Wings were flavorful, French fries were cold and soggy, Mac and cheese was crispy but almost no cheese, pickles were delicious and very garlicky, soda was good but unfortunately was never refilled. Parking was difficult to find and there was a long wait more due to slow servers. Multiple tables were ready to check out and seemed to just be waiting around for their server. Likely wouldn’t visit again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
sheri sipes martel
The restaurant is supper busy but the manager runs it like a well oiled machine. Very aware of those coming in and waiting. Great service. Great food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
R. K.
Appetizers were fantastic. Service was good. Ambience was alright. Extremely loud inside and limited physical space outside. There’s potential here, given time to learn from experience I think this place will be ok. Will return (depending on crowd size).
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
J Wilk
Good food, great drinks, maybe little loud inside...but waiting time to get a table over the weekend wad waaay tooo long ;) Still worth it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Shannon Halterman
We really wanted to enjoy this restaurant, but we left disappointed. As others have shared, it’s very loud. Our waitress covered the basics but she detracted from our visit more than anything. The food was good and served hot. It is a shame that the attitude we received from our waitress overshadowed the entire experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Thai Wings
Joshua Parrish
You don’t meet humans of this caliber often, but you also don’t meet people who produce this caliber and quality of food and atmosphere - and also own and run the entire restaurant simultaneously (and not to mention TWO OF THEM? Legendary Eats gonna be my new favorite brekfus place too). From greeting us at the front door to mixing (the best) drinks and inspecting almost everything that came out of the kitchen in real time, while having casual conversation with us and making us feel like we just met our new best friends after recently moving to town, I’m not sure how they do it all, but hats off. Hands down. Best experience in a very long time (with people or a restaurant or food in general) Jess and Bill should be a vigorous inspiration to any who choose to get to know them, and if you don’t meet them, the food and the staff and the service will be enough to bring you back, I promise. Thank you both for the hospitality and good vibes and phenomenal food and drinks and we can’t wait to come back to try something new. Cheers 🍻 sincerely - Leslie and Josh
Absolutely love the food and drinks. We get excited to eat here. Getting a seat can be difficult sometimes. My family went here for a birthday, and was told we could wait for a table to open up while sitting in the couch area. We had already been there for more than 15min before this. When a table opened, a completely different group were seated instead. This was a once off situation, and we still love this place. Just pay attention to the tables when it gets busy. It is worth the wait for the food and drinks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Steak Frites, Chips and Queso
Tom Doyle
While traveling, we decided to try Hardens. Boy was I glad we stopped! We had drinks, followed by dinner. Good selection of beers & wine, lots of options for in-house cocktails. by 6:00 p.m. this small, intimate eatery was packed!
The dinner menu is quite simple, but, oh so delicious! I had the steak & frites - superb! The steak was perfectly cooked. My wife had the steak sandwich, equally delicious and properly prepared. They had a seasonal dessert that sounded so good; sorry I did not splurge and get it.
Go there, probably early, or around 7:00 PM, when seats open up for a 2nd seating. I enjoyed it and will return; I think you'll like it as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mayfly Meyhem
We were traveling from NY to NC and stayed overnight in Lexington. We found Hardens on Google and it had strong reviews, so we went there for dinner. We had the following:
Everything we at was fantastic, from prep to presentation to quality. We loved the ambiance in a small college town. If we ever go back to Lexington, this is our place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Troy Malcom
I DO NOT RECOMMEND I was employment here last night after almost two years. No one wants to work and constantly listen to hateful rhetoric about Christianity and political talk about how Venezuela and Kimmel were wronged. Hate for my President Trump ect. This is so unprofessional in a work environment. When I expressed this to the head cook ---my supervisor in the kitchen ,his response was don't come back. He was part of that hateful talk. No I don't recommend this place because the entire cook staff minus one who she was always respectful was part of the problem along with the employment of illegals in this Country working there under the table. Maybe listen if you're ever there and you will see. God Bless
We came here on a Thursday evening, and it was packed. The Thai chili chicken wings are delicious. The Brussels sprouts are also delicious but a bit too oily. The fries that come with the fried chicken sandwich is really crispy. The wedge salad is great. Overall, we had a great dining experience here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Katy Bischoff
Unique elevated bar food with local beverages.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tony Towler
It was a quiet night. Excellent service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Katherine Tancredi
The burger was amazing and the server was very helpful. For dessert I had a churro with horchata ice cream. The churro was okay, but the ice cream was amazing.
