Olde Courthouse Tavern — Restaurant in Fayetteville

The food here is a muddle of attempted innovation and failure to meet customer expectations. This is my second trip here. Let me explain from worst to best.

Mac and Cheese Overcooked to mush and zero seasoning in either pasta or cheese. No textual difference. Pepper did not help. Heinz 57 was a miss. Only the hot sauce gave it enough to swallow.

Death by Chocolate Not very rich. Bland cake base. Over salted not chocolate frosting. Oddly enough, if I associate it with salted caramel cake, my brain allows it a pass and it was sort of okay after.

Potato Salad Now, I don’t honestly know what New Orleans style is. But, the taste was great. The texture was just off. It was so mushed you could have put it in a piping bag and done swirls to which I may have accepted it better. But, instead, thought I was getting a bite of potato only to have zero texture. Again, flavor was great.

Southern Burger Meat quality is questionable. Taste is fine. Bacon was good quality and made up for it. Also the peach bbq sauce was great! I’d ask for it on the side for more even flavor.

Pimento Cheese Best thing here. I came here a second time JUST for this. Only thing I would change is the name. Thoughts of pimento cheese is as a cold spread or ball. If you called it Pimento Queso it would better meet expectations as the warm dip it is. I’d honestly advertise it at your tables as a little sign in the holder.

Chicken from last trip was good as well. I’d say stick to the chicken...

Wait for it…. Took my family here 3-4 months ago. The food was great and the Server was fantastic. So decided to go back today with my wife.

This time, the food was UNBEARABLE. The chicken my wife ordered, extremely chewy and no seasoning. I thought it was just a mistake, until I tried my lemon pepper wings. HOLY COW, SO MUCH SALT! My tongue started hurting from all the salt. So we informed the Server, she apologized for the food, and took it away.

Then here comes the condescending Manager. He proceeds to tell me that ALL lemon pepper wings are salty and that’s just how they are made.

I’ve been a Chef for over 2 decades. And I’ve eaten wings in hundreds of places and countries; there is no way in h** this passes for food anywhere! He proceeded to try and explain that’s the way it’s supposed to be. I told him go taste the wings. He came back and said, “The wings are a LITTLE salty but not how I described.”

My wife tasted the wings and spit it out. I asked the Server to try the wings, she wouldn’t but said they’ve had several complaints about the food. The manager comp’d the wings and nothing else, despite the rest of the meal was subpar at best. Box mashed potatoes, canned green beans, dry mac’n’cheese. And not one drop of seasoning on any of it!

I don’t know what happened from the first time I went, but DO...

We walked in about an Hour before close durning the live music night, we were very calm and walked in and sat at one of the booths, something I’ve done before, and the old lady with long white hair, assuming she could have been the manger, was incredibly rude to us. She first looked us all up and down then shook her head at the cash register to her bartender. Her tone was condescending and rude to us. She first yelled at us the we better be 21 or we can leave, we are all 22- 25, then when my friend brought out her passport, as she is in town for work, she rudely asked ‘is it valid’ then proceeded to throw down all our ids onto the table after looking them over. When my friend said yes it is, with a uncomfortable laugh, she proceeded to yell at her “is that funny? I have one too! I go to France!” The proceeded to tell us all we can only have one drink each in a rude tone.. We proceeded to get up and leave and she yelled “Ha Ha Bye!!!” At us, clearly proud of her behavior. Truly a shame as the bar has been in Fayetteville for years and my family has gone on several occasions as I was born and raised here and the owner, bless his heart, is a friend of my moms. I don’t understand disrespecting a small group of young women, real girl power I guess, but I will say I am Very disappointed in...