Provender Kitchen - Ellsworth

The drinks, food, and service were awesome! The truffle fries are amazing! read more The drinks, food, and service were awesome! The truffle fries are amazing!

I made my reservation early on purpose 5:15 PM. I am seasoned in the food industry as I personally served tables for 4 years. I know what to expect on holidays... read more I made my reservation early on purpose 5:15 PM. I am seasoned in the food industry as I personally served tables for 4 years. I know what to expect on holidays when general rush 's come. 5:15 was on purpose to avoid this. We sat at 5:15. There was 2 3 tables already seated in the restaurant possibly 1 couple at the bar. Not busy. We ordered our drinks 5:20. The server jetted off put our order in. We were actually quite hungry hoping to throw an order of their fries in to start but she was gone before we got a word out. No big. 5:30 she returned with our drinks not awful. They are craft cocktails, so the timing is to be expected. At this point we put our order in. We asked for an order of fries to start we asked for them to come first. We also ordered 2 separate apps, the fried manchego calamari, entrees of pork shanks rib eye. We waited quite a while, but were enjoying our drinks when the fried manchego came out (not the fries). We thought it was odd that we asked for fries first but hey, it happens. Then the other 2 apps come we are asked if we need anything else we said not at the moment. This was 6:00? Not entirely sure on the time. Then we sat. we sat we sat. Nobody checked on us. drinks empty. at 6:45 I asked if our entrees had been fired because we were considering leaving the server said yup kept going, didn 't ask if we needed anything. 6:55 the entrees finally came. We immediately asked for a box checks. We had been there for 1hr 45 min. She asked why we wanted it to go we said we had been waiting a long time, she immediately came back said 'I only put your entrée in 1 hour 15 minutes ago '. I then said 'We are pretty bummed we have been sitting with empty drinks for so long '. She leaned over said 'they don 't look empty to me '....they were all melted ice for an hour 30 min. That part was the most shocking response to us. Then we realized the ribeye came with absolutely nothing. Very disappointing

Our favorite destination in Eastern Maine. I admire there perseverance and creativity as they have navigated Covid 2020. They deserve our support and my wife an... read more Our favorite destination in Eastern Maine. I admire there perseverance and creativity as they have navigated Covid 2020. They deserve our support and my wife and I are committed to doing our part. The focus on creative food wonderfully prepared is a joy to behold.

Creative delicious food, really spiffy cocktails and friendly cordial staff. One our go-to dining places having just moved to the area. Yum! read more Creative delicious food, really spiffy cocktails and friendly cordial staff. One our go-to dining places having just moved to the area. Yum!

Provender has been my favorite restaurant in Downeast Maine since 2018, when I made my first visit. It's always a wonderful menu with gluten-free options and gr... read more Provender has been my favorite restaurant in Downeast Maine since 2018, when I made my first visit. It's always a wonderful menu with gluten-free options and great cocktails! Darren Joy have a fantastic restaurant for locals, visitors and specialoccasions. I can't give enough stars!