Lawson’s On The Creek — Restaurant in New Bern

My husband and I ate at Lawson's 2 weekends in a row, and we will definitely go back again. Our server both times was Tiffany, and she is wonderful. Tiffany always has a smile, great positive energy, and she is totally knowledgeable about the menu. The information she shares if you have a question is accurate and helpful! We have overheard Lawson's other servers at other tables, and they all sound professional and excellent! The servers are the link between the guest and the kitchen and Lawson's GETS the importance of this. It's WIN-WIN for everyone. I don't know who their chef is, but their food is excellent! My husband is an annoyingly picky restaurant guest, and he loves Lawson's. THAT is high praise coming from him. The premises are clean and pleasant. Parking is free and just a few steps away from a pleasant, delicious experience. The bar drinks are excellent and eminently drinkable. They are perfect...not too strong and not weak. Seating inside is comfortable and pleasant. Outside seating is gorgeous, peaceful and scenic. The menu is amazingly reasonably priced, portions are more than ample, (I always have leftovers), and I wish we would save room for dessert, but so far we haven't. I highly recommend Grilled Cheese on Ciabatta, Beef Stroganoff Soup, Boar's Head Hot Dogs (they SNAP‼️), French Fries (REAL Potatoes), Cowboy Cavier (ask for the recipe), Sour Cream & Dill Potato Salad and Deli Sandwiches. Lawson's just celebrated 4 years serving their delicious food in New Bern, and I wish them decades more success! I highly...

Nice place with great potentional. There is an inside and outside sitting area. There were people who brought their dogs, which was nice to see. It is close to the water so it's really nice outside. The food was pretty good and had some original choices like the loaded hashbrowns.

There are a few things that I think would make the experience a more enjoyable place to eat. One thing I would say that could make the experience better for families is to have the employees wearing appropriate fitting clothes. Maybe clothes with the business logo. I say this because we was greeted by a hostess that was not appropriately dressed to be the first person a customer sees, in my opinion. Very low cut tank top, very provocative, and short skirt. It felt like we went to hooters with the kids. She was friendly but with a different outfit she could have shown a better view for the business. The server we had was attentive but very busy and it did take a while for our few meals.

Another opinion would be having music playing in the background. I would have to say there were kids there but it didn't feel very kid friendly. Maybe providing some kid menus/color page.

Overall it was pretty good food, but for the experience of taking our family out to a nice wholesome restaurant, I don't feel it was the best....

We arrived around 2:00 p.m. the Saturday before Labor Day. Granted it was a little busy and I have to say that the food was very good. The problem I have is with the hostess, Taylor. She was what I consider very rude. We had a party of six and she said we would have to wait but we had a disabled person with us so I was trying to find somewhere for us to sit while we waited. At first she didn't want me to even have one of the empty tables outside but I spoke to someone else who said that no one had shown up for that so we went ahead and took it. I did state that we did not want to sit out in the blistering heat but we would have a drink out there while we waited for a table. She rolled her eyes at me and we had to end up eating out there even though it was extremely hot. She never came to tell us that a table was available. We actually were still eating as the restaurant was closing . Two of us were from out of town and we were joining the other people who thought this would be a new place to try. I doubt that any of us will be back because it was a terrible experience. I come down to visit my daughter quite often and I would never go back there again not as long as that...