I ate and drank here during the july 4 weekend.
My check was $39. Â I left a $7 tip which is more than 15%.
When I checked my credit card bill, the bartender or whomever appears to have added $40 extra dollars to my tip. Â I contacted my credit card company and disputed this charge.
I wish I can give this place negative stars for such UNETHICAL practice
Just your average decent bar: came here with a group so didn't get a chance to check out the bar but did order a drink and the beer on tap is pretty good, nothing to complain about.
We managed to get seating for eight of us in the back in the evening hours and got pretty fast service. I mean we got our time to decide what we wanted and the food came in about 30 minutes for eight of us. Waitress was nice enough. Ordered a burger with cheese, extra toppings like jalapenos and onions. I thought the burger was good, just like what a bar burger should be like.
Atmosphere-wise, well just a local bar-restaurant setting to hang out at. Would I come again if I were in the area? Yes. With there not super loud music, to have a conversation with friends. Yes.
Maybe it was because we came here on a holiday - July 4th, but the young wait staff was somewhat rude, extremely unhelpful, and seemed to enjoy sitting around talking to one another or smoking cigarettes outside, as opposed to helping customers. From the warm beers, to the chef and employees outside smoking, to the jalapeño peppers the chef put on the Philly Cheesesteak in place of the green peppers that normally come on a Philly (it was either innovation or confusion...but either way it was unappetizing), our visit was extremely unenjoyable. As regular visitors to Williamsburg, we definitely won't return here.
Review Source:It's well-documented that this is the place to go for beer lovers in Williamsburg. Â They do have a great selection, though it seems like every time I decide on a beer I want it's out. Â I enjoy the food as well, it's better than your average bar fare. Â The staff is pretty cool but the crowd is usually lame W&M students. Â Still one of the better places you can go in the Burg. Â Just stay away from the Greene Leaf in Newtown, it's nothing like this one.
Review Source:great beer is great, fish and chips were spot on. This is an old pub that caters to a lot of William and Mary students. Â Do not let that dissuade you, The ambiance is of an old college bar. Â There is great pub food and the staff is very knowledgeable about the beers on tap and in the bottle.
Review Source:You can ignore the one-star reviews. This isn't that kind of place. Nor is it five-star worthy if you've spent any time in a city with more more than three bars than aren't part of a Ruby Tuesday's. So here's what you get: undergrads, and a huge selection of beer, most of which is worth trying. (Though the beer is probably more intriguing than the undergrads.)
Aside from that you should know that the parking is terrible, the food is 'eh' and that the hierarchy of classiness in Williamsburg bars is as follows:
1. The Green Leafe: Lots of beer but you can't play table games
2. Paul's Deli: An okay selection of cheap beer and no one minds the sound of quarters
3. The College Deli: Cheap. Someone is probably throwing up in the bathroom as you read this
4. The soon-to-be-closed Hospitality House: Grad students dancing and wondering why they've chosen to spend several years in Williamsburg
We stopped in for food & football on our way home from holiday road tripping. The good - epic beer selection, the kona burger was awesome, their French fries were pretty good without catsup, Â and I loved the house salad. The bad - we had to hunt down our own flatware and didn't get catsup for our fries. Also the floor was sticky with this lingering smell of old beer. (ick) The ugly - they tried to pass off warmed nacho dip as a cup of chili. Luckily I was hungry, I love bean dip, and it was good bean dip. But really? We might stop in again if we're in the area, but I wouldn't go out of my way to do so.
It's just another college bar with beer and (that night) football. If you want actual food, check out your options.
Going to be generous and go three stars instead of two just because of the quality beer selection and the fact that they have a cask ale available! Â Wifey and I went to Green Leafe for dinner (and a beer for me!) while visiting Colonial Williamsburg. Â The food was about average, and what you'd expect for bar food. Â The beef on wifey's French Dip wasn't the "melt in your mouth" top quality type, but tasty enough, and served on a pretty good roll. Â I was disappointed to find that the shrimp po' boy sandwich, which I saw on an online menu, was no longer a menu option. Â I opted instead for some sort of fish sandwich (rock fish tenders, perhaps?!) that sounded better than it tasted. Â I found it sort of bland overall. Â The fries and sweet potato fries were good, however. Â My beer choice was a poor one, alas, but that's not their fault...dratted bourbon cask brewed ales!!!
