Papa Boo's — Restaurant in Licking Township

Great atmosphere, however Food Service was lacking. I ordered a small pizza and my friend ordered a sandwich wrap. His sandwich wrap and salad came out after about 15 minutes and all was good. The appetizer of fried pickles came out on time and was good. Another 30 minutes goes by and still no pizza. I asked the waitress if it was normal for Pizza to take that long to come out. She said, “no not really” and that it’s rare but offered no apology. I waited another 20 minutes before it came out, a total of an hour after ordering (and still no apology or no seem for concerns) from the waitress and by that time my friend was more than done eating his food. When the pizza finally arrived, it looked like it had been thrown together and it was not cooked fully through, and had grease running out of it. Still no apology. So, I asked to speak to the manager. 10 to 15 minutes later, the waitress returned and said that the manager was too busy to come out and talk with me about it and they were just going to take the pizza off of my bill. While I appreciate them taking the pizza off of my bill, I left still hungry because the pizza wasn’t up to par to eat…My biggest disappointment was that there was no apology AT ALL (not even once) or any attempt to make it right other than comping my bill. I would rather that the waitress apologize about it and try to make it right by offering something else rather than just comping my bill. I wasn’t trying to get out of paying for something, I just wanted to eat something good and have it come out to me on time or at least would have appreciated an apology. That would have made the experience better. I still tipped the waitress 20% but I’m the type person that usually tips 30% or more at times. I value servers. This was simply a bad experience and the only good thing about papa boos was the atmosphere. It may be a while before I go back...

Great place for a fun group outing, very local feel, live music and extensive out door seating! The food is pub grub, burgers, sandwiches, and appetizers. The drinks are pretty refreshing, seem to have a large selection of brews, which is awesome. I would definitely bring friends and make it a party with maybe an Uber or designated driver to have fun lake side.

I recommend getting on the waitlist (maybe more on the weekends) as the wait can get up there quickly. The staff are superb, very friendly and accommodating. The entertainment was great and very willing to interact with the crowd (this was a Sunday afternoon) the food is not what I would call the main attraction but its good. The fish sandwich was great and the burger is a great smash burger with plenty of cheese, I would have loved to see more veggies on my burger but they weren't skimpy, thats just personal preference and im sure I could have asked for it.

Napkins, plates, and forks were on the picnic table and are use as needed. Along with ketchup, salt, and pepper. Mayo and mustard came in packets.

The tables are well constructed and as comfortable as picnic tables can be.

My only down side would be the smoking, I understand we are outside but there was enough going on that I would smell it more often than I wished to. If you happen to qant to just hang out at the bar I hear it's first come first serve for seats and they have indoor and out door. All in all a great laid back atmosphere where everyone can have a pretty good time. Next time I might have to try thoss pulled pork nachos :) very much lake...

The atmosphere on the lake was amazing! They did a great job with social distancing the outside tables. All the tables in the sun had umbrellas! There were fans under the patio which helped immensely with cool off the humidity of the afternoon sun! Minus the soggy French fries that we asked to be replaced 2 times with still no luck of tasting better all the other food was mostly great. I would definitely suggest the loaded nachos or shrimp cocktail as an appetizer. The half plate of Loaded Nachos were plenty for 2 people & had us full before lunch! There are so many fixing on the nachos not one chip was left uncovered! The shrimp were HUGE and tasty! Also tried the 1/2 strawberry daiquiri & 1/2 pina colada slushy that besides being very pretty, had plenty of alcohol in it. The taco salad was enough for 2 meals & I did take most home (just wish it came with more tortilla chips-only 6 on the side). Just a heads up the grilled shrimp DO NOT look like the pic on the menu! They were only grilled with pepper & garlic. A bit dry & definitely not worth the $ since there is no sides with that so-called dinner (fries & sides sold separately)... It should be a appetizer instead. Wish I lived closer but will be returning, the 2 1/2 hour trip there was worth it! Oh, menu prices...