Orchard Hill Cider Mill - New Hampton

Today I went with my BF. As always, we had a delicious brunch. We each had a cider flight and shared a charcuterie board. Andrea was our server. She really is the best. She is very attentive without smothering us. She explained every cider in the flight to us. The charcuterie board was top-notch high quality choices. We really enjoyed the sausage and Andrea told us where they buy it in Pennsylvania, so we can get it on our own if we wanted to. This place is such a hidden gem. I can’t say enough. Nice things about it. We also really love how cozy it is. It has a great ambience. It’s nice that there is a choice of indoor and outdoor dining as well. I hope you try it and enjoy it as much as we do.Dietary restrictions: The menu is limited this time of year but there were plenty of gluten free options. They are in the process of switching the fryer over to be gluten free. I am looking forward to this the next time I visit.

I was with my mother at the Mother's Day brunch, my family and I were really satisfied with the treatment of the staff, the food was delicious, fresh and freshly made, everything was very well organized and my mother liked the surprise to eat in this place. We will really repeat and celebrate more events here.If there was something that I needed, I asked the staff and they found it for me and informed me, so I went back to the place to enjoy with my family, there were really many people around me who were happy and enjoying the place, the atmosphere was wonderful.

We attended the Mother’s Day brunch at the Orchard Hill Cider Mill and unfortunately our overall experience was a failure. Besides the friendly staff and the nice atmosphere, it was noticeable that this was the first time they ever hosted an event such as a buffet. A lot of the mistakes were common sense for anyone in the hospitality business. Upon arriving we had to wait in the parking lot while cars drove by with dust blowing everywhere. The place is small; the room on the right had maybe four tables for guests and the buffet in the same room, the room on the left was the bar and half the size, then there were seatings on the deck where we sat with 5 tiny, slotted style tables put together.The first major mistake was the coffee bar! Imagine, ten tables with groups of families and everyone has to go into the small bar area about 10’x10’ to get their own drinks. The fresh juice station had a single juicer where you had to cut your own oranges and press them only a half at a time with a line of people waiting behind you. Out of respect to other patrons, after only four oranges and a third cup of OJ I had to move on. The coffee pots were on the same table, so now on this tiny table you had to find a spot to make your coffee. I carried two drinks back to the table before venturing back in to go wait in line again. A bar for alcoholic drinks is one thing; but everything else needs to be table service, especially when gratuity is expected on a buffet setting. Two of the drinks were spilled instantly along with the flowers on the table because again, the slotted tables. Any movement and you'd spill your drink or lose your cutlery by falling through.Now onto the food. Buffet style is good when done properly. Nothing was labeled and many of the servers and staff didn't know what the foods were. At one point it was passed from one staff member to two others and the third had to go into the kitchen and ask what one of the three pies were. It was a fixed menu, there’s no excuse for every staff member not to know what the items were, especially the servers. The crepe I had to eat with my hands because it got so hard under the heat lamp and also because we didn't want to cut any food without losing everything but our plates. The waffles were hard and the cider donuts tasted stale and dry which really is no excuse being a staple item at an orchard. On the plus side, the made to order items were very good and the items that could hold up being made in advance for buffet setting were also good.Lastly, the gratuity. To sum it up, we had to get all of our own drinks and most of our food besides the made to order items and the bus people cleared our plates—is that 18% gratuity worth of service? I’m only saying 18% because when the bill is presented the server shows you what the 18% gratuity would be which then makes you feel uncomfortable so you end up leaving that amount and don't have time to think. Then what really put the icing on the cake and made me want to write the review was how the gratuity was added to our bar bill as a charge, so the 18% gratuity was added onto the total. We paid 18% gratuity on our 18% gratuity charge which ended up being another $20.In the end this place made out extremely well. We paid good money per person and the staff got tipped very well. Complete success for them, complete fail for the patrons.

Fantastic place to visit and have some great food and cider. The staff and owners are extremely welcoming, and the place has a great backstory. Warm, cozy ambiance and easy to while away a few hours on a lazy afternoon.Food: 5/5

Came here on a date and so glad I did. The drinks were perfect. I normally drink Gin however I was blown away by the cider selection. The verde cider was so good. They have a great assortment of like appetizers. My favorite was the Artichoke bake and the little charcuterie sampler. My date had the Salmon crudo and the bacon stuffed dates.Also love the fact that they have bird games you can borrow so it made for a special date night.It’s such an intimate and refined space. Definitely made me feel special. Highly recommended.Parking: Parking was super easy and there was plenty of room.