We have been going here since it opened. Lately, service is horrible and food is too salty and horrible. Drinks were not refilled promptly and Samantha would disappear for long time. We had to ask the waitress for the next table to get kids their drinks. Hope someone fixes this place. read more

Great food and drinks, great atmosphere, our waitress was Bri and she was awesome. Her customer service was superior. If your in Waxhaw it's a most! read more

We just had a great experience at the Wesley Chapel location. Fast service, friendly waitress, and food was all hot and perfect. We ordered a few smokehouse burgers, chicken tenders, sides of tater tots and roasted brussel sprouts, and everything was delicious (much more "gourmet" than expected for tavern food actually). We'll definitely be back. read more

I did not believe the bad reviews I read before going to the Hickory Tavern last night. I was wrong.it was not the food that was bad but the substandard service or lack there of. First of all our server was more interested in the basketball game then waiting on us since he never even looked at us while taking our drink order. He stared at the tv the entire time , took our beer order and came back with water. After a long wait we finally got our drinks. After another long wait he finally came back and asked if we wanted to order food while Still watching the tv. When he realized it was not a simple order and he would have to write it down , he sighed and rolled his eyes and took our order. Food came out eventually and it was good. Problem was we could not get the attention of our server after that. We wanted more drinks so my friend ended up leaving the table and going up to the bar and ordering his own beer. I understand our server was young and wanted to see his team win but he was there to WORK, and he clearly was barely doing that. He did however pay quite a lot of attention to three young females sitting at a table next to us. Will not be going back! Food is way to expensive with really terrible inadequate untrained servers. read more

Recently moved to the area and this is one of the closest restaurants to our house. Tried it twice and will never return. Both times service was painfully slow and the food is mediocre at best. After the second visit my entire family said they never want to go again. read more

We think this location is so much better than the one in Sun Valley, but it also depends on who is working and their moods... just as is with most places today. read more

This review is from 5 months ago and forgot to add on Yelp. Copying and pasting from my google review. Came here for the first time today and it was a horrible experience the minute we walked through the door. My husband and I waited a good 7 minutes confused as heck because there was no hostess at the entrance. She was busy talking to another staff member and we couldn't get her attention. We were talking about leaving. When she finally saw us we had to wait again for her to clean a table because she had been too busy talking to staff. Fast forward to the food. It was very bland. Our waiter never once came to check on our table and we needed refills. Let's not forget that we weren't given utensils for our food and had to wait again and ask someone who wasn't our waiter because our waiter never once came to our table . Just overall a horrible experience and it wasn't even a busy night. My plate was also dirty and had a hard yellow crumb stain. My husbands bread tasted old and nasty. Never coming back to this location again. read more

This place is horrible! Horrible service and NOBODY cares. Placed a carry out order, took me 15 minutes to drive there and STILL had to wait 20 minutes for their sorry staff and kitchen to produce the order. The worst! read more

We have ordered take out here several times since we moved to the area. Every time we have ordered we have gotten good food and large portions. I am not sure why the reviews are so bad but that has not been my experience here so far. I will update my review once we eat in restaurant. read more

Air conditioning was off today during lunch. The heat was unbearable. We would have appreciated being told as we entered that There was no air conditioning. We would have gone someplace else instead of not being told until we were miserable and had ordered. There should have been a notice on the front door to let customers know. read more

Each time we get a to-go order it is wrong. It's why we don't come here often, and when we do, we remember why we don't. Disappointing. Quality of overall food - not great. Sauces that make the meal(s) weren't included, and the sides weren't actual sides. read more

Gouda Mac and cheese... we also were missing sauces from fried zucchini and Mac entrees were equally bottom of the barrel. read more

Hickory Tavern - Very unappealing and didn't taste any better. Also funny that a "side" of Mac is in this giant container and filled 1/6 of it. - American Near Me - Wesley Chapel, North Carolina

This place is great for what it is. Nothing fancy. Food has been pretty good the three times I've been.

