A FAMILY FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD SPOT! (AND BEST RANCH IN AVL) I love Creekside Taphouse! A majority of the patrons include families and couples that live in the area. You'll see kids playing in the creek next to the restaurant. The current setup since the hurricane is that you order at the bar and receive a number to place on your table. They have ample indoor seating and both covered and uncovered outdoor seating. Check their website for the current menu because they have had some changes. They frequently have specials including ribs and pulled pork, both are delicious. I've had almost everything on their menu and enjoy everything. Some of my favorites are their pizza and Cheerwine habanero wings. You MUST try their ranch dressing!!! It's homemade and full of dill. Staff here is always friendly and I love the bartenders. Come give this place a try! read more

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I love the vibe of this place! We had only 36 precious hours in AVL, so we picked this place because of their robust local beer selection. My kids felt right at home - it's a very family-friendly space. The staff was friendly and attentive, but I also kind of liked that you order at the bar and just hang out. It's very casual! I had the Black and Blue Tomato Bisque, which was wonderful. The pizza was nothing special. We'd still return to this spot for the great staff and chill atmosphere. read more

Creekside Taphouse - Black and Blue Tomato Bisque - American Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

The burger was juicy and cooked to perfection. The chicken sandwich my bf ordered was tasty as well. Only thing I would change is maybe cook the fries a little longer, but to each their own. Great atmosphere and friendly, knowledgeable staff. read more

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House buffalo wings paired with a cherry coke is the best thing I have ever eaten. Will be back. read more

Creekside Taphouse - House buffalo wings - American Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

Wings were standout. Bartenders were super friendly and the place was dope. Can't wait to go back read more

Creekside Taphouse - Buffalo wings - American Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

Great neighborhood joint! This place deserves a higher rating. Food is delish, tater tots perfectly cooked, friendly staff, variety of local brews on tap! 3 different seating options: dining room, high tops in bar area, or amazing patio over creek on a sunny day. Wings, burgers and pulled pork are steady favorites with choice of homemade sauces. Love this spot. read more

Really just a great place all around. The waitresses we've all had before have always been friendly and the food is great. The attached playground is great for kids but nothing beats letting them run around in the creek! Bring a change of clothes and a towel yall lol read more

Creekside Taphouse - Black widow cider, creek, menu - American Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

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The smoked wings at Creekside are excellent. Everything is so reasonably priced and everyone that works there is friendly and welcoming. Its location by the creek makes it even nicer to be able to sit outside by the water and enjoy great food and drinks !! read more

A short distance from Tunnel Rd is this multifaceted neighborhood restaurant and bar. We stopped in after a nice walk at the nearby Folk Art Center. Greeted by the hostess and Mike was our server. The front has regular seating, the middle has high tops and an adjacent bar. Then there is a small area with electronic games and finally a large outdoor seating area with play area and performance stage. The indoors was about 40% occupied for lunch. We shared a large house salad with blue cheese dressing and the house cheeseburger with sweet potato fries. The burger was cooked perfectly and had that outdoor grilled taste which we love. The fries were tasty but the feta sauce was a bit watery. For dessert we shared an amazing pumpkiin Ultimate ice cream. read more

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A very fun spot to grab a bite to eat, drinks some brews, play darts, watch the game, and much more! The food came out quick and was very fulfilling. The bartender was epic and we loved talking with him. Can't wait to come back and play more bar games and slam some more food! We got the tap house burger and sweet Thai chili wings and loved them! My boyfriend drank the gingers revenge and I got the Foothills IPA. read more

Creekside Taphouse - Darts! - American Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

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Atmosphere seems kid friendly but playground isn't for little ones. I think we just came at a bad time too with older kids acting wild and throwing dirt. It was also hard ordering from the bar with kids. Maybe worst dinner experience I've ever had with kids. And we eat out fairly often. I have three with the oldest 6 and youngest 2. Won't be coming back. read more

We love Creekside! Yummy food, cold drinks, sports on the TVs and friends to hang out with. Awesome customer service from Luke, Ilene, Tim, Kim and the crew. "Sometimes you gotta go where everybody knows your name!" and that is Creekside Taphouse! read more

I'd be here every Friday night if we lived nearby! The most relaxed weekend feelings with good beers, sounds of the creek, solid pub food, and great space for kids to play. Friendly service and occasional live music. read more

What can I say, if you haven't been here, go. So Unique on the Creek! indoor and beautiful outdoor space, LOCAL owned by great people who treat their workers well! We love having Creekside on our side of the tunnel and you can't beat the wings, burgers and pizzas to say nothing of pro. bar tenders/servers who can mix a mean drink and have the best TAPS in Asheville. Also an outside kid playground. Seriously our Favorite go to spot. read more

