We had dinner with 2 friends who had never been to Clay Hill Farm before and they loved it. Food was outstanding, very good service, and a nice table outside on the deck. It's a beautiful setting. We could listen to the birds and the piano music coming from inside (until the music at a nearby wedding venue got louder). Lovely dinner before a show at the Playhouse, which is very close by. Looking forward to coming back soon.

It is a very quaint restaurant, the service was fabulous the food was magnificent we enjoyed it so much we went back the following night

Excellent Chef's Haddock, simple, cooked perfectly. Great service as always.

Fabulous evening-loved Clay Hill

Our visit was out sanding. the service was Great and the food was very very Good.

Just great service and ambience

Food looks better in pictures than it tasted. Prices reflect the quaint outside landscaping and not the quality of the food. We were expecting a fine dining experience and got mediocre food at an overpriced rate.

The Brussels Sprouts were the highlight of the meal. Lobster Bisque was decent but underwhelming, boarding on bland with scant pieces of meat.

The halibut and duck were cooked well but not at the $37 price tag per plate. Halibut was fresh and well seasoned. The sides were not good (rice was room temperature and spinach was overcooked and drowning in lemon juice).

Wine list was disappointing, comparable to a chain restaurant. Drinks were boozy.

Glad we went to have the experience and check it off our local restaurant bucket list but we won’t return.

This place is outstanding. On vacation in Southern Maine and discovered iit in search. Set on a beautiful farm., a bit off the beaten track, the chef is creating five star food.

We had their “award winning” lobster bisque and mini crab cakes with a remoulade sauce and corn relish to start. I had the halibut pan pan seared in a sweet and sour sauce, set on a bed of sautéed lemony spinach. It melted in my mouth with flavor. My wife dad the scallops which were infused with a lemony sauce, which she loved. As a side we had the brussel sprouts which are flash fried and done in a sweet and tangy Asian sauce. You could eat them for dessert-they are addicting.

We usually skip dessert, but the waiter convinced us to try the pastry chef’s strawberry cheesecake ( the flavor changes daily). It was delicious, light and fluffy.

Service was very attentive, but not overbearing. Food came out quickly.

I saw some negative reviews here and was frankly shocked. Did they eat in the same restaurant? The only criticism I would agree with is that the decor of the dining room- we ate in the front room overlooking the garden-should be updated. It is looking a little old fashioned and tired. However, the view of the grounds is beautiful.

All in all a wonderful dining experience. Treat yourself and go!

Kelly and Kat Took wonderful care of our table! One child had a peanut allergy and they were so careful!
What wonderful ambience the children loved the babbling koi pond, and birdwatching! The food was out of this world!

On vacation so stopped in for dinner. Food was amazing.

Great meal along with great service and atmosphere. Loved it and will be back soon… Thank you for a very enjoyable evening

50th Wedding Anniversary

Fancy dinner with family

Great food, slower service, nice location, but could use an update inside.

Food and service remains as good as before COVID. Saturday prime rib was delicious. Nice to see. Kelly was fantastic.

Lovely ambience and service. The food was quite good but veered a bit too much toward comfort and less adventurous than we might like. Excellent seafood and good wine list.

Food and Service were good. Interesting cocktails will return soon

Fabulous meal and great atmosphere.
Had the stuffed haddock / seared halibut and not sure if we’ve ever had better food.
Wonderful quiet live piano playing added to the atmosphere.

Mike & Janet

As always, Clay Hill Farm is a delightful dining experience. Kerry is a wonderful server, the meal was wonderful, and the ambience is lovely. Our dining companions who are world travelers were greatly impressed as well!

I have been to Clay Hill farm on previous trips to the area and the food was good but this trip the food was just not edible. Lemon crusted haddock with mashed potatoes was cold and the potatoes were so dense you could not eat. The pinwheels tasted like they were precooked and just sitting in the back of the house.

I had to ask for our plates from the apps to be removed from the table and they didn’t even take them all.

There are a lot of quality restaurants in the area and this is not one that I will revisit anytime in the future.

The food is alway top notch and reasonably priced. It’s a good place to go for any occasion, or none at all.

The servers were so nice and welcoming but the food was so bad that my husband and I each took one bite and could not go any further with the dinner. The setting was also terrible. From the outside you thought you were going to get a quaint and cool farm to table experience, but upon entering, you realized you were going to dine in something close to old an funeral parlor from the 1980’s. From the drapes to the chairs, it was extremely dated and drab. This restaurant was recommended by our resort concierge and we could not have been more surprised. Do not spend the money or time to go here. And it pains me to say this because our two servers were absolutely precious. But not precious enough to spend $200 on a meal you could not eat.

Highly recommend! Delicious food, the Maine Lobster Carbonara, their award winning Lobster Bisque and the Prime Rib were all incredible. I wish we would’ve saved room for dessert! Great service and such a great ambiance in the restaurant. A must visit when you’re in the area!

We informed them it was our anniversary. They said they didn’t get the information even though we double checked it. We asked the waitress a question and she said she would check with the chef and she never did. Her reply was”oh, I forgot “. She never came to check our meals. The entire experience was so far below our expectations that I would never return.

Tired and dated.

Great food and service

All around terrific experience with a great view of bird feeder activity! Our servers Kelly and Darcy were attentive and there recommendations were spot on.

Excellent - food, service, ambiance. Especially enjoyed the live piano.

Excellent!!!!

The lobster carbonara was amazing and the piano at dinner was nice. You don’t find that much anymore. The grounds were nice for a after dinner stroll. It was romantic.

The atmosphere is very pleasant. Food is very good and the service is friendly and good. The delicious mussel appetizer is almost a dinner like portion. They do serve the smallest cup of coffee for dessert that is more like a demitasse cup than a coffee cup though without a refill offered. Overall a very good value with a stable, though somewhat conservative menu.

Mother’s Day

lobster eggs Benedict was perfect!!

Very dated decor leaving something to be desired. Food and service were excellent. It was classic Americana food on the menu and prepared, when the feeling of being on a farm and getting that farm-to-fork feeling could have been captured.

A classic, always good

Loved Clay Hill Farm! The food was delicious (prime rib and stuffed haddock and of course the lobster bisque), the service was great and the ambiance was wonderful...loved the piano player!! We will definitely be back!

This was our first time visiting Clay Hill Farm and we had a wonderful time! So much so that on our way out we made reservations for Mother's Day Brunch! We had a wonderful conversation with Kelly and Debbie our wait staff, the dinner was wonderful and the dessert Devine! We are looking forward to our upcoming brunch! Already recommended to our friends!

We have celebrated our anniversary several times there and this time we were not acknowledged that it was our anniversary. The other times we were given a card which was very thoughtful. Hopefully an error on their part

Service was very good and the food was great! Would go back again.

Ate On a Monday . What was good- warm rolls and herb butter and delicious hot fudge Sunday’s. Filet was overdone, veggies were not good, stuffed haddock was decent. Waitresses were nice but never came back to ask if our entrees were ok probably because they knew already.