The National Tap & Grille — Restaurant in New Shoreham

$27 Caesar salad + $2 wrap = $29? That’s not lunch, that’s daylight robbery.

My wife asked for a simple Chicken Caesar Wrap—with grilled chicken, not fried. She’s not asking for caviar or truffle oil, just grilled chicken. The poor waitress, bless her, came back and said “the chef won’t do grilled.” Mind you, grilled chicken is literally… grilling. No lobsters involved.

Then a manager swoops in and says the chief likes things done his way, and that they have to “draw a line somewhere.” Are you kidding me? Talk about drawing lines around a kitchen door.

But wait—they can grill the chicken on a Caesar salad, and even add it to a wrap for us to assemble ourselves. Nice flexibility… except they slam us with a $27 salad and a $2 “wrap.” Yep, they charged us for the tortilla we assembled ourselves.

And another guy in our group ordered the Tap & Grill Burger with bacon ($27) and asked for it medium. Our waitress had to deliver the news: “patties are thin—can’t cook to order.” Simple cooking 101: flip it, done. Even Burger King holds to that standard. Get your cook in line he's not...

Location is the only thing going for this place. We were visiting BI for the day and this restaurant was highly recommended…why? I have no idea. The waitress was less than enthused to be working…I heard her tell another patron that this was her second summer back but didn’t catch her name; she also wasn’t very personable so she may not have even told us her name. The food was nothing more than ordinary and way overpriced for the subpar quality. The waitress never once asked how things were, left our app plate sitting on the table..to the point I had to move it for her to place the meal. Then we were left sitting with dirty plates for about 15 mins before she returned. She still did not remove the plates when she left to get the check. Terrible experience and food. I now have a stomach ache from the low quality garbage we just ate. Cmon, this is a place for tourists to enjoy good cuisine, I would have had a better meal, and service,...

We enjoyed eating outside and the view was great. When we sat down, we asked for a sample of beer before making our selection which the waitress said they could do. She came back and said that the bar said they were too busy to do that, but would be happy to pour the beer we’d like. Frustrating. We got three lobster rolls and each one was tough. Two of them were hot and one was cold. The cold one had less lobster than the hot ones. Regardless, the quality of the meat was poor. If you bite into a lobster roll the meat should not be tough and stringy. One of them had a piece that was so chewy it couldn’t be eaten. We also ordered a fried chicken sandwich that only had the dry overcooked chicken and bacon on it, leaving much to be desired. We also waited close to 45 minutes for our food - long enough for a party of two to have been sat just after us, eat their food, and leave. The only recommendation I can make about this place is...