Restaurants near The Craftsman Inn

Always a wonderful dining experience! Food is outstanding and all staff are so friendly.

Everything superb but too much loud music for this business guy having a meeting… outstanding service and food tops

When my friend and I got to the restaurant we noticed that the restaurant only had a few occupied tables and marveled at the beautiful Christmas decor on the left side of the restaurant. However, were disappointed when the hostess proceeded to seat us in the darker side which had no lights on except for the table the hostess had sat us at. Trying to make the best of it and not complain, I took it upon myself to walk throughout the dark room and turn on all the table lights since the only lighting was from our small table light and the fireplace. Again, we had marveled out loud at how beautifully decorated the restaurant was but then were dismayed to be seated at as the room was extremely dark in a dark room. When our husbands joined us, they also questioned as to why we were seated in the darker and empty dining room. My friend’s husband then proceeded to ask the hostess why we had not been seated in the brighter room. Her dismissive reply was that the other tables had reservations… which caused further dismay because we had also made reservations, over a week in advance and there only seemed to be two or maybe three occupied tables in that “main” dining room. When our assigned waiter arrived, my friend again voiced his disappointment at the table assignment and our waiter was nice enough to go and resolve the issue and we were then seated in the well lit dining area. Our new waitress Misse then took our order and we ordered cocktails and appetizers and our whole night changed. Our server Misse was fantastic. She noticed when something was missing and was quick to replenish bread when she noticed that we had finished the 5 pieces that came with our appetizer and we still had leftover Feta dip. Our Santa Baby cocktails were amazing our entrees did not disappoint. Misse was amazing and turned our night around. We will be back… we hope we get Misse again! Loved everything about our night except for the dismissive hostess.

I was surprised by the fact that it was a small restaurant with a very small defined menu. However, my surprise turned to extraordinary delight when I ordered a small bite and dinner that were truly outstanding along with the incredible wine pairings. This is one of those hidden gem restaurants that I was lucky to find while traveling on business through Syracuse. 

Our salmon and lemon risotto dinners and carmel gelato desserts were innovative, tasty, and perfectly portioned. Table service was cheery and attentive. A really nice dinner, reasonably priced.