Hickory Tavern

I usually update my reviews when I’m taking back a star but tonight is an exception. I want to thank Justyne for taking such good care of us!!! My friends and I are regulars and some of the servers have waited on us several times. no big deal. Justyne served us a few weeks ago and she not only remembered us but remembered our beer!!! She’s on point with customer service and we will request to sit at her section the next time we’re there!!!
Original review is below:
We always have a great time here!!! Meet some friends for dinner and drinks! Order the Chicken Colorado! It was delicious — grilled chicken breast with a bit of bbq sauce, bacon and melted cheese. I know it sounds busy but it’s so good. The whole table ordered the same dish. Lol
Not to mention — I had my favorite beer in the world. Red Oak Hummingbird!!!
Good times!!!

Hello to all that follow me, and the ones that don’t I say cheers! since I now currently live in NC from CA, I always say thats where the culinary taste really REALLY evolved. there aren’t many places that I have patron that live up to 1 customer service, 2 quality, 3 timing, 4 presentation, 5 taste… so with that said. I cant out the «presentation» part aside as this is comfort food. but it was presented nicely… BUT the customer service, and the taste of the food really won it for me. I had a chicken sandwich with fries. doesnt sound too elaborate, but it was awesome! I ordered. the meal came like 15 minutes. and all of the food was hot at the same time! thats a big deal for me. i cannot tell you how many spots i go to and order, the sandwich comes out hot, but fries/​side dish is… warm. that incredibly saddening. but NOT HERE. and the drinks were on point! one of their bartenders. arrggghh! i cannot remember his his name, but I can say, i believe he is of Asian decent. he was super cool, and incredibly professional. overall I give this place 5 stars. I live in paw creek… so this is not around the corner. but this is one of my new favorite places… if your looking for a very kool, spot for sporting events. you will NOT regret!

Our happy-​hour stomping ground, this location has great service and drinks. Great spot to watch a game as well!

Great service and drinks. We often go for drinks and apps and then get dinner to go. Unfortunately, the last two times we have ordered dinner to go, there have been issues. I’m now ²⁄₂ on my to go salads missing items that I additionally paid for. Very shady that only the to go orders are missing components

Love me some hickory BYOS!!! Love the place and great attention, plenty of beer selection!
Also, wednesday its wings-​day from 0,60 $!

Headed her to watch the Panthers go 14 & 0 (which they did). Lively atmosphere and some pretty good food options. The service was adequate as well. If you go on a game night though, be expected to give your phone number and they will text you when your table is ready. There is also an app you can download to tell you where you are in line. Comfy place – I like it.

Nice hangout place. We usually sit in the bar area. Tvs are everywhere. I love their chicken wings with hot sauce. Tavern salad is so good! Large portion and has everything you could want in a salad. Mexi ranch is spicy! Nachos are huge and filled with cheese and chili. Chili in a bowl is delicious. Shrimp tacos are awesome. Never had the shrimp and grits but heard they were awesome. Only downfall about this restaurant is the menu changes a lot.

The food is just ok. I’ve had better bar food overall. The place is large and there are lots of tvs, so it’s overall I great place to watch sports.

My first time here, because I’m from out of town. We went a little later in the night with family and I had fish tacos. They were very good and I loved the alcohol selection! My family and I had a fantastic time! Great atmosphere!

Pretty good stopped in visiting from out of state. Got their signature lobster roll dish with chips. Definitely an east coast fav for me. Came in pretty late so I expected that I might get hurried out but not the case. Food was brought out very fast and staff was extremely pleasant. I savoured that meal for all it was worth and crave it now that I’m back home

LOUD!!! Hickory Tavern was a favorite. Great chicken wings for my husband, a wonderful Tavern salad for me, enough Tex Mex and variety for our friends. So… the big downside is
they have incorporated a vocalist into the bar area. My group has been coming to Hickory Tavern once to twice a month since they opened. We like to sit in the bar. We enjoy the outside area as well. Tonight the outside was full and the inside had few people in it… because they have added a vocalist with an amplifier. It was 5:30, but we couldn’t talk about our week or make plans for the week-​end because we couldn’t hear. I asked the waitress if she could have the amp turned down. Didn’t happen. The manager couldn’t hear me when we were talking. His suggestion was that we sit elsewhere. My suggestion is that you lose the vocalist or turn down the amp. Be back? Not until we know we can talk. My ears are still ringing. It was that loud.

