Holly's Restaurant - Saint John

Great place for that Sunday morning brunch or any other time really. Small, quaint, and just plain good food and good service.

After spending some time at the Kingston Farmer's Market this lovely Saturday morning, we decided to forgo breakfast at the market and took a nice drive through the country to Holly's Restaurant in Hampton. Good choice, as they serve breakfast all day Saturday (which I heard others ordering too). Two eggs, 2 slices toast, fried potatoes, bacon plus coffee for $6.95. Just a good honest breakfast at a decent price in a comfy, quiet setting.

This restaurant is always bustling with customers for their buffet, and I don't mind driving 45 minutes just to go there. The selection of Chinese dishes on the buffet is fantastic, the service is great, and the restaurant is spacious enough to accommodate a large number of customers.

Ate here for the first time with the family and it was a nice experience. First the con- ordered a chicken sandwich and the chicken was quite fatty ( layer of fat between the meat and the batter) and the fries were those hard bland tasting crunchy ones with the little bit of potato skin on them that seem to be popular with lots of places now. (hard to get good fires anymore anywhere). Now for the pros- Food was cooked perfect, all the meals were done just as they should be, not overcooked, not under cooked and warm. Thumbs up for the kitchen staffThe waitress was great, attentive to us and the kids, even brought a cup with a lid for the little one without being asked. I have read some of the reviews that the staff was so so but for us that day we couldnt have a better waitress. (maybe there paying attention to the reviews and correcting the issues that people have had in the past)The portion sizes were fine, not big but not small, they were the size we expected them to be.The restaurant was sunny and clean, we were seated in the back room which has a large sun roof which really brightened the room. ( they also have a patio , but its in the parking area so I dont know what that would be like if the parking lot is busy, but I reserve review till I can go back and try it, looking forward to doing this)The menu was varied and they had good selection of deserts.I really want to try here again after reading the poor reviews to see if we just got lucky that day or if they have taken action on the issues going forward.

We ordered food from this restaurant, which is usually really good. When we were about to eat, we realized that our portion of fries were very small, only about 15-20 fries each(yes, we counted). When we ordered the exact same thing the last time we were there, the portions were much bigger. My wrap was poorly made this time, veggies tasted uncooked, freezer burnt taste almost. When we called just to give them a heads up on this, the woman on the line told us we should have ask for a full order of fries, and just wanted us off the phone. We have never had any bad service before this time, but today has made me never want to go back there.