Really 12 dollars for a burger - this place raises its prices every week. Now they have removed Tuesday and Saturday pint night. What a monopoly - when competition comes they will loose a ton of business. Bad service and over priced bar food - don't waste your time. read more

I've eaten here a number of times and the food is usually pretty good (love their fish tacos). Nice, crispy wings (except yesterday's were a bit undercooked) and a good beer selection. The downside can be the service. It's not horrible but at times it seems to be a toss up between slow service and disingenuous service. read more

I'm a fan of the Hickory Tavern BYO salad.. Nothing else really stands out at this particular location.

Pretty standard for a HT: Nice place, plenty of tvs, decent beer selection and even pretty good food. Unfortunately, same story in all other departments as well, however: slow to seat and serve you. A normal dinner out with the family becomes an all night ordeal. It's a shame seeing that everything else is a positive. read more

Ate here about four times now, the food is mostly good and the place is big with outside covered seating. The only bad thing is the service, really slow! I have been in there when empty and rarely see our server. The hostess and a server greeted us when we walked in with their conversation which they finished in front of us before acknowledging us! This place could be good if they could get a better handle on customer service. The burgers are good, the queso and chips are great, pizza is even good. Hope they get a better management style at this location! read more

Poor management. Not enough waiters. Took two hours to get any food, then they ran out of food. We wanted loaded bake potatoe and they didn't have any. This is not the first time. I will not be going there again, even though I live near. read more

Decent food and nice atmosphere. The shrimp tacos were pretty good. The waiter could be better. He took forever to check up on us and walked on by without giving us refills, twice. It was annoying trying to get his attention when he seemed more focused on his coworkers and just walking around to talk. read more

Food is ok service stunk couldn't get the order correct getting tried of the manager comp food. won't be going to any of them because the only consistent thing is what I have listed above read more

Hickory Tavern has been HIT or MISS over the past few years . Mostly MISS !!! Went there Saturday 3/18/2017 evening around 9:30 , not very busy at all. Shows that they must be hurting for business. Only ordered three appetizers , Chicken Quesadilla , Shred Heads and Chips and Queso . Took about 20 Min to receive our under cooked Quesadilla and was informed at that point that they were out of shred heads , would have been nice to know that when we ordered. Waited another 5 to 10 min. for chips and Queso to come out. Unfortunately in that area there's not much to choose from at that time of night . So you kind of cross your fingers , say a little prayer and hope your order comes out correct. Would suggest driving a little further to the Sun Valley Area , a bit more to choose from. read more

I hate to give this bar and grill such a low rating, but the past few times I have been there, the service has been awful. My (now ex) girlfriend and I stood for 15 minutes waiting for the waitress to come and seat us. This would not have been such a problem had it not been 10 PM and there were only 2 tables with people at them. As far as food goes, it's not bad. Basic bar food, minus the pepper jack burger which is amazing. I will probably not be coming back to this location. read more

One of the most painful restaurant experiences I have had in a long time. We were there for a Birthday party. We had 12 people and 2 servers. Took about 15 minutes before our drink orders were even placed. Half the table ordered and received an appetizer 30 minutes before our half got to even place an order for one. Once the appetizer order was placed it took about 20 minutes before we even received the food. Both orders of nachos sat in the window for over 5 minutes before finally being brought to our table. The actual food took forever to arrive and when it did it wasn't correct. A table behind us sat and served 2 different sets of people before we even got our food. Once it was time to pay our check they weren't correct and had to be fixed twice. It wasn't a busy night so there really wasn't a reason for bad food and service. read more

Food is mediocre. Service is excellent! Fish Tacos, Chicken wings are ok. Best for late night, and convieniently near home. Pricey for quality and quantity of food. Sometimes dirty but overall average. read more

Not on a Sunday afternoon. Hickory Tavern has the potential of being a cool neighborhood bar. But it is not a Sunday afternoon family restaurant. The service was slow and inattentive. The food was mediocre. Everyone was in a days and forgot about why they are there. A good restaurant should seat the patrons as quick as possible, offer friendly fast service, and deliver high-quality food at a reasonable price. According to these criterion Hickory Tavern failed on all counts. read more

