Top Dawg Tavern - Augusta, GA — Restaurant in Augusta

Even given the fact that they only opened this week, they should have their stuff together better than they do. The only positive that we could see was that the staff was frinedly. Our food took over an hour. Twenty minutes after the waitress told us there were "only two tickets ahead of us", having watched four other orders come out of the kitchen, our food finally came. The kid's order was screwed up and they hadn't brought flatware or napkins. To their credit, after the disappointing hour that it took for their obviously inept kitchen to fart out two small salads, the hot dog that was produced instead of what we actually ordered, and the "ribeye" sandwich...it only took them eight minutes to get the kid's corndogs order out. I put "ribeye" in quotes because the "shaved ribeye" bore more of an appearance of "scabs picked off of a dead homeless guy", which was then placed on a toasted hot dog bun and sparsely covered in a cheese-like substance before sitting under a heat lamp during the remainder of the hour we waited. Maybe they were hoping the sandwich would make its way out of the kitchen on its own. Did I mention they charge FOURTEEN dollars (yes, American) for this culinary crime against humanity? The little cup of au jus made it moist enough to choke down. Hopefully the photo I have attached reveals the extent of the injustice a $14 price tag is on this sad, sad sandwich. The wings were about as remarkable as a white guy named Trevor working at the Great American Cookie Company at the mall. Two of what I can only assume were management staff apologized for the mix-up in the order...neither they nor the waitress was the slightest bit apologetic about the fact that the mediocre food took ein gottverdammt hour to meander its way to our table. It appears that others have had a positive experience based on other reviews. I, however, wont...

Saturday, March 18, 2023, four of my players went to Top Dawg Tavern for food and drinks. Upon seating themselves at the bar, the server checked their IDs and took their orders. The server then went and got the manager on duty, Serena Ross.

Serena asked to check their IDs, and after seeing them, she stated that she believed the IDs were fake. All of the players were 21+, but Serena shared that since all four IDs were from different states, that they must be fake. The players prompted Serena to scan the IDs to ensure that that they were not fake, but she refused and asked them to leave. The players asked why they were being refused service and were told that the establishment has the right to refuse service to anyone. They were never given a reason as to why they were being refused service, though. Serena told them if they did not leave, she would call the police and they would then be in trouble for trespassing.

All four players were indeed from different states - Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and Florida. Considering that Augusta, GA is home to Augusta University, it should not be uncommon to have college students from out of town patronize the restaurant. Also, ironically, 3 of the 4 players were persons of color. My players did everything asked of them and should not have been discriminated against or refused service due to their LEGAL age, their origin, or the color of their skin.

As a result of the discrimination that the four of my players experienced, I will make sure that no other Augusta University student, student-athlete, faculty or staff patronize this restaurant. No one deserves to be treated the way Serena treated them. It is my hope that no one else on your staff is as discriminatory to...

We went here after all the other restaurants nearby had at least an hour wait for a table. We walked in and 4 of the waitstaff were sitting in the customer waiting area. Feet up on the cushions. We were seated immediately. It was a bit of a ghost town actually.

I ordered the chicken salad wrap with fries, my wife ordered the blackened chicken pasta dish with a side salad.

For my wife the portion size was sufficient. For mine it was a bit small. She enjoyed hers.

Mine was a little skimpy on the chicken salad and a bit overkill on the stale old tortilla wrap. Not sure exactly how they got it to roll honestly. The chicken salad had GREAT flavor right up to when I found the apple stem in the mix. It truly was a remarkable taste. My fries were as cold as possible without them being refrigerated. I would imagine they would taste good if warmed up a bit.

For being as empty as it was, service was a little lacking. We were greeted promptly, drinks served quickly, order taken. Then it slowed down. When the food came out it was a bit slower than would have been expected considering the lack of seated guests.

Then we were pretty much ghosted. We waited, what I feel was an exceptionally long period of time for our waiter to come by for the cash out. I don't remember anyone checking for drink refills during the meal.

I give it two stars only because the flavor was good. Otherwise it would be 1....