Omg. If you eat one thing at Solstice, eat their tater tots and their lunar wings...ok maybe two. But man, just the idea makes my mouth water. I've been coming to Soltice regularly for about two years now and I always find myself ordering tge same thing. The waitressing can occasionally be a little slow, but at least they're cool people who tell good stories. Plus the music there is great.
Review Source:Great place in Noda. I recently went to a friend's get together and we eventually ended up here. Large outdoor space with lots of tables. The bartender served the liquor generously and the environment was casual yet young and fun without making me feel like I was the oldest one there, which I probably was. Great place for summer drinks with good company.
Review Source:I'd heard many good things about this bar so I decided to check it out. The staff is decent, nothing great about them, but nothing bad either. It's the patrons who make this place unpleasant. I would give 1-star for the atmosphere and 3 for the service because the bartender was chill. Solstice is your average little dive bar. The reason I am giving such a low rating is because my date and I were harassed by two older patrons. We are young- 21 and 22, but are both young professionals and mature for our ages. But still, I guess the babyface still showed. First, a pretentious 30-something year old greaseball artist-type came up to us and said "I'm much older but blah blah blah," then proceeded to tell me I look 12. When my date kindly asked him to leave us alone, he took offense and started whining to us about how WE offended him. The last straw was when a similarly pretentious lady around the same age came up to us and insulted my date. The bartender turned a blind eye (but I didn't expect him to do anything.) We then left and ended up at NoDa Brewing Company down the street and had a positive experience there.
Just heed caution if you're not a regular. The yuppies will eat you alive.
This place totally wins on location, seating availability for groups, and its kickass patio. The food isn't the highlight, but it's serviceable American fare. Beer specials are good value and if you check in on another popular app, they're running a 20% off food purchases deal that makes their food a downright bargain. It's not the fanciest, but it's a good choice for casually hanging out with a group.
Review Source:I really like Solstice. I typically eat here during the week at lunchtime with my husband. Our food is always good. I have had the BLT which is always perfectly done to my taste. They don't skimp on the bacon. I usually share a couple of pieces with my husband. The tater tots are always hot and wonderful. I have enjoyed a blackened chicken sandwich here as well. It was perfectly cooked when I had it here once; not too thick and not dry as grilled chicken breasts tend to be. Â My husband enjoys eating wraps here. Â Our waitresses have always been friendly and attentive. A really nice spot for a later weekday lunch for us....comfortable, convenient and satisfying. Â I have no reasons not to return in the future.
Review Source:Found this restaurant when in noda looking for a place to eat. Not as packed on a Friday evening as everywhere else, but the place was amazing. Great food, cool patio, cheap drinks, kind staff. Got great recommendations from or server on what to order and it didn't disappoint. Was able to catch a basketball game out on the patio bar as well. Great atmosphere, great people. Will definitely be back.
Review Source:The Solstice Tavern is by far my all-time favorite spot in NoDa. Â You get lots of eclectic, intelligent people as far as who is in the crowd and the servers are always friendly. Â I have yet to have a bad experience here. Â The bartenders are always responsive and they have some good bar grub. Â I love just a plain ole Grilled Cheese and some pasta salad. Â Good bar food no doubt! Â This place is a winner and I will always come back.
Review Source:Went here for lunch date with hubby. Â Atmosphere on their large deck helped with the addition of fans. Â Ugly painted dog wall with one token un-named feline face in the support of political correctness. Â Our waitress assumed the air of an impatient school marm initially, but warmed up toward the end (tip time, you think?) Â I had the bella quesadillas which are consistently good. Â Hub had a burger which made him purr with pleasure and a side of cucumber salad which he eyed fearly at first but settled into. Â It seems Solstice keeps changing the recipe on the cucumber salad; it was a tad sweet for me this time. Â Or perhaps that is what happens when one decreases the amount of sugar in one's diet. Â All in all, it is a place that I will keep returning for food and drink.
Review Source:I love this bar! The patio is great, plenty of seating out there and whatnot but I really prefer to sit at the bar. Always great service from the staff and you can several channels without having to look around the room.
The chili cheese fries rock my world.
We accidentally went on trivia night  and had a blast! Reasonable pricing and nightly specials mean I'll probably be back. Again. Soon.
This was our last stop on our Noda pub crawl of 6/30/12. Â We sat at a table since a few people in our group were in the mood for a late night snack. Â Generic beer selection at best, so I went with my fail safe Newcastle. Â Food that was ordered by other people looked ok at best and the worst service of the evening by far. Â It was getting late in the evening and maybe the staff was slowing down at the end of the night. Â Solstice would not be my first choice for hanging out in NoDa, but I would consider giving them another try in the future.