Way over priced for the quality. The wait staff would rather chat amongst themselves than serve customers and when they do they are pretty rude about it. The food took a while and was luke warm. The taste of the food wasn't great. I will never come back for sure. Usually I give places multiple chances but not this time. The manager did gear our concerns but really didn't have a fix for the problems. There are much better places around read more

Food has really good gone downhill. Got a Carolina hot dog. The meat was burned and they served it on a child's hot dog bun. Tater tots were good. Wife got chicken strips and they tasted like they had been fried in fish oil. Eggs in Tavern salad tasted old. Food there not as good as it used to be. Would not go back except we love our waitress. Beer was good. read more

Decent food selection, great bar, close to home, can't go wrong. An easy way to spend a Friday evening.

A/C has been broken for about 3 weeks. The ladies restroom is a wreck. Door locks don't work. Toilet paper is sometimes hung up with duct tape and the paper towels are hanging sideways. Used to be a favorite place, but won't be back until basic housekeeping is being taken care of. read more

Always good food and great service. We love watching the Panthers play here on Sundays with the fantastic chicken wings!

We had a group of 7 for lunch on a Sunday recently. I spoke with Daniel, the manager, as soon as we walked in. I let him know that my elderly father didnt last long at outings and that quick, attentive service would be greatly appreciated. He had a couple of tables put together and seated us promptly. Our server was polite, friendly and attentive. The food was delivered quickly and all orders were perfect. Seeing as how our country club completely botched my mom's surprise party 2 days before our Hickory Tavern visit, we were delighted by this group lunch. We look forward to returning soon. Thank you HT staff! read more

I have never left a negative rating about a place but Hickory Tavern has gone downhill. It used to be a favorite of our family's for years as the buffalo chicken meals were the best. The food used to be consistently great but after the last 3 visits, we are not going back. Talked to a manager and they have changed the buffalo sauces but they are terrible in our opinion. The chicken used to be tender and delicious but is now hardened as we went to different Hickory Taverns over the last 1-2 months. We used to be regulars but now we will not go back. read more

This place has been the best thing around this area. Above average food, wide selection of beer AND alcohol plus entertainment often including cover bands. This is my wife and I local bar. Agree service is a bit slow but expected when crowded. read more

My husband and I have been to this Hickory Tavern a few times in the past year. We really only go because it is close to our house, for we are not huge fans of the food. It is just mediocre. Every time we have been, there has been an issue. All the issues in the past were minor, for our servers have all been slow or forgotten minor things. Tonight put it over the edge, and I felt it necessary to share. We arrived and the bartender seated us at a table with only a "food truck" menu. Our server took a couple minutes to come by and then had to find the late night menus. After she greeted us, it took her five minutes to bring our drinks (water and tea). Normally, I am very understanding and give excuses for why a server would be slow or make a mistake because I am a server myself. In this instance, the only table she had was ours. We ordered a chips and salsa appetizer which came out with very greasy rubbery chips. We asked our server to please take them back. She did and got us new salsa and queso as well. They were better the second time, but still not excellent. Our food came out just as we were finishing our appetizer and my husband's food was wrong, for he wanted cheese on his burger. She took it back and brought his burger back with very little cheese on it. My food was correct and tasted okay. My husband's tea was almost empty and I had to get her attention to get him more tea, and shortly after that my water was empty. I looked and looked for her and she was over talking with the kitchen staff. I went without water for a good ten minutes. Finally, she came back over and asked if I wanted more water, but at this point, we were ready to go. Our server was never rude and did fix all of the mistakes, but she never apologized. I felt as if she was ready to go home or wanted to socialize and did not care to make our dining experience a good one. My husband and I will not be eating here again and will be dining at places that care about their customers, even if we do have to travel farther. read more

Great chips! Great place to study! They have a good bloody Mary and great service. I enjoy the small salad also. Its is fresh and inexpensive and tastes great. read more

Overpriced and low quality. If it wasn't for their location being convenient for many, the place would be empty. They call themselves a tavern, but hardly have any beer specials. Very disappointing. read more

Great sports bar. Great beer menu, great food, friendly staff; what more do you need? Gets packed during big sporting events, FYI.

