Forrestal Grille

I got stomachache and flu after visiting this place

It was Saturday night in Princeton, 5 family members were unexpectedly in town supporting my cousin’s swim meet and we needed a place to go for dinner. Every restaurant in Princeton was booked until 10pm. That’s how I ended up at the restaurant located in the lobby of my cousin’s hotel. Forrestal Grille was overrun with hyped up swim kids and their beleaguered wine drinking parents. Maybe it was the sudden rush of customers that inspired the kitchen staff to step up their game, but when we ate there, the food was nothing short of delicious! Our house salads were perfectly dressed and seasoned. The french cut chicken was juicy and succulent with flavorful crisp skin and roasted potatoes, and the scallops were perfectly cooked as well as generously portioned. We were seated next to a window that overlooked a dark forest, but the glow from inside gave the dining room a warm, comfortable feel. The wine list was simple, but satisfying — we enjoyed two bottles of pinot noir followed by vanilla ice cream and a dollop of chocolate mousse cake. The wait staff also gets extra points for being kind and accommodating to kids as they rotated seats, zipped across the room and asked for extra bread. Overall, a great dining experience!

I definitely agree with the person below about the menu. The website menu sounds delicious, hence the reason we went, Unilocal menu is different, and the menu when you actually get there is extremely mediocre. The picture of the menu shown below is the menu we received as well, but we weren’t offered the Flight menu, only the calamari app which was executed very well. The staff were very very nice. The prices were very high… I ordered the Tuna burger which was good, my wife had the crab cake which came on burger bun? She said it was good… The bon bon dessert was really good. 1 Star down for the menu problem, 1 Star down for the cost/​entrée quality… Again, the staff was excellent

We had dinner here for group of 5. The entire time that we ate at this restaurant, on a Friday night, the place was completely empty. Upon seating we were given two different menus. One menu was for their upstairs bar Flight and a menu for the restaurant itself. The dishes available were expensive, as expected for a hotel restaurant. The selection was varied but sparse. There are only 5 entrée choices. For a «grill» there were not very many grill options. The waitress is kind and polite and very attentive which we expected considering we are the only guests there. The food that we did order was cooked well but nothing spectacular. I ordered some sort of blue drink, I cannot remember but it is one of their specials. It was mixed way too strong with blue caracao and I had to request and mix it with an entire glass of pineapple juice to help flavor. When asked about boxing our leftovers we were very promptly handed styrofoam box. At the price level this restaurant is at I expected them to box up to leftovers for us.