My GPS took me to a big parking lot that had several businesses and a movie theater. We drove around and could not spot the restaurant. We exited the lot but came back to look again. We finally found it - next to a Thai Restaurant. Once we walked-in, the restaurant was very nice with what I would say was American BBQ theme. I ordered some sort of “Guava flavored beer” (Martinez Brewery) which I found to taste terrible! It came in an aluminum can which I found odd for a nice restaurant (was expecting a bottle). Wife ordered a Merlot wine which she found bland. She also ordered a beet salad which was huge and really good (more than enough for two people!) She also ordered a pepperoni pizza which she said was “just OK” and “too soft”. They include some rather spicy habanero (?) slices which to me was unexpected and ruined the pizza! I ordered chicken wings- was OK but the dipping dressing was really watery! I also ordered the Forge Burger - just OK. Overall I would say this is a nice place to take the family. I think the younger people would really like it. Would I go back? I doubt it. Would I recommend to others? Sure, you bet! Very nice staff!
Liza
It was Mother's Day. There were 6 adults and a well behaved 3 year old and 1 1/2 year old old. We wanted to sit outside! it worked perfectly. Everyone was able to get what they wanted. 2 people were very happy with the fish tacos, 3 enjoyed the burgers and 1 enjoyed the mushroom pizza and the kiddos liked the cheese pizza. Very casual and great service. Beer and wine was good too Everything made for a wonderful afternoon!
Rachelle
Sat for a long time before the waitress came over and greeted us and took our order. The hostess that sat us came back to our table and offered us water.
Chris
Forge is my local napa family favorite. Food is great (pizzas are truly amazing), service and atmosphere are excellent, staff are wonderful, always comfortable with that roaring fireplace and their rewards program is really generous. Highly recommended!
Christine
Great local place for good food and fun atmosphere!!! Great after a movie and fun for the kids!
Gabriela
The experience started very strangely. I made a reservation for part of 5. They say it's down and there were 4 place settings and the restaurant didn't mention anything to us so we assumed we had to split our party up and we used the table next to us where there were more place settings. The hostess can't back and told us we visit shut at that table because that's reserved for Valentine's Day?! Not sure what she meant but I told her I made a reservation for 5 and there is only 4 seats.. she proceeded to ask me “Do you want me to get you another chair and put it on the end of the table?” DUH!! I should have left. I ordered the ribs. All my food was cold. The ribs were very dry so it felt like I was having jerky. The potatoes had good flavor but they tried to make it look fancy and it was smeared on the plate so I think it couldn't have been more than a couple of tablespoons worth. The cornbread was like a hockey puck and the maple butter on top tasted like fridge...you know what I mean?! Improperly stored for sure. My daughter had the pasta with mushrooms..edible. Appetizers were actually decent..Brussel sprouts and the frito misto. My dranddaughter got the burger and she said it was good. The chicken sandwich was decent but lacked flavor. The service was ok. I gave my waiter a good tip although he forgot my drink refill and I told him I was probably going to order drinks from the bar..he never returned to ask me what I wanted so I decided against them. The tip was mainly because I saw how hard he was working. I didn't feel welcomed and felt rushed. No one was outwardly rude but I didn't get the feeling that they cared I was there. All in all I sincerely doubt I will return. The place was loud and the employees were running around like crazy..I felt bad because it's possibly a staffing issue another reason for the tip. They are working as hard as they can with what they have.
Erin
We were here all the time and sadly the last 3 visits have been less than mediocre. This visit our entree came out before the cheese curds appetizer. And 5 minutes after the appetizer my salad came out. If you sit in the high top area your service will be terrible. IF we dare go back again we will insist on not sitting in that area. Also I had an Open Table reward to use and the server could not figure it out. Unfortunately this was kind of our whole reason to go this time so we could use the mastercard reward dollars.
SFfoodluver
Couple of things we noticed: servers were cutting the pizza without gloves, which would not be great if they had touched anything infected with the various viruses going around these days. No build your own pizza option, and no greek olives?? Also not a fan of their garlic sauce or three cheese pizza, which seemed like it had cottage cheese on it. The salad which my vegetarian boyfriend ordered had unadvertised bacon in it - fail! Nice space and loved the fireplace, decent crust, but I we won't be returning!
