A wonderful experience to dine in such a historical setting. The drinks and food were all fantastic. Our waitress was friendly, offered suggestions, super patient with our large party splitting bill.. the Clam Chowder was outstanding! One in my party declared it to be the BEST he ever had. The oysters on the half shell fresh and zippy. Everyone's lunch: Rueben, Fish and Chips, Lobster Mac & Cheese, Steak Sandwich, Clam Chowder were top notch. The cheesecake 10/10. My out of town visitors called this a high light of their NYC visit! Thank you for making me seem like a genius.
Terry
Food doesn't arrive hot at table. Needs to be sent back for heating (which disrupts others' eating —to be polite). We love FT but this is a somewhat common occurrence.
Wendy
The food was delicious and portions generous. We ordered Fish & Chips, Blackened Salmon Sandwhich & Chicken Pot Pie. Big place but with character rooms but the noise level was never too much. Used to go often back in the day when worked on Wall Street. Still doesn't dissapoint!!!
Ramona
We were there when it was not a prime busy time for a late lunch. Our waiter seemed attentive at the beginning of the service, but  after we placed our order for a glass of wine and some tea and then ordered our appetizers. We never saw our waiter again. The clam chowder was lukewarm definitely not hot enough, and we needed hot sauce and could not find anybody to get it from. We eventually flagged down someone else and when he brought hot sauce back to the table informed us when we asked that our waiter was on break. During this time, the white staff from the kitchen tried to deliver our main courses while we still had appetizers on the table. The table is very tiny and did not have room for additional dishes so they said they would take it back. We had long finished our appetizers and still had no word from anyone about our entrées. Again, we flagged down someone else, who said that we should rest assured that the kitchen would prepare fresh entrées because they were busy. When they finally brought our entrées to us, they definitely had not been prepared for freshly and had been sitting under a warmer. The clam chowder tasted exactly like the chicken pot pie so there would be no reason to order both, and the hamburger was good, but the sweet potato fries were cold. The bread was stiff from being under the warmer and the bread that accompanied the clam chowder was crumbly and dry. I would see no reason to ever return even though the ambience was cool and we enjoyed the history of the tavern.
Sara
We had a fabulous experience. Excellent food, drink and service. We loved the history and thoroughly enjoyed touring the museum before dinner.
Daniel
It was a great experience of history and amazing food. If you like George Washington you will love this place . The museum is great for the history buff in you.
Bruce
This is the place to try. It is Historic & Romantic and maybe a little magical. The food is excellent and the staff are first rate. Take your time and enjoy a beautiful evening at this legendary Tavern
Carol
We loved eating in the historical tavern; plus the food was great. Also enjoyed visiting the attached museum and seeing the long room where George Washington addressed his troops!
Alireza Hashemi
Great beer selection, good food variety and taste, but all kind of ruined by a service which wants you order ASAP, eat and drink ASAP, and pay and get out ASAP. Also the live music in the hall is too loud, do not expect a relaxed and welcoming experience here. Hope it all gets better and I can visit this historic venue again!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Christina Longofono
We had dinner in the Piano Bar when Tim was playing, and the whole experience was fun and relaxed. The fireside old fashioned was great, the pear and arugula salad was fresh and lovely, and the chicken pot pie and pan seared salmon hit the spot on a cold night. Service was friendly and very good. Tim played excellently and took all the song requests he got, even if he wasn't completely familiar with them. Prices are reasonable for the location of the restaurant and the high quality of the food and drinks.
A lovely restaurant in need of improvements. . Chaotic hosts with attitude.and no attention to reservations. They sat walk-ins before seating our party because we were 15 minutes early. What's that about? Clearly not enough wait staff. Our server was distracted from our attention for our entire meal. She was busy transitioning from brunch to dinner. More than once I had to find her. Desert was a 15 minutes after ordering and coffee now cold. They compt the dessert after I raised the issue. Overall, it's a great place with good food and charming decor. Great bar too.
Mary
FABULOUS! Great food, GREAT ambience, Great time was had by all especially my visitor from Virgina!
Mari Tree
Very historic and cool to visit. We visited on a Friday night in January, had reservations at 6pm, and were seated immediately. Had the beet salad and charcuterie board, both good but could have used more crackers. Fish and chips was a generous portion and very tasty. Strip steak and burger were both reportedly well cooked and delicious. Kids chicken tenders were dry in spots but the French fries and Mac and cheese sides were great. Overall a good value, service at a good pace, and a wonderful evening.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
sullivanlane1
Loved this place, great vibes - colonialism speaking - the artichoke flatbread was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Frank
The Truffle fries were a soggy oily mess asked for mayo for the bison burger and waited and waited, asked 3 different servers - it never came - the burger got cold. the bun on the burger were dry and old as well one server accidently spilled a coctail into my wife's water - she apologized - took the dirty water glass but never returned with fresh water the warm baguette was cold and rubbery. sticky toffee puddimg came and they forgot the caramel sauce. the server threw it down on the tabek in front of us as well.
