First off, the parking lot was packed and the place was hopping, but the service is so good that I had to stop and write a review. We got right in, the staff were upbeat and quick, and most of all, they help each other. In my experience, staff that works together to keep things quick and friendly is the difference between a good restaurant and a great restaurant. This place was great.
Great beer list, excellent wings and I have to say that my Philly cheesesteak was perfect. Great flavor and above and beyond with the quality of the grilled onions and toasted bun.
We took the non-Boston route from Maine to Buffalo, overnighting here, and our hotel staff at the La Quinta (also great) recommended this place. Being big wing fans, we couldn’t help but notice that every table we saw had ordered wings. With reason. The difficult balance between crispy wings (my wife) and juicy wings (me) was on point here. Just perfect. And you have to respect a place that has a fifty wing option on the menu. Given the beautiful drive through NH and VT instead of around Boston and down the Mass Pike avoided all of the 495 stress and terrible traffic and took a sum total of ten minutes longer, I think this is our new go to, at least until the snow falls (decent number of mountains and turns, fair warning). The Rusty Nail will be our dinner choice every time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
L C
Dined here last night for a birthday celebration and had a terrible experience. As a waitress myself I try to give grace when due but last night was atrocious. We have been here before for birthdays so we know how the wing situation works; the waitress told us at least 3 different things all which were counterintuitive with their birthday celebration rule menu, and talked down to us the entire duration of taking our orders. The food expo was amazing, he said it was his first night and what a sweet man he was (the only good part of our night)
The food came out and we finished eating. The server never checked on us to see if we needed anything, drinks went without being refilled and after about 45 minutes of being done with our food she came over to check on us. At this point the restaurant had cleared out so there was really no excuse on why we had not been checked on. We asked for to go boxes for our purchased food (not wings) and she was adamant on taking the wings away first. No problem we understand the rules but she never came back to bring us boxes and another server thankfully did. She quickly dropped the check off and we were done, we didn’t even get the chance to leave before she was trying to grab the check off the table. For an automatic 18% gratuity, the very least you can do is expect your servers to provide service worth that. The food came out quickly thanks to the nice expo, but truthfully I have never had such horrible service in my whole life.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Richard
Great place to spend your birthday. You receive free wings wings for every year of your age. This is just a great place to have lunch and dinner and to communicate with all your friends and relatives and enjoy special times
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Bill Whip
Little noisy but to be expected it is a bar/restaurant!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
R Myron
If ur in the area, great food and service. See you there, next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Matt Smith
Had a great burger . 🍔 friendly knowledgeable staff .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
AnnaMaria Nicolella
Was very good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ian Baumes
Wings!!! Thats all I need to say!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Birthday Wings
H Tim Smith
This place is full of memories, go for the wings, stay for the atmosphere. If you love a neighborhood tavern, this is your spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Birthday Wings, Tavern Fries, Hot Wings, Mozzarella Sticks
This place is absolutely wonderful. The food was beyond amazing. Wait staff was on point and so so sweet. Would definitely recommend and will come back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michelle Plain
Incredibly disappointed about the absolute lack of service and attitude given by the staff. We went this evening at around 4:45pm to celebrate my boyfriend’s birthday with a group of 6. Our waitress took a long time to greet us and finally took our beverage order. We then asked to place appetizers and asked if a couple menus could be left behind as we’d also order entrees in a few. She made several backhanded remarks about the appetizers ordered and must have told us 10 times that ranch and blue cheese was extra. After appetizers were dropped we never saw her again. Someone else finally came over and asked if we needed drinks but that was it. I finally asked for a Manager because I actively felt like we were being ignored. Rather than order more food, we opted to pay and go somewhere else. Only then did she finally appear and was more concerned about the check than anything else. Don’t worry, we paid. I did tell the manager I didn’t think she deserved the preset tip so he took that off and I tipped 10% which was more than generous in my opinion. All in all a horrible experience (we’ve been here many times and it was always great) but holy cow not tonight. If you don’t like doing the birthday wings then don’t offer them. Simple as that. But for the waitress’ to ignore your table and give attitude isn’t acceptable
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Walter Mastan
First and last time trying that. They say free wings. Well nothing free about it. The wings are disgusting, soaking in oil.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Liz Bayoumi
I ordered a Reuben sandwich to go. One half litterally had dressing and a very small piece of meat. The other half had two slices of deli corned beef, a minute of saurerkrout, and dressing. Wondered if it would have been any better if I was eating it in the restaurant. $16 for two pieces of deli meat, two slices of bread, a teaspoon of saurerkrout and three tablespoons of dressing.NEVER ORDERING TO GO AGAIN
Great wings and atmosphere
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
First off, the parking lot was packed and the place was hopping, but the service is so good that I had to stop and write a review. We got right in, the staff were upbeat and quick, and most of all, they help each other. In my experience, staff that works together to keep things quick and friendly is the difference between a good restaurant and a great restaurant. This place was great.
