Kurt P.
Yelp
I have been driving by the Buckeye Tavern for what seams like forever and finally decided to give this place a try. After trying this place I am reminded of the quote from Charles Dickens "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."
The Buckeye Tavern is both some the best food and worst food I have had in a while, the service was also really good and really bad. It was all over the place.
Starting with the service, our server was great. He was one of the best servers I had in months, polite, friendly, knowledgeable and prompt. The hostess on the other had could be the the worst hostess I have sever seen, she just looked angry, tried talking to me while her head in the hostess stand, then while we were eating she was stomping around the dining room like the T Rex from the first Jurassic Park movie.
The food was also hit or miss. The Mac attack was a great sandwich, one of the best my wife has had in a long time. My burger on the other hand was pretty forgettable, the bread was stale like it had been toasted hours before and left to dry out and my fries tasted like they scraped the bottom of the fry bin, they were cold and overly salted. The worst was the pretzel rods, for some reason they came served on a bed of lettuce so they turned out supper mushy form all the moisture, the cheese sauce was also an odd choice, beer cheese or even gas station nacho cheese would been a better choice than what ever it was served with.
The decor is the only thing that I had no problems with, it had a nice rustic feel and they did a good job decorating for the season.
Overall the like from Dirty Harry applies here "you've gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?" If you come here you could get lucky and get great food and a great time, or you could have some of the worst food and get death stares from the staff, it all depends on how lucky you get.