Review Source:I have attempted to "hang out" at Solstice about four times now, since moving to NoDa. Â Every time I have been the service at the inside bar was very "lacking" and the waitress/bartenders not friendly and once im fairly certain I was over charged (alot). Â
I have not ordered food there so I cannot really speak to that, but typically the waitress walking around and working outside are much better and somewhat friendly. Â Cornhole is always fun no matter where you go and they do have that. Â If you can avoid the inside bar, do so and just hang out in the back area. Â
If you are looking for an environment that is fun, laid back, & has great service/bartenders/& waitresses then definitely go to Dolce Vita. Â They never seem to disappoint.
Im not saying I will not be back to Solstice but it will not be my first choice in the neighborhood, unfortunately.
Consistently good bar food with a decent selection of "granola"-veggie options for the missus. The patio's pretty awesome, and the beer selection is pretty great, too. I love coming here, especially on Sunday afternoons. Note that there are several TVs showing sports events, so don't go there and expect a quiet evening.
My few complaints: the service is pretty good generally, but you'll occasionally get a clueless server who seems to not come often enough and take far too long when she does. Also, they seem to have a couple dozen beers but no beer list, so you have to ask the server to read you the giant list every time.
Lastly, mobile users be warned that the menu on their website is an uncompressed 23MB PDF file that'll take FOREVER to download if you're still on 3G. Use their free Wi-Fi instead!
I have stood in front of this place twice a week, waiting for the bus, every other week, since February. Â It took a thunderstorm to get me into this place. Â Wow this is a great restaurant / bar.
There are TV's everywhere and they are tuned to just about everything you might want to watch. Â They had baseball, basketball, and America's got talent all over the bar. Â Food was excellent with specials that make dinner very reasonable. Â The night I was there, it was raining so their large patio had to clear out, but that looked really awesome.
I'll be back !
Ah Solstice you are always a brief stop during bar crawls. But I finally did a full stop one day for lunch here.
I gotta say your outdoor patio is banging. On bar crawl nights, you're a bit too crowded for me to be comfortable, but that's not your fault. Your food is alright, standard sandwiches and stuff. The best part were the tots that came with them, hot and yummy just the way I like them! The sandwich? Oh I forgot about it, maybe next time I'll just order those tots and have at it.
They have the benefit of being one of the few places in NoDa open for lunch, slim pickings around here I tell you what! But instead of slacking they delivered a pretty decent lunch at a pretty decent price. So for that cheers to you Solstice!
Ok - after making the mistake of having lunch at Revolution - see earlier review about small portions, we walked across the street and entered beer heaven - also order zucchini appetizer - large portion and wonderful ranch dipping sauce. Â Beer cold and never empty - outside deck a definite go to place for warmer days.
Review Source:The burgers are consistently decent and the tater tots are always hot. The iced tea was fine as well. The service was good, no complaints there. The place was a bit loud, unlike other times I have been, but then again it was a Saturday night.
Solstice Tavern is a place I enjoy when I go, but not a place I crave. Been there a few times and will return in the future.
Honestly, I went here solely for the Big Buck Hunter video game. Im pretty sure its one of the only bars in Charlotte that has Buck Hunter. It makes sense, being its the only Packers bar, it would have the only midwest game in town.
I tried to come here before but it was packed, but if there was even an open table id sit there. The back patio is awesome and there's another bar back there too.
Food is cheap and delicious. Our bartender was nice and fast, and the tables were well staffed.
My only complaint is the creepy transients from the bus stop come in getting change for the bus. It distracts the employees and the bar is obviously not making any money on the transaction. They need to not do this, its really yucky having a skeezy meth head breathing down your back as he takes literally two minutes of the only bartenders time trying to, then failing to explain how he needed his bus change. Gross gross gross.
From the outside, Solstice is not impressive in any way. Â In fact, it may seem downright scary unless you have been riding with SAMCRO recently. Â But take a gamble and you will probably be pleasantly surprsied. Â The real gem is not the building, it is on the other side, since Solstice has an incredible patio out back.
In fact, it just might be larger than the entire rest of the building, and like one of those secret gardens in Old South cities like Charleston or Savannah, you would probably never know it existed if you did not see it with your own eyes.
Now I do not try to compare the Solstice patio with something you might  find in Charleston by any means - but when you look upon the patch of dirt out in front of the P-Stone, it is like night and day.
Looking for a casual, laid back place to drink or have a bite to eat? Solstice in No Da has your back.
