Duckworth’s Grill & Taphouse

very solid for bar food. The TV arrangement could have been better. We have a party of 4 and we had to look at a lot of different and sadly small TVs. An arrangement like that of Hickory Tavern or Taco Mac (T-​Mac) would have been great. More TVs and easier access for a group to watch the same one. Food was pretty good and menu was huge. Service was good but payment processing took a little bit of time (on a slow, late weeknight). I would recommend this location.

Went to the Balantyne Duckworths location. Seated at a dirty table. It was so disgusting that I reseated myself 3 booths away. The new area smelled of vomit. Walked out.
So, if you’re looking for a dirty, disgusting, smelly restaurant … you can have my table.

Good value, Good food. Clean. Wait Staff courteous and helpful. We ordered cheese steaks and they were topnotch. Beer selections are multitudinous. Definitely a great place for lunch or dinner. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and will return.

Had to find an employee in the bar to be seated because no one was at the front. I ordered the boneless wings with the sweet and bold sauce. The sauce must have had a lot of vinegar in it because the fumes were making me cough and my eyes water. I ate one and it instantly gave me serious heart burn. I sent them back and got a Teriyaki sauce. SAME THING. My boyfriend ordered the Philly and the meat looked like it was fake. He wasn’t pleased with it at all. They have a good beer selection but unfortunately the beers we ordered were flat. Must say out of all of this our server was awesome. Will not be coming back.

I must offer a disclaimer as I share this review, I’ve been coming to Duckworth’s for years. I’m a BIG fan of their beer selections and the Duck’s version of a Philly Cheesesteak! BUT their inability to serve hot fries is an ever present issue. A question, on their in house written survey suggest they’ve heard the problem before. It would seem, Mg’t is well aware of the problem but choose’s to do nothing. Even McD’s has found a way to keep fries hot! Ask for chips…

Manager is a bit of a prude. We were getting drinks and then decided to tab is out and call it a night for us. Safe to say I will not be back!

I was a regular customer and they for some reason they tried to cut me off after 5 drinks. And let me remind you that I am a 6’3″ 280 lb man. Manager was a coward and told me that I didn’t order food and backed up our waiter on the «5 drink rule.» Complete BS service and management. I honestly can’t believe how i was treated.

One of our go to places, we eat here once a week, is now off the list. After waiting over 10 minutes for service, even with an empty restaurant, our family of 5 will never return to eat here. Completely unacceptable…

I do enjoy Duckworth’s in Ballantyne. It’s much bigger than the Montford one, parking is easier, get’s the same kind of crowds too. My only thing in general is I’m not always a fan of their selections of beer. I love the wings! Always made exactly how I like them. Service at the bar is great! Love that they are open until 2a.m. (especially when having those late nite cravings). The draft specials are great– Mon. & Wed. $ 3.50 so this is the time to go. Weather changing it up to try new beers or just keepin it to the same fave & have more than one.

First time at Duckworth’s! We had the barbecue sandwich (lunch special) and the Philly Cheesesteak and both were AMAZING!!! The server was friendly and efficient!!!

Service is really slow here. Our server didn’t greet us for about 5 mins and when she got our drink order, she immediately started bussing tables instead of getting our drinks. She actually forgot my fiancé beer. I ordered chicken wings and they are 10 for $ 10. I was missing a chicken wing. Usually no big deal but when they are $ 1 piece, I felt like I had to say something. It took forever for her to even come back. I asked if they can take $ 1 off or give me a wing and they ended up giving me 3 wings. We were done with our food and we still waited at least another 10 mins for her to come around! I didn’t see her in the dining area so I don’t know if she was smoking out back or what. It took forever to even ask for a box. It was like pulling teeth just trying to get out of there. They weren’t even busy!

I miss the days when Kitz, AJ, and Tracy worked here… The bar staff is terrible now!
I when to Duckworths after my shift (12:00am) tonight waited 15 minutes for tator tots, after waiting 30 minutes for my food I cancelled it… Lol! As I did the bartender exclaimed «why? It’s ready?!» I was like where is it then?
Jeeze! I can’t!

This place is my regular meet up place on weekends. They have wide variety of local beers and weekend the place will be very crowded.
All I can say it’s sport bar with huge space. If you want to watch game with family and kids you should try it.
«Top selection of local beers, Game place on Sunday, happy hour, family».

Good meal. Great beer selection. Lots of TV’s. Good Service. Great chips and fries, fries were a little salty. Like the high back booths, which keep noise down at your table. One gripe, Growlers are supposed to be 64oz not 32oz. I got a half growler of Franziskaner from Germany for $ 8. The price isn’t bad. Just never heard of a 32oz. Growler. Suggest calling it a half growler. Bottle is cool though. I will be back with my family. Speaking of families, There is an iPad on table with the beer selection on it. Maybe load some games or a movie or cartoons on it for kids also?

