DO NOT GO! Period!
The service here is the absolute worse!!! No attention...rude...disrespectful. They treat you like you should be honored to be there and just be glad with someone showing you a bit of attention.
The menu is very limited.
If your a beer drinker then you'll like the selection but it definitely doesn't make up for being treated the way they treat you.
There's dozens of other great places to eat in Tupelo. Save your money and go to them. You'll be happy you did!
Our party of 3 arrive about 7:00 pm on a Saturday evening. No one greeted or welcomed us at the door and no sign indicated we should seat ourselves. Apparently, you stand around watching others eat until  a party vacates a table and you then seat yourself and wait for the table to be bused. After a while a waitress appeared and sat at the table and asked what we wanted to drink...but no drink menu only some chalkboards with some available beers.
After taking our order (an appetizer, fried black-eyed peas, and entrees, 2 hamburgers and one muffaletta), Â the waitress disappeared for about 10 minutes and upon returning said, "We can't do anything with chicken tonight." I think she meant the chef failed to order any chicken earlier in the day for prep and cooking later in the day.
After about 20 minutes our waitress returned and advised that our meal would be arriving soon but the appetizer was not included with our original order (she did not write anything down, so I suppose she forgot to order) but it would be out later.
After meal finally arrived, we were sorely disappointed. The hamburger meat was mushy. The french fries were apparently old since they were chewy. The muffaletta was a pile of meat with cold cheese on top...not any resemblance to a real muffaletta.
About halfway through our meal, the appetizer appeared in a hot pint-sized jar (no warning the jar was hot). The fried black-eyed peas were tasteless being overpowered by bay seasoning and heavy fried flour crust. A real waste.
So, poor dinning room management, bad wait staff service, poorly managed kitchen, bad recipes, but I guess the beer selection is okay if you have never been in a bar outside of Mississippi, but no one in our party cared to order a beer.
Yes, I have eaten at the Blue Canoe. Â My dining partner and I were underwhelmed. No, Â we do not plan to return.
I typically do not take the time to write reviews of bad restaurant experiences but feel somewhat goaded into it by the bad manners and churlish comments of the owner who recently accused me of being a liar in a public forum. (BTW, Adam, Jose Garces IS an Iron Chef. Â Google it.) Â
Our visit to the Blue Canoe, prompted by rave reviews on Trip Advisor and Yelp, was very disappointing. Being northerners, we were anxious to sample more  southern cuisine, a version of which this restaurant boasts to serve.  We love Ajax in Oxford. Amazingly delicious food over there (try it!) but a drive from Tupelo where we normally stay.
The Canoe's sad, outdated menu helps to explain why Mississippi ranks first in the nation for obesity. Â I can see an occasional foray into the eating of highly caloric, greasy platters filled with gravy-laden fries and large plates full of starchy grits or even an occasional splurge, ordering the heavily battered chicken between two carb-filled white waffles but few other interesting and possibly more healthy choices seemed to exist . Â As a regular diet, however, the restaurant should post a warning on its menu."This glue-like substance which coats almost all of our entrees may cause you to have to shop at the "Today's Woman" department of your local Belk's store."
My dining companion and I split their version of a mufalleta, hoping that it might resemble those we had savored in New Orleans. Unfortunately,It was perhaps its 3rd cousin once removed.  I think that it had a slab of ham substituted for the traditional thinly layered  mortadella, prosciutto,  salami and cheeses on top of olive tapenade which make this sandwich interesting and compelling.  Whatever it was we got certainly was not what we had hoped for. Perhaps they simply ran out of the other ingredients, but I hate it when restaurants substitute without mentioning it or asking whether or not the guest would like to try something else..
The other sandwich we split -- some kind of pork sandwich --  was equally unsatisfying and cold when it finally arrived.  We both agreed that it was a nice try but no cigar.  We will likely not be back unless they move into the 21st century and serve meals that are not all simply colored brown and gray or army green and beige, all sodden and weighed down  by their famously bland "gravy."  I saw some nice, bright green veggies in some of the photos on various websites but nothing fresh or crisp graced any tables within our view around us.
Service, too, was slow and the server rather inattentive, the kiss of death at many restaurants. Â She kept refilling my tea with sweet tea which, as a diabetic, is extremely frustrating as was getting her attention after the error. As newcomers we could have used her help in ordering, too. Â
If I lived in town, I might drop in for what sounds like a good music scene. Â Maybe the food would taste better after a few cold craft beers, and maybe Adam is nicer in person.
19 draft beers available, plus plenty of bottled also. menu is limited to pub/grill food and has local flavor...fries drenched in cheese and ?, smashburger (hamburg/bacon), etc.
i sat at bar...bartender very attentive (place was very busy, i got last seat at bar), and local guys on both sides of me promoted conversation, friendly and very helpful re: local area,.
had  blackened grilled shrimp and salad, very good.
i would definitely go back, it was friendly, good food, good beer. happy trails.
This place rocks! It was recommended to us by the guys at the Neon Pig, as we were in town for a Craft Beer festival. They have an awesome Craft beer selection, both draft and bottles. The band we heard on a Friday night was great! The server we had did an awesome job of keeping us filled up, even though the place was packed. We had a few of the appetizers and those were great! They have an outside area with bar for those seeking a little more space.
I will certainly be going back if I get back to Tupelo in the future.
