Love the barbecue nice restaurant good service and their food is very good I recommend this…read morerestaurant anybody in the lead of good barbecue.

Pleasantly surprised! Food, service and price were spot on. Staff were very friendly! Can't ask for…read moremuch more!

The food, friendly staff and the LIVE music... 1st time here and we will be back... so many food…read moreitems to choose from

This is a great location in an old federal building. Nice decor for this Smiths American Tavern…read more The bartender met us at the door, due to it being the middle of the day, and business being a bit slower, and we opted to sit at the bar. He was very social and answered all our questions and socialized about personal life as well. We ordered the Cuban eggrolls, and they were quite good but had smaller cubes of ham as opposed to pictures showing slices in some older pictures posted to this establishment. The drinks were spot-on. Although I may sound disappointed, I'm looking forward to trying more on the menu that they have to offer. I plan to return to try more. Recommended!

Smith's American Tavern is in historic downtown Lakeland and located in a converted post office…read more It is spacious inside, has a nice size bar area and plenty of TVs to watch sporting events. The atmosphere is dive bar friendly and there are so many cool niche areas for photos. Really loved the raised unfinished ceiling and the naked white brick wall which covered the side wall of the tavern. When you enter there is a hostess to great you. And our server almost appeared immediately. She explained the menu to us and the specials. What a great first impression. Unfortunately, there was a key piece of info we missed. There is a full bar, draft beer options and a decent wine selection. I ordered a draft beer and a flight of Mimosas. The beer was good, the mimosa flight not so much. Oh, and they have brunch specials on Saturday and Sunday, including unlimited mimosas at a 2 hour limit. For food, ordered the classic breakfast plate and a breakfast burger. Food was pretty good, but the burger was from a frozen patty, so not the best. Unfortunately they have some policy where they charge an extra $1 for the eggs. It is posted in the front, but nowhere on the menu. Suffice to say that experience left a bad taste in my mouth. Pun intended. They did remove the $1 but it took more effort that I would have liked and unfortunately the review and the server's tip suffered as a result.

Want to update an earlier review Went again last evening…read more The food was served perfectly Hot fresh and prepared as requested The recently added onion rings were excellent Still wish the Caesar dressing was not changed but the house salad was good Had Angelina as our server she was a pleasure to have Much improved keep it up

Food always as described and good service. Sports bar atmosphere is great and lots of tv'sread more

First visit here and Wow! We ordered two hot dog baskets with fries ($9.99 each) and a Taco's…read more($10.99) + fries and drink $4.99. We also ordered cheese curds ($8.99). The hot dogs are a quality thick beef hot dog and they are tasty. They have many toppings except chili. The fries are thick Krinkle cut and prepared just right today, crisp on the outside and soft inside. The Tacos were ground beef and topped with lettuce and tomato. We added sour cream and salsa fir an additional charge. The cheese curds have to be the best we've had anywhere. They aren't salty at all like some places and they have a nice Italian seasoning in them. The menu is pretty extensive so there are a lot of choices. The dining room is long and narrow with mostly tables of two, just a couple of tables fir 4 then they have counter or bar seating. Staff is friendly and helpful. We will most definitely be back and we can recommend this fir lunch or dinner.

Great wings and seafood! Odd combo but very good. Stopped…read morehere Saturday after the market. So many different choices and combos to choose from. I got wings and fish combo. Rest of fam had fish, shrimp, and wings. Overall we were super happy with our choices. The wings were super. Jumbo size and freshly made. One of the great things is the variety of sauces. So many places have the same choices. Bedrock has many different sauces to choose. I had the aloha blackened. Awesome sauce!! Sweet spicy with a touch of Hawaii. The wings were awesome. The fish was also very good. I would get again. My kids had fish and shrimp and were very satisfied. We also got more wings with Spicy honey. That sauce was also very good and unique. One of my favs for wings. When I am back in Lakeland this is where I will go for wings. Just wish I remembered to take pics for you.

Solid pizza and good salads. I've only ever had take out from MJ's. Staff is always very friendly…read moreand quick. Pizzas are large and good amounts of cheese and toppings. Salads are fresh and big- and they give plenty of dressing (but that still doesn't keep me from asking for more ;) If you are in this area, don't overlook MJ's for a good pizza- support a local business with better quality ingredients and did I mention it's cheaper than papa John's?

Food was good and service was great. Super friendly and helpful. Price also is gonna break you…read morebank. Good amount of food for how much you pay.

Tried out Ovation Bistro & Bar via Uber Eats and couldn't believe the portion for $18.99! I was…read moreable to split this meal into two servings. The Diablo cajun fettuccine with grilled shrimp (6) and side of broccoli was excellent. My meal arrive still warm and the flavor was deliciously spicy.

I've read many good reviews of Ovation Bistro and was excited to finally make a reservation…read more The restaurant had a nice ambiance when we entered. The staff was very friendly. We ordered the Brussel sprouts. Major disappointment. Do not recommend. They were served cold. They were reserved warmed up. Still not good. They tasted like tons of Asian bbq sauce with a few Brussel sprouts. Waaay too much bbq sauce. Not advisable to ever order these. They did comp our order of Brussel sprouts. But not a good way to start dinner. The rest of our orders were very good. We ordered a variety off the menu. Pictures below. My meal of a steak salad was ok. I wanted my steak medium, but I received very well done steak. All in all we had an ok experience. But, I really don't think I'll be back.

My husband and I went to the new location today in South Lakeland. Looks are deceiving... location…read morehas changed but the place is still gross as ever. Service was fast but too fast. There is little to no regard for attention to detail as the beer glass had remnence on the outside and inside. The menu also had food from the last customer in the middle as seen on the pictures. We ordered mozzarella sticks and they came out cold and not golden Brown. Even the manager recognized this and offered to pay for our entire meal. I didn't order anything else because I was afraid to eat anything from this restaurant. My go-to is always traditional wings but after the mozz sticks came out the way they did, I honestly was afraid I would bite into raw chicken. We left.

Whenever I try a new place I order something basic, in this case it's a hamburger. Ordered med and…read moreit came out rare (I used to eat it this way) and cool to the touch. Brought this to the servers attention just as a "let the kichen know "and then finished most of the sandwich. Pains me to put this but I'm being honest. I wish the restaurant all the best but I doubt if we'll be returning.