Archibald’s Tavern

Just moved to Woodcreek and looking for a neighborhood resteraunt and draft house so stopped in to Archibalds. Waited 15 minutes and no service. The bartender and waitress were talking to the 6 other people in the place and finally after 20 minutes got up and left. Made my way to Bass Lake for excellent service and food was great! 5 stars for My new favorite hangout-​and it’s not Archibalds.

Went there a couple of times & it was horrible. They started closing the blinds while we were eating, it was 10pm & they don’t close until midnight. Haven’t been back in almost 2 years

Owner not considerate and rude. Food is horrible and there are many local drunks that hang here. I would rather get food at McDonalds. The music? What? I still can’t hear 4 months after a band played here. This is a college bar with no college near by. Go somewhere else.

I have been to Archibald’s Tavern several times now since it is in a convenient location. The one problem that I have always had is the service. They always seem to be understaffed but not that busy.
This past time we visited with a group, ordered a few beers and hung out. A few wanted to order food so the waitress came over and said she would be right back. a little bit later I ended up having to find someone to say that we were ready to order food, she ended up calling our waitress over who finally took our order. The food looked okay, I usually opt to just grab a few beers here during trivia or when a game is being shown on one of the several TV’s. A huge disappointment was that one of my friends ordered a beer & the waitress asked 16oz or 20oz so he decided to order the 20oz based on the price that was stated. When he got the check that 20oz beer was SEVEN dollars! I can get a 23oz beer for less than that at any tavern or bar around the area, ridiculous.
Since it is convenient I would go back to have a beer and watch football.

Bar scene with nice service. Average-​looking place with rear strip parking. Not a hell of a lot to say because there’s not much to it. From the other reviews, it sounds like a liquor joint with bad food and a hotspot for hard drinkers. I only had the food.
I don’t want to say it’s bad, but it was utterly devoid of any frills. The burger was noticeably smaller than the bun, the fries were charmless, as was everything else involved — from lettuce to pickles. The bland meal was something you could whip up at home yourself after a quick trip to Food Lion. And I think dining out should be more than that, otherwise why even go out? Seasoning, presentation, care, etc. go a long way.
Yeah not in love with the food. But since I cannot identify with the lame experiences depicted from some other Unilocalers, they still get a somewhat favorable review. Barely.

have eaten here regularly as food is decent and location is convenient. however we are likely done with it after last week. went in for dinner, took forever to get appetizer and waitress never came back. had to ask bartender for check and all he said was «sorry». he should have recognized us as regulars but even if he didn’t he obviously was not too concerned about making us happy. service has always been inconsistent and when they have live music noise level is intolerable.

Bar with a few TVs. Have horribly loud music occasionally. Next to a daycare in a strip mall set up. Also about 10 steps from a sketchy gas station. It’s sketchy as all get out. It’s a typical sports bar… But awful, horrible, bad location. Do you want to get drunk in front of 3 – 5 year olds? The food is not great and service is subpar. Very disappointed. Would rather do «Homegrown» down the street.

We have tried this 4 or 5 times. hoping it will get better. Food is not good.(fries were greasy and cold) Service is not good. (the waitress sat down with us and started telling us her personal problems) The atmosphere is not good. (Saturday night at 10 pm the overhead lights were on way too bright. felt like an interogation room, not a bar) And then there are the drunken smokers outside harassing you as you pass by. So sad. The location is good.

Food is terrible. Went there on 50 cent wing night. Placed order for 20 wings only got 17. Was still charge for 20 plus $ 1 for the celery stalks and .50 cents for the ranch dip. Wings where over cooked, fried to death. Patrons there just a bunch of power drinkers. They should close down and become a tobacco store.

Our family loves this place!!! Kids eat free on Wednesday. The service is friendly and fun. The food is so good. Wings! Nachos! Salads! Sandwiches! Burgers! Fish and chips! Family trivia on Wednesdays, is soo much fun.

Local bar. It’s a good place to grab a beer and chill. I wouldn’t recommend it for watching games. Food is horrible. Greasy, slow, cold wings. Menu is very small & little selection. Staff is nice but not fast. The place attracts some «unique» individuals. Our second visit here starter with a drunk lady smoking outside complaining about our head lights. Ummm it’s dark out and we were parking not sure what she expected us to do. But she was very drunk and belligerent. It ruined the rest of our experience as the place smelled like smoke because smokers smoke right by front door and the smoke gets in easily. Will try again and hopefully a better experience.

My wife and I have been here a few times since my last review, and overall things have gotten better.
They have updated their menu and there are a lot more items especially the appetizer selection and they even added a couple desserts.
Our waitress said they finally took the comments left from diners and made the patty melt larger to fit the bread, hopefully they will continue that trend with other comments.
Kitchen is still a little slow but I can say that the table service has improved.
Food was OK, though a little under seasoned. I upgraded my side to the garlic Parmesan chips and the chips were overcooked. The waitress replaced them with fries without any issue.
I always see a lot of people at the bar, not many people at the tables. I would definitely classify this more as a bar that serves food.

Just walked in on a Saturday night at 12:45, several other patons even opened the door for us. They were all outside with drinks in hand smoking. We walked in to a few people standing at the bar only to be turned away by the bartender because they were «closed.» That’s all she said. «We’re closed.» Check your operating hours online. It stated that you are open til 2am. The bartender didn’t even apologize. When we walked out we let the patrons, who opened the door for us, know they were closed. And one piped up and said come back tomorrow I’m working at 11. I let her know I will never be back.

