Stopped in one night with my roommate some dinner and drinks! Â
For starters, you can tell this place has been doing the same for a long time. Â It was an older crowd sitting at the bar, and although we came at 8:30 we were the only people eating in the dining room. Â (Crazy young people staying out late!)
We had drinks, an appetizer and entrees. Â The ribs were fine, but overall, nothing really exciting going on here. Â Perhaps the best part was our server who really knew her stuff and helped talk us through the menu. Â
I'd go back for the drinks, but at this price-point, I'd rather go somewhere with some more exciting menu options.
just tried after not going for a long time. Â We sat in the bar and waited and waited to be served. Â I guess if you haven't been going there for 20 years you don't get waited on. Â I wanted to leave but others we were with wanted to stay. Â We just ended up getting some bar food. Â it was only fair, the cheesburger sliders are pretty decent but the "hickory chips" are just not very good and I love any kind of potato chip. The pork sliders were not great. Â Just not very impressive, at least in the bar. Â And not getting waited on or even acknowledged didn't help.
Review Source:This is a follow up to the review I wrote on 3/12/12. I had expressed a concern that the management really was not concerned with customers. I arrived at this conclusion after the incident described. I have found this not to be the case. I was contacted by the owner and found him to be very concerned. He assured me that the way I was treated was not the norm and he was very sorry about the way the situation was handled. After talking with him I was impressed with his concern. I do plan on returning to give it another try. Anyplace can have a bad day and I assume that is what happened. As stated I will try again and I do appreciate being contacted by the owner.
Review Source:Visiting this place brought back memories of how true stake houses used to be! Our waitress was very attentive but not overly attentive, she was a pup according to the rest of the waitstaff. Has been there for only 8 years. We ordered our meals and opted for the salad and blue cheese with the house dressing. It was either salad dressing without much flavor or the salad was taken out of bath of water and not stained enough. What gave it the flavor was the blue cheese on top that I requested. It was no time and the meal came out. The ribs were definitely delicious, fall off the bone and great flavor. Only complaint I would say is that I would of liked a side with this meal. It would of made it perfect with a baked or mashed potato. My wife's porterhouse steak was a good on the filet mignon side and just a bit overdone on the strip steak side. I do not feel like it gave me enough reason for a 5. I might try it a second time and could have a chance.
Review Source:I lunched at Hickory House after it was recommended to me by a client.
I wasn't really bowled over by the food nor the decor. The server was sweet.
I had the pulled pork sandwich endorsed by my server. The pork was tender, the roll was soft, the sauce was sweet and tart. The fries were thick cut steak fries. The salad was their "signature" served with sweet and sour with onion dressing. The lettuce was the lightest part of iceberg so the nutritional value was probably nil. The dressing was good, it also had blue cheese and back bits (real ones). I ate the whole thing.
I guess this would be a good choice if you are looking for a more local version of Outback or TGIFriday's.
Let's not get in over our heads: this isn't quite a Hyde Park. And yet it's got this sort of hometown charm and the food is definitely good- a dark, woody little place with good service and good food is all I ask for, and that's what I got at Hickory House.
I started at the bar, waiting for our table- drinks were on my girlfriend's uncle, and any beer tastes better when it's free, eh? The bar service was perfectly acceptable, and it wasn't long before I had to take my second beer with me to our table.
While I perused the steaks and almost ordered one, I couldn't resist the siren's call of ribs. I was neither disappointed nor amazed; they were good, as were the sides. Nothing to complain about there!
Ever since my first- and sadly, only- visit here I've wanted to return to Hickory House, but I've never made it back out to Reynoldsburg to go again. I really need to- I often think back to the decent prices and the good food, and I think- alright, yeah!