Tailgate Charlie’s

Great place to go for food and drinks after work. Tailgates is a Hamilton staple and would suggest for anyone visiting Hamilton to stop by for dinner and drinks.

+ Good Food, Lot of seating
— Price Gouging of the Wings, No Parking Lot
This is a large restaurant, great for large groups Lots of tables and TV screens. Very noisy environment, even with just one other table of girls night out.
There is no free parking for the restaurant. You either need to pay at one of the lots or at one of the meters. We went on a Wednesday evening so thankfully the meter was free after 6pm. But be aware meters are hard to get.
Our waitress was new and didn’t know too much about the menu. Almost every question I asked was met with an «I don’t know». Oh well. The menu was about 3 pages and had a decent selection, although it had no pictures of any of the dishes. Prices seemed reasonable, especially for the sandwiches. The wing prices are deceiving (more on that later).
We ordered the Steak entrée and 2lbs of Wings.
The steak was a little fatty but grilled nicely. Mashed potatoes were cooked well though a small portion. I had the soup instead of salad which came late with the meal. The waitress did apologize for forgetting to bring it to me earlier. It was the cheeseburger soup which had some good flavour.
The wings were cooked well being nice and crispy on the outside. One pound was Texas Gold which tasted like a hot honey garlic, and the other pound was Cajun that had a perfect blend of spices on them.
When the bill came, that is when the confusion set in. 2lbs of wings are $ 16.99 on the menu. But, because we got two flavours instead of one, they charged us the one pound price of $ 9.99 times two. I have «never» experienced this elsewhere and found that pricing policy a cheap way for them to get some extra revenue. So if you order 2 or 3 pounds of wings, that price on the menu is only if you get all of them with the same sauce. Of course nowhere on the menu does it say that nor did the waitress tell us up front.
So overall, not an overly great experience, and not a terrible one either. I would only hope the next time we go back that our waitress is better informed and we are told properly how they price menu items.