Fantastic! It's been a long time since I felt like I was getting my money's worth when going out to eat. Especially in VA! You can taste that they actually cook and prepare their food. Everything we had was exceptional. The service was top notch! She has worked there for atleast 15 years she said. That tells you something! She was amazing and they were busy! Thanks for making our dinner worth wild! Will definitely come back.
William Bock
Great dinner, lots of great food
Rob
Charming, quaint, and historic restaurant.
Jordan Ortega
Wonderful Everytime! Excellent food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Leonard Krulewich
The trout was excellent and the duck breast with peppercorn sauce, spinach and chorizo was very good. Warm bread with orange butter was delish. The oysters Rockefeller were different (spinach was not creamy) but still hit the right notes. For desert, the tirramisu was enough for 3 or 4. Service was excellent
Wheelchair accessibility: Street level entrance with a dining room on street level
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: House Salad with Garlic Parmesan Dressing, Oyster Rockefeller, Duck Breasts
Joby Jerrells
The Tavern in Abingdon, Virginia is one of the oldest continuing operating restaurants in the United States. Nestled in the heart of Appalachia, The Tavern has been in operation since 1779 and frequented by Henry Clay, L’Enfant, the King of France, and President Andrew Jackson.
Western Virginia and western North Carolina need you now more than ever. Towns like Damascus, home of the Virginia Creeper Trail, Boone, and Asheville were hit hard by the rain from Hurricane Helene.
I enjoyed an awesome meal with family at The Tavern. For our appetizers we had the jumbo shrimp and escargot, which were excellent.
The house salad with the orange balsamic dressing was delicious and fresh.
Entrees included New York strip and crab cakes, both cooked to perfection and well-seasoned.
Reservations recommended.
This is an uncompensated, independent review.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Cakes, Escargot
Gina Alazawi
Absolutely amazing! The Tavern is a perfect spot for a romantic dinner. The food was crazy good and you got lots of it. Although pricey, it was worth ever penny. I never mind paying more for quality, and this certainly was. Our server, wasn't horrible, but he seemed agitated and came across curt and snappy. I suppose I wouldn't have noticed but the other tables near us had amazing servers so it was easy to notice ours wasn't as engaged or on that level. ( I will ask for Ezra next time) The Tavern is cozy, historical and the food is over the top fabulous.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Daniel Greene
Drove an hour from Kingsport for the worst service that I’ve had in years. Food was mediocre.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Sharon Sellman
Dinner was wonderful! Oysters Rockefeller were delicious, onion soup was perfect with croutons and cheese, but the trout was the best I ever tasted! Smoked lightly and juicy! Jambalaya was as good as in New Orleans! Fresh bread with raspberry butter! Decor was great for an historic tavern, and service was excellent.
The Black and Blue Medallions are AMAZING! Seriously, so good! The upstairs seating can get a bit warm but everything is cozy and beautiful.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Becky Puckett
This place is impossible to get into. The 1st time we attempted… we called multiple times & no one would answer the phone. We ended up stopping in to see if we could get in… the hostess out front said “did you call to make reservations?”!!!! Recently, we were in town again and called for reservations for the next day & the lady that answered the phone just said they were booked that day and hung up the phone! I wanted to inquire about a later date, but I am not that interested now. ?
Recommended dishes: Jagerschnitzel, Baked Salmon, French Onion Soup
Josh Robertson
The food and service at The Tavern are great. We enjoyed our dinner there this past weekend. My wife and I both got the filet medallions and they were good. The service was good as well. The Tavern itself is a very cool old, historic place. We enjoyed ourselves there but likely would not return. It was very pricey. For my wife and I, we spent $150 here for 2 dinners and 2 teas, plus tip. It was a good meal, but not $150 good. We actually had better steak at a restaurant in Bristol, and spent $55 for 2 entrees, 2 teas, 2 salads and 2 desserts. I am not knocking The Tavern, just be prepared to spend a lot of money here, and it's not a restaurant you would expect to have the prices that they do.