Stopped here after work, they were only open for another hour and never made us feel rushed. I opted for a Bloody Mary and the 8 wing meal. Both were amazing! Our waitress Rose was sweet and attentive even though it was the end of the night. The food was great and I definitely can't wait to go back. read more

Hickory Tavern - Hot wings, homemade chips, and awesome chipotle ranch. - American Near Me - Wesley Chapel, North Carolina

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Had dinner here last night with the family. All in all things clicked along well but started off a bit rough. Walking in at 7:00ish on a Friday night I knew we would have a wait so I was prepared. They had run out of the little table indicator/beeper things so I was a little cautious and kept my eye on the host desk to make sure we weren't skipped over, etc. About 20 minutes in I notice a four top that could easily be a five top just sitting there and it kind of got under my skin that we weren't being ushered over to that table but again, the place was slammed and I put my patience gene to work. Once seating (about 40 min) everything wen't very well. The wait staff was quick, and even knew to bring out our youngest one's food first! That's a bonus! I had the black and blue chicken sandwich and it was great. A side of sweet potatoe fries with drizzled honey mustard really set it off. They have a pretty decent bottled beer selection and the drafts are decent too so I'll be back for sure. read more

This is the "McDonald's of pub food." Mediocre food Locations everywhere You regret you came here after eating Service is OK The smell is really bad - old beer & grease Lots of TV's so good for out of town sports Try to avoid this place if you can You've been warned read more

Three girlfriends and I wanted a close-by spot for a girls' night out so we selected Hickory Tavern. It was a Friday night so we anticipated a wait but quickly found a high-top table in the bar area. The hostesses were not extremely friendly with their greetings but we found seating on our own. Our waitress was attentive and responsive. Appetizers came pretty quickly and so did our first round of drinks. The waitress seemed confused by some questions posed to her and misinformed one of my friends about wing preparation but overall her service was "ok". The spinach and artichoke dip was really good but had a high chip-to-dip ratio. A little larger portion of dip would have been great. Three of us ordered wings which were rather tasty. My customary small Tavern salad was great as always. And the drink special was wonderful, $5 fireball shots (can't ever go wrong with fireball shots). Food was better than the overall service and we will definitely go back to our "neighborhood" spot. read more

Very hesitant to leave any review during CO-VID as I know local businesses are doing their best. But our takeout order tonight was pretty bad. Basic food like burgers and wings shouldn't be tricky, right? I don't think the wings were tossed in any sauce whatsoever. Multiple were undercooked. Burger was undercooked. Just make sure you check your order before you leave here. read more

Food was fine once it finally arrived. Terrible service. Slow, inattentive, I seriously don't think the server or (who I assume is) the manager could have cared any less about the job they were doing. Waiting 45 minutes for food with young children on Mother's Day when the place is only a third full at best (and it was even slower when we first got there) is completely unacceptable. No apology, no attempt to improve the service, nothing. read more

This was probably our fourth time to dine at this location. We chose it because we had a giftcard to use for the meal. The food and service has really gone downhill from a year ago. We dined at this location for lunch on 01/22/12 with a table of three adults and four children. After seating us drinks came pretty fast and the server took our order. It took more than 30 minutes to get the appetizer - which we told the server she could bring with the meal. The appetizer of the crab dip was tasty but it was another 15 minute wait for two of the adults to get salads which they ordered as their side dishes for their meal. Finally after an hour we were served food - not fun when you are sitting with four hungry children. I had the BYO salad with Seared Tuna. The salad was only ok, ingredients were not that fresh and the dressing was just bottled Kraft. The tuna was tasteless - don't waste your money adding it to the salad. The other adults had Shrimp Tacos and Colorado Chicken both had neutral feedback. The kids meals were all cold. read more

