The Golden Fleece Tavern — Restaurant in Dover

This establishment should be embarrassed for treating military families so poorly. Last night I went to the Golden Fleece with a few friends for the very first time. At the ID check outside, the 'bouncer' told me he would not accept my military ID as a valid card for checking my date of birth because I am “a dependent,” and not active duty. I told him this is a legal form of ID and he repeated himself saying that I was a dependent and they do not accept military dependent cards because they are not legal. Just to clarify, my GOVERNMENT ISSUED military ID which is WAY more recent than my driver's license, is not only an acceptable form of identification by our US federal government, but it is the only identification I use for TSA/check-ins at airports, getting my driver's license and passports updated and every other possible need of identification in this country- particularly to gain access on any American military base in and out of our country- not something that any bar go-er in Delaware is allowed to do. But no access granted last night until I provided the Golden Fleece a different 'legal' ID card. What a joke... especially considering this is a 'military' town. Way to support the thousands and thousands of people that are literally keeping your town and bar in business. After checking out the GF Facebook page, I noticed they gave discounts to Veterans on Veterans day. Sounds like a very nice gesture! Funny thing is, a veteran has a 'retired' military ID, also NOT an active duty ID and to go a step further, a retired Vet's ID card looks incredibly similar to a dependent ID. I'd be willing to bet they accept all retired ID cards though... and you cannot deny one and not the other if your reasoning is that it is not active duty. I can only assume these actions are due to very poor management and are borderline discriminatory actions towards all spouses of...

This has always been a great place to grab a beer and relax. I've felt that it can get crowded in there sometimes on the weekend (as in you can barely move to the other end of the room) so when they opened up the other side I found myself going more and more to sit outside on the patio and enjoy the ambience versus avoiding it.

The security staff being present now makes me feel much more secure compared to the other places around. I've had the utmost confidence that they would not let anything dramatic happen and would shut down anything quickly and so far I've been spot on with that. They really should be given a pat on the back for taking it seriously.

The bartenders are a few of the best you'll find around these parts (I can count those on one hand for the entire state of DE). They have never let me down or made me feel like I wasn't getting what I was paying for.

My only recommendations:

Having someone handling drinks out back is fantastic but would be much better if they had a bigger selection and the ability to take something other than cash.

Have Grey Fox deliver food if wanted to the Fleece so we could enjoy it on the patio outside there as well if we wanted to.

Keep up the great...

Don't waste your time going in there ,its full of unprofessional and rude staff. The manager by far the rudest. I brought my friend from out of state there for karaoke on a Thursday night (actually there were 10 of us) and the manager said no slow songs. Who in the heck has "rules" in karaoke? Anyway, we put on New York, New York and the manager cut the song off in the MIDDLE of my friend singing it. Needless to say all 10 of us left and we will not frequent this place of business ever again. I would suggest that others think twice before doing the same. Bathrooms were...