Axe & Ale Taphouse — Restaurant in Gilford

Amazing food and staff with a few hiccups!

First, over server was very nice and fantastic at her job. The female manager (I think) was very nice when we asked to close the garage door and requests. No complaints at all!

The atmosphere we loved. Industrial/barn style set up and open concept. Loved it!

-We wanted to book a lane and dining room with Resy. The app only allows you to book the "dining room" even when you click on the "book a lane" link through the site. So we made dinner reservations and were left without throwing axes because the set times did not fall within our meal times. Very disappointing that we can not books that way, but we enjoyed the diner.

The food was awesome with lots to chose from and good portions in our opinion. We ordered: deviled eggs, fried pickles, corn dip, pretzels and cheese, burgers, lamb shepherds pie, and taco trio. The only item we all were disappointed in was the taco trio app. It was absolutely tasteless, the slaw cabbage had zero tastes at all. The fish on the fish taco was spot on, but the rest was terrible.

-Drinks we are perfect...

The food was great, but the whole time the kitchen was blasting music with deep base the whole time. We had to ask 2 times during dinner to please turn it down and we can still hear it from the axe room. I was told sorry, but still had to pay our whole check. We shouldn't of had to, we go out to dinner to enjoy the experience, which we did not. They failed completely.

Update We have tried to go and take up the offer we were given by the owner. I have sent multiple emails to try and be considerate and set up a time. I never recieved a response. When I called the restaurant he told me he would talk to the manager and he would call back within an hour and a half. He did not, so I called back and was sent to voicemail. My call was never returned. It was really disappointing. I sent another email saying we were disappointed and felt we were being dodged intentionally and we'd just show up at another unspecified time at some point in the future. Hopefully his offer...

Food was ok. A lot of gluten free options but it seems as though the staff isn’t clearly aware about cross contamination etc. the pizza wasn’t worth the price. (Gf crust) highly suggest reaching out to alton village to see where they get their crust. The one at A&A seemed like the cheap gf crusts you can get at a grocery store 2 for 7. The gf buns are delicious and the gf rolls. The burger was supposed to be well done but was more medium rare, rare. I suggest making smaller patties for a more even cook as that was the second time it was undercooked. The fries just seem like the typical fried frozen fries( didn’t eat but my partner did) the potato skins weren’t what we were expecting at all and the mashed potatoes seemed like instant potatoes. I’m not trying to bash the food the service was great and the place is gorgeous inside so I had higher expectations for the food & quality to make the place and the price. 2nd time trying. Maybe in a few months...