Great foods / Quick and nice service / Cozy Atmosphere. A nice place for casual dinning experience. Highly recommended . read more

The restaurant/bar is very charming Comfortable, well decorated spacious and clean Food is pricey for the quality. Not bad but pretty middle of the road Drinks were solid Solid place to come for happy hour or with a group read more

Update 2022. They're back on track! Great food, updated dessert menu, everyone enjoyed themselves. We're back to being regulars.

Attended an event on a Saturday evening. They literally threw us out as they closed at 10PM. Asked for coffee with desert- did not have any. No drinks - 9:30 last call. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE! They suck! read more

Another great visit. We enjoyed happy hour drafts. Great value. We also enjoyed the crab cake sandwich. Nice portion of delicious crab on a fresh roll. The fries were perfect as usual. Our waitress was super friendly as were the host and hostess. We love the cozy and relaxed atmosphere. Can't wait to go back. read more

This is a Customer Service review and not a food review. I have been to the Water Wheel many times for drinks lunch and dinner. Never had any real issues. On Saturday 2/25/23 at 11:55 I brought my mother, daughter and Aunt to lunch at the Water Wheel. We arrived to an empty lobby and waited a few minutes. When no one arrived, I walked around to the bar to see if maybe they didn't open until noon. But there was one other table seated so we went back and hostess area and waited again. Finally a man came over and asked if he could help us? I said "Yes, a table for 4 for lunch, please." He asked if we had a reservation. I was a bit shocked as the restaurant was empty. I said "No, I don't usually make one for lunch." He made no eye-contact, looked at the computer system like he couldn't find a table, and gave me a dissertation on reservation... He never never apologized for the wait and was now making us uncomfortable. I asked if that was a problem that we didn't have a reservation as he was still looking at the computer with no eye contact. I explained I have had here for lunch before without a reservation and it's never been a problem. He didn't seem to care. He said something again about people making reservations, but I could not make it out because his face was down and again, no eye contact.  He walked from behind the hostess desk grabbed four menus and and walked away. My mother and aunt were confused whether or not to follow him. Because he said nothing.  At this point i felt like we were a bother, he was annoyed and I was not eating lunch there. I told him we changed our mind and customers didn't need an attitude when they come to have a nice time. Yes, I was now giving him what he gave us.  He then proceeded to argue with my 80 year old mother that he didn't have an attitude. Clearly that was not the case. I did send an email to the owner, William Haas at the Email address on the website in but did not receive a response. read more

My wife and I went here tonight for the first time. When we were seated, the side of the table my wife was on was sticky, we asked our sever to wipe the table down, to which she did, poorly. Our drink order was taken, which was fine, but the water glass was dirty and had floaty's. When the server bought out new glasses of water, they were non better. My wife ordered soup and I ordered a dinner salad. As we sat waiting for our dinner, we noticed that people sitting around us, who were seated after us, were getting served their food, which had to be cook. When we asked about our food the waitress, became offensive and stated, I know, I tried to get my manager to come out but........ anyway the kitchen is backed up. When our food arrived, the short ribs in my salad were cold, and my wife's soup had a film on top it. We ate our meals, with the intentions of never returning to this place, read more

Excellent service. Delicious and creative food choices Highly recommend! We stopped in for lunch when in the area and an acquaintance recommended it. Great surprise. read more

Waterwheel is one of the worst places in Doylestown, the food is mediocre with no flavor and poor display. the service there isn't bad but nothing that made a difference in my experience, but the manager James, is truthfully one of the worst people i've ever encountered!!! i've seen the way he acts with his workers and with customers, and it's disgusting and disrespectful and i will never be coming back to this establishment. He spoke down on his employees and it was truly heartbreaking. DO NOT SUPPORT BUSINESSES THAT DISRESPECT THEIR EMPLOYEES!!!! read more

We held my daughter's wedding at Water Wheel Tavern on Nov. 11, 2023. The staff went out of their way to ensure everything was to our specifications in set up and decor. They were very accommodating in allowing us to come in the night before to set up the big things (the rooms were not booked). The day of the on site wedding they had set up the room for the ceremony and after quickly flipped the room for the reception while guests enjoyed the cocktail hour downstairs. The food was delicious and service was excellent. We could not have been happier from planning to the end of the wedding day. read more