Fantastic! It's been a long time since I felt like I was getting my money's worth when going out to eat. Especially in VA! You can taste that they actually cook and prepare their food. Everything we had was exceptional. The service was top notch! She has worked there for atleast 15 years she said. That tells you something! She was amazing and they were busy! Thanks for making our dinner worth wild! Will definitely come back.
Great dinner, lots of great food
Charming, quaint, and historic restaurant.
Wonderful Everytime! Excellent food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The trout was excellent and the duck breast with peppercorn sauce, spinach and chorizo was very good. Warm bread with orange butter was delish. The oysters Rockefeller were different (spinach was not creamy) but still hit the right notes. For desert, the tirramisu was enough for 3 or 4. Service was excellent
Wheelchair accessibility: Street level entrance with a dining room on street level
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: House Salad with Garlic Parmesan Dressing, Oyster Rockefeller, Duck Breasts
The Tavern in Abingdon, Virginia is one of the oldest continuing operating restaurants in the United States. Nestled in the heart of Appalachia, The Tavern has been in operation since 1779 and frequented by Henry Clay, L’Enfant, the King of France, and President Andrew Jackson.
Western Virginia and western North Carolina need you now more than ever. Towns like Damascus, home of the Virginia Creeper Trail, Boone, and Asheville were hit hard by the rain from Hurricane Helene.
I enjoyed an awesome meal with family at The Tavern. For our appetizers we had the jumbo shrimp and escargot, which were excellent.
The house salad with the orange balsamic dressing was delicious and fresh.
Entrees included New York strip and crab cakes, both cooked to perfection and well-seasoned.
Reservations recommended.
This is an uncompensated, independent review.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Cakes, Escargot
Absolutely amazing! The Tavern is a perfect spot for a romantic dinner.
The food was crazy good and you got lots of it. Although pricey, it was worth ever penny.
I never mind paying more for quality, and this certainly was. Our server, wasn't horrible, but he seemed agitated and came across curt and snappy. I suppose I wouldn't have noticed but the other tables near us had amazing servers so it was easy to notice ours wasn't as engaged or on that level. ( I will ask for Ezra next time) The Tavern is cozy, historical and the food is over the top fabulous.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Drove an hour from Kingsport for the worst service that I’ve had in years. Food was mediocre.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Dinner was wonderful! Oysters Rockefeller were delicious, onion soup was perfect with croutons and cheese, but the trout was the best I ever tasted! Smoked lightly and juicy! Jambalaya was as good as in New Orleans! Fresh bread with raspberry butter!
Decor was great for an historic tavern, and service was excellent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Such a wonderful place! Food is unbelievable!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Filet Medallions, Oyster Rockefeller, Crab Cakes
Restaurantji Recommends
The Black and Blue Medallions are AMAZING! Seriously, so good! The upstairs seating can get a bit warm but everything is cozy and beautiful.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is impossible to get into. The 1st time we attempted… we called multiple times & no one would answer the phone. We ended up stopping in to see if we could get in… the hostess out front said “did you call to make reservations?”!!!!
Recently, we were in town again and called for reservations for the next day & the lady that answered the phone just said they were booked that day and hung up the phone! I wanted to inquire about a later date, but I am not that interested now. ?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Dwayne is the best waiter!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Filet Medallions, Jagerschnitzel, Tavern Onion Soup, Stuffed Mushrooms
Great food served outside under the stars.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jagerschnitzel, Baked Salmon, French Onion Soup
The food and service at The Tavern are great. We enjoyed our dinner there this past weekend. My wife and I both got the filet medallions and they were good. The service was good as well. The Tavern itself is a very cool old, historic place. We enjoyed ourselves there but likely would not return. It was very pricey. For my wife and I, we spent $150 here for 2 dinners and 2 teas, plus tip. It was a good meal, but not $150 good. We actually had better steak at a restaurant in Bristol, and spent $55 for 2 entrees, 2 teas, 2 salads and 2 desserts. I am not knocking The Tavern, just be prepared to spend a lot of money here, and it's not a restaurant you would expect to have the prices that they do.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Filet Medallions
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