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| - Well, I'm pretty spoiled living in a big foodie city. When I come back to Troy (Welshfield?) to visit my folks, though, we're often stumped without options. Combine my vegetarian diet along with my sister-in-law being a celiac and having a gluten-free diet, and its pretty hard to find good restaurants to eat at in the area without venturing off.
This Father's day, we ended up coming to Welshfield Inn for brunch after I called to ask about their gluten free options. They seemed confident that they could accommodate us, made a reservation, and squeezed us in. They were also fine when I had to move the reservation back 45 minutes, and then we still showed up late, anyways.
The interior of the restaurant has changed since I last remember it. Gone is the ugly floral wallpaper and *most* of the frilly and frumpy tchotchkes and creepy doll collection I remember as a teenager. Now, it is nicely painted dark, natural colors and has a few choice antiques on the walls. It feels like an appropriate level of "old country" without being so in-your-face that you feel almost insulted by it.
Service was excellent. Our server was friendly, attentive, understood our diet requirements, and accommodated changing a few menu items to make them vegetarian or gluten-free.
The food was actually quite good. I had Eggs Benedict without the ham, and they were happy to put spinach on instead. The sauce was great, the eggs were just right, and the potatoes were nicely crispy without being greasy or burnt at all. It was an excellent rendition of a classic (well, modified classic).
The gluten free breakfast (scrambled eggs, potatoes, fruit, if I recall) didn't upset my sister-in-law at all, and she is extremely sensitive to the slightest contamination. It passed the GF test - she texted me later saying she was so happy to not even suffer from a stomach ache after the brunch. So, I guess they did a good job not cross-contaminating the food or letting any crumbs fall in. Thanks!
As excellent as all of the dishes were, there wasn't really any creativity or flare to them. Nothing quite "gourmet" about it. They do standard dishes and they do them well with good service in a nice, old historic building. I'm not sure anything creative would go over well in this town given the typical clientele that come here, but, you know, that's what it takes to get the 5th star from me :-)
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