I went here awhile back and was by far my WORST experience ever in any restaurant ever. folegit my food and took an extra 10 minutes just to mess it up and give me chips instead of fries and the burger was burnt. The customer service is was also bad they wouldn't give me ketchup after I had asked. Ambiance was not ver good either. 1/5 read more

Came here from nj and out of all the resturaunts in asheville I chose this one with my family and let me tell you I could not have been more glad with my choice. The food was so good I ate it so quick lol and forgot to take a pic but it was so amazing and cooked to perfection. The service is incredible as they are all so friendly and talkative and make the experience a lot more enjoyable. Then the overall vibe of the restaurant was awesome, with a bar area, a game room, and a dart board, this place is good for families or a night out with your friends. 10/10 recommend if your visiting the town. read more

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Cheerwine Habanero wings I could probably just leave those three words there and be just as satisfied with the shortest review ever as I was with those wings. Generally I don't order chicken wings and typically when a restaurant touts their 'hot wings' I either find them not hot at all or at the other end of the spectrum where any concept of flavor has been completely annihilated by capsaicin extract. Also I don't think I've purchased a bottle of Cherrywine the entire time I've lived in North Carolina. Yet, for some reason I randomly think about these wings at least once a month or so. Perfectly smoked and the sauce compliments with the right amount of heat to still retain much of that mango-tanginess found in a ripe habanero. And the Cherrywine flavor comes through on top of all that. Wife ordered the smoked turkey sandwich which definitely tasted like they were house-smoked and we shared both meals on their back patio on a cool fall afternoon. Nice neighborhood place just outside of town that is worth a visit when you went some good bar food with easy parking and away from the mania of downtown. read more

This used to be one of our favorite places. It is near our home and we enjoyed the menu. During the pandemic they minimized their offerings, but we continued to support them and enjoyed our visits. They unexpectedly closed for remodeling after the '22 holidays and recently reopened. The good news is the menu again expanded. The bad news, some favorites have been dropped. Creekside had the best tots in town, but they dropped them. They added pizza, but it is the worst pizza outside of Dominos. It is so greasy as to be inedible. While they were "remodeling" the great personable staff found employment elsewhere. The new staff has no sense of service or what should be done to work at a restaurant. The kid who brings the pizza we waited an hour for we asked if he could bring us water. Nope. We would gave to ask a server!? Get out of you silo, Einstein. Time to find a new local favorite. read more

Great surprise hidden away in Asheville. What used to be a Hardware store renovated into a Tavern! Loved it as a hardware store and now as a tavern. Great BBQ and brew with a great family atmosphere. Bring the kids and enjoy!! read more

We are visiting from out of town and looking for a place to get some dinner on a Sunday evening and was able to find this local place that was open. We were told to sit anywhere when we sat down. Appears to have more relaxed seating out back and possible live music. The waitress seemed pulled between the two locations but did stay on top of our needs. The food arrived quickly but unfortunately the boy who brought our food wasn't aware of what meal was which and we had to look through each to find out whose was whose. The fries were great and cooked just as request, nice and crispy. I ordered the fried chicken sandwich that had a side of chips. The chicken honestly didn't have much of a taste and the batter kind of got soggy and fell off the chicken. I would not order this again. My family ordered the burgers and seemed happy with them. We were glad to find a place open and did get friendly service but not sure this would be my pick again. read more

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I big thank you to the folks at Creekside, y'all were so kind and supportive tonight. our little one fell and had what looked like a softball on her forehead and the whole staff helped us. Mike our server was outstanding and the food was so tasty! This was my first time and I can't wait to come back! read more

We had an okay experience here. The veggie burger was pretty basic but good. The veggie sandwich was served on a dry wrap instead of hoagie bun. I gave it a shot but was so disappointed. The Mac and cheese was barely warm. Unfortunately we won't be returning. read more

We came to just get a burger and fries, but everything is honestly WAY overpriced for what you get. I was surprised by the bill. $17 for my burger and $19 for a burger with a gluten free bun resembling a hockey puck and NO sides included. Potato chips do not count. A side of crinkle fries was $7... In all, two burgers, an order of fries, and a single $4 beer ON special was $50 without tip. The food wasn't bad, the burgers could've come with a sauce... It just wasn't worth what they are charging. The experience would be better if they were asking a fair price for what you get. Happy to come back and enjoy the food and outdoor area when the prices come down, until then you can't say it's a go-to neighborhood joint, it was disappointing. read more

