Stoney Lonen

J and E were in town, and we decided to give Stoney Lonen in Rehoboth Beach a try. We didn't know much about it other than it was an Irish place, so we were expecting pub-like food. When we got there, we looked at the menu posted outside, and based on the dishes (and prices), we realized that Stoney Lonen is fancier than we were expecting, but the descriptions of the menu items sounded interesting, so we decided to give it a go.


E ordered onion soup, and the server brought out some dinner rolls for the table. E described the soup as very blah and forgettable. The dinner rolls were also bland -- the type of thing that you'd get at any rubber chicken banquet. Since I'm a bread fanatic, I decided to get a side order of thegrilled brown bread. I was excited, as I've had real brown bread in Ireland, and it's awesome. Unfortunately, what's served at Stoney Lonen is NOT real brown bread. Somehow they managed to suck all of the taste out of it, and this stuff was BORING.

Eventually, J's chicken dish was served, as was E's crabcake. (My food was nowhere to be found). We waited and waited, and I insisted that J and E start eating, as my food showed no signs of appearing. Just by appearances, you could tell that J's chicken dish had been sitting under heat lamps, as it had a very dried out appearance. The sauce sounded interesting from the menu description (fresh herb fontina cream sauce) turned out to be flavorless. E's crabcake with lemon dijon cream sauce was acceptable, if not exceptional.

Eventually my cod and clam dish arrived. It was completely tasteless, and the interesting sauce/broth that was described by the waiter appeared to be nothing more than water.

The Bottom Line: Stoney Lonen -- bad service with bland, boring food, at tourist prices.