Needs attention! They've recently lost some great bartenders. Went a week ago and ac was down - very warm inside. Came back today - still no air! Needs a menu upgrade and corporate attention! I think because it's not a high volume store they think they can ignore it - used to be a great spot close to home -looking for another read more

This particular site is all over the map in terms of value with food and service. Today I ordered something I had never ordered before, the Carolina dog. I asked how large the dog was since it's price was comparable to the larger burgers on their menu. The waitress indicated that it was a foot long dog. I am thinking, "great, that's a good deal with chili and slaw on top." It wasn't a foot long dog. It was a standard hebrew national six inch dog. Nothing special to write home about in terms of service or exceptional quality to the chili or slaw. In short, not a great value. This lack of value was compounded by the setting of expectations that this would be something of markedly higher value, worthy of the price of the dressed hot dog and chips. This particular restaurant also has severe wifi issues for their public wifi. I know they have been informed on several occasions by patrons as to the cause of their wifi problems and how to fix them but still their problems persist. That management has been informed of the cause of the problem and how to fix it I take it as an additional measure of how much attention management is paying to the value in other areas, such as the six inch footlong hotdog. I think this is my last visit to this particular Hickory Tavern read more

Had a wonderful experience. Went in with some old friends and we had a great ole time. Our server Abby I believe was just amazing. Stayed on top of refills and treated us real kind. A must attend when I re visit read more

Went there to watch a UNC game with my son and they refused to put it on just one of the many TVs. They lost a regular customer for life as I will never go back! read more

FOOD POISONING I ordered the lobster plate to go. I finished it at home, at about 7 pm. A few hours later I was vomiting (4 x) and the other "end" into the morning hours (about 3 a.m.) If there was any way to press charges I would but it's hard to prove food poisoning, but it was, I'm never going there again and highly recommend that you avoid it. read more

My family ate here for the first time recently. The server was friendly, the place was clean and family friendly. Separate bar area with TVs for the sports fans. They had a lot of people at the bar even though it was a Wed night and the place was fairly busy. Husband got a cheeseburger and fries, that was really GOOD! They cooked it medium but just barely as they knew he liked it medium rare. The kids meal was a great deal, macaroni and cheese with a side of baked potato. My kids were able to split it so it was perfect! I ordered the Mediterranean chicken flat bread. It was sort of like a pizza with balsamic marinated chicken, olives, onions, and feta. My only criticism is it really needed some mozzarella and just a hint of feta. Instead it had no mozzarella at all and the only cheese on it was feta. TONS of feta. I scraped most of it off and left it on my plate. Don't get me wrong it was still delicious, but with no melt-able cheese to hold everything together it was a little hard to eat and everything kept falling off. And that much feta is just too strong. But I ate it all and left only the excess feta on the plate. So there! ha ha. Also my food came out wrong the first time and had to be remade. It would have been nice if someone told the manager. he popped by our table to see if we were "all right" and I was sitting there with no food. We told him we were fine (which we were) but when he first popped over I thought it was to say sorry that they made my food wrong, but he seemed to have no idea and was just doing a routine check in with all the tables. it was no big deal, as mistakes happen in the kitchen and they fixed it right away. We will be back. read more

I go to HT in Steele Creek more often than not, simply because I've never had a bad experience with them or the company as a whole until last night. I've come to this one (Wesley Chapel) twice in the last 2 weeks & I have been disappointed. This time more than ever. I placed an online order for gumbo & a salad @ 8:54pm & it says it'll be ready at 9:12, I get there at 9:11. I walk in by the bar & sit down. There is 1 bartender & she doesn't acknowledge me until maybe 3 minutes go by & says I'll be right w you. I say ok. A guy walks in after me (maybe a regular??) she fixes his drinks & finally looks over at me after I catch her eye because by now I've been there for 7 minutes. She still doesn't walk over to me but I manage to tell her I'm sorry I'm just here to pick up my online order. She says nothing but walks to yet another customer. By now I'm visibly pissed. At 9:20, another woman comes behind the bar & she says have you been helped honey. I said I sure have not, I'm just here to pick up an online order that was to be ready at 9:12, it's way past that time. She says ok I'll go check on it. Then suddenly the 1st bartender says oh I told her it wasn't ready. I said actually she didn't say anything to me so I'm not sure who she told, I'm the ONLY person here to pick up an order. The 2nd bartender goes to the back and doesn't come back until 9:25 with my order. She then says sorry about your wait, would you like some crackers for your gumbo?? I say no. 1st of all, y'all are 13 min late w my order & secondly, I should've been asked if I wanted a drink while I waited but since the 1st bartender didn't acknowledge me I wasn't going to give y'all more money that I'd already spent!! I am very disappointed but I can say I'm not shocked because the 1st Time I was in there everyone was staring at me like I didn't belong on that part of town. Thanks but no thanks!! read more

