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    Slyman's Tavern - Independence

    3.6 (501 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    SLYMAN'S TAVERN - INDEPENDENCE ATMOSPHERE

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

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    Reuben Poppers (6)
    Nancy A W.

    Slyman's has been a place we go to every time we're in town. [[HIGHLIGHT]]There's a variety of seating for small and large parties.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I enjoyed my fish and fries. The fish with lemon and tartar sauce were wonderful. I was disappointed to see that my coleslaw was inside a condiment container. My husband liked his light corn beef sandwich but I will say for the $16 price you shouldn't have to pay extra for the cheese, thousand island dressing, rye bread and toasted features that are a staple to this dish. [[HIGHLIGHT]]This place used to be packed.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] The positive side Amanda was a great waitress that tended to all the tables here. She needs a raise! I know it's not a lot of people anymore but she was working it with a smile on her face doing her best to take care of all of us.

    Patricia K.

    Mediocre at best. So disappointed in my Reuben sandwich. Today we had a group gathered for a special occasion luncheon. The chat among us was: "We should have gone to Simon's down the street for Reuben's". We won't be returning. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Bland, overpriced and woman's bathroom was out of soap.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]

    Cindi R.

    Friendly service even through the craziness of St Patrick's Day. LOVE their corn beef and now they have gluten free bread!! Not a fan of drinking wine out of a plastic glass but I suspect dishwasher was busy. Of course we'll be back.

    Melissa B.

    OH 02-2024 Slyman's Tavern in Independence near Cleveland Ohio, Tony and I had dinner. It is located in shopping center near our hotel. We were greeted and seated immediately. The waitress and hostess were both extremely nice. Loved the atmosphere of the restaurant. We were escorted into the second room. Tony and I looked over the menu while she took our drink order of Halk cut Iced Tea with Lemon and PBR in a can. We went with the original Slyman's Corned Beef Light (which means baseball Size vrs regular which is softball size) with kraft, grilled onions and toasted bread! Awesome!!! I also ordered for us to share an order of pierogies and potato pancakes...oh everything was delicious and we shared it all!! The horseradish was fresh! Everything was delicious absolutely highly recommend and would eat here again!!! I wish I lived near by to eat here more often!!! The sides of applesauce was just large enough to tease me!!!

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    Spencer S.

    Stopped in to Slyman's on a friend's recommendation while taking a quick daytrip to Cleveland. We didn't realize the original location closed at 2:30pm but thankfully we checked before driving over and then were able to locate the Tavern location which was basically equidistant from where we already were. For our table of two adults and two toddlers we got a pastrami reuben, a corned beef dry, and then fried pickles to share. Everything tasted great and was freshly prepared. The dipping sauce for the pickles had a nice zip to it and the bark on the pastrami had a nice peppering. Our server was friendly and the waits for food were very reasonable. All-in-all a great experience and well worth stopping in for!

    Knats on the bathroom wall :(
    Princess M.

    This place was mediocre. The service and people were great. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The ambience included knats, otherwise it would have been a great sports bar atmosphere.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] The food: We ordered mushrooms, classic corned beef, fish sandwich, and potatoe pancakes. The corned beef was served cold, then was offered to put it in the microwave. The potatoe pancakes were bland, the most flavor came from the sour cream. On the other hand, the fish sandwich was really good and cooked well. The mushrooms were really good, but was a very small portion. The drinks: I had a peach sangria, which was delicious! [[HIGHLIGHT]]This place clearly has a knat problem, which I found to be strange, in the middle of winter.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] My husband killed two while we were eating. Lo and behold, I go to the ladies room and spotted at least five of them. This was very disheartening. I don't live in the area, however, I definitely would not recommend.

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    Huge portions! Absolutely delicious! A Cleveland institution still delivering great value.

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    2 years ago

    Great food as always. Good location for right after golf! I've never been disappointed here!!

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    The corned beef sandwich is 5 stars, dare I say it's better than NYC. Great service and food comes out very fast.

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    Visited from Georgia. All my Ohio family frequents the place. Fast service and clean restaurant.

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    4.7(54 reviews)
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    Oh my gosh! Who-da-thunk it in Old Brooklyn? Knew nothing of this place until recently. Had a…read moreburger. Awesome. One of the best around. Great char flavor with great pickles. As a sour dill pickle lover, I really loved the cucumber-flavor pickles. They are great for the burger -- adds even more flavor without overwhelming like some pickles can. The pickles taste how I imagine they would when only half through pickling process -- a combo of discernible cucumber with a mild dill flavor. Very nice. I was disappointed with the octopus. It was delicious and uber tender, but only one small tentacle -- not enough to share with anyone. My husband and I can share a meatball at most places but this tentacle was too small. The gnocchi that accompanied it could be a dish all its own. The gnocchi with the potato alone would make a great app. or entree. We were really impressed with the food and are looking forward to round 2.

    Heard about this place and we were going to be in the neighborhood so we decided to try…read more First off parking is wherever. We parked on a side street and walked. Sat at the bar. There are tables but we opted for the bar seats. Cute place. Good decor. Lights and pictures and posters and Knick knacks around. Bartender was nice. As usual we asked a handful of questions since it's our first time here. It's is a Thursday so wing night. I got 7 wings for $13 (I think) got buffalo. They don't have a ton of sauces to choose from. I also got the waffles fries. They are homemade so that's sounds good. Fries came first. And as usual I got all the small end of the bag left overs. Not the big waffle fries. I am not sure why this always happens to me but it does. Fries are seasoned with something not sure what. They kinda got a kick. It's not bad. Just know. The wings came. The drums are huge. Flats smaller. They are decent. Not the best. Could have been crispier. Could have been saucier too. I do have to say the homemade blue cheese is really good! Kathy got the burger. She said it was good. She enjoyed it. Bun was soft, veggies good and burger well seasoned. They had a blackberry cider that Kathy got. And I got the strawberry seltzer. The seltzer was just OK. Not as much of a fan as I thought I'd be. Not enough strawberry. Too much seltzer. Overall OK experience. Prices kinda average. Happy hour is long and decent. Specials are good. I'd go back.

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