Duke's Tavern — Restaurant in Town of Clarence

One of the perks of having one of the first reservations of the evening is having the opportunity to take your time to decide what you'd like.

We were sat immediately and given the option to scan a QR code for the cocktail/bar menu and dinner menu; however, when Jill (our server) came to take our drink orders, she brought paper menus for our perusal.

I looked online prior to my arrival and had quite the chuckle at the typos among the menu (the most evident, the description of "poopy seed dressing" on the special salad). I notified the staff person who seated us of the glaring errors and was relieved to see the paper menus didn't have the same issues.

There was a bit of a wait for our cocktails, but trust me, they're worth the wait. I had the raspberry martini, which was absolutely delicious (not flowery at all).

I asked for a half chopped salad with my entree, the crab-stuffed haddock (instead of the saffron rice). The crab stuffing had a lot more filler than expected and smelled quite fishy, but lemon cream sauce was so tasty!

I finished my meal with a regular coffee and the raspberry almond shortbread. I felt the dessert could have done without the added drizzle on top. The coffee smelled stronger than it tasted.

I'd definitely come back to try other selections on the menu and for the...

My wife and I ate here on a Sunday early afternoon. We had both heard that the food was good, it was a new place for both of us. The waitress seated us right away, not at an ideal spot though, next to a large group of people. The menu looked good, they had a good selection of food and beer/wine. We both ordered sandwiches, mine was the Reuben and my wife had the crab cake sandwich. First of all the food took 45 minutes to come out, we were told about five times by our waitress that she was sorry and the food should be right out. There were two larger groups of people, but the dining room was not full. My wife had ordered a side salad before hand. That came out relatively quick. However it was drenched in dressing, not very pleasing. My Reuben wasn't anything to ride home about, it was mediocre really, sweet potato fries were good. My wife's crab cake sandwich was very bland tasting. The wait staff was friendly however seemed very inexperienced. We would give this restaurant a try again during a Friday or Saturday dinner service but not a Sunday...

My wife and I went to the restaurant tonight and decided to sit at the bar. The barmaids name I believe was Chelsea. When we ordered food, we asked for just a cheeseburger which we wanted cooked a certain way. The restaurant was fairly busy so we expected a little longer time to get our meal. The server did bring our salad but did not bring the burger. Her response was that the was a burger sitting in the back that they did not know who it was made for. When they finally brought it out, it was cold. When we took the first bite we realized it wasn’t what we ordered. We called Chelsea over to explain our situation. Her response was that they don’t serve regular burgers, only smash burgers. Then she walked away. Which was pretty rude. If that was the case, we should have been told up front when we ordered. Chelsea then ignored us the rest of the night. She even had a different bartender cash us out. I think she needs more training on dealing with customers.

In conclusion, the food was tasty but cold when we got it. The service level needs to be...