The Rush Inn Bar & Grille — Restaurant in Avon

Good food, Nice Bar, Tight Quarters, Decent Service

Came in around 7pm and was able to get a spot at the bar right away. I was on my own, so I figured taking up only a single spot, rather than taking a four top away from a server, was the right thing to do. It was pretty busy when I got there with all but a couple of spots open at the bar and most of the tables were occupied. All good signs of a well run restaurant. You aren't usually busy unless you are doing something right.

The televisions were on sports and they have a KENO screen which must be important because it's right in the middle of the bar and a few dudes around me were watching the numbers and discussing. Country music was on in the background, which is unfortunate, but whatever, you do you.

I was greeted after a few minutes by the bartender and got my drinks shortly after that, then, after about ten minutes, another bartender asked if I had been helped. She pretty much saved this review and is the main reason I'm not giving this one star. I had menus out in front of me, I attempted to catch the eye of the bartender a few times but he was running around like he was on fire. I was in this game for over fifteen years, starting as a prep cook, moving up to line cook, then moved to the front of the house as a server, then bartended for the last six years of my journey. You start at the end of the bar and work your way down to the end. I believe there were two other bartenders working or at least one for the customers and one working the server tickets but I believe he was the main guy. Many of the people around me, greeted him by name and obviously people like him. The delegation of duties was just poorly done. No one should sit at the bar for ten minutes with a menu in front of them and not be asked what they want.

Finally, we were able to move forward to the good parts. Thursday night was the chicken wing special, so I started with a half dozen, delicious. Then I had the 10oz strip, med-rare, very nicely done, a little over cooked but I'll take it. Fries were decent, probably should have gotten a potato.

Wrapped up the dinner I would have appreciated someone asking me if I wanted a refill of my drink since it was empty but I had also asked for a water so I used that to quench my thirst.

I'll giving it four stars due to the nice female bartender, the good wings and steak. If I were to come back and the have the same experience, I would...

HORRIBLE SERVICE!! First the waitress didn't come over and get our drink order the manager did about 15 minutes after we sat down, then when the waitress did finally come over we ordered the house potato chips and dip, when she brought them out we asked for a extra side of dip, she never brought it back and didn't come back to check on us or bring any refills or take our order for another 15 minutes, we had to flag down another waitress to get the extra dip, then she finally came back over to take our dinner order she didnt know what came on the side salad and then never asked what dressing I wanted for the salad. I ordered the traditional wings with hot garlic parmesan sauce and a side of tater tots. She ran the wings up wrong and brought out breaded wings in a puddle of grease and sauce literally the entire plate was filled with greasy sauce. I tried to eat the wings i made it through 2 of them and I just couldn't do it anymore they were not good at all, when she came back I told her about the wings and that I didn't want them. Instead of asking me if I wanted to order anything else, she took the wings back to the kitchen and disappeared. The manager came over several minutes later and said she rang them up wrong and they were making a new batch. I expressed very nicely to the manager that I didn't want the wings at all, and that I just wanted my check, she said that they would box them up and walked away after I just said I didn't want them. We sat and waited for another 15 minutes for the check. The manager came out with the wings I just said that I didn't want, and still no check!!! The manager went to get the waitress to finally ring us out and give me the check. The new wings were absolutely tasteless and very greasy. The salt shaker on the table had little black things inside of it mixed in the salt, we only got a refill 1 time since we had our first round of drinks. Extremely disappointed, the first few times I've came to this restaurant the food and the service was top notch. This is the first time I have been back in several years, and this is the last time I'll ever go. Was hoping for a good nice dinner with my wife on a Friday evening and was totally let down and left hungry and dissappointed. Ill never return again thats for sure, Place was completely dead on a Friday evening and...

We are new to this area. We thought this establishment looked pretty nice the few times we drove past so why not give it a try. The interior could use some updating but otherwise okay. The menu offers up more than a few yummy options to include some old school comfort foods such as chicken paprikash with potato pierogis and a hot roast beef dinner to name a few. Oh, and a “ Hand Cut” 14 oz ribeye as well. So, we thought maybe this non-chain restaurant has a “good” thing going? You don’t typically see these items on on a corner Bar and Grill menu so we gave it a try....... Lets face it I am sure all of us have had a few “hole-in-the-wall” dining experiences where the food was nothing short of amazing!! Talked about on more than one occasion with plans to return when revisiting that particular location(s). Well NOT so much here. We were unable to try the ribeye because the staff did not pull enough out of the freezer for the entire shift. So plan B: The Burger with blue cheese and fries, Chicken Paprikash with the potato pierogis. Well, the burger was grilled to a rather black color. The inside red,very rare. A few sprinkles of the strongest foul tasting blue cheese and my hubby usually enjoys his blue cheese. 😞The string type fries would have been great had there been less salt! Let’s talk about the Paprikash. The gravy was tasteless and very heavy. The chicken was dry and had the texture of a sliced over grilled chicken beast. I am not sure how one can mess up a pierogi. They were a nice size with plenty of potato filling ,however, very starchy and mushy in texture. The garlic mashed potatoes would have been spot on but had a very heavy raw garlic flavor. Sour cream made eating only one pierogi possible. To top it off my other half,as a choice, orders gluten free or no bun. The up-charge here for a gluten free bun is $3.00, double anywhere else we have dined. One would think that a gluten free bun could have been provided, minus the up-charge, due to the ribeye Fiasco? Don’t think we will be returning when we are...