The biggest downer was the overall service, which I ascribe to two problems-- first and foremost, they had terrible wait staff management, as individual waiters/waitresses had tables strewn all over the lengthy floor. Â Would have been a whole lot more sensible and efficient if they were assigned to particular sections. Â Second, our waitress was a classic "one thing at a time-er" for most of the evening. Â Good wait staff can - in only ONE trip - drop off a drink order, take a food order, check in to see if a table needs their check or refills, and perhaps even whistle Dixie! Â Not so good wait staff works in isolated stops and starts, and may not be able to tie their shoelaces and breath all at once!!!
Overall, I'd go back for a beer or two, but probably find somewhere else to eat. Â One last funny note-- Green Leafe was one of the competitors in the first ever Jamestown Chowder Festival and competition on Saturday night, and embarrassingly served chowder with cold fish that didn't appear to have thawed, even well into the evening! Â Needless to say, they did not win the judge's or fans' choice awards!
We were recommended this restaurant by a local. We took our 5 children there for a laidback atmosphere. The atmosphere was cool, very bar like, with a good selection of beer on tap. The menu had a wide selection of food choices, but nothing that sounded spectacular.
We ordered our children (5 and under) chicken fingers off of the menu. When we received the order of chix fingers, my husband cut into them and they were RAW. RAW CHICKEN. YUK. The waitress immediately sent them back, but because they were out of the rest, she gave the kids a bunch of disgusting looking chicken nuggets. None of the kids ate them except one. She ended up puking later that night.
The adults ordered an array of burgers, which were less than appetizing. The turkey burger was gross and tasteless.
When I called the manager the day after, he was rude. He acted like he could have cared less about what his staff did. I guess he doesn't care about regular patrons, except for college students who are there to drink!
I would not go back to this place to eat AGAIN.
If you want a beer - go for it.......if you want food, I'd eat elsewhere!
The Green Leafe is one of the few bars we patroned in Williamsburg as we were usually with a group of Marines. They have a huge beer selection on tap and in bottles. Plenty of places to sit but only if you go early otherwise you're stuck standing up. I think its hilarious watching the Marines and Navy people interacting with the, ahem, sometimes snooty patooty William and Mary college crew. One area of improvement is the bathrooms- someone needs to attend to those better, they can get pretty bad after only a couple hours.
Review Source:Jello shots. Sunday mug nights. Thursday DJs. Tuesday night photo hunt sessions.
So many memories...
The Green Leafe is your typical college bar - casual and welcoming and (like any neighborhood bar) if you go there often enough, the bartenders all know your name. I typically avoided this location on the weekends, as it was overrun with undergrads, but during the week I loved it!
Located next to Paul's Deli and across from the W&M stadium, the Leafe (as it's affectionately called) is a prime location for students (undergrad and grad) and locals. It's one of three main "bars" in the 'burg, also known as the delis, and is often packed on the weekends. During the week can be hit or miss, and personally I always liked that I never knew whether or not there was going to be a crowd on a Tuesday. Quite frankly, I enjoyed it even when my friends and I were the only patrons. I've eaten veggie burgers and salads at the Leafe, but it wouldn't be my pick for a meal. This is much better as a drinking spot.
If you want to feel like you're holed away in a cozy local bar, then stop by the Green Leafe for a mug and a jello shot.
This is a great place both day and night. Â I've taken a group of teenagers during the day for food, and we were able to find a massive table to seat all 13 of us and we had great service! Â Usually when we ask for pitchers of water brought to the table, the waiters just look at us like we're crazy, but our waiter (I forget his name) was enthusiastic to get us pitchers. Â Our burgers came out promptly and were delicious as usual. Â During the day it's REALLY slow (we were the only ones in there the entire time).
