Carolina Tavern

Everything ordered was great. The wings may be the best wings ever tasted. The size, the texture, the sauce, are all perfect. Second time visiting and just as well as the first. The sweet potato bites were good, side salad fresh and a nice portion, broccoli (pretty good), and fries great. The ribs fall off the bone and are well seasoned; they taste just as good warmed up the next day. The pickle flavor in the tarter sauce was a little over powering this time around.

I don’t know if I’ve ever written a google review before, but this place here lately has consistently had poor customer service and tonight was the proverbial “strike three” for me. Pros - the wings are pretty good. Boneless or traditional, can never go wrong. I don’t really have anything good or bad to say about anything else on the menu. Cons - the wait will always be longer than they say. Typically in my experience, whatever time they say on the phone is how long you’ll wait once you’re actually in the restaurant. For example, tonight we were told 20 - 25 minutes for 10 wings and 4 chicken tenders. Knowing the wait is longer than they say, we arrive 40 minutes later than when the order was placed. It was another 20 minutes before I was back out the door. When you call, the person taking orders can hardly ever hear the person on the phone. I know it’s called a “tavern”, but not being able to hear customers trying to order food is a problem. I haven’t actually sat down to eat at the place in years, but others i know have said that if you are sitting down to eat, expect about 30 - 40 minutes before you get your food, and it won’t be worth the time or money you pay for it sadly. To make a long story full of complaints a short one, and for what it matters - I have repeatedly experienced bad service here and have had others in my life share the same opinion/experiences of this restaurant, and it has officially lost them a customer going forward. Thanks for reading.

Update 5/12/24: We've been here a few times, never had any issues. Today was a different story. The picture is the Fried Chicken Club. What you can't see under that sad little lettuce leaf is two little chicken strips. That slab of ham? Yeah, that was originally on there too. You literally get more ham than chicken on the Fried *Chicken* Club Sandwich. Make that make sense. On the upside, the service was good. The server kept our drinks filled and brought me some fries after a little mix up about the sides (totally my fault).

Waited forever on food only to be brought a rare steak when I ordered well done. When she took it back, she brought the sides back to me. Why would you not keep them warm until my steak was ready? Ugghhh. Just had her box it up and left. Mediocre at best.

Abysmal experience. Ordered the beer battered fish. Waited an hour to receive food. Nothing about that fish was beer-battered. It was a cold, mostly thawed piece of breaded fish. The quality of the food here has degraded severely. Won’t be returning.

This is a sports pub/grill, so with that expectation it's pretty good. Had the fried pickle spears which were great. More pickle to batter ratio. Burger was very thick, cooked well. A little lacking in flavor (I had a burger with grilled onions and mushrooms). Recommend going with a sauce. If you want to watch a game, there are literally tvs everywhere. Good drink specials.

Our server was amazing! Very attentive and polite. Had the fried pickle burger and honestly it was one of thr best burgers I've ever tasted. My partner had the philly with mashed potatoes and said it tasted really good! The Philly nachos were a big hit also! One of our go to spots when visiting the area!

I don’t usually write reviews for places but this place has irritated me to the point to write one. I get this place can get busy as any place so we make sure to always order way ahead so by the time we get there the food will be ready but it’s never the case. Tonight was the worst experience we had we ordered our food ahead of time they told me 20 mins we get there my husband is completely ignored by staff seating and helping people that came in after him even though he waited in line they finally take his name but never did anything at this point he’s done waited 20 mins past the 20 mins our food was supposed to be ready. Over an hour after we had ordered our food the manager finally comes out to see if he’s even there to pick the food up even though he’s been there for 30 mins. Absolutely terrible service!!