Dram Tree Tavern — Restaurant in Wilmington

My wife and I went to this place today have a few drinks and a burger. Now at this point, this place goes awesome. The burger is great seasoned properly fries taste good drinks were poured on the heavy side all around. It was good food and drink …

Now let’s talk about the experience the owner, his wife and four children were there. Four children ran around and made a lot of noise and disturbed the patrons all of them range in age between six and nine, (I know, right). They ran all over the place screamed and sat next to us at the bar, and were very unruly with parents nowhere to be found and normally I would say what kind of parents bring children to a bar?even if they serve food it’s not a place that children should be ….just my opinion, but being the owner , you should never drink at your bar with your spouse and children. That is an absolute no no and for this the atmosphere got a very low score. If you were looking to go out and have a few drinks and enjoy yourself this place is not for you. It’s a neighborhood place where the owner doesn’t have any respect for the liquor laws and bringing children up and sitting at the barn is just bad parenting….

On another note, the insect control needs to be addressed in this place, the massive amount of flies while trying to eat and battle insects is just not a good experience. I highly suggest they address the fly situation spend a few dollars …there customers will be much happier even if, like so many people (southern people never talk in front of you always behind your back) are afraid to say, but as we all know, not me, I tell it like it is and if you got a problem with it, say it to my face, we can go outside and roll around in the dirt and...

Wow. I am speechless! My family came here for the first time while on vacation from Greensboro, and there really are no words for how incredible this place is, truly. We came on a Monday night, unexpectedly, Mexican night!! Apparently they have a different ethnic dinner every Monday after 6! The food is amazing, the beer is so good, this place leaves you wanting to come back every day. The atmosphere is incredible, the energy in this place is great. They have a section with board games, books, comic books, even chalk. There is even a dog park and what appears to be a stage outside. Two bars, one inside, one out. The staff is so friendly, we've talked about possibly moving back down here, this particular place may push that decision over the edge, we want more!! Our son, one of the pickiest eaters I know, loves the food as well...to say I was shocked would be an understatement!!

Edit: I almost forgot to mention the chef herself! Super friendly and welcoming, the food is next level, and her style is on point!! Her bohemian inspired clothing style is beautiful, and honestly, it adds to the incredible energy of this place! That may sound silly, but just like the incredible chef, there is nothing that I have found about this restaurant that I would call ordinary. I was humbled by the hospitality, especially being uninformed of their serving process on Mondays, the warm welcome and the homey feel that the restaurant has. I feel like if you aren't having fun and enjoying yourself here, you're doing something wrong. It's too positive of an environment for friends or family for me to say anything else other than that I absolutely LOVE...

We went to Dram Tree for the first time today. We went prior to a show at Greenfield Lake (The Struts) to have a drink and hang out before going to the show We sat at the bar and waited. And waited. And waited. We were there about 20 minutes and no one ever even acknowledged that we were there. If we were repeat customers I would have assumed that we were being ignored due to a prior problem, but this was our first time. After about 20 minutes and watching multiple new people get immediately served ahead of us, I asked an employee if there was a manager we could talk to. He pointed to one of the two people behind the bar. It really wasn’t that crowded. She had been ignoring us too. We all just left and went on to the concert. Really awful and not acceptable. This wasn’t impatience after a minute or two. This was being totally ignored for 20 minutes. No explanation. We will never go back and encourage you not to go there either- so many other great options...