Newfoundland Hotel

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• Newfoundland Hotel
  Overall Rating: 56

  Lynch Serniak

  Lynch's Rating: 29 out of 50

  Environment: 4
  

  Newfound Hotel is a bit of a trek from Scranton. It takes about 30 minutes to get there. Newfoundland is a small town with some quaint charm to it, at least the part that I drove through. The same could be said about the restaurant (except I didn’t drive through it). It’s been remodeled since the first time we went to make it a little more refined. It has plenty of seating and a large bar for those beer drinkers out there. Our waitress was nice enough, with a sassy attitude. She did seem a bit forceful at time.  She was a good waitress though – very attentive and always on top of drinks. The food came out pretty fast. The two times we went to Newfoundland Hotel we got burned though. The first time was for the wing buffet, which I was psyched for. I saw the menu online and was really interested for the flavors. The problem is that not every wing was allowed for the buffet.  You couldn’t order from the menu like Quaker Steak allows. I wanted to go again because I thought the wing night would allow you to choose any wing from the menu, but the wing night only includes wings priced at $6.95 per order. They also had a minimum of orders of ten. It is pretty cool that they will have special flavors for the buffet or the wing night that aren’t on the menu, for example the wing special that night Buffalo Ranchero. I don’t know why didn’t just add five cents more for the higher priced wings, or even ten cents more. I would be totally fine with that.  Not cool, Newfoundland Hotel.

  
  Wing Size: 7
  

  For $0.35, these were some hefty wings. It was not a bad price at all. Again, I wish they did allow the purchase of the other flavors on the wing night at a higher price.

  
  Wing Flavors: 6
  

  If all the flavors were available for the wing night, this would have received a higher score for flavors. More variety and unique flavors would have made this a great score. Regardless, the options available were unique. I don’t believe I have seen Sriracha wings anywhere else.

  
  Wing Taste (x2): 6
  

  If all the flavors were available for the wing night, this would have received a higher score for flavors. More variety and unique flavors would have made this a great score. Regardless, the options available were unique. I don’t believe I have seen Sriracha wings anywhere else.

  Serniak's Rating: 27 out of 50

  Environment: 7
  

  We came to the Newfoundland Hotel for their wing buffet months ago. Since then, they really remodeled the place. There were all new flooring and booths, just a sharper place all together. People from all walks of life filled the place inside and outside. You can eat on the outside and on the back porch, which is always a good thing where applicable. Our server was a woman who was very nice, pleasant and interested in making us feel welcome. You could sit at the bar or a table. A family place that could get real interesting based on the behavior of the bar crowd.

  
  Wing Size: 5
  

  They were 35 cents a wing and they mildly sized. Some were large whereas some were small. It was a real mixed batch but 35 cents it’s not terrible.

  
  Wing Flavors: 5
  

  Here’s the deal with the wing selection. They have 10 flavors of wings. But only 6 of them are allowed to be ordered on their wing night. Go ahead and wrap your head around that. The flavors you can choose from are buffalo, Thai peanut, sesame ginger, sriracha, Timay and Timay too. The reason you can order these wings on wing night is that are priced at 6.95 whereas the garlic, teriyaki pineapple, garlic hot and garlic parmesan are all priced about 6.95. So what they are saying that is that it costs much more money to make garlic wings than Thai peanut. I call shenanigans on that. Also, it doesn’t say that anywhere on their menu so remember this write up before ordering. Again, you have to order them in orders of 10.

  
  Wing Taste (x2): 5
  

  Some were good and some were just alrightish. The hot were not at all but they did have a good butter taste to them. The sriacha, which is a spicy sauce, were also surprisingly not very spicy and were a bit dry. I was disappointed in those ones. Now the sesame ginger was pretty good. They were real sticky, something I really enjoy when it is done right. Good sweetness throughout the whole wing. Finally, the Timay too were the best. These wings are  their Timay wings with added chipotle and other spices. The best part about them is that you think it will be very spicy but it also very sweet due to high levels of cinnamon in the sauce. Excellent balance of flavors.

