Ice House Pub — Restaurant in Rice Township

We stopped here as first time guests on a recommendation of friends who were with us. Everything started with a frantic waitress but in all fairness a party of ten just dropping in could be a bit unexpected, it took a while to get our drinks , all drinks including from the bar were pretty good, we ordered food and that’s when it went down hill. My wife and daughter ordered chicken Caesar wraps, I ordered beef pot pie with a side salad, never got the salad until after I ate my pot pie . The pot pie was more like a bowl of dinty Moore soup with a piece of bread on top. The waitress brought the dressing out and said it was for my pot pie I said to her “ no it’s for my salad I never got” she then asked what salad I ordered. I was confused by that since my meal included a side salad according to the menu Then after that they came out stating that they didn’t have wraps for my wife and daughters meal. They did ask if they wanted something else for which they declined, then within a few minutes she comes out and slides a plate of chicken with some Caesar dressing on it and offers that in place of the wrap, that was declined also. One of the families with us ( mother and son) ordered Mac and cheese, which looked good but again the waitress came out and asked if the son would be ok with penne noodles because they ran out of elbow noodles. They don’t know what food they have in stock to make meals, they seem confused with the items on the menu and what they offer as meals. They bring out one meal at a time as if they cook only cooks one at a time, so everyone waits while one or two people eat, then as most are finishing their meal they come out and tell the rest that they don’t have what is needed to make their meals. Horrible experience and do not recommend this place. The experience was laughable at best. We were there just under two hours, the dining room was very warm, and we were served excuse after excuse as to why they didn’t have the food that was ordered. I feel bad for the wait staff as they are at the mercy of kitchen staff, management, and an owner that don’t know what they are doing. I don’t expect this place to be open too much longer unless a lot changes. They need to decide if this is just a bar or do they want to get real and run a successful bar/ restaurant. Best of luck but I will...

I went to this pub with my daughter who is 5, because I needed a Miller lite after a long day at a local conference which was about dealing with disorders such as my own. While my child frolicked freely throughout the facility, unaware that my disorder was taking control of my heart and lungs, I flirted, smiled, danced and cried with a very friendly staff member who I now think about when I am alone at night. While sipping on my Miller, I begged and pleaded with my daughter to please get me a pack of cigarettes from the cigarette machine. A crisp, grotesque 20$ bill in hand, she skipped over to the machine to try to get me my cigs. However, something went horribly wrong. An attendant who was named Chester asked for her ID and when she showed them her drivers license which stated she was born in 2014, they violently shoved her into the stuffed animal claw machine. She played with toys and learned several new dances called "soldier boy", "the grapevine", and "fort night dance", which she then taught me and Chester. However, I did not know that she was in the machine for 5 hours. Taken aback by Chester not asking me for my permission to do this, I crawled over as slowly as i could and asked Chester kindly to remove her. He would not so I vocalized my emotions by spitting and slobbering on the floor. I had to use over $3.25 in quarters to pry my once lively and energetic daughter from the machine as hard as I could. She was crying and I was screaming for the other staff member to help me for days but no one came despite my disorder. Chester laughed at me and my friend picked us up last week from the Ice House after months shut into a closet. Thank you for treating my daughter really well during our time together but please do not ID a child next time as that is...

This 40's era Pub/Restaurant is a true Gem located only 1/2 mile off of the Nuangola exit in Mt. Top, PA. Expect to be greeted by warm, smiling staff and be treated to a fantastic selection of creative options from the Pub's bar, which was obviously designed to inspire conversation among patrons. That, it surely does judging from the lively bantor and laughter. Step into the dining room and it's obvious that folks are definitely there for the food! It's burger night and be prepared to be informed by the attentive staff that they were voted "best burgers in NE PA" and that their meat is delivered fresh daily from a local butcher. "Fresh...never Frozen" is apparently a house rule. Even the french fries are fresh cut. The menu is quite extensive and offers something for even the most finicky diners. The staff claims are true. The thick, juicy burger was prepared exactly to my requested wellness. The lady at the next table delighted in telling us how she loves their fresh "humus platter" while her husband grinned at us as if to say 'oh boy, you got her started', obviously quite satisfied with his homemade pot roast. Five stars for a genuine...