Olde Hickory Tap Room

222 Union Square NW, Hickory - 28601
299 reviews
American Pubs
(828) 322-1965

We came to this place during swinging under the stars. They were very busy and we were told it would be about 25 min until our party of three could be seated. So we were delighted when the host came to find us in the crowd in only 15. We were shown to a booth, but my sister had different weds and we asked if we could have one of the empty tables and they were happy to accommodate. Our server was friendly observant and efficient. The prices are extremely reasonable. I had the Charleston Cesar Salad, it is a Cesar with crab cakes on top. It was decent. My sister had the chicken tender platter and it was large and tasty. Would recommend. My sister in law had a burger, and said it was awesome. We had a small batch IPA that was delicious and the hickory stick stout another winner. The facilities were clean. My only complaint is the bathroom stall is tiny. But hey that my opinion. 10/10.

Really fun atmosphere. The food was great.

First time there today for late lunch around 1:30pm. Very short wait for a table.Very good food. I had fish and chip, wife had steak. Both quite good. Price well within acceptable. Little noisy in there, but no big deal.Will go back.

To be fair, my dissatisfaction is centered on the fact I don't like craft beer and no domestics are offered. Craft beer wrecks my pallet and light domestic beer sets it up to enjoy food. Everybody else really likes this place.

Some of the best chicken tenders I've had around town. They're huge and not overly cooked. They got a wide variety of alcohol to select from. It's a good place to catch up with family and friends.

Would have been a 4 or 5 except they wouldn’t put tables together for our part of 11. Said the tables were in different sections. Not a good enough reason. So I probably will think twice before I go back. Thankfully we made it work!

Can't give a super honest review however not a bad place if you want to meet someone for the first time especially if you do the online dating thing. Maybe just grab a drink. Very casual type meeting place. Which is exactly why I was there. Lots of people around. Not a bad place to start if you're in the Hickory area. Also there is a nice outside area to sit as well. I literally got on Google and just Google searched "good place to meet somebody". That's how I found the place.

Really like this place. A little disappointed with the fish platter. You get 2bites of slaw, the side chips were very small portion but mostly it needed flavor. I had to put lots of salt and drown it with vinegar. So a little disappointed on that. Maybe just an off day. The bathrooms could use a good cleaning. Looks like TP dust on bath railing near floor for a year.

Horrible service; awful food! My family came after a play to have food and drinks here and we waited well over 30 minutes to be seated, even though there were plenty of servers seen doing nothing and plenty of people leaving tables that could’ve been cleaned. When we were finally seated we were so rushed to order that we hardly got to look at the menu. The food came out thrown together, the Mac n cheese for my toddlers were literally still kinda crunchy😅. We spent around $250 in total there and the ONLY main dish that was decent were the chicken tenders. I asked to speak to a manager about my experience, when we spoke I tried to be as optimistic as possible. I let him know that the server was nice, which he didn’t seem to care about and then talked to him about some of the unpleasant parts. There was no apology given at all for the wait, for the rush, for anything! He literally told me I should have planned my evening better and walked away. He showed no concern at all whatsoever with the fact that we didn’t have a good experience at his restaurant. The level of unprofessionalism that I experienced while speaking with a manager at this restaurant completely blew my mind! I’ve honestly never experienced such nonchalantness when speaking with a manager before in my life. He was so rude, blunt and simply did not care at all. I will NEVER be back there again and for n e one else who visits I hope your experience goes better than mine, mine was truly disturbing from start to finish. It’s crazy, managers are typically what will save an experience and turn it all around for the better. Things weren’t great at the restaurant but he is what actually the night just Awful! NEVER AGAIN!! Smh. Literally every other person that I spoke to was so much more professional and kind than he was.

Food was terrible took hour to get food Waitress take smoke breaks every 15 minutes outside