Opentable Diner
We love this place. We come here to meet up with friends and catch up. Kid friendly, the kids love the pizza and the noodles with butter. We always enjoy the pizza (especially the Bamba) and the tomato basil soup! We will continue to come back to this restaurant. Staff is always very friendly and the food is out quickly, which is great when you have a group of kiddos 5 and under! The food is always great quality! I recommend this place to friends and family all the time!
Magen
We usually love Forge but our experience tonight was the worst we've had. Many of our food items were wrong or incomplete. It was my son's bday and they had asked if we wanted dessert, we said no because we had other plans. They still brought him out dessert and sang happy birthday. When we got the check they had changed us for his dessert.
Service was beyond slow. Waited forever, food looked like it wasn’t cooked all the way and very rushed. Do not recommend unfortunately -as the place had ambience, nice atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Laura Colson
The music was a little too loud. We had a party of six and it was hard to hear conversations among people.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup, Forge Pepperoni Pizza
Nana T (Nana T)
We enjoyed our late lunch/Happy Hour meals and drinks at this location. We had the Fish Tacos with fries and Nachos, along with the Allagash White and Lost Coast Blonde Ale. Our server, Eddy G, was friendly, knowledgeable and attentive. We will definitely dine here again when in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ted Henry
Service is miserably slow and just poor in general. The unfriendly server forgot to bring my beer and came by after I was done eating to say it was on the way. "No thanks" I said. No apology and no offer to compensate for not getting a drink. They drop the check (with no pen to sign) and they charged for the beer I never got. I had to chase the server down and complain about the charge. Again, no apology or care at all. They drop the new check (no pen again even though I asked for one) and the beer is gone but there is a charge for a side of fries we did not order. Asked to correct this and they disappeared forever. We wanted to leave but were hostage to this server that was not qualified to work at fast food. I've been to this restaurant at least 10 times and this is not the first time service has been well short. The food was quite good and that has been consistent over time. Not a bad value either. I guess it is just the standard they are fine with maintaining.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Roberta Jordan
Pizza was okay. A little pricy. Was visiting glad to take in the tourist experience
My GPS took me to a big parking lot that had several businesses and a movie theater. We drove around and could not spot the restaurant. We exited the lot but came back to look again. We finally found it - next to a Thai Restaurant. Once we walked-in, the restaurant was very nice with what I would say was American BBQ theme. I ordered some sort of “Guava flavored beer” (Martinez Brewery) which I found to taste terrible! It came in an aluminum can which I found odd for a nice restaurant (was expecting a bottle). Wife ordered a Merlot wine which she found bland. She also ordered a beet salad which was huge and really good (more than enough for two people!) She also ordered a pepperoni pizza which she said was “just OK” and “too soft”. They include some rather spicy habanero (?) slices which to me was unexpected and ruined the pizza! I ordered chicken wings- was OK but the dipping dressing was really watery! I also ordered the Forge Burger - just OK. Overall I would say this is a nice place to take the family. I think the younger people would really like it. Would I go back? I doubt it. Would I recommend to others? Sure, you bet! Very nice staff!
It was Mother's Day. There were 6 adults and a well behaved 3 year old and 1 1/2 year old old. We wanted to sit outside! it worked perfectly. Everyone was able to get what they wanted. 2 people were very happy with the fish tacos, 3 enjoyed the burgers and 1 enjoyed the mushroom pizza and the kiddos liked the cheese pizza. Very casual and great service. Beer and wine was good too Everything made for a wonderful afternoon!
Sat for a long time before the waitress came over and greeted us and took our order. The hostess that sat us came back to our table and offered us water.
Forge is my local napa family favorite. Food is great (pizzas are truly amazing), service and atmosphere are excellent, staff are wonderful, always comfortable with that roaring fireplace and their rewards program is really generous. Highly recommended!
Great local place for good food and fun atmosphere!!! Great after a movie and fun for the kids!
