The Coplin Dinner House

Great place, great staff. Had the free range chicken marsalla tonight and it was amaz
ing.

For Valentine’s Day, my husband likes to spoil me so while up near Sugarloaf he took me to what was suppose to be the finest dining around.
We arrived early and were pleasantly surprised that they could seat us right away. We were seated in a room with several small tables. It was unfortunate that they seated so many in one room because this pulled from the charming and romantic dinner we were hoping for. It also made dinner conversation stop anytime a nearby table needed to get up. I held onto my glass and anything tippy since people had to carefully walk around us to get out the room. So did the waitstaff. One person at a time was all the small walkway between tables could handle. It was kind of silly.
Our appetizer was amazing. We savored the brussel sprouts and the sauce that we wanted to pinpoint all the amazing flavors in. We thought that if this was our first course, dinner would be even better. Untrue. We were both unflattered by the lack luster that our dinner brought us. My duck had layer of fat on all of it that I had to carefully trim through all the cuts of duck to get to the small remaining pieces. That was half the work of my meal, which to me seemed to not be what I should be doing for the price we paid. My husband had fish that he thought lacked flavor and his veggie selection was meager. So was mine. I think I got two small carrots and a pile of 8 string beans.
Some people would complain to the staff about these issue, but if I am anywhere, especially a more «upscale» place, on Valentine’s day, do I want to ruin the mood and waste my time with management. Not at all. A place like this should have their small menu items meet the standards of fine dining.

This is our favorite restaurant in the Sugarloaf area. Creative, fresh and amazing cuisine plus awesome service.

Amazing restaurant and great addition to the area. Make sure to get reservations and I loved the tuna.

We enjoyed nothing short of a superb dinner at The Coplin Dinner House night before last. Crispy delicious fried brussels sprouts with pancetta, porcini mushroom purses and excellent flavorful fried oysters to start. Entrée of moist in bone chicken with a delicious sauce on a scrumptious potato purée, perfectly cooked high grade tuna. Coplin Dinner House will not disappoint the most discerning and adventurous of diners. It was a meal we won’t soon forget, and guess what– we’re going back in two days! Can’t wait.

Think of Portland’s finest cuisine in a rural farmhouse. Add excellent, friendly service. Mix it up and voila, Coplin Dinner House.

Unfussy yet sophisticated cooking in rural Maine. We got in late from Boston on a Friday and were glad to find an open kitchen on a sub-​zero night. We were seated promptly and greeted warmly even though we arrived just a few minutes before closing. The solidly New American menu is varied but firmly rooted in the familiar. Our waiter Steve pointed us to the boneless short rib and the red curry, which, after a long drive, tasted like something descended from heaven. We rounded off our meal with a wild blueberry pie so memorable we asked the pastry chef to make one for us to take home!

On a tip from a new friend we made at the Widowmaker lounge slopeside, we dined on a Thursday night at Coplin Dinner House. It was excellent, and unexpected for this neck of the far woods of Maine. Jeff M. and I both had Hendricks martinis, which were as good as any in NYC, and then we tried the fried brussels sprouts and bruschetta. We barely had room for the duck and red curry we had as entrees. Service was extraordinarily friendly; the food was delicious. I will recommend to friends skiing in the Sugarloaf area as a change of pace from the Rack.