We showed up on a Saturday night with my daughter's soccer team (20 ppl) and they treated us wonderfully! The hostess was honest about the wait (which we knew with our size and timing would be long) and the bartender took great care of us. The atmosphere was really great. Plenty of room inside and out for us and our kids to hang out. I read earlier reviews on their smoked turkey sandwich and they are totally right. That sandwich is awesome. The flavor is amazing. Everyone liked their food from salads to burgers so it was a big hit for our large group. Our friendly waitress kept us all in line and didn't bat an eye when we needed to split the bill (which we all know can be a huge pain). We would definitely come back! read more

It's a tap house with burgers and wings. So you can't really go wrong. We loved the covered patio so we could eat outside even in the rain, since we had our dog. The staff was super friendly and the wings were on point. read more

Visiting from out of town, tried this restaurant after working during the day, looking forward to a couple of beers and a good burger. Upon entering, I was told by the hostess that there was an approximate 10 minute wait and she asked if I would want to sit inside or outside. I said it didn't matter, but the inside was completely empty, no one at any table. I went to the bar and had a beer and then was told my table was ready. The hostess sent me in the empty section, and I sat there ignored for approximately 30 minutes. I had another beer which I had brought from the bar and had a book and didn't notice at first said I was being ignored. Left and went to Chick-Fil-A, whereare at least I was served. I would rate this a one if I were being generous but it deserves a zero since I got zero service. Would not go back to this restaurant again. Perhaps they have a staff problem, but it must be only waitresses, because there were at least three hostesses at the front reception desk, doing very little. read more

Creekside Taphouse is definitely more of a warm weather spot because of their awesome outdoor area with cornhole, volleyball, and patio seating. But I'm still have to go there all seasons to enjoy a drink and an appetizer. Creekside Taphouse is located in Haw Creek, right next to my favorite coffee shop Penny Cup Haw Creek. It is easy to get to and really close to Tunnel Road but it feels like it's off the beaten path which is nice. I've never been blown away by Creekside's entrees, but I am a big fan of their appetizers and they have good drink specials. On Sundays they have great mimosa and bloody mary specials and may people go here to watch the games on the TVs. As for food, I recommend their sweet potato fries, chicken fingers, and my favorite, the totchos! The totchos are a big ol' plate of tater tots topped with black beans, corn salsa, jalapeños, tomato, onion and queso. You have the option of having chicken of portobello mushrooms on it as well. This is a giant plate of naughty goodness. Yummm! The ambiance inside is casual, chill, country taphouse and the outdoor area feels like a fun college town bar. The service has always been fine here but nothing to write home about. Although this is definitely not one of my go-to bars, I'm always happy to go whenever anyone suggests going here. read more

I'm not a smoked turkey sandwich guy...but...wow. I guess now I am a smoked turkey sandwich guy. They smoked it in house and the flavor is amazing. It is a MUST for someone at the table. Try it if you find something else that entices you...but grab a bite. We ordered a burger, cheddar, bacon and the usual garnish. The meat is high quality meat, you can tell by the flavor, consistency, juiciness. The seasoning added really added a wonderful savory, smooth finish. I've had many burgers and can honestly say it was probably one of the best, a must have. Dog friendly. Wonderful service from Luke, a 7+ year employee, the perfect service, very laid back, informative, and was always there when you needed something. Environment: We sat outside, but my wife said there is an epic arcade for the family inside. Playground was great. It sits next to a rambling creek. If your into what's on the game there are tv's inside and out. Family friendly, pet friendly! Overall, a must go. We are going back, we don't say that lightly, there are more restaurants to go to then people, and this is the kind you go back, time and time again. Thank you guys! We wish you all the best with business, keep up the great work! read more

I've been to Creekside Taphouse several times and have really enjoyed it. One of my favorite aspects about the establishment is that there is plenty of room and a wide variety of seating. You have a front porch, a typical dining area, a bar, hightops in the bar area, a cover back patio and picnic tables down by the creek. Seating for pretty much any occasion. They also have plenty of TVs inside for watching whatever the sport of the season is. I stopped in and watched a Braves game. Getting the game on a TV wasn't an issue and that is greatly appreciated. As per pretty much every Asheville establishment they have a great selection of beers. And to top that off they have drink specials of the day. When I was there last I had a combination BBQ plate to munch on. It was good but not amazing. What really made it for me were the sauces and they were great. They have about half a dozen or so homemade BBQ sauces that really made the meal for me. The server was also very attentive and I never got stuck waiting for service. My only real gripe is that I wish there were more TVs outside. If I remember correctly there is only one and it would be nice for multiple parties to be to watch their team while sitting outside. But overall it's a great place to hang out and watch a game or just have a beer and relax. I definitely plan to hit it up this college football season. read more