The experience started very strangely. I made a reservation for part of 5. They say it's down and there were 4 place settings and the restaurant didn't mention anything to us so we assumed we had to split our party up and we used the table next to us where there were more place settings. The hostess can't back and told us we visit shut at that table because that's reserved for Valentine's Day?! Not sure what she meant but I told her I made a reservation for 5 and there is only 4 seats.. she proceeded to ask me “Do you want me to get you another chair and put it on the end of the table?” DUH!! I should have left. I ordered the ribs. All my food was cold. The ribs were very dry so it felt like I was having jerky. The potatoes had good flavor but they tried to make it look fancy and it was smeared on the plate so I think it couldn't have been more than a couple of tablespoons worth. The cornbread was like a hockey puck and the maple butter on top tasted like fridge...you know what I mean?! Improperly stored for sure. My daughter had the pasta with mushrooms..edible. Appetizers were actually decent..Brussel sprouts and the frito misto. My dranddaughter got the burger and she said it was good. The chicken sandwich was decent but lacked flavor. The service was ok. I gave my waiter a good tip although he forgot my drink refill and I told him I was probably going to order drinks from the bar..he never returned to ask me what I wanted so I decided against them. The tip was mainly because I saw how hard he was working. I didn't feel welcomed and felt rushed. No one was outwardly rude but I didn't get the feeling that they cared I was there. All in all I sincerely doubt I will return. The place was loud and the employees were running around like crazy..I felt bad because it's possibly a staffing issue another reason for the tip. They are working as hard as they can with what they have.
We were here all the time and sadly the last 3 visits have been less than mediocre. This visit our entree came out before the cheese curds appetizer. And 5 minutes after the appetizer my salad came out. If you sit in the high top area your service will be terrible. IF we dare go back again we will insist on not sitting in that area. Also I had an Open Table reward to use and the server could not figure it out. Unfortunately this was kind of our whole reason to go this time so we could use the mastercard reward dollars.
Couple of things we noticed: servers were cutting the pizza without gloves, which would not be great if they had touched anything infected with the various viruses going around these days. No build your own pizza option, and no greek olives?? Also not a fan of their garlic sauce or three cheese pizza, which seemed like it had cottage cheese on it. The salad which my vegetarian boyfriend ordered had unadvertised bacon in it - fail! Nice space and loved the fireplace, decent crust, but I we won't be returning!
We love this place. We come here to meet up with friends and catch up. Kid friendly, the kids love the pizza and the noodles with butter. We always enjoy the pizza (especially the Bamba) and the tomato basil soup! We will continue to come back to this restaurant. Staff is always very friendly and the food is out quickly, which is great when you have a group of kiddos 5 and under! The food is always great quality! I recommend this place to friends and family all the time!
We usually love Forge but our experience tonight was the worst we've had. Many of our food items were wrong or incomplete. It was my son's bday and they had asked if we wanted dessert, we said no because we had other plans. They still brought him out dessert and sang happy birthday. When we got the check they had changed us for his dessert.
Restaurantji Recommends
Service was beyond slow. Waited forever, food looked like it wasn’t cooked all the way and very rushed. Do not recommend unfortunately -as the place had ambience, nice atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
The music was a little too loud. We had a party of six and it was hard to hear conversations among people.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup, Forge Pepperoni Pizza
We enjoyed our late lunch/Happy Hour meals and drinks at this location. We had the Fish Tacos with fries and Nachos, along with the Allagash White and Lost Coast Blonde Ale. Our server, Eddy G, was friendly, knowledgeable and attentive. We will definitely dine here again when in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service is miserably slow and just poor in general. The unfriendly server forgot to bring my beer and came by after I was done eating to say it was on the way. "No thanks" I said. No apology and no offer to compensate for not getting a drink. They drop the check (with no pen to sign) and they charged for the beer I never got. I had to chase the server down and complain about the charge. Again, no apology or care at all. They drop the new check (no pen again even though I asked for one) and the beer is gone but there is a charge for a side of fries we did not order. Asked to correct this and they disappeared forever. We wanted to leave but were hostage to this server that was not qualified to work at fast food. I've been to this restaurant at least 10 times and this is not the first time service has been well short. The food was quite good and that has been consistent over time. Not a bad value either. I guess it is just the standard they are fine with maintaining.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Pizza was okay. A little pricy. Was visiting glad to take in the tourist experience
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
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