252 Grill

Mom and I went in for an early dinner on a Saturday. I ordered the chicken and bacon spinach salad and Mom got the fish n chips basket. The portions were plentiful, food was excellent, and the atmosphere is crafty with a unique décor. A very warm and friendly atmosphere! We will definitely be back whenever I’m in the area!

The waitress was awesome, sweet tea delish!
But…the rest of the fare was not anything more than average. Fish & chips were frozen fish fillets. Hamburger «steak» was a hamburger patty (overcooked) topped with gravy. The mashed potatoes are not homemade. The side salads but the dressing is not made in house. The pork chops were fried almost to the point of tough.
Really disappointing, was hoping good olé Hertford would get one decent restaurant to take visitors to. Not a do-​over for us.

Well, I finally had a chance to eat here. .the food was delicious. .I had the Chicken Gordon Blu… I could have cut in half and made a second meal. so good… my son had the 252 Burger… he really enjoyed it. yea it was great. my son did have desert. He had Boston Crème cake… big bowl of it for sure… he said it was awesome! !.. the place is well decorated and very clean. Service is wonderful. I hope they are able to stay here for some time to come… great place in a small town. We will be back!!!”

So glad to have another choice of food around this area, especially one that is open normal hours. Thought the food was fantastic and service was great! Loved the unique choices for burgers and sandwiches. not just your ordinary run of the mill. Thought pricing was reasonable and meal was well worth every penny! – you get what you pay for! The building is very nice and spacious. Certainly don’t leave out dessert because they have some killer ones!!! My friends and family are already talking about when we can go back.

A nice restaurant for that business lunch or a dinner out… almost. If this was an established restaurant if would have received no more that 2 stars, but I’ll give it a second chance to work our the hiccups.
Décor is clean and neat, better atmosphere for a lunch than a nice dinner out in the evening. Tablecloths and dimmer lights would make for a great evening ambiance. While on the topic of décor, let me suggest doing away with live flowers. We had a vase of flowers on the window sill next to our table… flowers and leaves with wilted and browning, not very appetizing.
The menu for lunch is fantastic, offers quite an extensive menu. Dinner menu was much smaller at 7 entrèes — 3 beef, 1 pork, 1 fish and 1 fowl. In fairness the lunch menu is available for dinner as well (I thing???).
The restaurant was busy on this Saturday night at 6:30 pm, with only 2 wait staff it made for less than stellar service. Our waitress was very friendly and helpful, but very hurried. She would fly by the table drop things off and asked how we were doing, but was a block away before we could answer. This we are sure will improve.
Our wait for our meal was not unreasonable given how busy they were, short staffed and being a new restaurant.
All menu items are well described and we thought reasonably priced.
My dinner partner had Fish & Chips, the portion was a bit small but not terribly so considering an $ 8.00 price. Fries and fish were a beautiful golden brown, but very oily, an almost certain result of not hot enough oil. Other than the oil the fish was flaky and tasted just fine.
Now to my meal. Let me first explain, I love my red sauce BBQ and was so excited to see Boneless Pork Ribs on the menu. Described as: «Applewood smoked country cut ribs slow cooked and mopped with our house made sweet & spicy BBQ sauce».
It featured 3 off the bone pieces of rib meat, less generous that expected, but not bad at $ 11. The problem is that the meat looked like it had sat under a heat lamp, having a dried crusty appearance. As to the mopped on sauce, the mop must have only one strand, barely enough to taste (which by the way was deliciious… I want more of that sauce). The dish came with two sides, I selected onion rings and macaroni & cheese. The onion rings looked beautiful, but suffered from the same not hot enough oil as my partners fish. The rings quite literally drip when picked up. The Mac & Cheese was the worst thing of the night, dried out and just barely lukewarm.
In spite of a less that stellar performance, I have every expectation that once the «new» is worked out this could be THE place to eat in Hertford, we certainly need it.
I give it 3 based on potential and hope. BYI beer and wine coming.