Juniper Hill Restaurant And Bar

Good food, but they haven't figured out how to make the service work.

Our family had a small reunion last night at Juniper Hill. From the reservation process to the meal itself, the entire experience was lovely! Tara made our reservation via email and then was kind enough to help us adjust it when plans changed (as they tend to do when your coordinating 5 households schedules). They were gracious and welcoming and everyone from the octogenarians to the 18 month old loved the food! Highly recommend!

I came here with two of my chums to kick off Memorial Day Weekend. I 'd heard good things about this place but it 's rare I 'm in this section of Hunterdon for a meal. (Disclosure I am a native of the Kingdom of Hunterdon) I mean this with all due respect, but the spacious, rustic farmhouse interior feels like it would be more at home in one of the tourist trappy areas in the western section of the county in Frenchtown or Lambertville. I would be curious what their typical clientele is I think this area has gotten a bit bougier in recent years and could also be getting some of the visitors to nearby Clinton. Anyway. The minute I pulled into the parking lot here on Saturday afternoon, I thought, This looks like it used to be a bank. The building has that local mom pop bank vibe from the 80s/90s, and that thought was validated when we walked in and there was a small dining area inside a vault. Very nice touch. We opted to eat indoors (it was getting toasty), and despite it being around 1PM the place was pretty empty. We were seated within about 15 feet of the aforementioned vault, and I could see a full service bar area in the adjoining room. Definitely my kind of place. One issue with the artwork per the accompanying picture, they have an Anthony Bourdain print up, but the quote of his has a significant grammatical error. It should be, I WOULD like to see small farmers empowered, not I WILL. Hopefully they get that fixed in the near future but there 's a decent chance I 'm the only person riled up by it. I was sucked into the almighty brunch dilemma (sweet versus savory) and ended up getting the lemon ricotta pancakes, along with the biscuits and sausage gravy, thinking I 'd understandably have quite a few leftovers. Nope literally just one biscuit remained at the end of my carnage. Both were very good, though the biscuits were the star for me. SLIGHTLY overcooked/crunchier than I would have preferred, but they tasted fantastic and reminded me (in the best way) of my all time favorite biscuits from Roy Rogers. The accompanying sausage gravy provided some much needed moistness and flavor. The pancakes were very good as well; my only mild issue was that I wasn 't crazy about the inclusion of the chopped walnuts on top (for texture purposes), but that 's on me for not requesting their exclusion at the time of ordering. The service was pretty good. Our waiter was friendly and did stop by from time to time, but I thought the response time started to lag a bit in the second half of the meal. Nothing egregious, and no one was in a massive rush, peering at their watches, but it could tighten up a bit. We had a young pup in our dining party that was starting to get antsy, otherwise it may not have been noticed at all. It 's sadly pretty rare that I have a solid restaurant recommendation around here (it 's a bit of a foodie wasteland) but this would be one of them. I definitely want to come back to sample one of the edgy cocktails and hopefully eat a meal in the vault.

Highly disappointed that they wouldn’t do take out on Mothers Day. And I called earlier and said I was going to call back with my order and they said okay. When I did they said no take out orders.Nothing was posted online or Facebook either. We had to scramble to find another restaurant.

Friendly staff and warm atmosphere along with delicious food and creative drink menu. Juniper Hill is a favorite.