Sergeantsville Inn: A NJ Restaurant Review
Sergeantsville Inn
601 Rosemont-Ringoes Rd.
Sergeantsville, NJ
Sergeantsville Inn: Restaurant Summary
Fare: New American
Price: Expensive
Food Quality: Well executed menu with healthy choices. Meats and poultry contain no antibiotics and hormones
Service: Friendly and attentive, without being intrusive.
Ambiance: Elegant, rustic, romantic, set in an historic 1700's stone building.
Overall Rating: 2 1/2 Stars
Note: Four star Rating System from 1/2 Star = poor to 4 stars = Best in Class
Noise Level: Moderate
Dress: Upscale Casual
Recommended For: Diners who enjoy well prepared, antibiotic and hormone free ingredients served in a cozy, historical rustic setting.
Not Recommended For: Diners who may prefer a trendy modern ambiance, or casual family dining with traditional American comfort food served in huge portions.
Recommended dishes: When available, The Roaming Acres Pork Loin with Braised red cabbage, butter braised sauerkraut, and roasted apple; The River Bend Farms Daily Cut Butcher's daily cut with creamed spinach, sweet potato, and bay leaf demi-glace; and The New Jersey Sea Scallops with Tricolored cauliflower, coriander vinaigrette, and black currant.
Liquor: Full bar service with a good selection of reasonably priced craft beers, wines, and specialty cocktails.
The Sergeantsville Inn is a rustic, romantic inn offering fireside dining in a historic stone building from the 1700s. The inn, which once hosted George Washington, was a pelt-trading center and feed store.
The restaurant, with a seating of 150, is rustic and cozy, with exposed stone walls, beams, softly lit gas lamps, white tablecloths, and dark mahogany rafters.
The original downstairs dining rooms—the Library, the Icehouse, and the Wyeth Room—still use the original fireplaces. The small bar area is attractive, warm, cozy, and lively without TVs. The Tavern bar serves cocktails, small plates, and high-end bar food. They have added dining rooms upstairs with an open view of the downstairs.
Co-owner General Manager Jes Taylor and Executive Chef Daniel Brunina operate the Sergeantsville Inn.
Chef Brunina is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and later honed his culinary skills at some of the most prestigious restaurants in the country including the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, The Little Nell in Aspen, Colorado, and the 3 Michelin Star The Inn At Little Washington in Washington, Virginia, The Ryland Inn in NJ, and before The Sergeantsville Inn, was Executive Chef at The Hudson House in Jersey City, NJ.
The seasonal changing menu offers a limited selection of pasta, meat, and seafood items. Many of the entree items are sourced from local NJ farms that feature humanely raised natural, free-range meats and poultry, without antibiotics and hormones, including River Bend Farms, Griggstown Farm, Roaming Acres, and others.
If you are there for a romantic dining experience, ask for a cozy table for two by the large stone, open wood-burning fireplace.
During the warmer months, there is outdoor dining on the patio.
The Inn is on the northwest corner of the intersection. There is a good-sized parking lot across the street on the southwest side.
The Sergeantsville Inn is open seven days/week for dinner.
(updated: September 2024)
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