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Main dining room. Tuesday night at 6:45 it was plenty busy inside and out at the various bars. It was after the 4-6 happy hour ended but plenty of folks were about. Our waiter Phil stopped by to get our drink orders and drop off menus. Throughout the meal it felt like Phil was always just one second away while never making us feel rushed or bothered. Phil is super chill and a great enjoyment as wait staff. He answered any questions we had but held off on the chit chat beautifully. Our hats off again to Matt Lawrence. On line reading and confirmation from Phil tells us Matt is still head chef. Waterwheel is very lucky to hold onto a gifted chef like Matt who we also understand is quit humble. If you know of chefs, this is a rarity ! We started with the spring pea pieeogy. I love artistic plate presentation and this delivered. Wonderfully the flavor and texture then over-delivered. The melt away flaky outside texture (closer to a high end empanada than the dough of a pasta based pierogy) was delicious. It is not stuffed with peas but a delicate potato w some peas filling that is perfect. The flavor comes together like a great piece of music with the bacon fig jam on top. We are not sure where the red onion confit, prosciutto or chipotle cream were but they were clearly a part of the total mastery delivery. For entrees we had the Thai Chili Salmon Chopped Salad and Airline Spring Chicken. The salad came with a pleasantly sized piece of salmon leaving me very full. The chopped salad with mango, corn, peptitos, fried avocado and such was a great combination of flavors, textures and colors. Best salad ever. The chicken was an exploration of walnut brown butter and Brandied tarragon fondue as a lake around a mound of potato purée with a tender and moist chicken on top. On the chicken tasty onions and mushrooms. There was no way to try dessert. Maybe another time as we intend to come back and see what Matt comes up with next. Why 4 stars and not 5? I am always concerned seeing a drop in a restaurant health inspection score. I may wait to go back when it's back in the high 90s again. read more

Bartender Nicole is very friendly and mixes a fantastic vesper! The watermelon burrata salad is very nice. read more

Water Wheel Tavern - Vesper by Nicole - American Near Me - Doylestown, Pennsylvania

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Food was good and appetizers I recommend the crab cake sandwich. Service was also good. The ambiance was alright the outside was nice.

This is a once and done. My wife and I had a reservation for 2 at 6:45...we had to wait 25 minutes to be seated in one of the large dining rooms adjacent to the bar. Our server, Richard, was friendly but was completely overwhelmed. We waited 15 minutes for our drink order to be taken (we immediately ordered the shortrib flatbread anticipating the slow service). 20 minutes later our drinks arrived (1 beer and 1 double Jameson rocks). My wife had to ask for a glass for her bottled beer (glass not very clean). The flatbread was way to too much fig jam and little else (short rib, caramelized onion, arugula). We had to wait again for Richard to take our food order. My wife ordered the fish and chips (only silver lining - this was good and nice portion so I had something to eat also). I ordered the 1/2 rack of lamb.....I received 4 tiny lamb ribs that would not fill a tooth...plate was all roasted potatoes and no meat...for $35?...and it was rare - not medium rare, so it was tough. This was a huge disappointment. read more

Visited 6/5/2021 with a party of 6 including one 4 year old, and I'm still unsure if we will visit again. They were out of many of beers on their printed menu and the waitress couldn't tell us what beers they actually did have on tap. So most of us ordered cocktails, but even that was an issue for the bar. My mother-in-law ordered a Kahlua and cream over ice and was brought a large tumbler full of Kahlua with a splash of cream in it. We asked them to remake it with more cream, but I believe she was charged for both drinks even though she only drank one. My cocktail was good and so was my husband's, but the rest of the party was disappointed with their drinks. The waitress [or whoever poured the drink] seemed clueless to what is appropriate for children and instead of bringing out a child's cup with lid and straw (that we saw at other tables with children), she brought out her drink in a large glass cup, no straw, and our niece was barely able to lift the glass herself. She's four, how is that appropriate? We tried to ask the waitress for a child's cup multiple times, but she either forgot or didn't care. A few of the party ordered French onion soup and they seemed to enjoy it, but the little kid scissors for cutting the cheese was just weird. No other restaurant I've ever been to gives you scissors for cutting the cheese, and I was just imagining how many people touched those scissors before me. No thanks. My husband ordered the surf and turf [steak and shrimp] special and the steak was barely edible. It was all gristle and overcooked, but he's not one to send food back so ate what he could of it and didn't complain. I had a reuben (which I no longer see on their menu) and it was fine. Not the best one I've had, but not the worst either. Their fries were especially good, and so were the onion rings my brother-in-law had with his meal. Their outside seating area seems really nice and updated, but their inside restaurant area is weird. You have to walk through the bar to get to your table and there was very loud live music in the small bar area. If we had been seated closer to the bar, I would have been annoyed but it was easy to tune it out where we were seated. My main complain is about the service. I know it's been hard for restaurants to find servers lately, but everyone we interacted with at the Water Wheel seemed incredibly clueless. We asked about a couple menu items and our waitress couldn't tell us anything about them, and we had to point to the items on the menu because she asked us to repeat ourselves multiple times while trying to order. She repeated everything back to us and got several things wrong, but we were able to correct that before she put to order in. It was just weird. Also, it took about 45 minutes for the soup to come out, and then the meals came out 10 minutes after that, so it seems like they need to pace their checks a bit better. read more