A wonderful experience to dine in such a historical setting. The drinks and food were all fantastic. Our waitress was friendly, offered suggestions, super patient with our large party splitting bill.. the Clam Chowder was outstanding! One in my party declared it to be the BEST he ever had. The oysters on the half shell fresh and zippy. Everyone's lunch: Rueben, Fish and Chips, Lobster Mac & Cheese, Steak Sandwich, Clam Chowder were top notch. The cheesecake 10/10. My out of town visitors called this a high light of their NYC visit! Thank you for making me seem like a genius.
Food doesn't arrive hot at table. Needs to be sent back for heating (which disrupts others' eating —to be polite). We love FT but this is a somewhat common occurrence.
The food was delicious and portions generous. We ordered Fish & Chips, Blackened Salmon Sandwhich & Chicken Pot Pie. Big place but with character rooms but the noise level was never too much. Used to go often back in the day when worked on Wall Street. Still doesn't dissapoint!!!
We were there when it was not a prime busy time for a late lunch. Our waiter seemed attentive at the beginning of the service, but  after we placed our order for a glass of wine and some tea and then ordered our appetizers. We never saw our waiter again. The clam chowder was lukewarm definitely not hot enough, and we needed hot sauce and could not find anybody to get it from. We eventually flagged down someone else and when he brought hot sauce back to the table informed us when we asked that our waiter was on break. During this time, the white staff from the kitchen tried to deliver our main courses while we still had appetizers on the table. The table is very tiny and did not have room for additional dishes so they said they would take it back. We had long finished our appetizers and still had no word from anyone about our entrées. Again, we flagged down someone else, who said that we should rest assured that the kitchen would prepare fresh entrées because they were busy. When they finally brought our entrées to us, they definitely had not been prepared for freshly and had been sitting under a warmer. The clam chowder tasted exactly like the chicken pot pie so there would be no reason to order both, and the hamburger was good, but the sweet potato fries were cold. The bread was stiff from being under the warmer and the bread that accompanied the clam chowder was crumbly and dry. I would see no reason to ever return even though the ambience was cool and we enjoyed the history of the tavern.
We had a fabulous experience. Excellent food, drink and service. We loved the history and thoroughly enjoyed touring the museum before dinner.
It was a great experience of history and amazing food. If you like George Washington you will love this place . The museum is great for the history buff in you.
This is the place to try. It is Historic & Romantic and maybe a little magical. The food is excellent and the staff are first rate. Take your time and enjoy a beautiful evening at this legendary Tavern
We loved eating in the historical tavern; plus the food was great. Also enjoyed visiting the attached museum and seeing the long room where George Washington addressed his troops!
Great beer selection, good food variety and taste, but all kind of ruined by a service which wants you order ASAP, eat and drink ASAP, and pay and get out ASAP. Also the live music in the hall is too loud, do not expect a relaxed and welcoming experience here. Hope it all gets better and I can visit this historic venue again!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
We had dinner in the Piano Bar when Tim was playing, and the whole experience was fun and relaxed. The fireside old fashioned was great, the pear and arugula salad was fresh and lovely, and the chicken pot pie and pan seared salmon hit the spot on a cold night. Service was friendly and very good. Tim played excellently and took all the song requests he got, even if he wasn't completely familiar with them. Prices are reasonable for the location of the restaurant and the high quality of the food and drinks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
A lovely restaurant in need of improvements. . Chaotic hosts with attitude.and no attention to reservations. They sat walk-ins before seating our party because we were 15 minutes early. What's that about? Clearly not enough wait staff. Our server was distracted from our attention for our entire meal. She was busy transitioning from brunch to dinner. More than once I had to find her. Desert was a 15 minutes after ordering and coffee now cold. They compt the dessert after I raised the issue. Overall, it's a great place with good food and charming decor. Great bar too.
FABULOUS! Great food, GREAT ambience, Great time was had by all especially my visitor from Virgina!
Very historic and cool to visit. We visited on a Friday night in January, had reservations at 6pm, and were seated immediately. Had the beet salad and charcuterie board, both good but could have used more crackers. Fish and chips was a generous portion and very tasty. Strip steak and burger were both reportedly well cooked and delicious. Kids chicken tenders were dry in spots but the French fries and Mac and cheese sides were great. Overall a good value, service at a good pace, and a wonderful evening.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Loved this place, great vibes - colonialism speaking - the artichoke flatbread was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The Truffle fries were a soggy oily mess asked for mayo for the bison burger and waited and waited, asked 3 different servers - it never came - the burger got cold. the bun on the burger were dry and old as well one server accidently spilled a coctail into my wife's water - she apologized - took the dirty water glass but never returned with fresh water the warm baguette was cold and rubbery. sticky toffee puddimg came and they forgot the caramel sauce. the server threw it down on the tabek in front of us as well.
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