Thompson House Restaurant & Pub

Not a good experience...once again!We keep going back over the past couple years but today we were reminded of why this is not our favorite place to dine. We ordered our drinks right away and proceeded to wait for a menu for quite sometime, as we were unaware that we had to download a bar code off the table to see a menu. AHH...NO..we want a real menu please ...Not this track and trace dining experience, thank you very much. We already had to sign in which is really against our privacy rights imo. Anyways, once the single paper menu FINALLY came,( we even had to share it) we ordered right away, because even on a good day, service is usually slow. Our appetizers took about 30 minutes to arrive and we were so glad we had ordered dinner at the same time because the people beside us, who arrived after us, ate and sat there with their doggie bags while we were still waiting for dinner. Also , since when does soup come on a plate with dinner and not before? We ordered waters right when dinner came...but the waters arrived after we were done eating. The appetizers and food in general was super expensive. It was always pricey but now since covid, it's a bit too much. I don't think we will be back anytime soon and too bad because it's close enough to walk to. We did voice our complaints to the waitress at the end of it all and she blamed it all on short staff. I am giving it a 1 star rating because the patio is nice... but maybe some piped in music would be something to consider as well.