Like the other reviewers, the prize jewel is their outdoor patio. I like coming here on Spring days or Summer nights to enjoy people watching & having a bite to eat.
Yes, they serve your typical bar food, but their pride is their sandwiches...so many to choose from. Â I normally go with the Brevard BLT with tater tots. The tater tots are always cooked crispy & brown. Yum.
Winter, spring, summer or fall, any season is a good time to visit Solstice.  I was particularly impressed with the abundance of menu choices.  I was surprised to see that because my impression was that there would be more focus on the "Tavern" part but not at all, this place  has a great menu full of interesting wraps, burgers and traditional bar food as well (mini corn dogs----wha-what!!!).
I love the outdoor patio and could see myself spending hours on end there with friends and some good spirits. Â
This restaurant is located in NoDa which is a neighborhood after my own heart. Â If you get tired of the uptown crowd and need a break, unbutton that collar and take a ride north of town. Â You'll be glad you did :)
Mini-corn dog me baby!!! Â How did I live without these for so long??? Â I love all of the bar food here but the mini-corn dogs are my passion. Â Excellent place to watch the game since there are huge big screen tvs inside. Â The deck has a fun bar and great seating that will be plenty for all of your friends. Â Perfect Friday night spot to chill - great juke box and fun games to play. Â Love you Solstice!!
Review Source:Solstice is a very chill, informal bar and most of its patrons wear jeans and flip flops. Â If you want to kick back and watch the game with a bucket beer and a burger (or veggie burger!) or play cornhole on the deck, this is your joint. Â It is dark on the inside, hence the "Tavern" in the name. Â If you want something more upscale, you may want to go somewhere else. Â
Come here on a breezy, warm day. Â They have a huge back deck with a bar, cornhole, and comfortable lawn chairs that you can sit in for hours. Â They have a good selection of beer that is priced pretty cheaply. Â The food is bar food, but still innovative and delicious. Â My favorite is the Melissa's Masterpiece wrap (flour tortilla with turkey, roast beef, cucumber, tomato and horseradish), and I get it with tater tots. Â Mmmm tots. Â I realize these are just tots but they are just so good. Â But I digress.
My other favorite would be the Neighborhood Nachos Grande. Â You might want to plan to split them with a few people though, they are piled HIGH. They also have a great brunch on Saturdays and Sundays, and serve Mimosas and Bloody Marys -- YUM!
This would be one of the neighborhood watering holes, and therefore it's like Cheers, everybody knows your name. Â A lot of the staff also live in NoDa, so this gives it a neighborhood feel.
Love coming to Solstice because their outside patio rocks! Â They have a fully stocked bar outside with a couple TV's and...cornhole. Â Oh, yes. Â This bar is located in the heart of NoDa so the crowd is laid back and diverse. Â I will say that I'm disappointed that they removed the foosball table. Â I, of course, had to get the scoop and apparently people just weren't using it. Â Booo. Â Drinks are decent and my usual drink of choice (Bacardi and Diet) is the standard price of 6ish dollars. Â What I enjoy the most is the chill environment. Â What's also nice about this bar is that if you aren't having a great time you can walk right outside and you have plenty of other choices. Â Haven't tried the food here - just the booze ;)
Good location, good times!
Went to Solstice Tavern last night, and had an overall good experience.
The best part of the night was the service. I am mad at myself for not getting the waitresses name for this review, she was one of the best waitresses I have ever had. She is a tiny woman with dreadlocks, and although she was the only waitress working the floor on a Saturday night, she was spot on for every single table of the packed restaurant.
The food was good, although we had our hearts set on the mushroom/swiss/bacon burger advertised on the chalkboard outside, and when we ordered found out they were on the late night menu (which is basically only food that is deep-fried.) We ended up getting chicken fingers and fries which were good. Chicken tenders are always a scary order for me, there is always a 50% shot that they will be dry and bland and these were not.
Price was very reasonable. The atmosphere is comfortable. Only complaint is that they were only playing college basketball on half the tvs and the larger tvs were playing some NBC crime show, which I found odd.
Patio is great for smokers as well and features a full service bar.
Sostice is a nice place to go if you want to kick back outside and enjoy a decent beer. I got dragged into this place the by the Charlotte Roller Girls after practice one night.
The atmosphere is nice, during the week it isn't packed at all, and they have Magic Hat No. 9 on draft.
Solstice also has food but I only snagged a couple tater tots off of my friends' plate.Tots are tots but they were still good.
