Location; Super cute with a rustic country vibe. We came in for a department Christmas luncheon. Food - 3 stars; I ordered the Ma, The Meatloaf which was good I loved the side items mashed potatoes were yummy, and green beans crisp and fresh but the actual Meatloaf was good but have had better. I would go back to try other menu items for sure. I did sneak in a wine and it was great with perfect flavors. Service - 5 stars; our server was great with a large party and handled herself like a pro. read more

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern - Pubs Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

Our server was quick and checked on us frequently. We went during Happy Hour and ordered off the specials from 3-6:00 PM. I ordered the chicken strips and French fries. The fries were hot and seasoned very well. The chicken was tasty but there was way too much breading. My husband ordered the Margherita pizza. The presentation was nice with basil sliced on top of the pizza but it could have used more cheese. The food was decent for bar food. There were TVs available for patrons watching sports. It was not too loud. We will come back someday. read more

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Great service and really good food. Large menu .... Took awhile to narrow down our choices - but we really enjoyed the process and our dinner! read more

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern - Buffalo chicken sandwich - Pubs Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

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We had a party of five and were seated in the inside/outside section with a heater nearby. The most remarkable lady , Staci, was outstanding as our server. Every item was served the way the order was taken. Staci was always checking if everything was good and to determine if she could do anything more to make our meal outing better. I was impressed with the service and the food. read more

My family and I went here for dinner before we went to church for candlelight service . They gave us a room as there were nine of us . The food was great . Three of us had the fish and chips . The sweet potato fries were really good . Acouple ordered the beef stroganoff and really liked it .my daughter ordered the salmon which she really liked . Everybody had a good time . We were done eating before it was time for us to leave for church so we sat around and visited and they did not make us feel like we needed to leave so they could use the table for someone else . We really appreciate that . read more

I got the special which was some sort of Indiana pork cutlet sandwich with subbed out onion rings for fries. Everything was piping hot fresh. The tenderloin pork chop cutlet or whatever you want to call it was nice and tender with a great breading but it was slightly on the salty side. Nevertheless, once you make a sandwich out of it with the lettuce, pickles, tomato, mayo, onion, and bread it balances all out. I got some sort of pineapple soaked in vodka martini that wasn't memorable. Outside of that everything was well prepared. If in the area check em out! read more

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern - Yummy! - Pubs Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

Always good food, prepared just right. From burgers to Stroganoff ( my gavorite) , it is all good.

First and foremost the service was spectacular. She immediately brought us refills when our soda was near empty. Very attentive but not overwhelming. I had the Cobb Salad less the Bleu cheese. It was a perfect lunch portion. I really liked the vinaigrette dressing. Bar type feel but comfortable. Only downfall was figuring out how to get to the parking lot and the front of the restaurant. It was a bit convoluted. read more

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern - Cobb Salad (less the blue cheese) - Pubs Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

Very good, I ordered the pick 2. The nickel salad is tasty and I also had the French onion soup. The staff always says hi and they are very friendly. I usually sit at the bar. read more

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern - Nickel salad - Pubs Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

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Food! Ambiance! Service! They played my requested football game! Dined in once than took take out once. All great experiences! Yum!

Started with Peel and eat shrimp with cocktail and Crab Louie sauces, soft cool and delicious. Next was the wild mushroom pizza, I wanted the truffle oil, it was great, not too little that I couldn't taste it and not too much where it was over powering, again delicious. I had the strawberry cheesecake to wrap it up but I forgot to take a pic. It was good though. The waitress I had was nice, she came to visit enough to make sure everything was good. The ambiance is nice, it's a little Rock n Roll but with a nice classy feel. I'll go back and drop another butterfly at the table, that's my signature. Another gem in another city while I'm traveling from coast to coast. read more

My friends form work was telling me all about this pizza they had and it was so good. I was curious, so we met up and gave it a try. We went during their special and the pizza was half off. I think it said Monday-Thursday and hours were limited. My wife got a pizza, too, but got jalapeños on hers. She also got a blueberry drink and she loved that. I highly enjoyed the pizza, especially for the price. read more

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern - Pubs Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

I've been frequenting the Hilliard location for about two years. It has steadily declined in quality and service. I have left after sitting at the bar for 10 minutes and not being noticed while the manager chatted with a patron seated within hearing distance. This evening, the food was barely edible and the service was poor. I won't return. read more

Reviewing my first order, via Grubhub: We had the fish sandwich and fish and chips. Both, good, not great Fish didn't taste like beer-battered. Got priority delivery but, nevertheless, arrived warm and fries were cold. Grossly overpriced. This was our last order from RB. read more

