Hickory Tavern - Columbia

The place used to be the place for good food and drinks. I guess all good things have to come to an end. I want to see the place was up again. But as it is now: soil food and crumbs everywhere Multiple table not cleaned or deleted. The hostess took a single napkin and wet it to clean a table for 6. Waitresses seem to go more than check on customers If they can find?t find staff cut back to the number of tables. That would certainly help. BTW the manager who used to be there when the place was excellent was to check and serve and ensure that things are good. It's a shame

Hit or Miss. I went on Thursday and had the best experience. Service was great, food was perfect. I had the salmon with broccoli and brussle sprouts. Everything was impeccable! The salmon had a nice crust, super damp. The Broccoli was perfectly steamed, so very freshly costed. The Brussel spouts? All right. I left a 40% tip for service and food. On Saturday night, I told my sister and son how good this place was. I ignored it so much that I won the vote on where we went. We arrived at 7. We sat outside as desired. It took forever someone to take our drink order. An hour after our arrival we had no food yet. The restaurant wasn't busy. At this point I went to the hostess to get our food. The food came about ten minutes later, cold. We had asked for two orders togo, but they haven't been inserted yet. That's reasonable. The eta on these two burgers, ten minutes. We were sitting there for 25 minutes. The food we ordered and then had to go was eaten. Besides the food truck chicken and rice I ordered. No sauces came. The waiter made a point in order not to come into contact with us. You never filled up drinks again. Put them back and forth. It was ridiculous and honest to one of the worst culinary experiences I had. Then the food was cold and dry. The photos show the first row of Brussel spouts I got compared to the second.

We just left the Pelham Dr site. It was a slow time and we sat inside. I was recommended to this restaurant because of the big burgers. Pros We didn't have to wait long to sit, place our order, get the food or wait for an order. The fries were 8/10. Hubby said the reubs were delicious. Negative Although our waitress (I don't remember her name) only had our table (3 people) after she gave us our food, she never looked at us, asked if we wanted to drink refills, nothing. The majority of the time we looked around them because they disappeared with the other waiter in the back. Why are people afraid to season meat!!! I experienced this so much in San Antonio, where we just pulled out, and this is the first time in SC that I? ve had a bland burger. If condiments such as ketchup, Mayo, etc. do not come with him (what can be good), the burgers have better taste. I have the Tavern/Basic Cheeseburger. Minus the only tomato slice that was white (not even a tomato flavor), the burger was too thick to avoid a wort, even salt, on it. All I could taste was pure meat and salad. 1/10 My daughter and sister got the Southern Chicken BLTs (to order). Again, tasteless meat chicken in this case. At least they used real bacon, but unfortunately the only one was with taste. The broccoli was spices and, of course, salt or other spices. 2/10 My proposal Avoid the meat. We're not coming back.

We went on an evening before dinner. Our waitress was super nice and sweet. I had a new power shell that I must feel from the menu. My friend enjoyed his Power Bowl. The freshly baked cookies were a hit for us as soon as we came home. Overall, I like Hickory Tavern. The bowl wasn't angry that I just didn't care.

I would steer clear from this location until they can work out their staffing issues! It used to be a good place to eat, but they are very understaffed currently. The supervisor on duty was downright rude to us when we were trying to be seated outdoors. She raised her voice and was very snappy when explaining that we couldn't be seated on the patio because she only had 2 servers for dinner. We were seated inside and ordered our food. My husband's food came out missing the TWO sauces that were supposed to be components of the dish. The server apologized when we questioned the lack of any sauce and she brought us two containers of sauce for my husband to add to the dish himself. I ordered a burger medium well, and it came out very dry and definitely well-done. There were no toppings on the burger. The waitress took it back and returned it with lettuce, tomato, and onions. I had to ask her to bring the pickles that still hadn't been added. Sadly, the lettuce had brown spots and was very wilted, so I couldn't consume that. The server was very nice and apologetic, and she was clearly working hard! I felt bad that she was being run ragged because the kitchen staff kept messing up the dishes. She did explain that there were some new staff in the kitchen. I'm not saying I will never go back to this restaurant, but I do plan to give it a while to see if they can sort out their issues.