At night, it's definitely a college scene. Â The bar is amazing (try the York Peppermint Patty Martini!) and there are plenty of college guys (and girls) there, and it does get loud during the night. Â There is hardly any atmosphere, but that's not really a big deal in a college bar.
However, the parking SUCKS.  Like, even the employee's shirts make fun of this.  I would suggest parking over at Zable Stadium and walking over, otherwise, you're likely to back your car into another car or a wall if  you park at the Leafe.
Tony and I, along with friends went to the Green Leafe Cafe after spending time in Historic Williamsburg. Â It was a beautiful day but we were ready to sit down and enjoy a drink or two with snacks.
We sat at the bar. It took Tony at least 15 minutes to go through the long list of beers (64 draft and 150 bottled) before deciding on a flight of beers - yes, he's a beer snob - or rather, a beer connoisseur. Carol enjoyed the woodpecker cider, Glenn the St George IPA, and I had a glass of wine (half price specials). Â I rarely drink beer unless I'm sitting at a large table with Maryland steamed crabs in front of me.
We shared the artichoke, spinach, and crab dip, which was served in a hearty brown bread - just to tie us over before dinner. It was excellent. I love it when a dip is served in a bread bowl.
This is a place I'd like to dry for dinner sometime.
My boyfriend, Joe, and I were checking out Colonial Williamburg, but we wanted to get off the main drag for dinner. He had seen this restaurant referenced by a local brewery on their website so we decided to check it out.
The place looked a little run down from the outside, but there was a cool 'old world' vibe inside that you dont get back home in Pittsburgh too often. I didn't expect much from the place, but I was pleasantly surprised by the beer and menu selections. I'm a cider fan and they even had a cider on tap, which is pretty much unheard of for me.
We had a few beers and the loaded sweet potato fries as an app- which were delicious. I had fish tacos which were fine, but the salsa and chips were really good and fresh. I forget what Joe had, but I do know he didn't have any complaints.
The only thing lacking was the service, but it was no where near bad enough that I wouldn't consider returning if I were in the area again. Our server wasn't really knowledgeable about the beer or the food, but he was friendly none-the-less.
I'd definitely recommend the place to someone visiting the Williamsburg area.
It was my first visit to the bar, which was around the corner from where I was staying. In the good company of friends and family for Graduation weekend, I was not surprised to see the college town bar showing off its craft beer selection.
The food and service were good, bathrooms not good, but 44 taps isn't all that.
While I could admire the vast tap selection here at the Greene Leafe, it wasn't a knockout list and it left me wondering how often the taps changed out. .
The food was  enjoyable and the menu was well placed to market its diverse wares to some discerning palates.
The bathrooms were worse than I had seen in a while, even for a college town. If I had been a health or building code inspector, this place would have been "toast".
I would probably return in the future to take in more of the menu.
Pretty good. Â Nice beer selectiion but fyi the beer menu is completely out of date-ask your server instead. Â Had the So Cal Chicken sandwich-nice combo of chicken, smoked gouda, bacon, avocado, and spinach. Â I ate mine off the bun. Â Quite loud as it is near the college and frequented by students.
Review Source:I have spent quite a bit of time at this bar during work trips to the burg. Â It is a great bar with really good food and an interesting and extensive tap list. Â They also have a good selection of liquors, liqueurs and mixers.
Their fish and chips and their fish BLT are the only food items I can vouch for, but they are both seriously good. Â The fish and chips platter is an unconquerable mountain of food.
Their prices for pitchers are quite reasonable and they often have a pretty generous special going on.
Definitely a bar-goer's bar and a great place to spend an evening.
I totally would have given this place 4 stars, had the bartender not accused me of credit card theft when I went to pay my tab.
Obviously, I have a boy's first name. I'm used to people raising an eyebrow when I introduce myself, and I've had more than one potential employer assume I'm a dude prior to meeting me. It really doesn't bother me.