Wings were flavorful, French fries were cold and soggy, Mac and cheese was crispy but almost no cheese, pickles were delicious and very garlicky, soda was good but unfortunately was never refilled. Parking was difficult to find and there was a long wait more due to slow servers. Multiple tables were ready to check out and seemed to just be waiting around for their server. Likely wouldn’t visit again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
The restaurant is supper busy but the manager runs it like a well oiled machine. Very aware of those coming in and waiting. Great service. Great food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Appetizers were fantastic. Service was good. Ambience was alright. Extremely loud inside and limited physical space outside. There’s potential here, given time to learn from experience I think this place will be ok. Will return (depending on crowd size).
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Good food, great drinks, maybe little loud inside...but waiting time to get a table over the weekend wad waaay tooo long ;)
Still worth it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
We really wanted to enjoy this restaurant, but we left disappointed. As others have shared, it’s very loud. Our waitress covered the basics but she detracted from our visit more than anything. The food was good and served hot. It is a shame that the attitude we received from our waitress overshadowed the entire experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Thai Wings
You don’t meet humans of this caliber often, but you also don’t meet people who produce this caliber and quality of food and atmosphere - and also own and run the entire restaurant simultaneously (and not to mention TWO OF THEM? Legendary Eats gonna be my new favorite brekfus place too). From greeting us at the front door to mixing (the best) drinks and inspecting almost everything that came out of the kitchen in real time, while having casual conversation with us and making us feel like we just met our new best friends after recently moving to town, I’m not sure how they do it all, but hats off. Hands down. Best experience in a very long time (with people or a restaurant or food in general) Jess and Bill should be a vigorous inspiration to any who choose to get to know them, and if you don’t meet them, the food and the staff and the service will be enough to bring you back, I promise. Thank you both for the hospitality and good vibes and phenomenal food and drinks and we can’t wait to come back to try something new. Cheers 🍻 sincerely - Leslie and Josh
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Brussels Sprouts, Steak Frites, Thai Wings, Cheesecake
Absolutely love the food and drinks. We get excited to eat here. Getting a seat can be difficult sometimes. My family went here for a birthday, and was told we could wait for a table to open up while sitting in the couch area. We had already been there for more than 15min before this. When a table opened, a completely different group were seated instead. This was a once off situation, and we still love this place. Just pay attention to the tables when it gets busy. It is worth the wait for the food and drinks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Steak Frites, Chips and Queso
While traveling, we decided to try Hardens. Boy was I glad we stopped! We had drinks, followed by dinner. Good selection of beers & wine, lots of options for in-house cocktails. by 6:00 p.m. this small, intimate eatery was packed!
The dinner menu is quite simple, but, oh so delicious! I had the steak & frites - superb! The steak was perfectly cooked. My wife had the steak sandwich, equally delicious and properly prepared.
They had a seasonal dessert that sounded so good; sorry I did not splurge and get it.
Go there, probably early, or around 7:00 PM, when seats open up for a 2nd seating. I enjoyed it and will return; I think you'll like it as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We were traveling from NY to NC and stayed overnight in Lexington. We found Hardens on Google and it had strong reviews, so we went there for dinner. We had the following:
Ahi Tuna Tostado - phenomenal
Harvest Salad - phenomenal
Steak and Frites - phenomenal
Churros - phenomenal
Everything we at was fantastic, from prep to presentation to quality. We loved the ambiance in a small college town. If we ever go back to Lexington, this is our place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I DO NOT RECOMMEND I was employment here last night after almost two years. No one wants to work and constantly listen to hateful rhetoric about Christianity and political talk about how Venezuela and Kimmel were wronged. Hate for my President Trump ect. This is so unprofessional in a work environment. When I expressed this to the head cook ---my supervisor in the kitchen ,his response was don't come back. He was part of that hateful talk. No I don't recommend this place because the entire cook staff minus one who she was always respectful was part of the problem along with the employment of illegals in this Country working there under the table. Maybe listen if you're ever there and you will see. God Bless
Restaurantji Recommends
The food was great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We came here on a Thursday evening, and it was packed. The Thai chili chicken wings are delicious. The Brussels sprouts are also delicious but a bit too oily. The fries that come with the fried chicken sandwich is really crispy. The wedge salad is great. Overall, we had a great dining experience here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Unique elevated bar food with local beverages.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It was a quiet night. Excellent service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The burger was amazing and the server was very helpful. For dessert I had a churro with horchata ice cream. The churro was okay, but the ice cream was amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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