Great beer list, excellent wings and I have to say that my Philly cheesesteak was perfect. Great flavor and above and beyond with the quality of the grilled onions and toasted bun.
We took the non-Boston route from Maine to Buffalo, overnighting here, and our hotel staff at the La Quinta (also great) recommended this place. Being big wing fans, we couldn’t help but notice that every table we saw had ordered wings. With reason. The difficult balance between crispy wings (my wife) and juicy wings (me) was on point here. Just perfect. And you have to respect a place that has a fifty wing option on the menu. Given the beautiful drive through NH and VT instead of around Boston and down the Mass Pike avoided all of the 495 stress and terrible traffic and took a sum total of ten minutes longer, I think this is our new go to, at least until the snow falls (decent number of mountains and turns, fair warning). The Rusty Nail will be our dinner choice every time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dined here last night for a birthday celebration and had a terrible experience. As a waitress myself I try to give grace when due but last night was atrocious. We have been here before for birthdays so we know how the wing situation works; the waitress told us at least 3 different things all which were counterintuitive with their birthday celebration rule menu, and talked down to us the entire duration of taking our orders. The food expo was amazing, he said it was his first night and what a sweet man he was (the only good part of our night)
The food came out and we finished eating. The server never checked on us to see if we needed anything, drinks went without being refilled and after about 45 minutes of being done with our food she came over to check on us. At this point the restaurant had cleared out so there was really no excuse on why we had not been checked on. We asked for to go boxes for our purchased food (not wings) and she was adamant on taking the wings away first. No problem we understand the rules but she never came back to bring us boxes and another server thankfully did. She quickly dropped the check off and we were done, we didn’t even get the chance to leave before she was trying to grab the check off the table. For an automatic 18% gratuity, the very least you can do is expect your servers to provide service worth that. The food came out quickly thanks to the nice expo, but truthfully I have never had such horrible service in my whole life.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Great place to spend your birthday. You receive free wings wings for every year of your age. This is just a great place to have lunch and dinner and to communicate with all your friends and relatives and enjoy special times
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Little noisy but to be expected it is a bar/restaurant!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
If ur in the area, great food and service. See you there, next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had a great burger . 🍔 friendly knowledgeable staff .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Was very good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wings!!! Thats all I need to say!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Birthday Wings
This place is full of memories, go for the wings, stay for the atmosphere. If you love a neighborhood tavern, this is your spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Birthday Wings, Tavern Fries, Hot Wings, Mozzarella Sticks
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This place is absolutely wonderful. The food was beyond amazing. Wait staff was on point and so so sweet. Would definitely recommend and will come back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Incredibly disappointed about the absolute lack of service and attitude given by the staff.
We went this evening at around 4:45pm to celebrate my boyfriend’s birthday with a group of 6.
Our waitress took a long time to greet us and finally took our beverage order. We then asked to place appetizers and asked if a couple menus could be left behind as we’d also order entrees in a few. She made several backhanded remarks about the appetizers ordered and must have told us 10 times that ranch and blue cheese was extra.
After appetizers were dropped we never saw her again. Someone else finally came over and asked if we needed drinks but that was it. I finally asked for a Manager because I actively felt like we were being ignored. Rather than order more food, we opted to pay and go somewhere else.
Only then did she finally appear and was more concerned about the check than anything else. Don’t worry, we paid. I did tell the manager I didn’t think she deserved the preset tip so he took that off and I tipped 10% which was more than generous in my opinion.
All in all a horrible experience (we’ve been here many times and it was always great) but holy cow not tonight.
If you don’t like doing the birthday wings then don’t offer them. Simple as that. But for the waitress’ to ignore your table and give attitude isn’t acceptable
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
First and last time trying that. They say free wings. Well nothing free about it. The wings are disgusting, soaking in oil.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
I ordered a Reuben sandwich to go. One half litterally had dressing and a very small piece of meat. The other half had two slices of deli corned beef, a minute of saurerkrout, and dressing. Wondered if it would have been any better if I was eating it in the restaurant. $16 for two pieces of deli meat, two slices of bread, a teaspoon of saurerkrout and three tablespoons of dressing.NEVER ORDERING TO GO AGAIN
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Always love the nail
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