Wanted to eat outside- our choice - and the chairs were covered with pollen. Thankfully I had some kids wipes to wipe them off. Server commented that he could bring me a towel so I could clean them with that. Ordered a plain chicken breast with mandarin oranges side for my 4 year old daughter with food allergies. We were charged for an entire adult chicken sandwich (which probably comes with fries or something) $10 (they only brought out a chicken breast and the oranges, which is what we wanted) plus $2 for the oranges. We had to bring this to their attention and it took an extraordinary amount of time for them to change it from $12 to the price of a normal kids meal. "Because that is how their system is." Not the first time we have had issues here- food is decent but the service is poor. Not going back. read more

We moved to the area about 7 months ago. Since then, this has been our go-to place since it is close to us, and the food is decent and predictable. Service is always good. Only one time they did not get the hamburger order correct (happens at all places). We've never had an issue here whatsoever. Staff is friendly and we are always greeted with a smile. It is a nice setup inside and family friendly. Some of the booth benches could use some updating (leather is cracking), but otherwise fine. Service is always attentive. Selection is reasonable and prices are fair. Above average in most ways, and food is very good here. read more

We ordered 2 takeout salads, a Fiesta and a Cobb. How hard could that be, right? The chicken was hard as rocks, the bread was stale and the salad tasted old. Plus they gave me the wrong dressing. $12.99 for old lettuce, mushy tomatoes, hard chicken, stale roll, and the wrong dressing???? Not again for us. read more

I haven't been here in a very long time, mostly due to bad food options and other service-related issues. We decided to give it another try: my daughter ordered a Tavern Burger while I ordered 5 (five? why not 6?) "charred" hot wings. After the food FINALLY came out (charred wings apparently take 10 mins longer than regular wings) all of it was very good. My daughter's burger looked great, however, for the life of me, I don't understand why they sell 5 and 10 count wings as opposed to 6, 12, or 18 count like other restaurants do. I feel that Hickory Tavern's idea is to skimp on 1 wing here and there - it all adds up to savings. Therefore, 0 stars for Hickory Tavern corporation as a whole for not putting the full wing (flat & drum) in the order count, therefore ripping customers off (ya cheap azzes.) 3 stars for the food and our server, Luke, who was very good. read more

Hickory Tavern - Before taking a pic, I had already dipped one of my 5 charred wings in the blue cheese dressing. - American Near Me - Wesley Chapel, North Carolina

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Food was cold and over priced. The server was nice but waited too long for food to come, maybe that's why it was cold.

For me and my family, we've gotten to a point that we know it will always be a disappointing and agonizing experience. It's always the extremely long wait that keeps us from visiting, which is a shame because it would make for such a nice and simple place to eat. It feels like going back to an Ex, that you're hoping changed but unsurprisingly, they haven't and you feel just as disappointed. For people starving and looking for something filling and quick, I cannot stress, this is not the place for you. Instead, be prepared to be seated and promptly forgotten about before you can even get your drink order in. Plus when you finally do get your food: mediocre at best, health violation at worst. read more

Well...food is okay and so is service usually but today I went there and paid my bill and my credit card was missing. I was there for quite a while while they looked for it. The manager came back and said they don't have it. They definitely had it whether accidentally or on purpose. That said, very unhappy with the service and how this was handled. In the servers defense, she had way too many tables to do a good job. I believe that my card was lost due to the server rushing. read more

First I have been in bar/club/restaurant business for 20 plus yr. THE most important factor is service and friendliness .. The flipping bar tenders act like its a chore here and are never personable ... They come off like they work in a bank. Ordered wings to go and asked to have them charred which is a $1 option and was told that next time ask for the option first because she was in such a hurry taking my order got pissed that she had to start over on the register! WTF the menu lists that under the menu item listing then to boot the wings came out and were not even chard they had to send them back to redo them so waited an additional 20 minutes for my food. And when I git home with order wings were undercooked red raw. This place was good when it was locally owed, the bug Corporate bought it and we'll there you go. Money before quality. I before I have been to other Hickory Tavern's and is the same the culture now of the employees the food is below average. But hey, they have a thousand TV's! read more

