Dark Horse Tavern — Restaurant in Town of De Witt

A MUST VISIT SPOT! All of their food is excellent. If your lucky enough to visit while the slab bacon is on the menu. Get it. Seriously. Don't even think about it. Just get it. The service at the dark horse is what you'd expect from a gourmet restaurant. Friendly and extremely knowledgeable servers and bartenders. It's a popular pub so it can get busy. Usually the wait isn't long at all and well worth it (no reservations). You can't go wrong with anything on the menu. Don't be afraid to pick your servers brain if you need help deciding, they will help you find what you want. Being a smaller place if busy it can get loud (no big deal) but I've been there a ton of times when it was busy and quiet (sound wise). This is a great spot to go for a special occasion or a casual occasion. Great spot to go for a quick pint or to try some new cocktails. Not convinced yet. Go here if you want to eat gourmet level food and not pay gourmet...

Whenever I see chicken riggies on a menu, I usually order it. The Dark Horse version of this regional dish is outstanding, one of the best I've ever had and better than many top rated Italian restaurants in Syracuse, Rome, and Utica. When we arrived with another couple at 5:15 p.m. on a weeknight, we were seated immediately. In this regard, we were lucky to arrive early because they do not take reservations. Within a half hour of our arrival, the dining room and bar filled up and the noise level reached a point where it was nearly impossible for us to converse with our friends. The restaurant really needs some soundproofing tiles on the ceiling. The service was efficient and friendly even though the servers appeared to be assigned too many tables. So, 5 stars for the food and service, and 2.5 stars for...

Sat down , we were first table seated at around 3pm. The waiter seemed nice. Took out orders and returned with drinks. Came back with bread. Then cleared out plates. That's the last we saw of him. We waited. Two tables that came after us had another waiter and they got their food. I told the waitress we were there for an hour and we hadn't even gotten our appetizer. She seemed surprised and asked us to wait. After waiting for five minutes we left. I left enough to cover our drinks. I really can't believe after hearing such great things for so long we had the absolute worst experience at a restaurant ever. I had such high expectations with all I've heard about Dark Horse Tavern. I'm not sure what made our waiter walk out , why nobody seemed to care that we sat there with no appetizer or meals but we will...