The Tavern

Wanted to love it. The Tavern looks great, it’s clean and new. Here are the problems… service is incredibly and undeniably slow and the food is just mediocre. I’ve been twice. Did I say the service is slow? No more

I went there with friends and sat at a hightop in the bar one night were all younger. The service took forever and the waitress was so rude, a complete bitch. I asked for a medium rare burger it was literally a hockey puck. I read thro these reviews and 90% is negative I don’t know why they don’t just shut it down. 0 stars.

this place sucks! the chef is a hack at best. horrible service for such a small shithole!

I’ve been here a few times now thinking that the food will get better but it hasn’t. I’ve tried a few dishes including pizza, risotto balls and chicken broccoli and penne and they just weren’t anything to rave about. I’m giving them 3 stars for the drinks and atmosphere on weekend nights. Other than that, the tavern wouldn’t be my go to spot in town.

One star for the dinners, 4 stars for the pizza and pabsts. Average to a 3 star.

No no no. Laughably bad service, a burned «medium» burger, and the worst margarita ever. My friends and I went after an event at the nearby fairgrounds mid-​day on a Saturday. The first three of us got drinks promptly, but the waitress just left the whole tray sitting on our table saying she’d «be right back»…10 minutes later she came for the tray. she was ready to take our order, but we were still waiting for our 4^th, so we asked to wait a few. Our last member (a full time waitress elsewhere herself, nonetheless) arrived and we then waited 29 minutes to order food and her drink. She got that margarita with her food 50 minutes later. It was so bad (think sour mix over ice with a teaspoon of Jose) that she sent it back, receiving a noticeable eye roll for the request.
Our waitress never even asked how our food as, I am assuming she probably knew. When she *did* come back to clear and ask if we wanted dessert, I told «I know it’s absolutely no fault of yours, but please inform the cook that our ‘medium’ burgers were really overcooked.» She came back telling us she spoke to the owner, yet not even a comped soda (not really surprising). She also proceeded to drop the bill with us, and chatted us up for the FIRST time since we arrived. Yeah, a little too late to make nice considering we barely saw you.
The building is nice, but odd. It looks like a country club clubhouse behind a grocery store, with a temporary sign just saying «tavern». In retrospect, we should have just gotten ice cream and sandwiches in the place next door.

I’d like to give it a 2.5…but I can’t.
Food: The food was average at best and a few things were just… off. I ordered the bisque but a bisque I did not get. Bisque: «a smooth, creamy, highly-​seasoned soup of French origin, classically based on a strained broth (coulis) of crustaceans”* What I got instead was a a mediocre, barely seasoned chowder.
The breadsticks were tepid at best in temperature and felt like day old bread. The bread in the french onion soup had the same odd consistency as well. Our lamb was largely fat and oddly seasoned. Can you tell the theme of the meal overall was, «odd?» I got the lazy man’s lobster and it was sitting in a puddle of butter rather than being lightly kissed by it.
Atmosphere: Akin to a function hall, the pictures were obviously store bought rather than ones related to the people who own it. This is nowhere near being an Irish joint. Those have plenty of personality.
Service: This was the highlight actually. Our bartender and waitress were very attentive and the front desk staff was friendly.
With some tweaks to the menu and overall look, this place could be pretty good.
*thanks wikiepedia