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Restaurant Review: Sammy’s Paw Print
Written on Thursday, August 30, 2007 by That's Camping
Article Categories: Food • Restaurants
Sammy’s Paw Print @ Samantha’s Inn
Rt 16, Tamworth, NH - UPDATED!
UPDATE: We phoned Sammy’s to inquire about their Italian Buffet while we were camping in July 2007. They do not offer it anymore! Too bad.
(ORIGINAL review from August 12, 2006)
While driving on Rt 16 in Tamworth, NH, we noticed an intriguing outdoor banner advertising the Wednesday night $9.95 Italian Buffet.
Luckily, on Wednesday night I was craving spaghetti, so we decided to check it out. The menu is extensive: pastas, seafood, steaks, but the buffet looked good so we opted for that.
There were two buffet tables set up. The salad buffet was extensive and offered many choices; The hot Italian table offered at least two choices of pizza, fettuccine with tomato sauce & sausage, a ziti & pepper dish, extra tomato sauce, and excellent cheesy garlic bread. No, it wasn’t as large-scale as other buffets, for example a Chinese restaurant buffet, but sometimes the restaurants with lots of choices aren’t necessarily very appetizing. This buffet offered a few good choices, and it was delicious.
The two buffet tables are situated in an awkward location, one side of each table is a “dead end” so you have to back out of that side. If there are two people on one side, it could be difficult to maneuver around the buffet line. We had arrived around 7pm, and it wasn’t too busy, so there was no real trouble navigating the buffet tables.
Otherwise, the food was delicious, the staff was pleasant, the restaurant was clean, and we took a walk to the Inn’s lobby and it was very appealing.
If you are in the mood for Italian, steaks, or seafood, we recommend trying Sammy’s Paw Print in Tamworth, NH. Try their Wednesday Italian buffet too!
NEW REVIEW from Bob (NewEnglandCamper)
August 26, 2007:
After a bad thunder windstorm at Danforth Bay, we decided just to go out for a late dinner. We had company up so we decided to treat them to Pizza Barn for some good Pizza. Pizza Barn was closed due to the POWER outage from the storm. This led us to Sammy’s Paw Print in Tamworth, NH (which had power) - BIG MISTAKE!!!
Here are our observations:
* Extremely Poor Service:
- Got snickers from the Waitress when our niece was ordering a drink because she didn’t know right away.
- No hostess
- The one waitress in the entire resturant was very unfriendly and UN-Professional
- Bartender was not friendly either nor did she try to help the waitress out. The bar area was not busy at all.
- Order for 2 pizzas, fries, onion rings, took well over 1 hour before we got the Pizza. Not fun with a whiny 3 year old.
- Our 2nd round of drinks was not filled for our main course. We had to ask for them to refilled and it took about 10 MORE minutes for them to be brought to us. By this time Patty went to the car with Cam (our 3 year old).
- 18% Tip automatically added to our bill because our party was 7 people
- This was a Saturday summer night and they only had 1 waitress!!!
* Bad Menu
- We got like 2 to 3 menus per person but there was no drinks
* Food
- Onion rings were really good
- French Fries were good
- Pizza was OK; They advertise as the “Best Pizza in Town”. Don’t believe it! Better than White Lakes but Pizza Barn has them beat hands down.
* Facilities
- Bathrooms were down right scary. They were dark, ugly yellow tiles 1960s era on the walls.
- Dining room was average but their was paint pealing in places
- Out table was sticky (not properly cleaned)
- It makes you think what does the kitchen look like? Patty didn’t feel well after eating there the next day
* Overall:
- This place has potential but needs a refurbishment.
- They need new waitstaff, hostess, and a new bartender as well as an upgrade on their facilities.
The tip should have been more like 5 to 10% but I didn’t argue this. Avoid this place if you are staying at Danforth Bay or the Ossipee area.
Article Categories: Food • Restaurants
Comments
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Thanks for the great review! Now only if my wife like italian food as much as I do!!!
Posted by Bob on 08/22/06Patty doesn’t like Italian food! Ha! I am going to have to have a talk with that girl!
Posted by That's Camping in the Northeast on 08/24/06Oh well. We are staying at Danforth Bay this week, and I was craving italian food; we were hoping they still had the Italian Buffet this year at Sammy’s. I called, and unfortunately they do not offer the buffet anymore.
Too bad!
Posted by That's Camping in the Northeast on 07/09/07
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