DO NOT ORDER FOR DELIVERY! This place NEVER gets an order right. We order through Uber eats and Doordash. I stopped ordering the Bourbon and Chill because it never showed up. Last time we ordered the fishes sandwiches which are awesome but did not get starter sauce with them. Ugh. Tonight I ordered fish sandwiches. It comes with fries. I ordered my husband onion rings instead of fries and I left my sandwich on the default choice of fries. I also ordered a side of starter sauce...just in case...both sandwiches came with starter sauce and I get the extra order. My husband got his onion rings...but guess what...that's right NO FRIES FOR ME! the food is excellent but my gosh..how hard is it to ensure that a sandwich that comes with fries INCLUDES the fries? Where is their quality control? EVERY ORDER is missing something. Nope didn't call them this time and didn't report the missing fries because frankly, it happens so much it's almost unbelievable to ME...I can only imagine what Uber thinks! read more

Recommend by the hotel staff. Service was good, food was good and the price reasonable.

Not knowing where at the bat to pick up carry out the bartender was rude and took several minutes to even be acknowledged. We wont do that again. read more

We went on a Sunday around 1:00pm. The restaurant was very busy as it was father's day. My Sister and I were sat outside. We each shared a cheese pizza and each ordered a double nickel side salad. The food was delicious and we both had leftovers to take home. The service was great but it was clear they were completely overwhelmed. Ambiance was a bit chaotic but I will give it a pass due to feeling they were short staffed and the fact it was father's day read more

like the food, liked the service, and liked the photo fame of Ohio stadium and Cleveland Indians. read more

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern - Pubs Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

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Although it was not my original intention, this ended up being my first indoor dining experience since the pandemic started. We've been ordering curbside pickup from The Rusty Bucket throughout the pandemic. However, we received an email coupon for a BOGO entree that was only valid for dine-in. I saw that although my go-to Rusty Bucket in Upper Arlington didn't offer outdoor seating, this particular location in Hilliard was advertised on OpenTable as having outdoor seating. So I made a reservation on OpenTable for outdoor seating. In fact, OpenTable made it seem like the only option available was outdoor seating. So I was surprised when we were seated indoor, right in the middle of the restaurant. I saw that they had an outdoor patio, but it was already enclosed with a clear plastic tarp in prepartion for cold weather... so I guess outdoor seating wasn't really an option at all. I'm not sure if the blame should fall on OpenTable or The Rusty Bucket, but this was an unpleasant surprise. Every server was wearing masks appropriately and the indoor seats were either spaced adequately or had a plexiglass divider between them, so we decided to stay and give pandemic style indoor dining a try. They have the full menu available for dine-in, whereas for takeout some items like the Cheese Blanket Nachos are missing. So that was a definite plus for dining in. All of our meals came quickly, they were just as good as it's always been, and our server was lovely. So overall a good dining experience, just with the major hiccup of not having outdoor seating available despite what OpenTable says. read more

We love this Rusty Bucket. Close to our church so we can pop over for lunch/brunch afterwards. We were a group of 8 and they set us up nicely. Food is always on point along with service. My favorite are the salads. Huge portions and always delicious. read more

Every time we have come here the service has been great and the food even better. Portions are so big you could make several meals out of it. In the summer they did a reading program for kids where if they read 5 books they got a free kids meal. I loved that and so did my son! When we have gone, it has always been clean and cozy with the fireplace in the middle of the restaurant. They also have suckers to take on your way out, which is great motivation to help my son (5) be good during mealtime. read more

Loved it! Super friendly and welcoming bartender. Came in for a late lunch today and enjoyed all of it. Large beer selection so I asked the bartender to surprise me with an IPA of her choice. My husband and I ordered the bucket of shrimp to start which was very good especially with the old bay and spicy cocktail. I also ordered the French onion soup and nickel salad which were both delicious as well and very filling. Highly suggest checking this place out if you are in the area! read more

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern - Mountain Candy IPA - Sycamore brewing - Pubs Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

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I would recommend this venue. Attended a rehearsal dinner in the private sunroom. Three tables each had their own waitress. Everything was organized. We had preprinted menus with several food items in each category. We circled what dish we wanted and put our name on it. The wait wasn't long to get our starters. We got French onion soup and Nickel salad. The onion soup wasn't too salty. The salad had bacon and blue cheese and was a small meal in its self. For entrees we chose the beef stroganoff which was noodles covered in a tasty shredded beef, and the chicken Parmesan, which was delicious. For dessert the strawberry shortcake came with ice cream in a tall glass. The slice of NY style cheesecake was good. read more

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Amber is an amazing server. She was friendly and efficient. She chatted with my 93 year old brother and made him feel special. Thanks Amber

Great food great environment if your looking for quite place only thing is the prices of everything is a little high but other then that great experience 7/10 read more

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern - Pubs Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

Beer and Pizza week was going on when we visited Rusty Bucket. They offered a specialty pizza and beer for $10. The food was hot and delicious. We got an order of fried pickle spears. They were super hot, I ended up burning the top of my mouth, they were tasty though. Our service was fast, which is perfect because it was a working lunch. I had a meeting while we were waiting on our food and our server was very considerate of the meeting. Great service and food. read more