First time here and wasn't too impressed. Service was good, food mediocre. Got the brisket grilled cheese with a side Caesar salad. Tasted like roast beef, not brisket. The side salad was more of a half of a side with one crouton. The hubby got the French dip, more roll than meat. The only thing decent was the fries. Don't think we will be returning. read more

Meh. Two people told me they had the best burgers here, so the next time I was craving a good cheeseburger, I thought of this place. My cheeseburger looked nothing like the picture of the burger here on Yelp. Doesn't the picture look like a hand-formed patty? Mine was clearly a pre-formed patty. To me, it looked and tasted just like the patties I buy frozen at the grocery store. The fries were very pale, undercooked and limp. Maybe I just caught them on a bad day? I always say, this was just my personal experience. Try it and see for yourself. read more

Hopefully Yelp unflags this as now totally renovated and under very experienced ownership. Called just Waterwheel Tavern and as being OPEN!!!!!! Officially this Monday March 6, 2017. Sworn to secrecy, and eating or trying everything right now. If you are reading this you will just have to know I drove 205 miles today to come here. You can drive a few miles and check it.out for yourself and will be very very glad you did. read more

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Great food and we really enjoyed our server. Super location - could hear my wife at dinner. Ambiance gets a check mark - perfect for the evening. read more

I love this place ..interesting food that rises above pub food and the ambiance is terrific, warm, welcoming, not too loud, not too quiet. I love the food. read more

Water Wheel Tavern was perfect for our little annual friend gathering! It had everything we wanted in a restaurant! The service was great, and the staff was super friendly! The ambience was lively and energized , even though it got loud, but we like that)! The menu was diverse and I retesting and everyone enjoyed his/her meals!! It was overall a great find and we will definitely go back again! read more

Shockingly poor customer service! There are plenty of other great places to enjoy in Doylestown and I'm sure the new PJ Whelihans (just 1 mile away) will gladly provide much better service and delicious food. On 11/18/22 my pickleball group met at the Water Wheel for dinner prior to attending a cancer research fundraiser at another location. We had been to the Water Wheel many, many times after pickleball on Friday evenings, however, this night was special as we were meeting to support one of our friends who had lost her husband 2 years prior. Although my friend had made a reservation for 20 people 1-2 weeks prior and confirmed the reservation 1 day in advance, there were no tables set and prepared for us when we arrived. And to top that off, the General Manager, Jim, was rude and nasty to this friend, as witnessed by many in our group. Begrudgingly the GM had some of the staff set up the 'Wagon Wheel' room for our group. Essentially this is the lobby outside of the bar area, a noisy, drafty location for what was supposed to be a special gathering. Since our pickleball group dined at the Water Wheel fairly often and it's in close proximity to Doylestown Pickleball, I attempted to rectify the situation by calling the GM, twice, and never received a return call. Our group decided to dine there again in early February, my hopes was to have a chance to speak with the GM, which we did. On our way out that evening, another friend and I stopped to speak with the GM, Jim Davon, and explained the situation. At first he was defensive and tried to correct our rendition of the story. We told him that we were simply looking for him to apologize to our friend who had been treated poorly. He said that he "welcomed an opportunity to apologize". I asked him to call this friend for that purpose, provided her name and number and he agreed to call her. After 2 weeks of no phone call, I called and then emailed a letter to the owner, Bill Haas, his daughter Paris Haas and the customer service email for the parent company Pen Ryn Estate. I did receive an email back (not from the owner or the second in charge, his daughter) stating that I needed to take up the issue with the Water Wheel. It's a shame that this organization doesn't care about Customer Service! I'll take my business somewhere else that does! read more

Great ambiance. It's been a while but I think it was a bit pricey. Good food and service though.