Decent sports bar with a solid BLT. Be careful with the pasta salad- it'll give you serious onion breath. They have a wide variety of wraps, burgers and sammiches. I went for lunch and was trying to be respectable so
I didn't sample a beer but I may in the future, since other reviewers seem to have been impressed by their selection. The place was pretty chill, I guess its not a big lunch spot (though a troop of firemen from down the street came in to eat, yowza!) Service was considerate without being smothery. I'll have to avoid football time though. Noooot a packers fan.
Right in the heart of Noda, Solstice is a great place to watch a game, have a drink, or just hang with some friends. Â This place has a pretty sizable seating area inside, a a very large fenced in outdoor dining/drinking area, with a covered bar outside as well. Â The mood was fun and energetic last night (Thurs night), with the crowd getting busier and busier as the night went on, and the local concerts let out. Â My friends and I had a variety of beers and mixed drinks, which I thought were reasonably priced, and the mixed drinks were definitely more liquor than mix, so that was a huge plus in my book! Â Overall, a nice place to have a casual drink with some friends when you are in the Noda area :)
Review Source:I really enjoy Solstice. Â I always thought it was the kind of place I wouldn't fit in because its in NoDa and I already felt I wasn't "artsy" enough to live in NoDa, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
Its a great little bar that now that I like sooo much better with the no smoking law. Â It just used to get really smokey and gross in there. Â The outdoor area is such a surprise, I wouldn't have imagined that much space back there. Â
The food is good, actually I'd say really good. Â Grilled cheese cooked to perfection (people mess them up more often than not), tots are always good, wraps, reubens, sundials, all really good bar food. Â They have good drink specials, and even if not everything else is definitely priced right.
Really? Just an average sports bar in a trendy neighbborhood.
What makes this place awesome? This is where Packer fans in Charlotte unite. This is where they meet on Sundays and Mondays during football season. This is where they drink cheap beer and talk about making their own brats. This is where they reminisce about harsh winters and Bret Farve.
I am not a Packers fan. I am married to one. I like this place because the crowd is tame and the back area is nice. I like the fried zuchini and squash. I like the cheap beer in buckets. I like that it is in a good location. That is all that I really expect from a sports bar.
Huh. This place kind of surprised me. At first glance, it looks like Budweiserville - TVs everywhere, chotchkeys and neon, tiny shorts on all the waitresses. But they have good beers on tap (with nary a Bud or PBR to be seen) and a large selection of veg friendly food. Awesome.
Menu reminds me a bit of P-stone's, wraps and burgers, all kinds of fried apps. Had the zucchini chips - like a combination of the Stone's  zucchini sticks and the Penguin's pickle chips, pretty damn good. Veg wrap was ok, the burger large and pretty standard. 7 bucks is a steal, tho, if you're craving perfectly fried tater tots (which I always am).
You know that brewery on 85, to your right as you drive north, just passed Greensboro? Their beers on on tap here, and are both good, if not very challenging. 4.25 per. Back porch is comfy and somewhat TV-less. I don't get the quaint feel, nor the dive thing, but I could see drinking beverages and eating decent, cheap bar food here when the mood strikes. It's not their fault I hate sports bars.
As you walk into the bar off of North Davidson Street, your line of vision will give you a straight shot down the inside bar, out the backdoor past the patio bar, and across the sprawling deck fence that is covered in beer signs to the cornhole boards.
The inside is just as dark during the day as it is at night, so you have to adjust your eyes accordingly if you are coming back into the light of day after a few beers.
This is another NoDa bar that has flourished with the no smoking law in North Cackilacky. Â It is so much nicer to walk in and not have to coat yourself in Febreze after the fact.
The menu is stereotypical bar fair. Â Sandwiches named after local streets, huge piles of nachos, a variety of burgers, cheesesteaks (I refuse to call it a Philly cheesesteak unless I am at least north of the Mason-Dixon Line), and tater tots. Â The glorious thing is that the kitchen is open pretty much as long as the bar is open. Â So a late night basket of tots can be just the thing to finish out a night of drinking in the hood.
There are close to a dozen television in  the bar, both indoors and out, making it the closest thing to a sports bar in the arts district.  For you gamers, they have a Playstation 3 at the end of the bar so drunk dudes can ooo and ahh as you pop caps in other dudes online playing Modern Warfare.
Your standard internet jukebox cranks out Pandora until someone puts in some tunes. Â Its over in the corner with the ATM and requisite Golden Tee and Buck Hunter games.
All this makes it your run of the mill bar. Â No frills, nothing mindblowing off the menu, no legendary drink that you can only get there, no over the top theme. Â Just a bar. Â But every now and again, that is all you need. Â A whole lot of not bad...
