Octoraro Tavern — Restaurant in Oxford

We ordered 2 burgers with fries. I had a lemonade, my wife had ice tea. It took 50 minutes to bring our food. Here's what we paid:

Burgers (both were flavorless) @ $9.00/each = $18.00 Fries (soggy & floppy) $1.00/each = $2.00 Ice Tea @ $1.75 = $1.75 Lemonade (listed as Fruit Juice) = $2.50 PA. Sales Tax = $1.54 Sub Total = $25.79 Tip (16.5%) = $4.21 Total = $30.00

I don't know folks, is $15.00 a lot for a tasteless burger, lousey fries & a drink? At another eatery we go to a "GOOD" burger is $5.75 & fries cost $1.75 = $7.50 for both v/s $10.00! or we paid $5.00 for lessor quality IMO. I have never paid $2.50 for lemonade anywhere! It was NOT real lemonade, in my opinion, it was a comercial mix i.e. Pepsi or ??? The menu is limited, very limited. Varients of burgers appear mainly.

This place does something else which irks me. They make the sandwich so big YOU CAN'T OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE ENOUGH TO BIGHT IT! They do this with an oversize roll, LTO and stuff - we had to cut it in half. Why do they do that, it's a rediculous attempt to make ya think, "WOW, jee whiz, uncle duffus, they just make the biggest burgers ever and I'm too dumb to figure out what's really happinen, duh, duh". I could not taste the cajun spice so I had to load my burger up with Catsup so it would have some flavor. I believe the catsup really was Heinz so at least they didn't refill the bottles with BJ's best!

Just to round out a really horrible lunch, they had 1 TV playing sports, another playing fix your car and I believe other TV's. One can't hear the TV's because the volumn is off or too low to hear. What you will hear is twangy, bangy, nasal voice C&W noise... They have it just below OSHA damage your hearing levels! Just loud enough so ya can't hear the waitress, ya can't hear others at your table, ya can't hear much of anything except twang, twang, bang, bang! To prove this, I asked the waitress for some cardboard to put under the table leg so I could stop our rocking table. She came back with 1 napkin??? I want cardboard, WATCH, I rocked the table and yelled "CARDBOARD"... She came back with 2 spiral bound pocket note pads 1/4" thick. We put 1 under the leg and it helped. At least our drinks would not have white caps in them! Nothin but the best for ole Gomer and his cuz Goofus!

Well folks, correct me if I'm wrong, agree OR at least tell the truth. Keep in mind the owner & friends will attempt to do damage control to undo the truth I just posted. They'll post BS reviews to save face. In plain English, In my opinion, this place sucks and I won't be back! If they are still open a year or 2 from now 8/2017 they either changed or I'm wrong. Let's see who's right!

Now view my other reviews and view that I'm not a drama queen nor a whiner... BUT, I DO...

Male Bartender had zero personality &didn't listen to my drink order the 1st or 2nd time: 1st drink- dbl greygoose & tonic w/ a lime (what I got- not greygoose -gag, all tonic, no lime) tried again after my delicious wings 2nd try: ordered single greygoose vodka & tonic w/a lime (what I got- same tall glass back, same ice/didn't top it off or adda single cube, same btm shelf nasty vodka & so much tonic I almost threw up. I left full drink sit, paid tab, finished pool game & we left. It wasn't busier than a normal Saturday night, it wasn't a complicated drink. The man seemed annoyed to wait on us, saw him smile once the whole time we were there; it wasn't at us. Mayb he was as annoyed as we were listening to the same 80s awful song someone played 6x back to back on the juke box? In short- my nasty drinks & the song on juke box everyone arnd us & including us were complaining about hearing over & over were the reasons we didn't stay longer. We wldv, id have switched to beer. I used to be a bartender, when customers leave bc one person thinks its funny to stack a juke box- u skip their songs, sorry, it's not funny .

Food as always was good, reasonable priced, we left full. Did shoot some pool, tables still cost too much for quality but if ppl pay it then by all means charge it I guess. Bring your own cue tho bc the selection is nil on house sticks. I was happy to see there was chalk on the tables this time tho.

Not my first choice of places to drink or shoot pool but the wings def have me coming bk & Leanne of course :) who wasn't bartending that night. She knows how to make drinks & has a great personality. Hopefully she's...

We normally go to the restaurant/bar across the street (Sawmill Grill) but my wife was curious so we gave this place a shot...in this case curiosity killed the cat.

We started with mussels which were ok, but pretty tasteless compared to others I've had. Then we had their special "The All American Burger" which I renamed "The All Went to Hell Burger". The burger was ordered medium rare and arrived medium well, it was tasteless with no seasoning to speak of and all the natural flavor cooked out of it, I literally took two bites of it. The waitress offered to bag it and I said, it's flavorless and overcooked, I'd never eat that. I got an "I'm sorry" and handed the check.

The beer was good, but I can get a good bottle of Belgium beer many places that will actually cook food to order and make taste good.

Fair to say we will...