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Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern

3.3 (175 reviews)
Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
Updated 2 weeks ago

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RUSTY BUCKET RESTAURANT AND TAVERN ATMOSPHERE

What's the vibe?
Moderate noise
Casual
Happy hour specials
Good for groups

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Cuban
Brian K.

Won't blow you away, but nothing bad either. Polite service but slow from seating, drinks, kitchen and bill. Place is decent size and mildly busy, clean and pretty quiet. Food was hot and nice serving sizes. Had a cheesesteak with good coleslaw, and the cuban with mac n' cheese which was also good but the sandwich was pretty dry. Sweet tea and Pepsi always good with me, but hate to spend $45 on lunch with no alcohol.

Sandy B.

Even though this spot has grown into a chain, it still feels like the neighborhood restaurant I remember. The bartender (Micky) was friendly and welcoming, setting the tone for a great night. The food was delicious--fresh, flavorful, and served with care. It's nice to see a place expand without losing that hometown charm.

BBQ Chopped Chicken Salad
Brianne C.

We stopped in with a group of 6 around 12:45 pm on a Sunday. We were seated as soon as they pushed two tables together. Overall, this location didn't seem too busy at that time. Our server was attentive and refilled our drinks often. 4 of us ordered the BBQ chicken salad, including me. I thought the portion was great for an entree salad, as well as the amount of dressing and toppings. The others ordered a chicken sandwich and a burger and were also happy.

Lucy Juicy burger and Double Michel salad
Donna K.

Wonderful service by Hayden. The food was great as always. Nickel salad as nd juicy Lucy burger. Love this place.

Pitcher of margaritas
Jeff K.

Look who hit their new pitchers for those delicious margaritas!! Since I was there for dinner with my wife I had to order food too. So went for the pepperoni and peppers pizza. Because hot Hungarian peppers on a pizza are delicious. And the margarita cooled off my tastebuds.

The best French onion soup you will ever have!
Paul S.

How did I celebrate my 60th birthday? I drove over 200 miles to have my birthday dinner with family at Rusty Bucket. The meal started off with our amazing waiter Jeremy who had our table of 7, another table of 10, and at least 3 other tables of 4 people each. Jeremy mastefully kept the refills with all of his tables and provided top not service as our waiter. The meal started off with appetizers of brussel sprouts and fried pickles. The Brussel sprouts had a lemon aioli and parmesean cheese. Full of flavor and plenty to share! The pickles had a delicious breading an was accompanied with a cilantro ranch dipping sauce. Both were top notch! I also had a bowl of their French onion soup. I must admit, I am a French onion soup snob and without a doubt, this is the absolute best I have ever had. Every time that I walk into the Bucket, I already know that I am ordering their French onion soup. The only thing that would make it better would be a bread stick. For dinner, I had the Chicken blanket nachos. This is an appetizer designed to be shared and even an old fat guy like me could not finish them all. Others at our table had the salmon, sliders, 3 way spaghetti, Ceasar salad with chicken, and others. Everyone enjoyed their meals. You can never go wrong with Rusty Bucket. The only bad thing about them is there isn't one located in Central Ketuucky (but they do have numerous locations including Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton.

Payal P.

I came here for a work group meeting. The service and location was great but the overall options for vegetarians are very limited (pizza, beyond burger, sides, apps). I will admit it was embarrassing that everyone ordered a sandwich and I had to go with a pizza because there were no vegetarian sandwiches. For a chain restaurant it was nice but I won't be coming back in the future.

Blackened salmon salad
Padmini R.

This salad is very delicious. The salmon is blackened just right. The dressing is delicious . The service is very good. We were a large party and we were still treated courteously.

Mike K.

Really not impressed... There are a lot of good rusty buckets around but this location failed to impress me. We tried to make a reservation for 7 and they made a major deal out of the party size. We got there and the place was half empty. The service was unimpressive - really slow. The food was ok but not worth going into detail about. Nothing that was memorable. Just really not impressed.

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Great, friendly service. Food was delicious. Recommend the buffalo chicken sandwich.

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Service was excellent! The ambiance has a relaxing vibe. They have awesome white pizza & french onion soup!

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