Come on the right weekday night and they'll have $2 drink specials, although $3 wells ain't too bad either. And $1.50 PBR is always great. The bella quesadilla is packed with yummy veggies and is quite delicious. A great place to hang out with a group of people and watch whatever game you're looking to catch, because there are tons of tvs around. They have a few arcade games (Buck Hunter, some golf game) and a foosball table, and service is awesome. Definitely the place to hang out on a weekday night or a place to start off with on a weeknight.
Update: Tuesday night trivia = lots of beer to be won. Also, bartenders know me now, don't know if that's a good thing or not..
What can I say about Soltice?
Well... If you've been to our village of NODA, then you've seen this little tavern. Â Furthermore, if you've cruised down Davidson on a Friday or Saturday night, then you've had to notice the crowd pouring onto the street. Â This is a true testament to the reaction that Solstice is able to elicit from the rest of those in its neighborhood.
My wife and I used live right up the street and absolutely love the quaint atmosphere on a weeknight as well as the potential It possesses for a great social experience on weekends. Â The bartenders are personable, tolerant of the sometimes "eclectic crowd" which leaks-over from the neighborhood theater, and they're truthful when asked for recommendations. Â As someone from Los Angeles, this demeanor is breath of fresh air! Â - which is also what you'll find on their spacious patio in the back. Â If NC happens to band smoking, at least we'll know that there remains sanctuary behind this colorful watering hole.
Soltice during the day - not too busy unless it's around a meal time. Â If you find yourself there during one of these aforementioned times, try the food. Â Although they offer most of the traditional stand-by's that any tavern should carry, their menu transcends conventionality in pub fare. Â They offer some great wraps, decent salads and a portobello mushroom quesadilla which remains a closet "vice" for my wife.
I'm really glad that our Charlotte friends live in NoDa so that we can just walk up the street to all the neighborhood bars. Â We've been to Solstice a couple of times now, and it's always been nice enough to enjoy the porch, so I'm not sure what the inside really feels like. Â I love the back porch/patio area. Â We were able to sit and enjoy the twinkle lights while the others played Cornhole.
There seems to be a good selection of beer, being that they have High Life and Magic Hat No. 9, which is enough to keep me happy, though I wish the High Life was on draft.
Also, their bathroom is decent. Â Always a plus for a girl who's stopping at all the bars in the neighborhood.
My brother loves this place for NFL games, so he took me here one weekday afternoon to get a bite to eat. Located in NoDa, this place fits right in with the taste & feel of a NoDa bar.
We were there in the middle of the day, in the middle of the week, so there weren't many people here. We had probably just missed the lunch crowd so we grabbed a seat at the bar. It was a nice, dark little place, hence the tavern name, but it still gave off a friendly, welcoming vibe. The bartender was nice & friendly, but it probably helps that he knew my brother. I could see this place being a nice hangout to watch a game or to cozy up to the bar & relax one evening.
I wasn't expecting much from the menu, but when I took a look at it, I was really surprised. They have quite a selection, from burgers to wraps to sandwiches. Yeah yeah, most places have these options, but they had some unique choices mingled in. I ordered a buffalo chicken wrap & while I think it's tough to screw it up, it was really pretty good. Better than the bar food I thought I was going to get. Apparently this place has really good burgers as well but I'll have to head back for one of those.
I can see Solstice Tavern being a jumping atmosphere during the late hours, so I can't judge the lack of people there on my limited experience. But I will say the food was much better than I expected & I could see myself hanging out here for a relaxing night during the week, watching a game.
When we entered the tavern smells of cinnamon and cigarette smoke entered our nostrils. Â Metalwork suns and moons hung from the walls keeping with the solstice theme. Â The afternoon bar crowd is an eclectic mix of fun people of all ages. Â The servers are young and attractive, but not all that personable. Â They were friendly, but just not on the level with their customers. Â
The menu was filled with hilarious entrée and appetizer names, my favorite was John's Fried Fungus.  We were in the mood for a little snack and we went with the Salvador Chips and Salsa.  The vegetables in the dip were fresh and crunchy, but the salsa was kind of bland. Â
I wouldn't really go for the music, luckily I came with another great conversationalist; otherwise I really couldn't stand the pop rock radio blaring throughout the bar. Â They did play Blur, which was a plus, but I like to hear satellite radio in bars. Â
We weren't able to leave after our beers, because our waitress walked across the street. Â I do love this area, but I don't think I will visit Solstice again.
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