Strike three. Have been here twice before and had to send something back because it was cold or wrong. Same thing happened again. Spoke to the manager and she apologized, but by then it was too late to wait for something else and we had to drive thru fast food on our way. Food is ok when you finally get whatever you want, but just ok. Nothing special. read more

This used to be our go to place for a nice bite as a family but something changed. You can't get boneless wings alone like you used to be able to. For some reason ordering them has become difficult. The burgers used to be delicious and juicy, now they're hockey pucks. And it used to be clean but too much is overlooked now. Staff turn around seems to be high as well. The McDonalds nearby has more recognizable faces..... A couple months ago, we thought maybe it was just a bad day but 3 times in a row and we're on the hunt for a new place to go. Sorry Hickory Tavern but it's gonna take something big to get us to try you again. read more

Poor experience this time. 15 min wait turned into 45 when they lost my name. Dinner took extra long and my salad came out 10 mins after my dinner. read more

Absolutely awful experience and will not be coming back again. Our family goes to this location once a week and always orders the same thing. Long story short, our server was beyond horrible with the worst attitude and informed our table she was a server not a servant. I could go on and on about the rude remarks she made to our table. Management handled extremely poorly all over a child being over 10 who wasn't very hungry and wanted the kids chicken fingers. What happened to making your customers happy and since when do servers pick arguments with customers? read more

The food needs to be elevated quite a bit - coming from Dallas, this place is below standard and it's sad when you have to return your food 3 times - friendly people but needs to step up their game and show that you care about your customers. read more

I have never been to a restaurant that serves meals nearly as disgusting as Hickory Tavern. Their chips are wet with grease, their wings are soggy and their "food truck menu" gives a bad name to food trucks. Not only are their meals absolutely terrible, they are also way overpriced. I have no doubt that if it weren't for their convenient location, they would've gone out of business a long time ago. read more

nice staff some pretty good wings. ..burgers are better than their burger restaurant a big plus

I totally understand that its Saturday night and there is a lot of people coming to the restaurant, but with good management and staff, you should be able to manage crowds better. Lets start with the hostess, I absolutely think that young girls should not be hired for this position. We got to the restaurant with a party of 13 (6 adults, 7 kids, one of the adults is pregnant) and it already went down hill that they tell the pregnant woman that we can give you a wait time because of the large party. Are you serious??? Do you not understand that pregnant woman and kids should be taken with more considerations? So we ended up waiting for 40 minutes for our seats and at one point they told us to split the party up in to 3 different tables! WTF, we got kids ranging from 2-8 how can we split the party up in to 3??? Who is going to take care of the kids? At another point they let another party of 2 to sit in a big U shape booth. WTF!!! If you let us sit there and then wait for the next booth to finish, then you would have resolve the problem, we explain the situation to them and not only did they not apologize, they just said they have a plan and said that we had only waited 15 minutes. Are you like F#$%#$ing serious? You tell your customers that you haven't waited long enough for the seat yet??? Seriously, miss, what if one day you were pregnant and the hostess asks you to wait 40 minutes for a seat. These hostess so horrible, they don t smile, they have no manners and they always put up their piss off face and smirk at people like us. So we finally got seated and now we have to wait 40 minutes for the food. The food was good so that's how they got the 2 stars. Waitress forgot to ask if our food was ok, left off an appetizer order and was always gone, but thats not her fault, she had to wait many other tables, but that is a management problem with the short staff. So all in all, this was not a good experience for us. Really want to let all restaurant owners to read and start training the hostess if you decide to hire young highschool girls, because they are not experience and not friendly at all. I come here as a customer so I do not want to be faced with pissed off young girls who are inconsiderate and rude! read more