Evergreens Restaurant

My friends raved about this place so we were excited to go with a big group of friends. It happened to fall on a Sunday that was close to St Patrick’s Day so everything at the brunch had a «Irish or green» spin. First of all, we had a reservation at 12pm and for some reason the host had us wait for a long time in the lobby. It wasn’t crowded when we got there and we watched as several large groups went in before us. So by the time they seated us, the brunch buffet area was extremely crowded.
Having been to some pretty nice brunch places in the past, I didn’t find them to have many choices. It was a small area with an omelette station, a number of prepared dishes and also a carving station. They had cocktail shrimp and oysters, wished they were a little bigger in size. Some of the desserts were also gone by the time we went to the table. What was left was too sweet and not that good. All in all, I was pretty disappointed for what we paid. I think they even made it more expensive because of St Patrick’s Day. This was an edible meal but there are better brunch places in the area.

Evergreens vs Seasons Restaurant Sunday Brunch. My wife and I went to Seasons Sunday Brunch in Avon last week and Evergreens this week. Seasons charged $ 26.5 and Evergreens charged $ 28.95. On a scale of 1 – 10 in this area for the quality of food and value, Evergreen’s is a 6.5 and Seasons was a 9. Season’s food was just so much better in almost everything. The mimosa was better at Evergreens, but everything was much better at Seasons and it was 9% less expensive. I would recommend Season’s over Evergreens hands down.

My wife and I had brunch recently after a wedding we attended. It was fantastic. Great omelette station. Delicious apple/​cranberry blintzes. The best sausage links I’ve ever eaten. Poached egg, tomato in hollandaise on an english muffin that was great. So many more options I don’t remember. This was a top notch brunch!

Delicious everything and fantastic service. I love staying here when I’m here on business, and I love eating here while I’m there. I legitimately look forward to these trips thanks to this place.

This is one of our favorite places to go for brunch! They accommodate a large group and offer a variety of choices. The food is delicious and the they have very good service.

With a dearth of places in our area for a good buffet brunch, we had high hopes for this one. It was decent, and we will likely be back, but nothing extraordinary. My only gripe is the limited selection. When I think brunch, I’m thinking a broad range of items — both breakfast and lunch. They had all the usuals — omelet & waffle station, breakfast meats, breads and muffins (but a small selection), carving station, shrimp cocktail, salads, and hot entrees (a few). Quality of everything was good, but we ran out of different things we wanted to try fairly soon. One noticeable missing entry, and brunch staple, was eggs benedict. The desserts were quite good, and oddly enough, the selection was extensive with many types of cakes, pies, cookies, and chocolates.

So sometimes a family member dies, gets married, or has a baby or a combination of the 3, and I’ve gotta make a rando trip to CT to mourn/​celebrate. This time it was certainly the more morbid of the three options, and it wasn’t the birth. A funeral. Yeesh. Heavy.
I digress, when we happen to attend a family function we’ll typically stay at Avon Old Farms Inn which is run by the same owners of Simsbury Inn. Avon was booked up, and Simsbury was available. We returned from the funeral and got settled in our rooms, and proceeded to Evergreens/​Tavern for dinner. I ordered an Absolut Peach and Sprite while I waited for my family to make their way down the elevator which was pretty decent and only $ 550 in a large pint glass portion.
We sat a table, surrounded on one side by chairs and another by a large couch. There were 5 of us, so most of the tables weren’t terribly accommodating. There were 3 dirty glasses towards the end of the table, which remained there until we asked our young waitress to remove them. She was pretty flustered, even though my family is not picky by any standard. She didn’t know the wines, vodka selection, or what the specials were off the top of her head. Tsk Tsk, Mavis (I’ll protect her anonymity.
The food was pretty decent though. We ordered a calamari app (HUGE!), and then I had the «petit filet mignon» served with steamed squash and zucchini and mashed garlic potatoes and a horseradish dressing on the side. Very tasty. Dessert however, wasn’t really anything to write home to Uncle Willy about (mom was already with me). We ordered a pumpkin cream cheese cake, served on a drizzle of butterscotch sauce. It was pretty mediocre, and I actually enjoyed the little hazelnut biscotti that came with it a bit more.