Rustic Tavern

823 Newville Rd, Carlisle
(717) 245-2999

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Dan Turner

Often do business lunches here and I've gotten serious compliments on the food from our clients. Kinda basic, but quality.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jacob Pope

The food was amazing but beware massive portions!!! Service was a little slow but it was a Tuesday night and the place was packed so we understood any delays. Great vibe

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Crab Cake, Sweet Chili Salmon, Sweet Potato Fries

Kraig Nace (JUKE BOX HITS)

Staff on-site was great, food was great, and the restaurant is very nice. My only reason for withholding a star is the young lady who answered the phone (I called ahead for a group of nine) seemed annoyed and was not terribly personable on the phone.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: French Onion Soup

Christopher Eichelberger

The service was excellent. Waitress was friendly and very helpful in helping us choose what to eat. Our meals were very tasty. Between the family, we had steak, shrimp, seafood fettuccine, and cheese tortellini with crab alfredo. Everything was fresh and delicious. We will definitely be back.

Parking: The dining room is on one side & the bar is the other side with little dining, if you like on that side.

Kid-friendliness: Yes

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Side Salad, French Onion Soup, Sweet Chili Salmon, Bacon Wrapped Scallops, Sweet Potato Fries

Jodelle Wrenn

My husband and I have ate here 2 nights in a row because of how YUMMY our dinners were. I got the French onion soup which was amazing and my husband got the pork chops which he loved( and he’s picky). The service is on point as well. It’s a MUST GO if u are in the area!

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Baked Potato, Caesar Salad

Tony Cario

The Rustic Tavern is a bar with attached restaurant that has dillusions of grandeur. The dining area has been recently built, but the materials look cheap and small touches like the heavily scented candles or visibly uneven floor show through the veneer. The food has potential, but again fails miserably in the small things. For example, the crab cakes were good and made of real crab, but the cream cheese came in prepackaged containers and the broccoli ordered as a side dish were very overcooked and came to the table yellow and limp. The chicken alfredo has chicken that tasted reheated and the Alfredo came from a jar that used skim milk rather than cream and never came within yards of a block of parmesan. It is an continuing example of the massive decline in the American restaurant scene.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Crab Cake, Baked Potato

Guy Younger

Great beans with tomatoes; full pours; great steak.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: French Onion Soup, Onion Rings, Crab Cake

Desert Queen

Great grilled chicken sandwich

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

David Downey

They're known for seafood and steaks here and the place was packed. It took a long time to get a table without reservations and the food was good, but I wouldn't go out of my way to return there.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Sweet Chili Salmon, Bacon Wrapped Scallops

Debra Jakubic

As usual, food and service were amazing. Thank you!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmesan, Onion Rings, Sweet Chili Salmon

David W. Jardine

Love you guys and good #FRESHSEAFOOD only keeps getting better and better. OUR WAITRESS was very polite, food has a stunning presentation but you really should try it out for yourself you will not go away hungry.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chris B

Great Food & Service!!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Stacey Cassner

As soon as our party sat down, we were greeted with nothing but attitude from our waitress. Maybe she was having a bad night, but that's no excuse for eye rolls and to make our experience bad (luckily for her 18% gratuity was automatically applied to our bill 🙄). French onion soup had potential but was way too salty to eat (and I LOVE salty food!) OK, first 15 minutes off to a bad start, we're still hopeful for a good dinner. Well, that too was a disappointment. Prime rib lacked flavor and was overcooked for being medium rare and was served with canned mushrooms!? Not even Texas Roadhouse does that! Such a letdown. No one in our party enjoyed their meal except for the 2 year old who was in attendance and ordered pizza. At least she was happy lol. Only thing I ingested that was decent was the orange crush. Kudos to the bartender. Lastly, the bathroom... oh boy the bathroom. My shoes stuck to the floor, one stall was completely out of toilet paper and it smelled of urine. I've used Porta pottys with better maintenance. Overall, horrible experience and will not return.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Nina Steele

This place has gone down the tubes. First of all it feels like you’re dining in your grandmothers aunts basement. There’s no music playing. It’s extremely loud in there you can barely hold a conversation. Our waitress needs to find a new line of work. So rude. She had an attitude as soon as we sat down (larger party), she rolled her eyes at the simplest of requests, bumped into us giving us our food, spilled a drink all across my FIL’s menu. She didn’t ask if we were ready to order she just pointed and said “what can I get you”. As for the food. You’re better off getting a $10 box from Pizza Hut. The food is overpriced for the quality of Sysco Food. Nobody in our party enjoyed their food. The French onion soup was so overly salty, I caught an attitude because I sent it back and asked if it could be taken off the bill. The steak was dry, unseasoned and overcooked. Everything was under seasoned. And to top things off she took a pitcher of water off our table and gave it to a different table. Water that had already been on our table. We didn’t drink any of it but that’s besides the point. Get them new water? We were not at all happy with one minute of our experience here. They need some serious help. Jon Taffer, you out there?

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Barr Foste

Good food

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