Worst place I have been in a while. Had a Groupon to give it a shot since it’s close to home. Poor, slow service. No beer or wine list and waitress didn’t know what they had. Bad food: fish and chips was soggy and must have been in their freezer a while. Slaw tasted exactly like Food Lion’s. Slice of pie was the smallest I have ever seen. I really don’t know how they have stayed in business.

We had a Groupon so we went on a Tuesday afternoon, around 1pm. They were understaffed and the food was just ok. Without the Groupon it would have been over $ 100 for four kids and three adults. Most of us had burgers. THe crab cakes were ok. The nachos looked nasty.

I had high hopes for this place, since they are literally right up the road from us. I saw a banner hanging outside last week, advertising a kids menu, so we brought our 3 year old along confident it would be a family friendly restaurant. Although we saw several other families with children and they did have booster seats, high chairs and a kids menu, I wouldn’t say this is one of the BEST options for kids. The small space is filled with mostly high tops tables, a large bar, a few booths, jukebox, and racy looking bar game. It’s rather dark and gave me a «bar» feel the moment we walked in and a drunk patron, sitting at the bar started talking to my 3 year old.
We ordered the fried Macaroni and Cheese to start, hoping my mac & cheese loving child would have a go at them too. He wasn’t interested and honestly (also a mac & cheese lover) I wasn’t impressed either. To boot, the menu said they came with a spicy chili dipping sauce, but we got Ranch? The kids menu is decent and looks like pretty much every kids menu, although milk was not a drink option. My husband ordered the fish and chips and although the fish was crispy, it wasn’t very flavorful. I ordered a hot ham and cheese with fries. The fries looked more delicious than they tasted (again, lacking flavor) and the hot ham and cheese was just that. It could have used some horseradish mayo or something… again, FLAVOR.
As we were paying the bill, a game of trivia was about to begin. I would recommend this bar if you’re looking for a hangout to throw back a few and play some games with friends, but we won’t be back for a family outing.

I have been three times. Each with different people for different purposes. The first time I went I went alone just to pop in and check it out and grab a beer or 3. Had recently opened and hadn’t been yet. Always looking for a nice local place to grab a beer after golf, work, fishing, or just for the heck of it. It was pretty busy at the bar, but several tables were available. Being a single, I wasn’t going to take up a table to drink a beer. So I stood at the bar behind those seated in the stools trying to make eye contact with the bartenders to place an order. After about 7 or 8 minutes I decided to try the universal sign of «Give me a drink». I held a $ 20 in my hand that was clearly visible to anyone who looked in my general direction. 10 minutes later I still had a $ 20 in my hand instead of a beer. So I left.
The 2^nd time I went was after spending an hour at the Wake County Shooting Range and I decided to pop in for a couple as my kids were at a party that wasn’t over yet and had some time to kill and the bar is right down the street from where they were. I also happened to be hungry. Place was not to busy so actually got some service this time. Fish and Chips were one of the food specials that night, so I got it. Big mistake. It was clearly a mass produced, frozen and reheated product and it showed. Was wet, soggy, and bland. On the bright side, my beers came quick and the fries were good.
Third time was again after a trip to the shooting range and went there after with a friend who was leaving town the next morning. I didn’t eat but he did. He didn’t have any complaints about the food. I just had a few beers. But the original beer I ordered it turns out was out of stock and it took the server a few minutes to come back after placing the order to tell me they were out. The staff should know which beers are not available and let you know when you try to order one.
I guess its an alright place for just grabbing a drink or two, but I wouldn’t plan on it being a place to go for the night and have a meal.

I would like to preface this by saying that I’m super easy to please, and I’ve never been anywhere that’s managed to mess up «bar food.»
After passing this place several times, we finally decided to try it. We were both disappointed. There weren’t more than 10 people in the place, but service was slow. It took a while for us to get our orders in and then a long time to get our food, which seemed weird because they weren’t packed and we didn’t order anything complex.
My husband ordered a cheeseburger and I ordered the fish sandwich. The food was okay– very plain and nothing special about it. My sandwich didn’t come with tartar sauce, even though it was supposed to. Should I have just asked for some? Probably. But the service had been so slow and I was hungry so I just ate it.
The place was clean and the prices were reasonable, but as soon as we walked out we said we’d never be back. If you want bar food, there are several other places in the area that do it better.

I’m sad to see that a couple of others had bad experiences at Archibald’s. I’ve only had good times here.
I personally think their burgers are fantastic, and any bar that has Magners Cider available is OK in my book.
It’s a neighborhood bar in a neighborhood that needed one. Works for me!

Wow. How can the only «hang out» on the corner of Holly Springs road and Sunset lake, the «main street» for a mass of high end homes and hungry people, be so lame?
First, they took a very nice corner building encased by wall to ceiling windows and painted them black. Forget about any view on the happenings outside. You get to look out at the parking lot. It’s dark, and there seem to be some barflies hanging out regularly.
Then you try to order. I’ve been there a few times out of a sort of necessity for something close and a hope for improvement, and I’m not sure if the waiters are stoned or just inexcusably slow. One woman forgot our order not once, not twice, but three times, coming back to ask us again and again what it was we’d asked for. She wasn’t there the next time I came, but things hadn’t improved much.
To top this off, the food is just crap, frankly. How can you call yourself a tavern or restaurant and show such little care for a simple sandwich or burger? Yeah they have some fries or something that aren’t a disaster, but who cares? This place is a sad mistake that should close or be taken over by somebody who wants to actually make money by selling good food while offering a place to hang out with family and friends on a very busy, viable street corner. The customers are there…