Emil's Bar

Emil's tavern was one of the most interesting bars I have been in yet. If you were to see it from the road you would probably drive right past it. It looks like an old beatup corner store. But when you walk in it was like walking into the old' west. A guy coming in his cowboy boots and hat would fit right in. The place was so old fashioned they had an old plastic fan pushing the air around... I kinda felt like I was back in Oklahoma. Emils's is known around town for having the best buffalo burger in town. The rumors did not let me down.
1/2 lb Buffalo Burger
Burger - ***
Service - ****
Price - **
Overall - ***
The vegatables that came on this burger seemed like they were picked from the garden out back. Fresh and crisp! It also came with homemade potato chips that made a guy wanna snack on them all night. The service in this place was great, we never had an empty drink. We went around dinner time but it looks like the kind of place that would kick off on a saturday.... might have to venture back sometime!

Excellent buffalo chili!  Great appetizers.  I wasn't extremely thrilled with my sandwich, but I'd try this place again.

I was shocked on a Friday night when we walked in and only 1/2 the tables were occupied. But I soon realized why... This was the worst dining experience we've had in years. Don't eat here. Drive 10 more minutes and eat somewhere else.

We were there tonight to celebrate a friend's birthday. We don't usually eat here because the service is ridiculously slow and not helpful. When we arrived, it was over 15 minutes before the waiter came to get our drink order. He brought my friend her drink but not my water. I asked again. At least another 10 minutes went by before he came back to bring some of the other drinks out, but still no water. Finally, my friend went to the bar and got me one. Ordering was equally slow, and it took a long time for the food to arrive.

This is where the nightmare began. We waited for the waiter to return with silverware, which he didn't for my table. We had to go up to the area where the wait staff stores it and get our own. One member of our party had an 8" curly dark hair in his dinner. After pulling it from his mouth, he ran to the bathroom to throw up.

In the meantime, another person at the table cut her chicken sandwich in half, only to realize it was green and slimy inside! She finally was able to flag down our waiter, and sent it back. Someone came out of the kitchen and tried to tell her the meat was fine, the problem was with the new silverware. He claimed it hadn't been washed and that's what made the meat green. First, that was a lie, because when we cut into it with clean, "old" silverware it was still green. Secondly, is it just me, or why would you put out unwashed silverware?? The man kept saying, it's not the cook's fault. Well, clearly whoever is on quality control was to blame. It was disgusting. We asked for the owner, who wasn't there, and the manager more or less told us the same story as the man from the kitchen.

We waited and waited for drink refills. I only got the one water my friend brought me. At one point one person at our table yelled  "drinks, we need drinks!" Everyone in the restaurant turned to look at us, but still no wait staff came to see what we needed. Majority of them were at the bar drinking or sitting at tables around the restaurant.

The rest of our meals were just mediocre and I wouldn't recommend eating here to anyone. Fries were cold and barely any on the plate. Burgers were small and dried out. Poor quality food. For what we paid, it was very disappointing. Pretty sad when we go out to eat and are still hungry when we leave.

Perhaps it's time for new management, as it's clearly not being managed now.