Hog Island Beer Co. — Restaurant in Orleans

JAILHOUSE TAVERN - where they treat you like an inmate and the food tastes worse than in a jail!

They USED to call it JailHouse Tavern because of the AMAZING history of the old jail.... but NOW I think they call it JailHouse Tavern because they treat you like an INMATE with the worst service I have EVER had in over 20 years in the Food and Beverage industry. I actual think the food quality might also be better in an actual Jail. SO..... let's talk about my credibility related to this restaurant and the history..... I grew-up in Orleans and the JailHouse USED to be the place to go.... It was that "Special Occasion" place with great service, a ton of history from the jail and amazing food. It USED to be the ONE place I would always want to take my family to when we visited the Cape (since I moved away many years ago). Last night (9/7/2017) that ALL changed!! Let's start with the moment my family and I walked in the front door. The place was EMPTY...and my 3 year old wanted to sit in the jail side when we were told, "we aren't allowed to push 2 four top's together because you don't have 8 people (WE HAD 7 PEOPLE!) - yet they sat us at a table which had TWO TABLES pushed together. We ordered at 7:02 PM (Steamers, Nachos, 2 house salads, 2 french onion soup and 2 fried chicken wings) and did NOT get food until 8:25pm and fried wings were cold!! They did bring the Steamers to table at 7:35pm but we HAD to send them back because they smelled like rotten eggs!! THIS PLACE was empty! Truth be told - I felt like I was on an episode of Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsey! Between bugs flying around inside the restaurant, to broken tables, to bad service and more..... TRUST A NATIVE CAPE CODDER and DON'T BE FOOLED.... if you are on vacation or coming back to Orleans for a visit.... DO NOT EAT HERE!!! I have been SO LOYAL to the JailHouse for SO many years and THEY HAVE CHANGED!!! NOT THE SAME!!! I would sadly give them 0-stars if I could, but 1-star was the minimum. Wendy's by the rotary is a...

On June 17, 2018 I stopped here for a bite to eat in the early afternoon. I wasn't sure what to get, so I asked the waiter for a recommendation along with a flight of beer. He said the chef was trying out a spicy chicken sandwich made in a chili oil that wasn't on the menu and that it would likely be the only time I could try it due to the menu changing for the season, or some reason. Of course I had to order it, because how could you go wrong with a chicken sandwich? I had no idea that this decision would change my life, and become the pinnacle of sandwich success and my comparing every other sandwich to. Here I am, 18 months later, still telling people of the best sandwich I have ever had, constantly pulling up this picture I took of it and reliving the first moment I put it to my lips. The photo has been the background of my phone and reminds me of the happiest day my taste buds ever lived, and is currently the picture to bring me hope in June on my 2021 calendar. I cannot eat a single sandwich without comparing it to The One and then have it not live up to that day. The roll was fresh, the fries were crispy, the pickles sharp and tangry, but the pièce de résistance was the chicken itself. Sinking a bite into it was like biting into a heavenly cloud made of spicy crispy chicken. The crunch was impeccable, the chicken was juicy, the spice was spot on. The chili oil it was cooked in permeated the crunch and flavored the breast perfectly. It was the best sandwich I have ever had. I have no idea if the sandwich ever made the menu, and haven't been back since I moved across the country, but I need to share this experience with you and the world, hoping that someone else might be able to head to this restaurant and experience the pure joy of tasting heaven itself. Props to the chef that day, she...

Came here for part of a bachelor party weekend, they had 4 IPA's on tap and one wheat beer. My friends did the 5 beer flights and I got the wheat beer. The wheat beer smelled overwhelmingly of vomit, making it undrinkable. When I ordered a new drink after taking a few sips of the wheat beer, the bar tender didn't even ask if there was an issue with the beer. The 4 IPA's in the flights were also not enjoyed, but were drinkable. Thankfully they offer beers from other breweries, and a full bar.

The food offered at the bar was also averagely mediocre, the kettle chips and jarred onion dip remind you of terrible snacks at college parties back in the day. They had pretzels that looked amazing (the bartender told other patrons that they were just frozen and reheated) the texture of the pretzel was very dry, airy, and tender and did not have the expected chew that delicious soft pretzels exhibit.

The atmosphere of the building is pretty nice, but like every other review says "McDonald's playplace" comes to mind. There are drunk parents and unattended children everywhere. Don't expect to be able to play any of the bar games provided by the brewery as they will all be occupied by the spoiled whiny brats that are running rampant. People bring their wet smelly dogs from the beach into the brewery, just what makes a brewery enjoyable smelly random dogs licking your ankles and rubbing their matted wet for on your legs

In a final note, in the men's room only one of the sinks was working, so you can assume that most patrons an unable to wash their hands after using the bathroom.

Also watched the bartender, rinse the glass he was drinking out of a with little water and proceed to scoop it into the ice storage to fill the glass with ice before making a drink...