Village Tavern

I was part of a group of seven that attended a happy hour after work on a recent Tuesday. We showed up around 5:30 and hung out at a table until about 7:30 and overall it was a good experience. The happy hour prices were awesome! Our table shared appetizers including soft pretzels (served with honey mustard and cheese sauce), spinach and artichoke dip (served with flat bread), chicken wings (hot), and potato skins. All of the food offerings were very good, much better than I remember them being from the last time I was there about a year ago. Beer and wine selections were standard with a handful of draft beers, but I would like to have seen a larger draft selection for a bar such as this.

The only negative to our experience was having to wait on our waitress for refills on our beers, repeatedly. Members of our party had to call out to her by name on at least two separate occasions to get her to come over to our table. It also took us quite a long time to cash out, especially since it was only one bill for then entire table.

It's the location and atmosphere of this bar that makes it such a nice place. In the heart of Old Montgomery this place is at a prime location, and is unique enough to keep it above some of the more mundane places for a drink or happy hour closer to Kenwood Towne Centre. I would like to have given this place a four star review, but it was the below average service and lack of draft beer selections that bring it down to a three star for me.

Karaoke at its finest on Wednesday night.  Kind of tricky to figure out where the action is because the main entrance is from a different bar.  There was an extra treat since it was the celebration of Halloween and apparently a young ladies birthday.  Let just say she spent most of her time on the floor from all the free drinks she received.  Bartenders were very accomodating which made the experience that much better.  The drinks were never dry and the tab proved it.

Meh, describes my feelings for this bar. On a weeknight it's an ok place to go have a drink with friends. But on Friday nights it attempts to turn into a nightclub with a DJ who plays rap songs that were popular circa 2006. On the weeknights they have drink specials that are very good deals. Friday's none at all past happy hour. If you attended Sycamore High School, be prepared to see your former classmates. It's like a high school reunion. Village Tavern earns 3 stars on a weeknight but only 2 on a weekend. If they had a better quality DJ they could bump up to 3 stars on the weekends too.