The Tavern At Phipps

On a recent business trip, my coworker and I thought we made a good decision coming here. By the time we left, not only were we disappointed, but insulted as well.
We arrived around 4:30 on a weekday. It wasn’t too busy and we found two seats at the bar to finish a little work and have some beers. There were five bartenders behind the bar, yet we both noticed we constantly had to ask for new beers. Seems like bartending 101: when you pull an empty beer… you should ask if the customer would like a new one.
After sitting and drinking at the bar for about an hour and a half, we noticed a guy a few seats down from us get asked by the bartender if he would get up so a lady could sit down. We both thought this was bazaar, but maybe there was more to the story (ie. The guy wasn’t ordering drinks and taking up a bar seat, or something like that). About 15 minutes later, just as we are about to ask for menus to order some dinner, two girls walk up to the bar to order drinks. The bartender immediately looks at us, interrupts our conversation, and asks if we would get up from our seats and give them to these girls. My co-​worker and I just looked at each other dumbfounded. I live in Manhattan and he is in San Francisco and neither one of us had ever been insulted like this before. We couldn’t tell if this was restaurant policy (like the bartender said it was), or if this bartender was just trying to stack girls sitting at the bar so he could hit on them. Nevertheless, I immediately asked for the check and we walked across the street and spent 178.00 on dinner and drinks at St. Cecilia (which I do recommended).
I could maybe understand this happening at a college bar, but this is a restaurant with mostly business professionals. Seems to me like two guys in suits on business expense accounts would be your ideal customer.

This place does not have the best food but then who goes here for the food. It’s all about the drinks and the women.

The food was really good, so good I didn’t even get to take a photo before I dived in! It has a retro Great Gatsby feel with the music, spacious booths and tables, and the staff uniform of suspenders, dress slacks, and crisp white button downs.
The service was very fast and my waiter was excellent and very friendly. I had the Philly cheesesteak that came with sautéed onions, mushrooms, white American cheese and thinly sliced steak and served on a French roll. It came with fries and was really good. The steak was seasoned well and tasted like angus beef and was nicely sliced. There was a decent menu and I heard from other patrons that the drinks were delicious and plentiful. I recommend this spot

Worst Steak Ever. Ordered a medium steak. It came out completely raw (not rare) in middle and extremely well done on the outside. It’s almost as if they seared the steak on a grill which was way too hot. I never send food back, but the server convinced to have her bring out another one. The second one came out exactly the same way.

My family decided to eat here after we visited Santa in Phipps. (Santa was excellent by the way).
We were seated immediately at a large table. The server came up to us almost immediately and asked for our drink order. We all placed simple drink orders and asked for a piece of bread for the little one to munch on while we waited.
It took the server about 5 minutes to bring our drinks back and got one of them incorrect. He went back to the kitchen and got the correct drink. He still did not bring any bread for the little one. Honestly we never received any bread for him even though the waiter confirmed that he was going to bring some.
We received the bruchetta we ordered. It tasted great. The server brought some saucers for us to use. My sister took the first plate and when I took the second place, it was not clean. Decided not to use a plate.
We received our food fairly quickly. When I received my lunch, I saw a hair on the plate. EW, EW, EW!!! But, I hate making a scene, so I discretely pulled it off, it was however on the side of the plate and not in the food, at least that is better.
The server came and checked on us once during the entire meal. Not very responsive.
The only reason that I gave it a second star is because the food itself was actually pretty good. I had the Asian chicken salad and bruchetta, both had good flavor and the salad was very big.

If it wasn’t for my partner choosing this place for a business lunch, I don’t think I would’ve eaten here at all. Not that it was terribly bad; this place just wasn’t my cup of tea.
I got the grilled salmon salad in which the presentation looked nice, but the taste was quite normal. The salmon personally for me wasn’t tender or juicy enough, and perfectly cooked salmon is what I expect when I go out to eat.
Just like previous reviewers had mentioned, the overall environment was loud so it made speaking/​hearing difficult— not an ideal place for a conversation.
I won’t be coming back here unless it was another chosen business lunch spot. Then again, if that was the case, I may just have to suggest elsewhere.