  
  
• Newfoundland Hotel
  Overall Rating: 63

  Lynch Serniak

  Lynch's Rating: 35 out of 50

  Environment: 8
  

  I would have never heard of Newfoundland Hotel if a friend didn’t suggest it to me for its wing buffet. It’s a very quaint place in the middle of nowhere, at least from Scranton. If you feel like making the trek, it’s about a 30 minute drive from downtown. It’s got a nice sized bar right next to a bunch of table as soon as you enter. It then opens up into a much larger seating area for dining. The place has a country feel to it, and it is most definitely a local hangout, but it was a very welcoming place. In fact, while we were there, at least 3 groups of people struck up a short conversation with us. The waitress was extremely nice and always prompt to serve us.

  
  Wing Size: 6
  

  It’s always hard to rate a wing buffet. Technically, you could get a thousand wings at the $11.95 price, but I’m going to rate the wings on what I usually get and their size. Some of the wings were pretty small, but there were some that were outright massive. These massive ones were a combination of the thigh and drumstick still stuck together, like the kind you would get at Hooters. Regardless, you’re going to leave this place at whatever hunger level you want to be at.

  
  Wing Flavors: 7
  

  I was torn as to how to rate the flavors. I originally thought this wing buffet was going to be like Quaker Steak, where they would have every flavor available to you and if there wasn’t out, you can place an order. Unfortunately, that was not the case. So if you’re sticking to the buffet, you’re limited to the six flavors that are currently out. You could always order anything from the menu, but it would be at regular wing price. With that being said, I’m going to stick to what was served at the wing buffet. There was not a huge selection, but what they had was definitely interesting. If you look above at the flavors, there were some that you would never expect to be wing flavors. Included with the wing buffet was a soup or a salad of your selection and a loaded baked potato bar, which was a nice touch.

  
  Wing Taste (x2): 7
  

  There was a mix of hits and misses with the flavors provided, but overall, I’d have to say I was pretty satisfied. Korean BBQ was fantastic. It was neither Korean or BBQ in my opinion, but what was going on was definitely delicious. It was closer to a teriyaki and italian mix with a bit of a pepper flavor. I was interested in the strawberry chipotle, but I was ultimately let down. There was no chipotle taste to it and plenty of sweetness. I didn’t get strawberry out of the sweetness though. The dry rub buffalo is hard to describe. It was a dry rub, as you could guess from the name, but I’m not sure if I would classify it as a buffalo. It’s almost like it was a mix of chile powder and salt. It had a good taste, but was very rich and strong. You couldn’t handle to many of these without being overwhelmed. Boom Boom was a pleasant surprise to me. It was a sweeter wing, with a sauce mostly made from pineapple and a hint of salt, but enjoyable nonetheless. According to the menu, the Timay wing is a combination of the hot sauce, BBQ and honey. I mostly got BBQ from it though. I’m not usually a fan of BBQ, and I was also not a fan of this wing. Finally, the regular hot was a slightly above average hot wing. It was drenched in their hot sauce and had plenty of that buttery taste. I liked them. I was really looking forward to Newfoundland Hotel because the menu promised a lot of good flavors, but a lot of the flavors on the menu were not a part of the buffet. I’m interested to see how they rate on their regular wing night, which is a Monday. This place warrants another visit on their regular wing night to test the other flavors. Honestly, I think it’s going to be a higher rating, but we will have to see.

  Serniak's Rating: 28 out of 50

  Environment: 7
  

  The atmosphere is very conducive for bringing a family for dinner but I felt comfortable and welcomed by the patrons there. People were suggesting to us what to get and the staff were friendly. There is a bar that is placed right with the eating area so you had guys joking right next to people who were eating. It had a lively feel to it. The service was also good.  People were very courteous to our party.

  
  Wing Size: 5
  

  It was a real mixed batch here. Some were large, others were average and some were tiny and burnt to nothing. You wouldn’t expect that to happen. The price was 11.50 for the buffet, which I have no objections with. Leaving full is your responsibility.

  
  Wing Flavors: 6
  

  Here’s the deal. We knew it was going to be a wing buffet and we had a menu of which flavors would be on it and we were very intrigued. When we got there however, the flavors were not at all the ones that we expected. The flavors were hot, Korean bbq, boom, Timmay, a dry rub and strawberry chipotle. It was an all you can eat which was cool but I would of liked to of had the flavors that were on their menu.

  
  Wing Taste (x2): 5
  

  The best wing that I had was Korean bbq. It was the only one that was baked, not fried, and had a spices all over them. The dry rub hot was intensely flavored but at times the taste was overpowering. Everything else either was average or didn’t have much taste at all and just tasted like fried meat.