First time visiting and we will definitely be back again. Friendly and helpful staff and the food was delicious. I haven't had sure a good gourmet burger in a while. read more

Some of the best cocktails and burger I have had in a long time. Cody was our server and he was the best. Such a great night out!! Truly enjoyed it read more

My rating is for the food I live about 2 minutes from this restaurant. I so wanted to like it, and, continued to try it, long after I should have, in the hope that I could find marginally good dishes, that would keep me coming back. Sadly, I was unable to find any dish that would meet an acceptable standard. The first time I had mussels, which were unusual, but, tasty. The next time I came, they had changed the recipe. It was unusual, and, not really to my liking. Unfortunately, they were not very fresh, and I had to spit out a couple of them. Needless to say, I do not order mussels any longer, and, am kind of turned off due to that experience. I love onion soup, and, eat it wherever I can. I ordered a bowl of onion soup. My partner ordered one as well. What I got was a bowl of partially cooked onions, a ton of them, that were hard, no broth, no crouton, and enough cheese to choke a Dutch National. The cheese is difficult to chew, and, is definitely not Gruyère cheese as stated on the menu. I returned the soup, which they begrudgingly took back. Still, I returned, hoping against hope that the onion soup would now have soft caramelized onions, as it should, and, the cheese would be more palatable. It wasn't. The onions were again uncooked, the cheese almost inedible. A friend recommended I try the chicken wings. They were not crispy, with the skin very flabby, and fatty. I could not eat them. They changed it for another dish, equally inedible. My partner has had the burgers here, which are good, but, you can get a good burger in lots of places. I don't usually order burgers when I go out to eat. This place has a nice ambiance, fair service, and, live music. It should not be difficult to produce crispy chicken wings. And, caramelizing onions for onion soup is a must, as well as actually using Gruyère cheese as stated. I'm very sad that I will never come to this restaurant again. read more

Cheesesteak egg rolls were big and excellent. 2 different dipping sauces were provided. The large Caesar salad was big enough for 2 hungry people and was fresh and crisp. The best of all was the beer battered fish and chips. There were 2 huge pieces and it came with great cole slaw and fries. We thought the service and everything was great too. read more

I would like to give this between a 3 and 4, but I will err on the high side because the food was quite good. The elderly waitress...not as much. She was efficient, but far from warm and friendly. I asked for a little info about a particular ale, and her response, "It's an ale." Uh...no kidding. Dark? Pale? Anything? I also asked about a pork chop dish. "It's popular. They don't let us taste anything." How about educating your staff? And maybe ask them to smile. It doesn't take much to make a guest feel welcome. Great meal, and maybe we'll go back, we'll see. read more

Just ordered Corned Beef and Cabbage for Takeout. It looks delish, but the Corned Beef is overcooked and rubbery. Vegetables are good though read more

Water Wheel Tavern - Corned Beef and Cabbage - American Near Me - Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Safe for gluten-free meals! This place was really quaint! I grew up in Bucks County and was home for the holidays when my parents suggested grabbing dinner here after a little wine tasting (not far away, there's some small local vineyards). As a celiac on a gluten-free diet, that was question #1 as soon as we sat down- to make sure they can accommodate my dietary needs. Not only could they, but the server was very knowledgeable (I get worried when they give me that weird look and tell me they have to ask the chef... but she did not do that, so I felt safe). They even had gluten-free beer! My dad started with a french onion soup that was served with a pair of scissors....to cut the cheese! I had the Faroe Island Salmon which include a nice side of veggies and squash. My mom is a light eater and she ordered a salad but added shrimp to it. The location is a little hidden, but it has some historic vibes and I'd recommend it. read more

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Went there at 7 on a Saturday and the place was JUMPIN' !!! Awesome. Like the Old times days (before the cooov) Food was great. Service was friendly. Atmosphere was cool. read more

Great happy hour prices and food. Great ambience, and nice patio area. A little pricey, but worth it. Service is excellent.