Yes its crowded and loud but the crab cakes are to die for. Fun cocktail hour.

Went here on a Sunday night before a movie. It was pretty late for a Sunday, about 8:30. Very dark, and pretty loud. There was a DJ who was playing some random music, and his purpose didn’t really make sense to me.
The server seemed nice, but when my date asked for a wine recommendation she made it clear she had no idea about wine because of her age. That’s fine I guess, but was a little annoying since she had to try a couple wines.
The buffalo oysters as an app were outstanding.
The food came out quickly, which was fine since the app went fast. But the girl who ran the food didn’t take our app plates, so they sat there as a large stack of dishes for about 5 minutes until our waitress came to check on us. That was strange, and didn’t seem like they were trained well.
I ordered a Cajun pasta which was very good, and my date ordered a salmon, which she said was solid.
Overall, the food we had was good but the service was just ok, and the atmosphere was odd.

This place is great. Foods decent, atmosphere is cool. Not what you expect from a mall restaurant

A staple place to go for good food and drinks for Atlanta peeps. Great for afternoon lunches or brunch as well as an amazing spot for a good dinner or light bites when enjoying cocktails.
I love when they have live music. The bar staff always remember the regulars and the entire staff is attentive but still has fun with the guests.

Awful. Stopped here for a drink, wait staff was completely disinterested in waiting on us, tables were dirty, and we finally had to walk up to the bar to pay our check because our waitress disappeared.
Don’t go.

I came here with friends. We shared the spinach dip, which was really good. I ordered a salmon salad for lunch. The salmon was good, but I wish there were more things in my salad besides an abundance of lettuce. I tried a little bit of the Cajun pasta and that was good. If you’re hungry and want really good food, I suggest you try another restaurant.

Geeze, some of these reviewers clearly do no research before going out to eat. Had they spent five minutes on Google, half of these negative reviews about scantly-​clad waitresses would not exist.
The service was pretty good. The food was as well. I have a burger than was nicely prepared, flavorful, and came out just right. The fries were good as well. My only complaint would be the prices, but hey, this is Phipps Plaza in Buckhead, so that was to be expected. I would return in the future.

Food and drinks are mediocre and over priced.
But biggest complaint is the quality of the wait staff. The waitress are pretty, and wear very skimpy dresses, but are so goddamn slow. 30+ min is too long to wait for a check.

A fun, lively place. Great to come for an afternoon or early evening drink. I didn’t have food here so I can’t speak to that but I tried several wines at a good price that I very much enjoyed.

Really busy place in Lenox Mall with an eclectic menu. I’m from out of town, so I wasn’t there for what looked like a Huge young, professionals single scene but if you’re into that kind of thing, this place looks like the place to be. I had the shrimp escargot (shrimp dish cooked like escargot). Was really tasty.

Great food at a decent price. But the people watching is the greatest of all time. The crowd is a tad on the older side, but still a good, upbeat scene on Wednesday-​Friday nights.
Bartenders are great.

Great food! I had the best filet mignon, and my wife had a fantastic salmon.
Service, though, is not that great. No one smiles, from the hostess, to the server, to the bussers. It seems like they are all bored. After being nice to our server ’till the very end, she started loosening up and smiling a bit. Working in customer service, I think people should smile even on the phone, and make customers feel welcome.
Half of your experience is the product/​service you are getting. The other half is the people that provide it.
Might go back only because of the food.

My waitress had her butt cheeks hanging out of her dress. I was so disgusted… Actually all of the waitresses had their butt cheeks hanging out. I didn’t expect this.
Also, the pasta was bland…

Love It!!!
The food and service was fabulous. I would definitely recommend. I am not the country music type but enjoyed the dancing on the bar and the delicious drinks from the bartenders.

This place is gross.
The bar is slammed seven nights a week with men who are old enough to know better drinking enough to forget that they do, with women who obviously don’t care. Just gross.
The food is reasonably priced for Buckhead (and Phipps Plaza), but a salad will net you lots of browned iceberg lettuce, proving that you get what you pay for.
At least the ruckus going on in the bar area provides free entertainment?