Fireside Restaurant - Welshpool

Accessible and lovely place. Surprised to find that it has turned into a badly run cafeteria. Set up so line with trays blocks entrance to washrooms. Cold food prepackaged. Hard to find a place to eat on the island so if you have to eat here order hot food but be prepared for prices. Pop is $2.59 a can. Most customers complaining loudly because apparently this used to be a good place to eat with service. Seniors struggling to carry trays. Part of the Roosevelt estate. Would rather have decent prices and pay to get into the park (which is free). Great location but need to limit menu to a few hot reasonably priced dishes.

Good food and a charming setting/history. They are moving to a buffet style due to Park decision, so I am not sure how that will affect the food.

There are very few eating options on Campobello Island. TheFireside looked like the best possibility, but it was disappointing. The cafeteria style in itself might be ok, but the food quality was not great. The lobster in the lobster roll was tasteless and mushy, while the roll was some sort of sweet tasting bread. Plus, it was made in advance and served to us wrapped in plastic. Why couldn't it have been made to order, even on a cafeteria line? It only takes one minute to scoop some lobster salad into a bun - which should be a hot dog bun, not a sweet roll. It was all a bit dispiriting, and at nearly 80 Canadian dollars, way over priced. The french fries, sadly, were the best thing we ate. You would probably be better making a picnic for yourself and eating at the Roosevelt park.

Maintenant, il ne servent plus avec le service aux tables avec un menu détaillé en table d'hôte ou à la carte. Désormais c'est une simple cafétéria dans lequel vous choisissez entre deux ou trois menus seulement. C'est assez cher et la qualité est correct. Toutefois la soupe de poisson est délicieuse. Mais comme on s'attend à ce que l'on voit sur les dépliants de Campobello et que nous nous retrouvons avec une cafétéria comme service de repas c'est tellement décevant que l'expérience est frustrante.

The park has instituted a program where you get tea and cookies and staff members explain doe little know aspects of Mrs. Roosevelts life. After that program we went to The Fireside for lunch. My wife had fish and chips which included two pieces of fried fresh haddock, which was very good. I had a lobster roll which was a good value but had an unusual roll(see picture).We could not eat on the outside terrace, which was unfortunate, because it was a beautiful day. The reason was the restaurant was short staffed. The food varied from okay to very good for the fish and chips.