The Hostess Natalie was very sweet and even handed me my menu. She was extremely nice. Food was also good

I don't get this place. They have so many locations. Always underwhelmed when I go there. Food is very mediocre. Thinking of opening my own place and using the slogan "we're everything Hickory Tavern wants to be". read more

First of all I was already revisiting on a gift card from a prior visit to the Sun Valley location and this location was no more impressive I am done with Hickory Tavern! I ordered a chicken quesadilla, Tavern salad, and tater tots. The salad was delicious, the 9.99 chicken quesadilla literally as pictured had 1 chunk of chicken and 3 black beans SERIOUSLY?? My dad order the Tavern burger and salad when his burger came it was cheese burger and bun. He did not order it that way he didn't order anything special, my mom's burger came out fully dressed they got the same thing. We had to ask for his toppings,  Cold french fries. $57 dollars and 95% unsatisfied again. Not worth my time or my money. read more

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5 years ago I would have rated Hickory Tavern a solid 4 stars. But the bar has lost the service and cleanliness it once had. Food prices went up, food quality went down, and the place has gotten filthy. From the floor, to chairs, to baby seats - everything has a sticky touch to it. Beer is ridiculously overpriced. Burgers are meh - you'd be better off going to Saveeda's for a burger. Much better taste and the cheaper. Or just drive to Waxhaw and get Rippingtons or Maxwell's tavern to go and eat at the brewery... I hope they can renovate or deep clean the place, work on getting their menu shored back up - then maintain it. I just don't bother going there anymore. read more

This is the most basic place that is honestly amazing to go out to dinner when you have kids. The kids meals are cheap and perfect portions. Don't get the tacos, stick to basic hand held sandwiches and burgers. Beer specials are nice. read more

Short wait due to being short staffed which is happening everywhere lately. Food pretty decent. Beer and wings on special tonight which was perfect timing. Highlight of the night was our server Connor. He was attentive, friendly, offered suggestions and had a super positive attitude. Thanks Connor! read more

Very poor service. Appetizer never arrived. Our meals came so we began to eat and even finished. Manager said she would get it right out but we finished our meals and it still never arrived. Manager never followed up and couldn't care less. They seem very disorganized and have no customer service. They were not even busy. read more

Been going there a long time and it's a good neighborhood place with good variety of food that for the most part is great. The problem is in the time it takes to get the food! The service, while friendly, seems to be hamstrung by a slow kitchen, even when there are few customers in the place. read more

Good food their tavern Burger is amazing along with their turkey club! My kids love their wings! Service is really good!

We have been here 4 times and I believe that I am a gluten for punishment. Absolutely the worst Hickory Tavern that We have been to. Food is terrible no matter what you order and they can't even get you beer order correct. Which in my opinion is sacrilege for a place with Tavern in their name. Finally, the service is also terrible. Be prepared for you sever to be rude and disappear for long periods of time. Do yourself a favor and avoid this place. Lucky a new one is open in Indian Trail. I have been there three times. The service and food are great. read more

I was looking for something nearby and quick so I gave Hickory Tavern another try. This time I had their "New Pulled Pork Tacos". They were OK except for the big globs of pork fat in each. The Service and atmosphere were good as usual and the prices are good. I just wish they would offer a better grade of food, even at increased prices. read more

I have been coming to Hickory Tavern in Wesley Chapel since they opened. I even worked there for about 4.5 years. I love the atmosphere, and now that I no longer work there, I still love going in and seeing familiar faces. The company recently changed up the menu and added Brussels sprouts, which my boyfriend RAVES about. I am a classic, wing kind of girl myself. Burgers are great. Beer is always ice cold (and lets all be honest with ourselves that's really most important!) I highly recommend seeing Victoria behind the bar and Kassi in the bar dinning room! Always great service. Kitchen can be slow at times, but what do you expect when you're putting out so much food at once!? I recommend 100%. read more