The Corner Tavern & Grill

Reviews

• Drinda B.

  star star star star star 4 June 2026

  First time visiting on a Sunday and received great service.  I was pleasantly surprised at the tasty vegetarian items.

• Michael Z.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 4 June 2026

  If I could, I wish I gave half star. We live close to and walk past the tavern many times and usually see a large crowd of customers eating in the restaurant. Thinking it must be good, our family of 4 finally decided to give it a shot. We came in around 5:30pm on a week day, and it's still early for dinner. Not lots of customers there and we could see waiters/waitresses wandering around. We picked up a table inside, sitting there for literally 5 minutes without anybody attending to us. Not a single soul asked us about menus, questions, or something to drink, although a couple of waitresses saw us coming in. None.
  
  I don't care how the food tastes. The tavern is scratched from my directory, for ever.

• Mike S.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 2 June 2026

  We actually had wanted to go to Brew N Que across the street to get ribs because my wife was in the mood and we hadn't been there in a while, but we had assumed it was open on a Sunday and it wasn't.  So we searched for other rib places on Google Maps and found that most of them were closed.  One of the places that popped up in our search was The Corner.  I remembered my dad saying some time ago that their ribs were great.
  
  When we got there, I was surprised that it was a Sunday night with most of their competition closed and there was no one seated in the dining area.  There were some people in the small bar area drinking and watching sports.  That should have been a red flag.
  
  We were told that we could sit anywhere, so we picked a spot and AS SOON AS WE SAT DOWN, a waitress was on top of us asking what we wanted to drink.  I had no idea what they had!  No time to look at the menu.  We ended up ordering what we always do, a sweet tea and a water.  After she walked away, I noticed that neither the drink menu nor the food menu listed any regular drink options like soda or tea, just the alcohol.
  
  I saw that ribs weren't on the menu, so I asked the waitress and she replied that they had condensed the menu some time ago and they no longer served ribs.  THE RIBS WERE THE WHOLE REASON WE HAD GONE THERE!  Thanks, Google!  We were both disappointed, but we had already ordered drinks because we had no chance to look at the menu first, so we reluctantly decided to stay.
  
  Eventually we decided on the following:
  -Ly wanted the pulled pork plate that came with hush puppies and a side.  Her side would be coleslaw.  Total price: $11.99
  -I wanted the fish & chips, described as being beer battered white fish with tarter.  Ly doesn't care for hush puppies, so I ordered a side of sweet potato fries for her to eat, figuring we could share them and I'd eat her hush puppies.  The price for the fish & chips was also $11.99, plus $1.99 for the sweet potato fries because they're a premium side.
  
  The food didn't take too long to come out, mostly because we were the only ones eating.  But I immediately noticed that something was wrong with our order.
  
  For one thing, the waitress had failed to mention to Ly that the pulled pork already came with a small side of coleslaw and maybe suggest that we get something else, so now my wife had extra coleslaw to eat.  The pork was puddled on the plate with 3 small hush puppies on the side.  (I found it strange that they serve pulled pork and coleslaw but don't have a pulled pork sandwich on the menu.)
  
  But it was my meal that really annoyed us.  I had one piece of fried fish on my plate with sweet potato fries, a little cup of tarter sauce, and a little cup of coleslaw.  Where were the chips for my fish & chips?  So I called the waitress over and asked her what the fish & chips normally came with.  She said that it came with a piece of fish and fries.  I informed her that I figured as much but had expected my side of sweet potato fries (that I paid extra for) to be WITH the fish & chips.  She said that she knew the fish already came with fries, so she just made the sweet potato fries my chips.  Okay, but then why was I paying $14 for a piece of fried white fish and a handful of sweet potatoes?!
  
  Here, the waitress had failed to make sure of what I wanted.  She decided to short me the chips without clearing it with me first.  Had she said something to me when I placed the order, I would of told her that I wanted both the chips with the fish AND I wanted the sweet potato fries.  That's what I was paying for!
  
  The fish was actually good and didn't taste like the bland frozen fish fillets you get from Food Lion or Salem Street Pub in Apex.  But it's not worth $14!  The pulled pork was also great, being honest here.  The food itself is why I gave two stars instead of one.
  
  So we were finishing up our meal.  My wife and I share food as couples do, so I had given her some fish and she'd given me some of her pulled pork.  I guess the waitress saw that the fish and potato fries were gone, so she hurried to the table and said, "I'm gonna take your plate now".  It wasn't mean or anything, just a statement of fact.  Before I could say anything, she had the plate with my fork and sped toward the kitchen.  I wasn't done eating yet!  I still had the pulled pork on my plate!  So that was strike three for the waitress.
  
  She then had the gall to ask if we wanted a dessert menu, to which we declined and asked for the check.  I gave her a $2 tip (and no less just because she was prompt to a fault) and wrote on the paper, "Ask customers questions before doing things!"
  
  So we paid $27.86 for a puddle of pulled pork, more coleslaw than we could eat, one piece of fried fish, and sweet potato fries.
  
  On top of this, the wait staff chatted and laughed loudly the whole time.  One worker spent the whole time watching the football game.  This place could lower the prices and hire less people for a Sunday.
  
  Not going back.

• Kari D.

  star star star star star 26 May 2026

  This place is a great little sports bar. Their wings are great, their burgers and nachos are tasty. We have been in and the service is good. We have also ordered through Uber Eats and have only had an issue one time. Definitely a go-to for bar food!

• Kat J.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 24 May 2026

  Very disappointed with my first experience at the corner tavern and grill. My mom, dad and I came to the restaurant tonight (Wednesday) around 6pm. We were the only people in the dining room. Our waitress (Sarah) was completely clueless, didn't know the drink specials and forgot about us many times. She was standing in the bar area talking to 2 other employees the entire time. The food took longer than it should for us being the only people in there. Once we were done and flagged our waitress down, she brought us the wrong check. Definitely won't be coming back.