Creekside Taphouse - American Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

Came to visit Asheville for a day trip from Charlotte and was so glad we stumbled upon Creekside! The coolest little local spot. Our server Dan was great, super attentive and kind and made our experience even better. Will definitely be back read more

The Asheville area has a many great tap houses but if you want to get a local feel and vibe Creekside is the place to check out. I have a soft spot for this place because they have an amazing outdoor area it's very kid friendly and my alma mater does regular alumni events here. Add in friendly staff good food and plenty of TVs to watch a game on and you've got a winning combination. Check them out! read more

Service was okay but our meals were not. Way too much dressing on the Cesar salad (manager was told) and the lettuce was wilted; the corn beef was dry and too much thousand island dressing; the veggie wrap was good; the sweet potato fries were cold and overcooked; prices were high; very noisy place inside with loud music, asked to have it turned down and it was still too noisy. Overall, this party of four was very disappointed and will not be back. Tuesday night, 6/25/24. read more

We have been coming to Creekside for the past 15 years, and we used to love the food service and the atmosphere. Unfortunately with the past 3 years the quality of food, service and atmosphere he declined drastically. Each time my son and I decide to give Creekside another chance we walk away very disappointed. The wings in particular are underwhelming in many ways. Other items on the menu have been altered or fluctuate in quality each time we go. My son thinks if we get anything that is well prepared or tasty there we are "Lucky" . And we have not been lucky in quite some time. Sorry Creekside we will be going to EVG! read more

I really enjoyed this place. It's cozy and huge! Really great place to bring the kids as they have tons of games both inside and outside to keep them entertained. Great menu with lots of tasty options and a great beer menu. I had the cheerwine wings which were very good and also the honey sriracha wings which were to die for. The food was a bit slow to come out but worth the wait. read more

First let me say this.. Asheville has some of the best, most diverse food I've ever had. I'm very open minded and always give bad places second chances. Always. Except for here. I went there with my girl and she got the pulled pork and I got the brisket. Brisket is the greatest meat ever. I love brisket more than my goofy girl. The brisket was so dry and embarrassingly bad, I literally got depressed eating the first bite. Nothing was good about it. All the sides were terrible. The cornbread tasted like cardboard. The beans tasted like right out of a can. Mac and cheese was just okay. It was all just basic food. My girls pulled pork was so boring, that she had to add salt to it and douse it in sauce. Who the f*** has ever put salt on pulled pork?! That's like adding sugar to a piece of cake that sucks.That's how bad it was. I told the waitress how bad it was and she got me something else. Which was nice. But she saw the meat when they gave it to us, and if she had any knowledge on meat; she would have never served it to us. I seriously will most likely never come back. Even if I was stoned or drunk, I'd find some road kill and eat that. I usually talk to a manager if there's any issue and everything always gets settled, but not one thing was good and I don't see the quality ever changing. If I go back, it's like going back to an ex who cheated on me and probably has herpes. Won't be fun or good or worth it. Unless I'm totally plastered. 0/5 if I could. Sorry Taphouse. Avid BBQ here, and it was so disappointing. You guys need to seriously change up your food. NC is a BBQ legend and you have to make some changes or switch up some cooks who care and know what not to serve, which is their job. read more

Creekside Taphouse - American Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

A perfect neighborhood spot. The food is great -- not life changing, but consistently high quality and reasonably priced. The Reuben and wings are standouts for me, but everything has been good! In the summer, their patio is HUGE so be kind of the host puts you on a wait even though the dining room appears empty. It's worth the wait! read more

5 stars for the live music! Waited for 30 mins for a table that was supposed to be ready in 20 mins (although 1/2 the tables were open); checking in at 20 mins it was clear we'd been forgotten about. Waited a few mins longer; left when we heard other customers saying they and/or their takeout orders had been forgotten and a party that arrived after us was seated. When we told the hostess we were leaving and why she said, 'okay.' read more

I love this place! Been coming here for years. They have a great outdoor space with volleyball, cornhole and other fun games.. it runs alongside the creek which leads to a magical dog park and park. I love to come on Wednesday because it's wing day! My favorite flavor is honey soy garlic, to die for. They smoke them first and you can really taste that good smoke flavor. It smells like bbq goodness when you walk in the front door. All the staff is super friendly too! read more

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Creekside Taphouse is a locals treasure ! Great food, friendly service, playground and arcade for kids. 10/10 read more

Some of the best pizza and wings in town. Good beer selection and a nice spot on the creek to enjoy the food and drink. Kids have a playground. Great spot! read more