I've been coming to this restaurant for years, and have had a consistent experience each time: friendly staff, clean environment, and delicious food. read more

We decided to go to Rusty Bucket this past weekend for lunch and I couldn't resist the brunch menu. I decided to go with the brunch menu and get the breakfast burrito. It was covered in a sweet chipotle salsa and drizzled in sour cream. At first I thought it was a little a little small but after pushing through I couldn't even finish it. The red potatoes weren't ready in the kitchen so I got sweet potato fries which were delicious. If I'm ever back for brunch I would get this again, it was just a normal breakfast burrito but done very well! read more

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern - Breakfast burrito - Pubs Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

Service ? Ordered a simple appetizer and it took 20 minutes on a Sunday afternoon! Bar service a bit slow. read more

My go-to is the draft margarita. It packs a punch and has such a good flavor. This item is always consistent, and I would highly recommend it every time. read more

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern - Draft Margarita - Pubs Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

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This place is amazing, the management is awesome, her name was Sofia. Eric was also amazing, he was such a welcoming server! highly recommend!! read more

I'd give 0 stars if possible. Go somewhere else bypass this restaurant. The service is terrible, food came out cold. We waited over 1/2 hour for drinks- beer on tap. Really??? Our server apologized for the wait on our food as she "had errands to do before putting in our order" again, really???? Management needs to step in for some remedial training. I did appreciate a manager we had to flag down to redo our food. That's the only positive about the visit. Never again. read more

Surprisingly very disappointed today with my carry out order. First, I must say the Pierogies are excellent, superb! Those would get 5 stars. My rating is more for service--I also ordered 2 fish and chips and received no tartar sauce. I discovered this when I got home and called the restaurant. Whomever answered the phone basically said you have to request it! I've never had to request tartar sauce when ordering fish. This is a Cameron Mitchell restaurant, so I was shocked at her lack of customer care just repeating it needed to be requested with the online ordering. Side note: There wasn't a place to request this. Just disappointed. read more

We stayed down the street at one of the new hotels in the area for a multi day business meeting. The Bucket was in a state of confusion when we were there. Multiple people serving us- incorrectly. The beer order was wrong. My soda was diet and not regular. The appetizers we ordered did not come out. We were served our dinners and then a server asked if we still wanted our appetizers AFTER we were about halfway done with the main course. Food was ok. Burgers were nothing special and why we ordered fish in Ohio?! We did do apps after dinner with more beverages. I had dessert too. Probably will return at my next visit to Columbus because of the proximity to the hotel. read more

Delightful experience! I had the cheese pizza, and I loved it. My friends got salad and pasta, both looked good. We asked to sit outside, and there was some lovely flowers by us. Perfect photo opportunity! Our server was very kind and kept our drinks refilled. read more

My wife and I had lunch with a group during a business meeting. I have been searching for a long time for a turkey burger that was on par with what Cap City Diner used to serve, and finally found it at Rusty Bucket Hilliard. Server was very attentive, food arrived promptly. The burger had great flavor with fresh and ample toppings; the bun was perfect. My wife had mistakenly ordered Sicilian Pizza, but liked it. I tried a slice and was impressed. I'm a hard-sell when it comes to pizza, but this was very good. It included a nice ensemble of meats and veggies on a thin crust with a slightly sweet sauce, which was to my liking. Service was fast which allowed us to get in and out in a relatively short amount of time. Will be returning. read more

Stopped in for brunch for the first time this weekend. The breakfast burrito was your classic breakfast burrito. It was good. Nothing amazing. But the chicken and waffles was AMAZING!! I absolutely love their chicken fingers there so I knew the chicken and waffles would be the bomb since they use those. So. Freakin. Good. The mimosa was yummy. Very strong. Thought $9 was a bit pricey for a mimosa tho. read more

Service was terrible today. We waited 30 minutes before anyone came to take our drink order. We are a family of 6 and a meal out doesn't happen very often because it can be quite pricy. When we finally got our food it was mediocre and warm at best. read more

Rusty Bucket reminded me of a modern day Denny's. I say modern because they have a full sports bar with drinks. Denny's does not. Also the ambiance is nice and updated to a version that I have been used to seeing in Northern California. Denny's tends to be well... it's Denny's. And for the food, it really wasn't that bad. Though my Fish & Chips was a bit greasy, the coleslaw and fries made up for it. My buddies food were not bad either, not the best but our waitress made it all up in the end. She was fantastic. If you're looking for a sports bar with decent meals while you watch the game and catch up with your buddies, give Rusty Bucket a try. It just might surprise you! PS - their bread pudding was fantastic! Until then, be kind to one another and Cheers! ~ :p read more

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