Sisters At The Martha - Abingdon

Service was excellent as always. Aviance was good except it was so dark I could not see to cut my food. Very nice quite atmosphere. The food was very flavorful but my steak was a little tough and the vegetables were a little on the overdone side in my opinion. I would definitely recommend coming here.

My sisters and I went to this restaurant for Valentine's Day and had a wonderful experience. The set menu was beautifully prepared and presented, and we thoroughly enjoyed our meals. The desserts were especially excellent.

The restaurant had a lovely and celebratory ambiance. However, I was disappointed with the quality of my entrée. The NY strip I ordered was tough and inedible. We were pressed for time, otherwise I would have asked for a replacement. I truly hope that this restaurant can match the excellence of the Inn. With a new chef, perhaps they can elevate their offerings to compete with other establishments in the town.

The hotel and restaurant are beautiful and provide an elegant place to stay and to dine. The restaurant is nestled in an 1800's historial hotel and the decor depicts the era. The service was wonderful. We enjoyed a bottle of wine with our meal, which we did not finish during the meal; however, we were allowed to take it into the bar area and finish it in front of a roaring fire. It provided for a wonderful evening. I ordered the only steak on the menu (a NY strip). It was prepared well, but was rather gristle filled and chewy. My husband ordered the cornish hen and quite enjoyed it. We both have food allergies and the waitress was happy to accomodate substitutions without an additional charge. The only thing that truly disappointed was the restroom in the bar area. They do not have separate accommodations for men and women and the floor around the toilet was truly disgusting to the point of my shoes sticking to the floor. I was so glad that I used the facility at the end of our visit otherwise, it would have ruined my meal. I have to say that the restroom condition made me question the cleanliness of other aspects of the restaurant, although it otherwise appeared very clean.

A restaurant in an absolutely beautiful.old building, the Martha Hotel. It's reaply more restaurant than grill, so if you make dinner reservations, bring something a step up from jeans to wear. The restaurant suggests business casual. The interior of the restaurant has panneled wood and traditional furniture, all very Old Virginia. There's a good looking small bar area too. We were seated by a fireplace. The food was ok, not great, My husband's Shepherd's Pie with sweet potato topping was just a weird taste combo with the sweet potatoes being too sweet for a savory dish, but the lamb was good in it and plentiful. My Cornish Game hen with wild rice was the smallest Cornish game hen I've ever seen. It needed a quick marinade in something acidic before grilling. The wild rice side didn't contain much wild rice and had little flavor. It was like banquet dinner food. Our wine was good and the baked goods were exceptional. The cheese biscuits the apple cake with vanilla ice cream were real treats perfect examples of their types. Our waitress was sweet but very overworked. We ordered about 15 minutes after we sat down and got our dinner 45 minutes after being seated. She did bring us our wine bread so we were ok with the very leasurly pace. It was as a busy Saturday night. I wonder if the teaspoon has gone extinct? We were brought larger dinner spoons with our dessert. (This seems to happen at most restaurants now. I questioned the waitress and she said they have five types of spoons, but she was in a hurry, thus the larger spoons. Why aren't they stocking the different spoons in wait stations teaching the servers to use them? This is a great place for dinner if you don't set your food expectations too high because of the beautiful old hotel it's in. Arrive early have a drink on the big porch or walk around look at the beautiful public rooms. Then order the safest thing on the menu some yummy apple cake for dessert.