Archibald's Tavern

I have been three times.  Each with different people for different purposes.  The first time I went I went alone just to pop in and check it out and grab a beer or 3.  Had recently opened and hadn't been yet.  Always looking for a nice local place to grab a beer after golf, work, fishing, or just for the heck of it.  It was pretty busy at the bar, but several tables were available.  Being a single, I wasn't going to take up a table to drink a beer.  So I stood at the bar behind those seated in the stools trying to make eye contact with the bartenders to place an order.  After about 7 or 8 minutes I decided to try the universal sign of "Give me a drink".  I held a $20 in my hand that was clearly visible to anyone who looked in my general direction.  10 minutes later I still had a $20 in my hand instead of a beer.  So I left.

The 2nd time I went was after spending an hour at the Wake County Shooting Range and I decided to pop in for a couple as my kids were at a party that wasn't over yet and had some time to kill and the bar is right down the street from where they were.  I also happened to be hungry.  Place was not to busy so actually got some service this time.  Fish and Chips were one of the food specials that night, so I got it.  Big mistake.  It was clearly a mass produced, frozen and reheated product and it showed.  Was wet, soggy, and bland.  On the bright side, my beers came quick and the fries were good.  

Third time was again after a trip to the shooting range and went there after with a friend who was leaving town the next morning.  I didn't eat but he did.  He didn't have any complaints about the food.  I just had a few beers.  But the original beer I ordered it turns out was out of stock and it took the server a few minutes to come back after placing the order to tell me they were out.  The staff should know which beers are not available and let you know when you try to order one.  

I guess its an alright place for just grabbing a drink or two, but I wouldn't plan on it being a place to go for the night and have a meal.

I have been here a couple times and the only thing I can say is the service is always slow, the food takes forever to come out, the beer on tap is usually limited,  but generally the food is good.

I ordered for the patty melt for the first time tonight and after waiting about 30 minutes for it, I got the smallest burger I have seen outside of a slider. The burger was good, but when I asked the waitress about the size, she said people complain about it all the time and that it is just an optical allusion because the bread is so big. If this is a constant complaint, they should make the burger bigger, because regardless of what she said, it was tiny. About 4 bites and it was gone tiny. I would recommend requesting a larger version even though it is not on the menu, you will be happy you did as the flavor is good.

The fries were good as well, a little cold and I could tell by the soak through on the bottom of my burger bread, my food had been sitting for about 5 minutes or more before I got it.

My wife got the chicken salad sandwich and said it was good, however, I stole some of her sweet-potato fries when we first got our plates, and something just wasn't right. It took me a couple seconds, and a couple more of her fries to figure out what the strange taste was...powdered sugar. My wife said they kind of tasted like a sweet potato funnel cake. Not recommended.

If you are in a hurry, stay away. If you don't mind waiting, the food is good and generally they don't blast the jukebox music so you can actually have a conversation with people.

I would like to preface this by saying that I'm super easy to please, and I've never been anywhere that's managed to mess up "bar food."

After passing this place several times, we finally decided to try it.  We were both disappointed.  There weren't more than 10 people in the place, but service was slow.  It took a while for us to get our orders in and then a long time to get our food, which seemed weird because they weren't packed and we didn't order anything complex.

My husband ordered a cheeseburger and I ordered the fish sandwich.  The food was okay- very plain and nothing special about it.  My sandwich didn't come with tartar sauce, even though it was supposed to. Should I have just asked for some?  Probably.   But the service had been so slow and I was hungry so I just ate it.

The place was clean and the prices were reasonable, but as soon as we walked out we said we'd never be back.  If you want bar food, there are several other places in the area that do it better.