Green Leafe was a different story. I have never been so insulted as I was that night. I had ordered a round earlier in the night and given the female bartender my credit card. When it was time to leave, she was no where in sight, so I gave the male bartender my last name. After flipping through the stack of cards, he pulled mine out, read the name, gave me a look and said "What's your first name?" When I told him, he copped a major attitude with me and said "No, it's not. You can't pay with somebody else's card!" WTF. He made such a scene that other people were staring at us, and my friends came up behind me to intervene.
He then demanded to see my ID, which I dug out of my purse and threw onto the counter. After realizing his 'mistake' he didn't even have the decency to apologize. Having worked in retail for years and with so many friends in the service industry, I can tell you that slandering customers is not a smart business practice.
Gotta Say I am borderline 5 stars on this place!
Monday Night, 1/2 price on Burgers and Craft Brews. I like it already!
The burger was cooked perfectly medium without me asking. The Fries were, an interesting crispy fry with some kind of crunchy coating on them. take away for having to ask for condiments and a napkin. Add ons for friendly staff willing to chat and recommend a beer. take away for the four members of the staff that were too busy talking to each other to pay attention to their patrons.
All in all a GREAT visit two great beers and a really good burger for less than $15 including tip!
I come back this way I'll hit this place up again on a monday night!
Sláinte!
There's a lot to like about the Green Leafe, especially if you like nachos, burgers, personal sized pizzas, and beer. Â I can't say enough about the friendliness and patience of the waitstaff -- birthday parties, professor meetings, happy hour, Mug Night -- they always take care of us. Â Bottom line, it's my favorite bar in Williamsburg.
Good news: half price pitchers are back on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
I grew up in Williamsburg, so I realize the significance of this place (being the only halfway decent bar in Williamsburg). Â That being said, I feel justified in giving it a proper review.
This place sucks. Â Sorry. Â It smells funny. Â I can't really place it, but it sort of smells like cheese and puke, combined. Â
Don't eat the food here. Â I'm pretty sure that the cooks are all stoned out of their mind, which normally is no big deal, but I've heard some pretty awful stories of the level of cleanliness in that place.
Last but not least, the beer. Â Alright, it's a decent beer list. Â But having lived places outside of Williamsburg, that's an average beer list. Â Sure it may be great compared to Paul's deli, but what exactly does that say? Â Everyone raves about the great beer selection here and I can't figure out why. Â There's not a single proper porter or stout on the list.
Best bar in Williamsburg, and one of my favorites of all time, anywhere. Â It's just the kind of bar I prefer the most: dim, dark wood, a huge selection of beers, incredibly casual, very laid-back. Â None of this bass-beating, disco-ball-dropping, meat-market bar scenes typical in college towns. Â When you're drinking at the Leafe, you feel like you're in a bar surrounded by family and friends (and chances are, if you're in school at W&M, you will know just about everyone in there, packed wall-to-wall Thursday - Sunday nights). Â
The beer selection is tops, and I love the fact that they have a nice variety of local beers (although I always laugh out loud when I see Bud listed as local, because of the Busch plant nearby. Â Ha, I'm chuckling even now). Â I also love the fact that there is a large selection of microbrews, and definitely appreciated it even as an undergrad all these many years ago -- just because I'm in college it doesn't mean I want to drink Icehouse and Beast, thanks. Â The Leafe appeals to your more discriminating side, and I like that. Â
The food is actually really good for bar food, too. Â It definitely won't be receiving Michelin stars any time soon, but I actually liked grabbing dinner there every now and then as a student. Â And can we talk about the soft pretzel appetizer? Â This ain't your average swing-on-the-rotating-rack-for-6-months at 7-11 crap: this is a soft, chewy piece of heaven with a spicy, sweet dipping mustard. Â Get in my bell-eh!
