Comments on: Meridith’s, Berwyn

By: Joanie

Joanie — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:24:33 +0000

We had dinner at Meredith’s on Friday evening. They are nearly ready to open their new bar area and the entire restaurant has benefited from a facelift. The atmosphere is lighter and brighter; a definite improvement! Our meals were fresh and well prepared and the service was prompt and friendly. If you have not visited Meredith’s recently, it will be well worth your time.

By: $18forasalad

$18forasalad — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:10:16 +0000

went to meridiths today for a lunch to go. $18 for a cobb salad to go. I will never ever go back, not only was expensive there was 4 slivers of chared to death dry chicken! So dry!

By: hc

hc — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:56:00 +0000

I’m not sure what happened to Meridiths since they moved to the new location, but it is clearly not the same. The tartare app was good, but not great, and the oysters were practically inedible. The filet gorgonzola, once a true menu highlight, was barely cooked when I ordered it medium rare. No one’s dinner arrived hot – to say it was lukewarm was being generous. This suggests some serious issues in the kitchen. Chocolate cake was mediocre. To top it all off, we also had poor service.

We frequented Meridiths in the old locale quite a bit, but have no plans to return to the new venture unless there is a serious turnaround. What a shame!

By: Julie Curtis

Julie Curtis — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:35:47 +0000

I totally agree, the same thing happened to us. My husband ordered filet, it was inedible it was so rare. We had also waited to be seated almost an hour despite having reservations. My dinner was OK but I had to eat by myself due to his being sent back X2. Won’t go back….

By: Disappointed

Disappointed — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:15:16 +0000

I ordered the Gorgonzola Filet MR. It came out very rare. No biggie, I sent it back and asked them to cook it a bit more and watched as my husband ate. A few minutes later I received my filet and it was apparent by the smell that the chef had charred it to quickly cook the piece more. It was so bitter and charred tasting, the whole delicious piece of filet was ruined. I had my husband try and he spit his piece out, confirming that they had turned up the fire and charred the meat. Meridith suggested that it was another customers favorite dish, as if I cared and didn’t get the fact that it wasn’t the dish but how is was prepared. I was less than impressed by how she handled the mistake and her interest in correcting the matter. Thumbs down

By: jen

jen — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:47:59 +0000

My husband and I had brunch at Meredith’s a week ago. We were excited because we didn’t have the kids. The service was mediocre at best and the food was disappointing. I had the heuvos rancheros and my husband had an omlette. The omlette was over cooked, but edible and my dish was just plain boring. The atmosphere was lively.

By: main line eaters

main line eaters — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:36:19 +0000

My wife and I went the day after Valentine’s Day hoping for another great local restaurant (we are spoiled on the Main Line). When we stepped in a month ago we made the mistake of coming in 15 minutes before they opened and the employee who handed us the menu was rude and a little too curt with prospective customers. Regardless, we decided to give them a try…

My wife enjoyed her wine. I chose one of the daily specials–opra prima tempranillo, Spain 2008–and only finished it because I dare not waste booze. It was oxidized and stale. Bad call.

The calamari was hidden inside a heap of over-fried vegetables. I order calamari wherever I go and this has to be the worst executed ever. The sauce (I believe mango something-or-other) was tasteless and thin.

My entree–duck confit gnocchi–was tasty but the gnocchi was overcooked. Together with the richness of the duck the mushy gnocchi made for a baby-foodish texture. My wife had the shrimp and scallops. The seafood was fresh (more of a compliment to the mongerer) but under seasoned. The bed of “New England potatoes” (whatever that means) was severely undercooked. The potatoes were downright raw.

The desert–pumpkin cream pie–was decent but overly sweet. To be frank, my mom puts together a better pie following the recipe on the can. For whatever reason, the chef decided to put a strawberry on top…blah. Toasted hazelnuts? Candied ginger? Sprig of herbaceous mint? Just about anything would make for a sexier dish than half of a (out-of-season) strawberry. Spread your garnish wings, chef.

Final verdict: pretentious, over-priced, and shockingly poorly executed. Basic technical flaws that have no place on the Main Line and definitely not for $30 entrees. I hope we caught them on an off day.

By: Curious Georgina

Curious Georgina — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:16:25 +0000

So sad…the New Years dining experience at Meredith’s. The menu was fixed. The appetizers and salads–Pretty good; The main course selections: Rack of Lamb–tough and terrible; Sea Bass–Bland and unremarkable; Quail–dry and stale. It appeared to be a cleaning out of all the old food left over from the previous year. Dessert promised on the fixed menu was a molten chocolate lava cake–this was not the cake delivered. The added bonus a newly instituted $7 dollar corking fee for each bottle of wine. If these are survival techniques for the tough economy, they are poorly designed. I felt sad for Meredith’s. thank goodness for the nice atmosphere and wonderful companionship of our dinner party.

By: Jody Harman

Jody Harman — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:12:07 +0000

Our salads were very good.
Zucchini and crab appetizers were tasteless. Veal was chewy. Ravioli and shrimp and scallop dishes were also tasteless. Red bliss potatoes were not cooked.
The waitress never smiled, looked at us, or came to ask how anything was.
It was unpleasant experience on too many levels.

By: Matthew Steiger

Matthew Steiger — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:13:12 +0000

I dined at the new location across from handel’s ice cream. Beautifully decorated… wish my experience was the same. The calamari was sparse, and over-cooked. What I thought was a drunk customer ended up being the owner who asked us how our dinner was going, but in a contrived sort of way. My wife and I watched her stomp around the dining room with a glass of wine in her hand for an hour and a half. The only positive spin I can put on the experience was that I had a pleasant, sober, waiter.

I’ll stick to my regular BYO in wayne.