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    The Ground Round

    3.9 (64 reviews)
    Closed 4:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    Pot'O'Gold appetizer sampler
    Laura B.

    Never fails to provide amazing food and service! Great fun vibes at during FIFA! Supporting local feels and tastes lovely

    Patty melt was outstanding. HIghtly recommend
    Evan S.

    I came for the nostalgia but I'll be going back for the food which was excellent. It was so much fun stepping back in time to a Ground Round complete with branded food and drink menus, floor mats and other signage. The first thing that hits you when you enter is the smell of the fresh popcorn. The food appears to be scratch recreations of the original menu with some new additions. Food quality was top notch - way better than anything at the original Ground Rounds I ate at decades ago. I would rate it much more in line with comfort food served at a nice local pub rather than at an Applebee's or similar chain. But it purposely has a chain feel and casualness to it to invoke the memories of the original. Patty Melt burger was spectacular. Steak was tender and served with buttered broccoli and baked potato. Chili was fresh made in a crock with melted cheese. Service was top notch as well. Drinks were refilled without asking. Definitely worth the hour drive. I will be back again for another casual meal.

    Menu's, popcorn, and cartoons on in the background
    James P.

    Talk about nostalgia. We had a great time here. The service was spectacular, the food was very good, and the atmosphere with popcorn and cartoons was a nice touch to the Ground Round's of our childhood. We will definitely be back!

    Cordelia R.

    It was packed on a weekend day but we got four seats at the bar out of sheer luck. We had a lovely time and the bartender was excellent. Overall really enjoyed our foods and drinks, definitely felt like a good value. Overall would return

    Buffalo Chicken Wings
    Steven W.

    What a throwback and so glad this restaurant came back from the ashes. We waited 90 minutes to be seated as the restaurant itself isn't too large but the nostalgia of it all from the popcorn to the American classics. Wings were good as I remembered. We all ordered different dishes to try and all were decently portioned and priced somewhat reasonably. Service was great and friendly. Plenty of parking

    Boneless buffalo bites
    Britta O.

    Staff was amazing. Very efficient and nice. Quick to bring items and popcorn. Quick to clear. Food was ... meh. Looked pretty and tasted good but not worth the hype. Mac and cheese was decent but not something I'd drive for. Haddock was decent. Dessert was quick to come and smelled great. Smallish for the price ($10 for a medium crock of apple crisp). And it needed ... something. Maybe more cinnamon and a little more sugar. I've heard it's a nostalgia thing but I didn't buy it. I'm just glad they didn't still have a scale for the price of your meal (back in ye old olde days, kids got on the scale on like Tuesdays and your weight was what your parents paid ... great for the overweight kid).

    Maria A.

    Such a nostalgic feeling when visiting the newly opened The Ground Round in Shrewsbury. We started with some popcorn and pretzels with beer cheese, along the blueberry bella & nostalgia 9 adult beverages. My friend had the broccoli cheddar soup, and it could have been a little thicker. For entrees, my guy and friend had the burgers with fries or sweet potato fries, I enjoyed the sweet potato fries and wish we got some onion rings. I had the 4 cheese mac & cheese with crispy buffalo, which was absolutely delicious. Want to give a huge shout out to our waitress Lisa. As you can imagine, it was extremely busy, but she made our experience smooth with great communication and service.

    Fatboy S.

    Was hoping to relive the great memories I had of this place. Not so much. Service was slow. But the real disappointment was the food. Flavorless and just not good. Nothing really reminded me of the old version. This is a one and done for me.

    Ian W.