Like I said, in the evenings (especially Thursday - Sunday) the place is definitely an overcrowded college bar if you show up any time after 9 or 10 o'clock. Â So if that's not your thing, go a bit earlier when the service is more attentive and the place is a bit quieter...especially on Leafe's famous Sunday Mug Night, when the college students show up with their brightly colored plastic beer steins for discounted prices on beer. Â Â In college, Sunday was the best night of the week!
This is my most favorite bar in the whole wide world.
If you park at the stadium, you don't have to deal with the worst parking lot in Virginia. Problem solved.
Mug Night is the greatest thing ever, and I will confess it's the only time I come. My friends and I lived at Mug Night for a good year, and there's nothing better than taking over that big round table in the middle and getting rowdy.
The food is great--order the cheese fries with bacon! It's a heart attack on a plate, but it's worth it. Plus who can beat the gigantic mugs of beer for SO CHEAP! And they have approx. one million choices (not exaggerating...ok maybe a little).
The staff rocks; we used to always get this great waiter who wore pink shorts. I don't know why he left, but come back, Pink Shorts! You were awesome. Even the undergrads who crowd the place and sometimes cause a line to spill out onto the sidewalk aren't as bad as they could be.
If you are anywhere near Williamsburg, please go here. It's dirty and divey and fantastic.
Let me be clear, this is NOT a review of the GLC in New Town. Let me start out by saying that maybe I'm biased... Biased not because after 2 years of grad school at W&M, I spent a ton of time here, but because I can unequivocally say I think this is the best bar in the world.
Atmosphere is great, tables plentiful, amazing beer selection, fairly inexpensive (although they have jacked their prices up) and a good crowd. The servers knew me and all of my friends here, and even on nights when things started to get out of hand, they always made not to be jerks.
Oh Green Leafe, how I love you. It's not just Mug Night, the buffalo softshell crab sandwich, the Chimay Tripel, or your charmingly gross bathroom... It's the fact that even when I had people come down and took them to see you, they loved you as much as I did. Slainte...
The beer selection is fantastic. The food is okay. The homemade potato salad is good. The crab cake sandwich is messy, but tasty. Skip the bbq pulled pork sandwich. A townie now at Georgetown, a just graduated Ed.D. and a current undergrad all endorsed The Green Leaf Cafe.
It has Hopleaf like selection (for Chicagoans) without the attitude.
We (William and Mary staff), come here at least once a week for brews & some tasty food. Â The draft selection is excellent, and, Tuesday nights Virginia Draft special is great. Â I've eaten here with my wife many times, and, the food is always good.
They don't allow smoking until after 10PM (started that rule a few years ago), so I know if anyone lights one up that I've stayed much later than I planned.
Beware, parking sucks here - park across the street in the W&M stadium lot, or down the street.
Because of it's proximity to campus and like any restaurant/bar, Green Leafe's clientele ranges from students, professors, visitors and tourists depending on the time of day and if school's in session. It's a charming restaurant to stop by for lunch. For dinner, you might see some professors catching a bite. The weekends and Mug Night will be packed with students. Get there early if you and your friends want a table.
Green Leafe serves food that's a step above your average bar food. The salads are actually made from real greens, not just iceberg lettuce. However, last time I went for lunch I ordered a veggie wrap and I adore cheese, but I think my veggie wrap was misnamed. It had more mozzarella cheese than vegetables. My friends were happy with their sandwiches and fries.
The name Green Leafe Cafe conjure up images of a vegan coffee house, but it is actually an incredible beer bar! Â
The beer selection is vast, especially on tap. Â I appreciated that the menu lists where each beer is brewed. Â Being an out-of-towner, I made sure to try several VA beers. Â I favor wheat beers and was very impressed at their large amount from which to choose.
My hamburger was fantastic - one of the most succulent I have had. Â It was gigantic, but I couldn't resist eating it all. Â The potato salad is also a worthy side item.