If you don't have a beer in stock that is on your menu, please remove that beer. If you then don't have a second beer in stock that is on the menu, you might want to change the menu. Hostess was great. We sat very quickly. It went downhill from there. First of all. The place is dark. Really dark. Barely enough light to read the menus. Thank God for the flashlight feature on the iPhone. We used the light to read the menu. Thirsty for some beer. We looked at the beer menu. Found a beer, Breckenridge Vanilla Porter, sounded interesting. So we ordered one each. Waitress comes back a few minutes later and says they are out of that beer. My wife chooses another and a few minutes later they were out of that as well. WTF!? I go with the old standard Yuengling. They had that. So wife orders the same. Next up. Appetizers. Wife orders pretzel twists. Tasted stale and fresh from the freezer. Could have bought a box of these bavarian pretzels in the supermarket and they'd have been fresher. I chose fried mac and cheese. A mistake. Yes. Breaded tasteless mac and cheese that seemed more like kraft mac and cheese that mom used to make terribly can't begin to describe how bad they were. Didn't even finish them and was thankful when the waitress removed them. Again. Could have bought in a supermarket and it would have been tastier. Entree time. Woohoo!! I ordered the crab cake sandwich, which according to the menu featured brioche bun, maryland style crab imperial, lettuce, tomato, spicy remoulade. Guess what they forgot to bring out with my cold crab cake sandwich....the spicy remoulade. Mentioned to the waitress, who had no idea it even came with remoulade. The coldness of the sandwich outweighs the tastiness. Which is sad, because it actually had a nice flavor, but cold crab cakes are just that. Wife ordered fish tacos with grilled tilapia, flour tortilla, corn and poblano salsa, spicy aioli. The first thing she said was not ooh how tasty. No she said, "where's the fish?" You see, she had these nice looking tacos with the salsa and very little fish. It looked as though less then half of the tacos had fish. She did say later that at least the flavor was good. French fries and sweet potato fries were tasty. Dessert. Now here we had a winner. I had blueberry bread pudding, which wasn't heated all the way, but tasted great. Can't recall what wife had for dessert, but she did enjoy it. Our waitress was great. Appetizers sucked. Entrees were...ok. Lack of beer(s) listed on menu was inexcusable. Would we come back? Probably not. read more

Water Wheel Tavern - Crab cake dry with no remoulade. - American Near Me - Doylestown, Pennsylvania

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Stopped by for dinner and was waiting for a bar table to listen to some live music. We were accidentally passed over and another couple were seated before us. Now it is our time to be seated and they take us to the downstairs bar where the music cannot be heard. :( And we wait and wait for someone to take our order.... We start to notice that other tables have empty drinks which is never a good sign. Finally someone shows up at the table after 15 minutes and it is a waiter! Just turns out he is not our waiter, he noticed us waiting so long that he came to apologized and said he would get the manager. Thanks for stopping by but nothing will bring back the mood of having an enjoyable evening. So we left and went to a place that does not ignore their customers read more

My boyfriend and I just got back from dining here. We should have stayed home. The place looks so cute from the outside and I'm sorry to say that's the only nice thing I can say about the place. Drinks, service, and food are comically bad. Don't waste your time. read more

Heard about this place through a Facebook group. Stopped in on Saturday afternoon. Pro's: The decor is super cute. The staff was really nice. The place (including bathrooms) was very clean. Prices were reasonable. Food was good. It was no better or worse than any other bar I've been to. Con's: Menu was typical bar food...it doesn't seem that they specialize in anything. If you're in the mood for bar food, this is your place. They have live music on Saturday nights and there is free valet parking. I really want to give this place more stars but I can't get past the blah menu. read more

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We had a delightful Easter brunch! Great value, service, setting. And YUM food! It was a lovely experiencing families coming together for a special memory - from what we saw sensed savored, it was going to be a happy one, filled with good times in a beautiful spot with delish food. It was crazy busy, but the staff kept their calm at all times, something I especially appreciate. Bravo! An excellent choice for that apecial meal without breaking the bank. read more

Highly recommend the portobello mushroom appetizer special. Beer selection included three Ipa, a double ipa, and two decent Oktoberfest. Happy Hour is a very good deal. read more

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Came here with my family for Mother's Day dinner. Only 3rd time here. This visit was enough to make a party of 6 all say ok we will not return again. Wrong orders and one person did not receive their dinner after waitress and manager went to check on it. Literally did not mention it again. No manager ever came to talk to us after this. Waitress had no idea how to take an order. I've never had such bad service in my 28 years. read more

I am changing my rating from 5 to two stars because of the way we were treated today Our first outing since quarantine and we get earlier reservation. Place is empty yet they chose to seat us right next to another table despite otherwise empty restraint. I asked for another table and was refused. Not good enough Manager was unapologetic and rude. He reacted like a hurt child instead of a professional. Bottom line is this place doesn't care about your safety in our experience. Eat somewhere else read more