Red Onion - SAUGERTIES

The Red Onion provides a first class dining experience...the space is classically comfortable and nice, the service is impeccable, and the food is wonderful best fine dining I've had in the Woodstock area...the house made pierogi was excellent and the duck breast was cooked so perfectly that I didn't need a knife to cut it... a shout out to our server Chadwick who went above and beyond to make sure we had a wonder experience! very highly recommended!

Salad great ingredients but lackluster “Ken’s Steakhouse” dressing. Flat iron steak was fantastic. Service was robotic at best.

We were very excited to have found this restaurant on our quick 2 day trip to the Catskills and ultimately were quite disappointed with it. Firstly, if your establishment accepts reservations it is in your interest to have made sure that when your guests arrive the table is ready. The host fumbled welcoming guests and it was evident he had to make sure things were ready at our to be table before we were seated. This is normally something I would completely overlook had I not had the following experience I had here. Moving on, we were seated with menus by the host and not greeted by our waiter for what seemed like a small eternity. A bread runner came but did not ask for a drink request or anything other than pouring some water, of which he almost took the remaing water back with him before ultimately deciding he should leave it on our table. After our waiter finally came and explained everything on the menu was indeed on the menu tonight…? (Run out of things often? he took our drink order and again was in abscondence. Drinks came, and were decent. Once he finally returned to take our meal orders, I explained I was between two items on the appetizer menu and two items on the entree menu.. he feigned curiosity at my choices, and went on about how everything was so good but ultimately suggested the pierogies and the duck. Awesome! Sounds great. I’ll have the duck breast on the rare side please. EH! Wrong answer. We recommend medium rare. There was no asking if I wanted it any other way. Sure, fine. As my appetizer came the waft of truffle piqued my interest again to my ultimate let down. The pierogies were acceptable at best. I’ve had better pierogies at beer festivals. The truffle oil that perfumes the dish is the only thing that elevated the dish and certainly does not bring the plate to the price point they are charging. But that’s alright, I still have some delicious duck to look forward to! Yet once again was I to be let down. A mediocre duck breast, less than mediocre jus, and some lackluster collard greens. The potatoes too.. Potatoes are one of Gods gifts to humanity. They are almost impossible to not get right. All they need it a little butter and something the kitchen evidently doesn’t know exists.. SALT. Guys, if you aren’t going to put salt on your tables.. You better be getting the seasoning right in the kitchen. EVERYTHING was underseasoned. I understand nouvelle cuisine, and if that’s where you are going with this, properly seasoned food is a must to let the food speak for itself. Yet, something tells me the head chef probably doesn’t even know what I’m talking about. Our waiter shifted from pleasant to short and it became evident he himself was not up to the task of waiting tables with acceptable behavior. An affogato that’s not been properly thought out, which turned into a soupy mess, finished our night here, of which will be the last time we come to the more appropriately named “bruised onion”. Buyer Beware.

This restaurant is totally OVERPRICED. ! I had the Giant Scallops, they were the size of quarters.. That is not giant. The risotto was flat tasteless, and the weird mushrooms taste very strange. Everything is ala Carte and expensive. This is NOT New York City. My friend enjoyed the steak and my other friend did like her oysters. The deserts are great but super pricy. The service is superb The atmosphere is plain and who wants to eat in a bar ? As a local, I will NOT be recommending this place to my Airbnb guests.

This is my go-to restaurant in Woodstock. Our friend lives nearby and we often visit The Red Onion. The atmosphere is country dining. The restaurant is located in a gracious old country house surrounded by the woods of a lovely country setting. The food is prepared beautifully but, more important, it 's so delicious! The wait staff is professional, pleasant and friendly. From beginning to end, we enjoy our visits to The Red Onion. Highly recommended