City Tavern

We were in Columbus in need of dinner on a Holiday and City Tavern was one of the few places open. It was a hit with our party of 4! The food is much better than your average bar fare. We ordered the pretzel sticks (excellent) and onion petals (just ok) for appetizers along with local beer. For the main course, we ordered the Reuben and fries, grilled cheese with tomato bisque, the pesto chicken, and the fire bird with cucumber, tomato & feta salad. We would highly recommend each of these dishes. The waitstaff is friendly and attentive. There is a lot of seating at the bar and at high tables. The only downside is that the music from the juke box was loud and made it difficult to carry on a conversation. But it's a great party atmosphere and if you're looking for great food, beer, and singing along with your favorite juke box hits it is an excellent choice for an evening in Columbus!!!

We've been to City Tavern several times and the food is always awesome. They've got some of the best mozzarella sticks in Columbus. They're bacon burgers are awesome as are the rueben and pulled pork sandwiches. And make sure you get the fresh cut fries and buffalo drumsticks while you're there. There's also a nice selection of draft beers. Service can be a little slow/uneven but not outrageously so.

Amazing place to go eat!! They have great food and drink options for all tastebuds. I'm newly a vegetarian and had the impossible burger which is a plant based burger my friends could barely taste the difference between this and the real one. Nice server as well food came out in a timely manner

UPDATE: only downgrading my review from 5 to 4 stars because I recently ordered pick up there and got the impossible burger again and it was burnt. A little disappointed probably would of sent it back if I dined in. Of course theses happen sometimes but made me reassess the quality.

First time a City Tavern for a Scotch tasting. Never knew of this place. Great service and great environment. It's bar food, so it's fitting with the place. Tasting was complimentary! Stop through if you were get a chance! Great happy hour specials as well!

Torn between a 4 and a 5. Service was a bit lacking a couple times but food was delicious. My daughter and I both got the Rueben. So delicious! I got the fries which were just meh. Daughters onion chips were tasty. Hubby got burger and said it was good. Daughter's boyfriend got the pulled pork with fried egg-bit messy but he seemed to enjoy it.

We had a great dinner here during restaurant week. I ordered the tomato bisque, butternut & cranberry salad, and cherry pie with ice cream. My husband got wings, the french dip, and a chocolate chip cookie. We both really enjoyed every item we ordered.

The tomato bisque was salty and creamy with a strong tomato flavor. The salad was my favorite part of the meal - a huge plate of greens with pepitas, goat cheese, butternut squash, dried cranberries, and vinaigrette. I will definitely order the salad again. The pie was just ok - nothing special but it tasted fine. I sampled my husbands french dip and immediately wanted to eat the other half of his sandwich.

I'm impressed with the menu at City Tavern and loved the space inside. I'll definitely be back soon to try some other menu items that looked tasty.

Wow. I didn't even know this place was here! Located in the old Wonderbread Bakery is this hidden gem.

Tuesday evening light crowd for early dinner. The service was impeccable. Attentive and friendly. Large selection of brews from around the state of Ohio. The food is.... ohmygosh very yummy! Because I was hungry, I ordered a "side" of loaded fries as an appetizer. The "side" portion was huge. I imagine the larger basket size would feed a small army! The fries are smothered in what I'd best describe as what one would find in a McDonalds Big Mac. Best loaded fries I've ever had.

My cheeseburger was stupendous. Big, meaty, and tons of fresh crisp toppings. This place has earned my repeat business!

This is a local place I'm not sure is too well known to people not familiar with the downtown area. It's in the old Wonder Bread building on 4th Street. I stumbled on it and I told everyone to get in the car and off we went. Destination unknown to them.

So I do have 2 kids (10 &13) and this place was great for them too. We went to lunch and I had the Reuben and it was really pretty good. Burgers and the grilled cheese and tomato soup was also ordered. Everything was really good.

I will definitely go back and eat again!

Excellent lunch! I had the California wrap with a side of tomato/cucumber/onion/feta salad. Loved them both. The wrap was chock full of bacon, chicken, tomatoes, lettuce, onion and just the right amount of cheese. It was so flavorful and juicy I didn't bother with the ranch dip. And the wheat wrap was thin and fresh - definitely not day-old. The salad was in a light vinaigrette and also very flavorful. My husband had the French dip and fries. He really liked his too.

Hey, look, it's the third restaurant here in the past three years, and it hasn't folded yet! Granted, the first two before it (Cray and it's bastard son, Factory on 4th) were owned by the same person that drove them into the ground, City Tavern is already leagues ahead in that regard. This spot is run by the same folks that own Park Street Tavern and Ledo's, and whether you like those spots or not, they've managed to become mainstays in the Columbus bar scene.

One thing about this spot that will never be great is its location. It's in an awkward spot to get to by car being right at the 670 off ramp, and nowhere really close to any other businesses. However, there's now a parking lot right next to it that's never full, so don't be afraid to drive over there.

The inside hasn't changed all that much minus them taking out the weird swing set looking decor that Factory on 4th had. The service was friendly and attentive, but we were the only people in there on a Sunday at lunch, so I'd hope so. One of the owner/cook/managers was there and was really cool and asked us to try some of the different dressings she had been working on for the wings. She seemed to really care about how the customers felt, so I can already tell they'll do better than the previous owner.

As far as the food, everyone in my group had wings, so I don't have a very diverse knowledge of the menu. I tried the Original City sauce, which is kind of like a BBQ and buffalo mixture, and the Cajun dry rub, and they were both very tasty. The ranch that came with it was a little flavorless though, so they could definitely work on that. The wings themselves were tender on the inside and nice and crunchy on the outside, but they are a little pricey at $13 for 10. I didn't see if they had a wing night, but if they do wing deals, I'd hop all over it.

We also tried the City Shrooms, and they were deliciously creamy with great earthy mushroom flavor that you can spread over the toasted crostinis. They were great, but if you're just getting it for yourself, it'll fill you up if you plan on getting more food.

I'd definitely come back again, especially with all the Ray Ray's BBQ on the menu, and the good looking burger pictures on here. It's your standard bar fare taken up a notch. I can see this definitely being more of a neighborhood spot, and I hope they do well enough that they're still around when Jeffrey Park blows up across the street. It's a bit hidden for passersby and maybe a bit out of the way for many people, but I'd say it's definitely worth giving it a go.