Anderson Pub & Grill — Restaurant in Anderson Township

(Sorry for being gone so long. With the death of my wife I have been away for awhile)

I was impressed overall about the way the place was laid out. With Covid, running rampant I expected they would take precautions. They did and I was very happy to see the partitions and the distanced tables.

Service- I'd say this was in the middle. I think the waiter we had want necessarily bad. I think it was more of the passing us and not hearing us calling him. This lead to us waiting an increasingly long time to order. Fortunately I was in good company and we chatted during this.

Food- I ordered a burger and fries, and, much like when I went to Route 50, the food was not what I expected. Granted Route 50 fixed the situation. My sandwich was overall ok. My friends said their food was just ok. I think I see a trend, where the food isn't the main focus of bars and pubs. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure my review would be different if I was a drinker. Since I am not, I have to review based on what I can. The buffalo dip was God Tier, the Burger was meh. I would have been happy with honestly just the dip.

Reason for the 3/5 stars. I cannot rate a full rating based on a full experience because I don't personally drink. I am rating everything based on what I experienced minus the alcohol. Recap- they respect the Covid problem and took measures, the waiter kept leaving and coming back but would respond to us when we called him, (note: staff wore masks), the food was only ok, nothing to write home about, (this isn't just my meal but my two friends meals too). Maybe if I was a drinker I would give 4 stars basing service around the full menu. Without it I can't reasonably say this bar is either...

This is our second time coming to this restaurant. The staff is polite and attentive. The atmosphere is always homey and clean. So far the food is amazing!!

We started off with these delicious loaded waffle fries... that are so good I'd drive back (2hrs) just for them alone! Lol.

We ordered cocktails too. A Mermaid Water and a Bloody Mary with beer sidecar. My Mermaid water was really REALLY well mixed... perfect amount of alcohol to sugar. I was impressed! Now... I despise bloody Mary's but my husband loves them and orders them everywhere we go.... he says this one's flavor was perfect! The only issue was the description was a bit deceiving compared to others. It says it comes with a beef stick, cheese, and some other things. The beef stick was literally an inch bite lol. (Now, he is still spoiled by the one he got in NOLA with a cup of spicy pickled veggies and cancun awesomeness).... but he says APGs Bloody Mary was still a solid 8.5/10 because of the delicious mix with side car!!

For dinner, I got the fish N chips... THAT FISH!! Was thick, and flaky, and flavorful!! The breading was crunchy, and thin, with a great flavor and it didn't fall off!! The little side salad.... with feta... was amazing. Best little salad I'd had in a while.

My husband had the mushroom burger...which was huge and had 2 different kinds of mushrooms on it! He also "yummed" about the cracklin cabbage slaw until he found the bottom of that bowl. It has a different flavor, almost an Asian twist.

Dessert was awesome too, baked/made in house. He got the peanut butter chocolate pie with ice cream. I had the...

I have eaten at this place one other time with great service. Unfortunately, I went for lunch today with my parents (my mom was in from out of town) and it was horrible. My father ordered a Guinness which took 10 minutes to get. Then we ordered mozzarella sticks which took another 20 minutes or so. We finally placed our food order and it must've taken 45 minutes to get our food. Mind you we were sitting on the patio and they were not slammed (I am assuming due to Covid). I am not exaggerating, we were there for 2 hours. I ordered wings to-go for my significant other and said not to put them in if it would take another 45 minutes. The waitress said it would be quick since it was a take out order. She also apologized and we were told by another waiter that the kitchen was understaffed because no one showered up. She gave us the take out wings for free for the inconvenience. I think our whole bill should've have been comped, we watched tables that were seated well after us getting their food. When I brought the wings home they were undercooked and we could not eat them. I had boneless wings in the restaurant and my stomach has been upset since. Lastly, my father ordered a medium burger which was basically "burnt" it was completely well done on the inside. I was highly disappointed since I had heard good things about this placed and was very impressed by the patio seating. Hopefully they can do better...