Finally, Â the atmosphere is perfect. Â It had the ideal tavern feel with wood everywhere (walls, floors, tables, bar), and I enjoyed the numerous beer taps hung above the bar. Â Best of all was the bartender. We had a very natural, interesting conversation as I leisurely ate my lunch and sampled some brews. Â
If I lived in Williamsburg, this would certainly be my local haunt.
Monday 2 dollar micro-brews and half-price burgers brings me to the Green Leafe. It was the first place I went to as soon as I turned 21 (right after the ABC). The food is quite good, although a little bit expensive for my college budget.
Parking is notoriously bad, but most kids walk anyway.
I don't know why I'm writing a review for the Green Leafe. Every band that comes here for concerts or Fridays @ 5 comes to the GreenLeafe before and/or after the show. Â It's in such a prominent location that everybody who visits the college knows about it. My Chemical Romance got food poisoning here. haa haa. But Muse was spared. The Ska band Last Martyrs of a Lost Cause got crunk here.
So... Yeah.
Local. Â Longstanding. Â Legendary. Â If you're looking for the primo spot in Williamsburg to nab a burger, cocktail, or one of over 180 different kinds of beer, the Green Leafe ("Green Leafe Downtown") is the place to do it.
Nothing within walking distance of the College of William & Mary has quite the reputation the Leafe does; not Pauls, not the College Delly, and certainly not Mamma Mia's. Â The main draw: the weekly Sunday Mug Night, which attracts just about everyone 21+ on campus with enormous refills of brightly-colored plastic mugs for reduced prices. Â Stop at one and it's probably your 21st birthday. Â Make it two and you're either just getting started or finishing up. Â Three and four mugs make the hideous Williamsburg townies attractive, and number five will keep you out of class until Wednesday.
The food ain't bad, either. Â Although a bit overpriced, the burgers are solid, and the late-night onion rings hit the spot after a local Legend Lager.
Bottom line is: if you're looking for tradition, this is the place to be. Â The best booze bang for your buck? Â Try next door.
Green Leafe Cafe...ok even the bouncer here is friendly.
This place has a college atmosphere but with a cheers feel. There are regulars here, but not in a trashy sorta AA way, and with that being said I give this one of the better pubs I've been to.
This place has something like 28 beers on tap, which I tried to do my best of trying as many as I could. There is one beer that even the bartender gives a warning too, the UFO, which is still "fermenting" in the keg.
The Shots here are unique as their name sakes, from John Benet (you read that right) to an 8 year old boy, don't ask why their named that but simply order it for the S&G factor and shootem. Me and a buddy only got through 12 shooters before he tapped out...(they are cheap and very fruity...some of them are creepers).
The food is average fair for bar food...I recommend the calamari and the fries...stay away from the tenders and the calzone....when i go back i will sample more of the menu...but really I wasn't there to eat. lol.
The bar keeps here are cool. Very friendly and very much experts about the beer. If you are nice enough and ask you can even sample some...keep it cool...don't be a kiss ass.
Go here on a Thurs if you want to be part of a live crowd...Fridays too. (come on its the weekend)...but even then on a weekday night this place is cool to go get some beers and drinks with friends.
Green Leafe is my kind of place. It's got a great atmosphere, decent food, and a great selection of beers. The staff has always been great and it's a nice, relaxing place to hang out with friends. I wasn't thrilled with the seafood bisque, but it's definitely good for a burger and fries.
Being past my college days, I tend to go to GLC earlier in the day or in the summer when it's not as crowded with college kids, but it certainly is a place I would have liked hanging out at when I was at the height of my drinking career.
When attending William and Mary, I worked as a cook at the Green Leafe. Â The kitchen there was a lot of fun, but there is a lot of fluctuation in how it is prepared. Â At the worst of times, the food is still ok (coming down to pub food levels), but at the best of times, the Leafe can produce some really great meals.
The management is a savvy group and they keep good people onboard to make it a friendly and well run place. Â Finding it's place in the world as a purveyor of fine beers, the Green Leafe is the only place I have to stop when traveling through Southern Virginia these days.
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