We were looking for a casual bite where we could bring our senior dogs and have a libation as well. We were most excited to see Hickory Tavern in Ballantyne had two outdoor patios — one was empty, we assume that it was perhaps the non-​smoking patio. Our waitress, Kelsi (sp?) was right on the ball and a lovely person. The food we ordered (one quesadilla appetizer & one smothered chicken) was quite delicious and the substantial leftovers were dinner the next evening. The manager came out to say hello as well as they prepared for a big «game night» crowd. A very nice quiet and casual dining experience (it would not have been that way inside which was hopping, music blasting). We enjoyed our dining experience and will be back.

We ate at the new location in Indian Land tonight. Very busy but we were seated right away in the bar area. Plenty of help so the drinks and food were brought out really fast. We had a Shrimp Po Boy and a French Dip. They were excellent BUT the rolls were really small for the $ 13 & $ 14 prices. We voiced our concerns to the friendly waiter who said he would confer them to the management. We will try again in a few weeks and see if the rolls have increased in length. If not, we surely will not be regular customers. i

So I have lived next to Hickory Tavern for about 8 years. When I first started going there it was awesome. It felt like a local bar. All the bartenders new your name, had your drink ready for you, just a good place to go. After Dan the GM, left it started to go down hill a little. Slowly but surely it has gotten worse. Way over priced, service is awful, and the food is just so so. The staff make you feel like you are bothering them, if you ask for something. Only real good thing about Hickory is the TVs. Lots of them. It’s just too corporate for me now.

Average sports bar with really poor customer service. Front of the house is friendly but incompetent and kitchen pumps out average food. Went on a Friday night, 40 minute wait and at least ten tables open — either they have no clue how to manage the front of the house or the kitchen has no idea how to handle volume. Either way there are many more and better options nearby (Dilworths and Midwood for example).

This is a sports bar and grill. We just flew into Charlotte for the weekend. They have a great draft beer selection, our favorite was the Hickory Ruby Red lager! We had lunch there today, and a late night drink last night. Our food was delicious, try Linda’s turkey sandwich.
The service was fast and very friendly. Very clean bathrooms. Inexpensive. We will definitely go back.

Friendly place to go for drinks. The menu has a variety of items to choose from. Everything is prepared fairly quickly and tastes good. They make a mean rum and coke! It’s a casual but fun atmosphere, the tvs are always on playing whatever sporting event is happening that particular day. Sometimes it can be packed, but generally it’s not overwhelming.

Friendly place with above average bar food and excellent service.
We went to check out a BBQ place but thanks to an outdated GPS we headed to the now closed Sticky Fingers. We were hungry and checked this place out instead. I had the pulled pork burger which is a large portion of BBQ restaurant quality pulled pork on top of a burger and was very impressive. This came with a side of homemade potato chips and I had some excellent sweet tea to accompany. We also had the pulled pork quesadilla appetizer and recommend that as well.
This isn’t a must try place but I’d check it out if you’re in the area as it was a tasty meal with very friendly service. I didn’t get a beer but they also seemed to have a decent selection here.

Great place to watch any sporting event. The have almost every fight. We came in for a UFC fight Jones vs Texteria. We had a great table not that there is a bad table with as many tvs as they have. The service was good and they had good drink specials.
Tough to find places airing pay per view that do not find a cover. So while this isn’t close to home we will definitely be back for a fight.

So I’ve been here enough to be crowned «The Duke» on my handy dandy Unilocal app. I like it here because it’s an affordable place for me to take my kids and get a decent meal. Let’s face it, it’s not the Capital Grille and I know what I’m getting when I go. Apparently they’re doing well since I see they’re now building a new location closer to my house.
I’ve figured out that I really like their burgers. Hickory Honey Burger seems to be my favorite. I like to order it with one of their awesome side salads (for an additional $ 2.50 upcharge) which is worth every penny IMO. The only problem is that they absolutely, positively cannot manage their ticket times well enough that I can enjoy my salad. It comes out and within 2 minutes I get my burger. PEOPLE THIS ISN’T RIGHT!!! Now I’m forced to rush through my salad, which I really enjoy, so I don’t have a cold burger waiting for me on the backend.
I explained this to both waitresses who didn’t seem to understand what I was talking about or why I was unhappy. Perhaps it was my sarcastic tone, I don’t know. Last night she took my burger back and set it under the heatlamp until I was ready, now I have a crappy burger.
Next time I will bring a timeline on how shit should be served and hand it to the waitress so I don’t walk out with a case of heartburn from rushing through my meal.