Commonwealth Restaurant & Skybar

Great space. Atmosphere, drinks, food. A place to pre- and post shows at the pavilion, or anytime.

A pretty cool restaurant in the Downtown Mall of Charlottesville. Like it says it's a Skybar when that is open during nicer weather. They have a really nice indoor area with good food, seating, and some really, really interesting and distinct drink cocktails and other offerings. I definitely suggest looking carefully at said menu - you might find some very unique and tasty treats!

I was so disappointed by this restaurant. My husband and I were in the area on a vacation weekend and this restaurant looks so much better online. First when we walked in no one was at the hostess stand so we waited for a few minutes for anyone to even greet us, then they took us to our table and we weren’t greeted by a server for at least 5 minutes and the only reason we were was because someone was walking around trying to figure out what table ordered the food he was carry

They were friendly and put out a good product. One criticism. The bartender served drinks with fingers all over the rim of the glass. Makes you wonder about training and sanitation.

Excellent live music, food, and a decent selection on tap. Enjoyed the rockfish, raw oysters, and calamari, though it's the first time I've ordered oysters somewhere that didn't note where they're from.

They have some goooood food....they have good music and an excellent vibe!! Cant wait to see Chronic Royale their.

Good drink selection, nice atmosphere!

Very cool spot where you can look down on mere pedestrians while sipping your favorite cocktail.

Really good fried oysters and nice crunchy fried chix sandwich.

Just had a beer but it's a nice place to hang out.

Have had great service and good food, but also bad service and not very good foid. Frequently crowded and noisy, avoid it on weekends

good vibe and nice atmosphere

Good beer selection, plus a side of their spicy and buttery peanuts!

Took over 30 minutes to get our appetizer. The restaurant was not crowded. Food decent only one waiter. Hate to see when it is busy! We won’t be going back. Had to ask for cocktail sauce for shrimp appetizer. Never asked if we needed anything. Only gave us ketchup for fish and chips!

Food was great. Went for brunch with family. Service however was more than lacking. After being seated our waiter treated us as if we were making his life difficult (we ordered 4 meals 2 of which were the same with no changes requested). He neglected to tell us about specials and after serving the food never came back.