    Newly opened in Shrewsbury, The Ground Round has opened up on Grafton St at Route 9 Westbound. This classic restaurant & bar has a rustic modern lodge atmosphere with a high pitched wood ceiling with wood beams with the full service bar area to the left and main dining room and quieter dining room to the right. In the bar area, there is seating at the full service bar, flatscreen TVs, TouchTunes digital jukebox, and historic framed Ground Round prints & menus on the walls and in the area outide the restrooms. The opening of The Ground Round in the area has been highly anticipated by many, who have fond memories of dining at The Ground Round as a kid and young adult when there were plenty of locations open. I enjoyed countless meals and kids meals at my former local Ground Rounds in NY including in Albany, Colonie, Latham, Schenectady, and East Greenbush. I miss their Kids Pay What They Weigh (penny a pound) promotion, scale at the hostess stand for kid weigh in, lol. Also, the best part of my meal was getting their Slider Sundae for dessert served in a plastic mini baseball cap, which I still have a collection of different major league teams like the Red Sox, Yankees, Pirates, Phillies, A's, Royals, Twins, Dodgers, Expos, and Brewers. My most recent Ground Round dining experiences close to 20 years ago were several miles up the road at the former Tin Alley Grill in Framingham (Ground Round restaurant) where their fajitas were excellent and they had great happy hour specials. Fast forward to 2025, I decided to stop in at The Ground Round in Shrewsbury, which had their soft opening over the weekend. Open for dinner only during the soft opening phase. The dining room was booked solid and the bar was very busy. At the time of this posting, they were offering a very limited soft opening food menu including select appetizers, salads, pasta, burgers, sandwiches, fish & chips, steak tips, kids menu and desserts. The pricing is moderate high. The bar is fully stocked offering 10 draft beers, bottle/can beers, wine list, cocktails and mocktails. I took a seat up at the bar. I was given a soft opening food menu which I already read on social media. For dinner, I ordered the Ground Round Chicken Florentine ($24 plus tax), which had soft cooked campanelle pasta tossed tossed in a creamy cajun sauce with spinach, sliced blackened grilled chicken & arugula, served with buttered garlic toast. This pasta dish was very good and I requested a container for half of this dish, so I could order dessert.. For a dessert, the Baseball Cap Sundae ($7 plus tax) had a scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, rainbow sprinkles, & cherry on top in a plastic mini baseball cap. However, the black mini cap had no team logo and I did ask about it. The bartender said the caps are supposed to have Red Sox or Woo Sox and the logo must have washed off. What a disappointment..... I requested the check when I was done, which was $33.17 with tax and before tip. Another bartender cashed me out. Overall, the food here tasted just fine and if I do come back to a Ground Round (MA, OH, ND, ID), I would get the fish & chips which looked like a good sized portion. The music was too loud in the bar area and could hardly hear. However, the service here needs improvement. I am cognizant that they are trying to work things out before they go full steam ahead. The bartender had a chippy attitude, did not offer me popcorn and basically told me "I don't know what to say" and walked away after I asked about the blank baseball cap, no resolution. Most bartenders would ask my name to put on the tab/check, but the name on my check was Back Row Hat (probably easier for food runners to identify or maybe they could use seat numbers). Also, no manager or owner introduced themselves to me, so I will not likely return to this location for a while. Unfortunately the service here was very similar to the former Tin Alley Grill in Framingham, which I gave the same rating, good food, spotty service. I will note, I've had both good food and stellar friendly service at the former Ground Round locations in Upstate NY, back when people actually cared.

    TOM AND JERRY
    Kerry B.

    Jane (our waiter) and all the other staff are very nice,interior 5 stars it's Halloween themed, they have tom and Jerry and football (footballs at the bar area), popcorn is delicious,fresh and warm 10/10 perfect blend of butter and salt, they have Andes mints in the front, appetizers came in a decent amount of time,pretzels are pretty good and the so is the beer cheese,some main courses came in a good amount of time, Mac and cheese has a very unique and good flavor would recommend. All in all this is a very underrated restaurant in my opinion and it's very good 5 stars!

    Burger
    L H.

    Visited on Friday night, there before opening to ensure we could get in without a wait. The inside is clean, the service was timely, the menu has diversity. Nothing that memorable, will put it in rotation for every few months.

    The Ground Rounder
    Kim f.

    We arrived shortly after 4:00 PM when the restaurant opened and the place was already filling up with early bird diners. I thought there might be a special menu/dinner option because of the crowd, but there were no specials. We originally planned to have a late lunch, but GR isn't open for lunch yet. The interior has a lot of exposed beams and two tvs tuned to the Cartoon Network. We were seated and within a minute had some fresh popcorn on our table. We looked at the two-sided menu and opted for the steak tips and the signature burger. There were a lot of options that are being served in most restaurants today. Both meals were large enough that we both needed to bring the leftovers home. That didn't stop us from ordering the fried dough triangles. They were tough and hollow. The accompanying dipping sauces were skimpy and the triangles were too big to fit into the small plastic cups. Other than this dessert, the food was very good but not great. I think the prices were higher than expected, given the GR"s reputation for good food at family friendly prices. The service was adequate, but the people who were seated within minutes of us still hadn't received their main meals before we finished eating our dessert. I think it's a good restaurant but if you're looking for a trip down memory lane, Ground Round misses the mark.

    Barbecue baby back ribs, steak tips, green beans, and mashed potatoes

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    Disappointed. Burger was so so. Pet peeve of mi e is meals not being served at the same time. Service was fine

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