Reviews & Ratings for Pipers Tavern

11/17/11

Pipers

by Ceater at Citysearch

Bartender rude and snotty

07/08/11

Decent little hangout

by DrBabar at Citysearch

Been in several times, staff seems busy but nice. Looks like the kind of place that if you know a few people in there, it could be a blast. I'd give the food an 7.5 and mixed drinks an 8.

12/28/10

Coming here for a long time BUT

by Lukenuke at Citysearch

Last time I came the onion soup which I've always thought was better than Coquette's was bad. The pizza we ordered had uncooked peppers and onions on it. The prime rib night is amazing.

09/15/10

I LOVE THIS PLACE!

by JustNo at Citysearch

We always hear people talking about how great this place is, but for one reason or another never made it there until the other night.

It was fabulous, great food, HUGE portions extremely reasonable prices. I'm from up North so this is the kind of restaurant that is in every neighborhood. I love it here in the South but there are not enough of these types of resatiurants in Raleigh. I definately got a Cheers kind of vibe from the place, chain restaurants are fine but if you are from up North you know exactly what I mean.

The shrimp and grits were outstanding, our waitress told us the desserts were made from scratch everyday, so of course I had to try one..OMG choc cake!

The only problem was that the we picked a night that was really busy so we had to sit outside on the porch. The sun was in my eyes the whole time and someone ran in the restaurant and left their car running while we were eating. After they left and the sun went down we had no complaints!

09/12/10

Not a good experience

by rick63 at Citysearch

This place was miserable the time we visited. My Reuben sandwich was dry and tough, and the fries were undercooked and soggy. I could still taste the freeze in them. They didn't even taste fresh. We had asked for salad at a $1.50 extra charge and accepted that. The waitress came back to the table and said "the owner says you have to pay $4.50 if you want a Ceasar salad." She should have known this in the first place. When I questioned why, she said "I just work here, I don't make the rules...." Just not a good experience for us. Maybe it was the one occasion, but we won't go back. Once is all you need with so many other choices in Raleigh.

08/21/10

hmm

by laracov at Citysearch

The food was really good ...even though our waiter got my order wrong after asking me three times.. servers standing around a lot which doesn't bother me really unless you're seated right next to their server station.

So basically, bad service..wrong food..took forever to get waiters attention but the food made up for it :)

08/18/10

Not a good time.

by penguingurl at Citysearch

We went for dinner and then to stick around for some drinks with friends afterwards..it took forever to get our food which was a few simple items..then the server ploped out food down and never came back until we went to the bar to get her and get our check. The staff could care less aout service.

The bar had one or two people..i did not want to have a drink with. We left and will not be back. Not the "nice" little place like i had expected.

01/03/10

Pipers tavern has a really good open mic..

by metalguitar76 at Citysearch

I liked going to Pipers Tavern for their open mic. I had a really good time and the people their were really friendly.

• Pros: Friendly hosts and people...

04/24/09

Great Sunday Brunch

by SeaMonkey at Citysearch

We have been to Pipers for lunch and dinner but had not been in for the brunch. It was outstanding. The only down side was the wait, but it was worth it.

• Pros: A large selection of breakfast and lunch items
• Cons: The wait

04/10/09

Awful manager, poor food

by ponyfros at Citysearch

My husband and I ate there tonight. He ordered fish and chips for fourteen dollars and I ordered the crabcake sandwich that came out cold in the middle. I told the waitress and she took it back. I waited fifteen minutes for another sandwich while my husband finished his greasy, tasteless fish. For fourteen dollars. When my crabcake sandwich finally arrived, I asked her to take it back because my husband had finished eating and we came here to have dinner together. Not separately. I asked for the manager. After explaining the situation, she got an 'attitude' and said that now they'd have to throw two meals away. I responded that if they had done it correctly the FIRST time that would not be a problem. She really irritated me when she tried to give me a guilt trip for not being happy with my cold, crabcake sandwich. She excused herself and soon the chubby part owner came over. He had an attitude immediately and when I tried to explain the problem, he just kept talking over me. He was rude, he had an arrogant attitude and kept saying how much money he makes at his restaurant and couldn't understand why I was not happy with the meal. I tried to explain that when my husband and I go out to dinner we like to dine TOGETHER and I certainly expected a crabcake sandwich to be at least WARM on the inside. Again, he didn't listen, started talking over me and that's when I left the table. The food was tremendously overpriced, the staff certainly not gracious and we would never go back. Go to Winston's. A much better atmosphere where you'll at least feel like you're having a nice evening out. Go to Duffy's. Both places serve tremendously better food and you don't get an 'attitude' if you might have a problem with your food. This place definitely caters to a lower class of people, who probably think an evening out at a kind of run-down bar, with overpriced, greasy food is a fun night out. The owner definitely fits that category. Complete with dirty shorts, messy shirt and just an unkempt appearance. One has to wonder what the kitchen looks like. Scary, I would guess. Don't go.

• Pros: non
• Cons: expensive prices for poor quality food,