Hickory Tavern - Table reservation

So our story begins like most. Once upon a time not too far away in a place called Hickory Tavern in of all places HICKORY! This is going to be good. We enter the building and we're immediately greeted and seated. Oh yeah I like this story so far. After waiting for a bit. Not too long the waitress takes our drink order and as she's walking off one of my party says thank you to her. I'm thinking it normally works the other way around in most stories like this but whatever right...All of the sudden this Jeopardy song starts playing in my head and then ends, starts again and ends again. We're just waiting. OK there's our waitress with the drinks and she takes our orders. That stupid jeopardy so...

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Entrees: wings and fries, chicken tenders tossed in sauce and cheddar grits. 10/10 the food (not pictured spinach and artichoke dip with tortillas) Service is really mediocre and slacking just a tad. Ordered a beer and it was right next to us at the bar (we are at the high tops next to bar area) and didn’t get it for 10+ minutes, but was staring at it. Many people walked by it and saw it but didn’t want to help out our waitress. No one helps each other here and it is kinda the downfall of this place. Bathrooms need updated and renovated. Atmosphere is nothing fancy but I will say I like the music choices every time I come here. Overall I would recommend but just don’t expect too much.

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The restaurant wasn't very busy when we came in, but we waited at least 15 minutes for our waiter to come to our table with menus. There was a large table with a group of children that were running around the restaurant, screaming and hanging on the games. The staff wasn't happy with them either, but it was hard to give a better score on the atmosphere because of that issue. The food was good, although my dish had to be remade because the kitchen didn't notice my request to not have the spicy aioli. Luckily, the waiter did notice before he brought the food to the table. Will definitely eat here again and hope for better results.

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Good food. Good server named Krista: Atmosphere pretty good. However, an awfully long wait for a restaurant that was only half full; also not allowed to choose outside table as I was told there was a staff shortage yet some of those same tables were being served...? We sat at the long center common table with others that were either eating at one end or drinking bar drinks at the other-yet not one employee asked us if we wanted anything...? Based on what we encountered everywhere, things should've been explained a little better or differently.

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Cobb salad for lunch while watching Wimbledon. Fast service... excellent food.

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