it back or anything. Both dishes were delicious!
They didn’t have many options for beer and it looked like all the wines were by the bottle only, but when I asked I was allowed to order by the glass. The server even put it in a plastic cup for me so I could take it up to my room.
All in all it was a lovely meal. A little pricey but that’s to be expected at the resort.