I like this place. I went last night with my family, it was July 4^th and we absolutely didn’t feel like eating at home. My picky 4 year old and 7 year old who eats anything was in tow. With a picky 4 year old that really only eats certain pizza you have to be careful.
We are tired of the usual places so we tried Duckworths since it had pizza on the menu. on first glance it looks fine on the inside. Typical sports bar with a section for sit down meals. I liked that they had a «feature» menu that had 2 things on it. A Burger and Turtle Cheesecake :-) We were greeted by our first server who reeked of cigarette smoke who must have just walked inside from a smoke break and didn’t spray down. She stunk. I commented to Sweetie about how gross that is, then we magically got a new server. Score.
We started with the chips with queso. Chips came and they were so salty that they were inedible. I sent them back and immediately a Manager came by and handled it perfectly. I was happy to find out they do the chips in house so they weren’t oversalted at the factory but in house so they made us new ones. I had a Chicken Philly which was good, Sweetie had the Summer Salad with Salmon which she liked a lot, 7 year old had Nachos which were tasty, and best of all my picky 4 year old had a pizza that SHE ATE ALL OF!!! It was a momentous occasion and for all of you people reading this thinking «Is the pizza good here?» If my kid ate all of it, suffice it to say it was AWESOME.
So, here’s the grand finale. Please remain seated. They had this flip menu thingys on the table with the desserts. Now Sweetie is a wonderful baker and we don’t eat much cake out of the ol homestead. These pictures looked professional which led me to believe that the cakes were straight out of the US Foodservice box. We got the coconut cream cake. They brought it out and it was delicious. Moist, soft and buttery sponge cake with a nice frosting and the coconut was just enough, not obnoxious. I asked our server if they made these in house. He said no, but that they were from Queen City Bakery. Well played, Duckworths. Well played.

The place was decent overall. The menu had great variety for vegetarians as well… The southwest veg burger was ok… Some colleagues ordered salmon and the sides looked delicious…
The service was a little slow…

Went there for lunch with my team. Had a salmon salad. The fish was tasty and moist but the spring mix was not that spring but u can’t expect much from a sports bar.
The beer selection is fantastic and they have quite a few stouts and porters. The beer prices are fantastic!
The service was great! Overall good spot!

And God said, «Let there be taps», and so Duckworth’s was made…
If you like choices, this is your place. Close to 70 beers on tap the day I went. Yes, you heard me correctly. How do you know what’s on tap? Two friendly bartenders greet you, tell you their names, offer to help and work as a team. An IPad menu with all the selections to view? Pure genius. Want a flight? Just drag and drop the selections that are of interest and give it back to the bartender. Find a winner and want a Growler? You can buy 32 oz. of hoppy goodness to take home with you!
Oh, and if you get a chance to look up from your beer glass, you’ll notice that there are 5 bazillion televisions. Sweet!
Can’t wait to come back and try some things off the menu!

I had been here for drinks before and never had the food until recently. I was not impressed. I ordered the veggie burger (everybody has a veggie burger these days, but come one, you don’t buy your hamburgers frozen in a box – don’t buy your veggie burgers like that). It didn’t taste like it was an actual veggie burger patty made in-​house. It tasted extremely processed and overly salty. I had the garlic fries as a side – drenched in oil and hardly crunchy at all. The strawberry shortcake cheesecake was the only decent part of the meal.
Service – I had no issues with out server; she was pleasant enough, but the food is another story.
I was looking forward to a good, hearty veggie burger, too. Shoot!

We sat at a «communal» table which means first come first served in the bar, but others may join you. We were lucky in that nobody sat across from us. We came to celebrate a birthday and to watch the UNC football game because the Ballantyne Hotel doesn’t get ESPN-​U; which is where the game was broadcast.
We had Spencer as a server and while I believe he also had a 15+ top outside plus other bar tables, he was cranking it out! He was very on point and attentive. He always checked on us. When we needed something or when something came out missing an item, he took care of it in record time.
I was very impressed with him as out waiter. The shots ($ 5 chilled Patron) was a good deal… We had several! The wings were good — get them extra crispy! We also got some fried pickles; which as odd as they sound, are quite good and salty. We also had a few beers before I asked for a Diet Coke (needed some caffeine!)
We share a large cheesesteak. Unfortunately, they forgot our onions — but Spencer and the manager fixed it right away. The steak was sadly very over-​cooked and chewy; I probably wouldn’t order that again. The chips were good with ranch. …and the ranch was quite good too!
We finished with their Reese’s cake/​desert. It was very very sweet and clearly was pre-​made and frozen before thawed and served. I had a few bites hit didn’t love it. Which says a lot because I’m a sweet-​a-​holic!
All in, we were here several hours. While our tab after tip was just over $ 90 — for the area and considering the alcohol we had it was ok. We came here for wings, beer and bar food; they had it and then some…