Tobacco Wood Brewing Co, Durham Taproom and American Gastropub — Restaurant in Durham

Overall Rating: 4.2/10 The venue offers a spacious setting with a relaxed atmosphere, but the culinary experience falls short of expectations. While the environment is inviting and clean, the food's lack of flavor and dryness detracts from the overall dining pleasure.

Atmosphere: 6.1/10 The establishment provides a comfortable and unhurried vibe, allowing guests to enjoy their meal without feeling pressured. Its spaciousness, coupled with clean indoor/outdoor seating options, adds to the appeal, although the decor is described as unique yet basic.

Service: 5.2/10 The service model, offering both tab and upfront payment options, is friendly and accommodates different preferences. The half-service, self-seating approach works well within the casual setting.

Food:

Signature Burger: 4.1/10 Despite its appealing presentation, the burger disappoints in taste. It's described as extremely bland, with both the beef and sauce lacking depth of flavor. Even the bun, although basic, ends up dominating the taste experience due to the meat's underwhelming presence.

Mac n Cheese: 3.3/10 This dish suffers from dryness and a lack of creamy cheese sauce, leading to a less enjoyable meal.

Chicken Wings: 5.2/10 The wings meet the basic expectations for taste and cooking but don't distinguish themselves from offerings at other venues.

Value: 5.2/10 At $45 for a meal for three, the pricing is considered reasonable, aligning with the average quality and quantity of the...

Wanted to love this place. Woman- and veteran-owned beer place with food! What more could you want? A delicious BLT, that’s what. A basic sandwich should be good. I wish the bread had been toasted at least a little. Maybe they don’t eat their own sandwiches or they’d know that bread they use gets stuck on your teeth if it isn’t toasted. It might be good for a PB&J, but not a BLT. What stood out was the strong flavor of the mayonnaise (and, ok, I grew up with miracle whip so this is just a mayo-home-training thing that I didn’t get as a child). The bacon was fairly salty for me.

Also ordered the fried potato slices as my side. That was a mistake. They were tasteless even with salt. Might be because they are very thin and for my taste, overcooked. I’ll stick to making and eating the fried potato slices I make at home.

They had at least 60 beers or ciders available. One cider I wanted—something nonstandard that they usually have on tap, was out, so I ordered a Bold Rock pineapple cider…I think.

Walk up to the bar to order and pickup a number placard to take to your table.

I just can’t find a reason to return.

They were friendly enough, but not overly friendly. Not sure I’ll go back. There was lots of space. Others seemed to enjoy their drink choices. I’m a food AND drink person, so there needs to be some...

Unfortunately I did not have a good experience at this establishment. I was excited to try this place out since I had driven by several times. Last night I finally decided to stop in. We took our seats at the bar, which was not busy. There was a female bar tender standing behind the bar who was not actively servicing any patrons. We started looking at the available beers on tap and decided which flavors we wanted to try while waiting on our bar tender. After a couple of minutes, we saw menus at the center of the bar and grabbed two. At this point the female bar tender still did not acknowledge us at all. About 10 minutes in, she took a sip of a drink she had sitting behind the bar. She never once acknowledged that we were there, or asked us if we had any questions about the menu or beers. In fact she acted like weren’t there at all. I even asked the patron sitting to the left of me was service this slow, he said “not generally but if I were you at this point I would leave to if I was ignored like that”! Our final straw was when two other guest walked up to the bar, she immediately attended to them and took their order. We got up and left, how disappointing of an experience was for us… please work on your...