We were recommended this place by the boys in La Vino. Â From the outside we were scared as it screamed sports bar, but were delighted inside with its rustic wooden walls, cute tables, and adorable bar area, there is a spot for live music and I suspect it could be deafening on a music night but was dark and low key on Wednesday. Â We came of course to try the Smashburger, a local delicacy. Â It was enormous and Pablo and I split one. Â $10 well spent, thick juicy burger with Benton's bacon, and all the trimmings inc a fried egg,
Service was A-OK and Happy hour is 3.00pm-7.00pm Mon-Fri.
The place was actually very cool looking inside, had a nice patio outside, strong drinks, and a cool set up for bands to play. Â I give all of that a 5. Â That being said....the service was ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. Â :( Â
I was sitting at the bar with a friend, when I felt something leak onto my dress.  And then...to my horror, smelled a strong vinegar smell.  I looked down and somehow a vinegar smelling substance was LEAKING from the bar all over my dress.  I grabbed a napkin, stuck it under the bar where it was leaking, and brownish, nasty smelling goo went all over the napkin.  I immediately showed the bartender and asked to speak with the manager.  It took about 20 minutes and multiple times of asking and finally the owner came over.  He was rude, unapologetic, and actually basically called me a liar.  He stated that there was no vinegar on the property and it couldn't have been coming from the bar, even though I quickly put another napkin at the leak and showed him.  Other bar patrons we beginning to catch on, because I was causing quite a seen at this time.  I kept trying to complain, because they never even came over to CLEAN the mess up.  I didn't want someone else to get their clothes  ruined either... Â
Would you know that because I "complained too much" and was trying to warn people not to sit there, I was KICKED OUT!!! Â By security! Â I will never go back to this place again, or recommend it to anyone. Â I've never been treated so poorly in my life.
If you want a good beer in Tupelo, this is the place to go, if it's available and a craft brew, chances are Adam has it. While you're there, grab a smash burger, one of the best burgers in Town, next to Neon Pig's version if it, and their Bash Burger.
The menue is pretty solid, and hey, if you're lucky, they might have a bacon jam special!
Some night's there's bands playing, usually not my thing but if it gets too loud, there's a very nice patio out back.
I've hung with the Blue Canoe food-wise despite a rough start because they determined to be an oasis in a beer desert. Their early menu items were ambitious but lacked consistency.
Now however, their menu is great AND has every beer Adam can get in the area. Last night's Smashburger was cooked perfectly. I'm a hamburger "connoisseur" and this was in my top 5 anywhere!
They bring in a lot of well regarded bands from all over. Most aren't my thing (sorry, I'm a jazz snob) but if you like that it is a nice venue.
I met some friends here when I was home for the holidays on a Monday night. It was packed, maybe because of the MNF Steelers/Niners game, and the service definitely suffered for it. They were out of the beer I requested, but I didn't find out until about ten minutes after I ordered it. Took another ten minutes to get my second choice to my table.
I ordered the chicken waffle sandwich for which I had high hopes. The chicken was cold, the waffle was cold, the syrup was cold. The waffles were incredibly dry. I didn't want to send it out to be warned up as I figured it would take at least ten minutes and the waffle would only dry out more. I believe the syrup was supposed to be bourbon infused and while it smelled as such, the taste was not there.
Fortunately for the rest of my party, everyone else enjoyed their warm and tasty meals and I supplemented my unfortunate dinner with yummy fries I stole of a friend's plate.
I would probably try the place out again just for the interesting menu and the great beer list, but my experience wasn't the best the first time around.
Went one afternoon with a big group of friends. The atmosphere is laid back, it's dim inside and there's bluesy music playing. A very chill vibe. Couldn't resist the chicken and waffles sandwich and wasn't disappointed. The fries look fresh cut, but come to the table looking a bit brown/overdone. However, when you eat them they actually taste great. I ate all my food and from what I could see, all my friends finished theirs too.
Lots of beers available, but they didn't have Kirin Ichiban which is one of my faves. Had to go with the Blue Moon pints on tap, which was good and served with an orange wedge. Friends had cheesecake on a stick for dessert which was a gigantic, dense wedge of chocolate and nut covered cake with a popsicle stick in it. The cake was so dense you actually could pick this big thing up and eat it off the stick if you so chose and it wouldn't fall off. My friend said it was excellent and it looked very good. Another friend got the bread pudding which also looked yummy.
I would have given 5 stars, but the service was a little spotty. The waitress took awhile to give us menus and some people got their food while others had to wait, but I'm chalking this up to our group being so big. The waitress was very nice and friendly however, and was good enough to add some more things to my ticket when I decided I had to stay and have just one more beer.
Lastly, I tried a ghost pepper hot wing. If you aren't very very used to spicy food (I am an old school pepper lover) do NOT try this wing. I found it pretty hot myself, but I had my ice cold beer to help me out and it was nothing I couldn't handle, still I only wanted to eat the one I had. It was very hard on the digestive system the rest of the day though and I had some mega heartburn later on. Ah, well, that's to be expected when you eat a wing made with the hottest pepper on earth. Anyway, had a good time, and I will be back!
We went on what was probably an off-night, a Tuesday, as this place looks like it could probably rock pretty hard on the weekends with its patio. Â Good regional (plus) draft beer selection and a menu with a creative take on Southern food. Â We had fried avocado wedges that featured a garnish that included crawfish among other things. Â My dinner was a fried chicken breast panini-pressed between two waffles with an 'au jus' dip of bourbon-infused maple syrup. Â Server was friendly and kept the drinks coming.
Definitely worth a shot if you find yourself in Tupelo and want to skip Red Lobster, Ryans and the other offerings on the north side of town.
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