"Have stayed at Tara and eaten in the lovely formal dining room Ashley 's upstairs, several times. Always a special, and spectacular experience. Have wanted to try the more casual Stonewall 's downstairs, and finally made the trip. Boy, what a nice surprise. The service is as lovely as the formal dining room, and I 'm guessing the food comes from the same kitchen because everything was delicious. We split an appetizer of crab cakes. Our standard for crab cakes is what you find on the Maryland shore. We are always disappointed elsewhere, but try anyway. Unbelievable crab cakes here! For $10, get 3 slider-size, 1 inch thick crab cakes, full of chunks of crab, not flakes, no filler, and no metallic taste. Delicious sauce that has a little kick to it. Served with steamed spinach and red peppers. I would come back and have just this. 4 plates of them. Very nice bread basket with biscuits, rolls, breadsticks, etc, served with honey butter and pesto oil for dipping. Also a crock of Texas caviar ? , a bean salad, came with the bread. I ordered the seafood special, which was grilled fresh tuna topped with crab and shrimp in a butter sauce. The husband had the single lobster tail. Each came with choice of salad, choice of potato, and choice of vegetable. We split a dessert of vanilla ice cream topped with an espresso shot, and topped with whipped cream and crushed toffee. They had an interesting cocktail list, but we ordered a bottle of wine. Many affordable wines on the list. Sally, our server, was professional but still down to earth and funny. We 've had her at other visits when she was serving breakfast. A real gem."
