TJ’s Tavern

With what can only be described as Oliver Twist gruel, the broccoli cheese soup started it all off wrong. Salt and saltine crackers couldn’t even bring flavor back to this bland mucus. Awful. That was followed up with a crabmeat asparagus Mac and cheese. I already ordered my soup, but apparently they wanted me to have another. Runny, slimy, tasteless, cold in the middle, hot on the outside, avoid it at all costs. I couldn’t hardly eat either one of those so I figured 3’s a charm and ordered the apple cobbler. How you screw up a dessert is beyond me. Restaurants who leave the skin on the apples in an apple cobbler, should be taken out back and skinned themselves. Not sure what they used to season the cobbler, but it wasn’t flavor. Combine that with drinks where I had to ask the bartender in all seriousness if he forgot to add the alcohol to my Coke… he didn’t. The only reason they didn’t get one star, which the food deserves, is the staff was friendly enough however inexperienced. Save yourself some money and get a better meal at McDonald’s…from a trashcan… in the bathroom.

Horrible fish and chips. Actually inedible. I stopped eating because I thought it was spoiled. Zero tarter sauce. Pickle relish and aioli mayo instead. Undercooked partially raw French fries. I travel lots and have low expectations. This was below that.

Tempted to give this five stars because it’s the best Doubletree restaurant I’ve ever been to. The management here understand what’s necessary to complete your hotel experience. They have half a dozen local craft beers on tap. No Buds anywhere in sight. Some great local wines and a food menu that is way better than you expect. Not only are the selections really good but the quality of what I’ve had so far has been excellent. Tim, the barman, is great. If you don’t understand how good this place is then you haven’t spent a lot of time in mid level hotels. There’s cheap stuff on the menu if you want it but if you travel a lot and want to eat something worth having, this place has it. There’s nothing else within walking distance of the hotel and, for a change, I absolutely don’t care. Well done Charlottesville Doubletree.

I had the chicken wrap with bean salad, though nothing amazing it was good and the price of $ 9 was right on the money. Looked like an okay place to grab a few drinks if someone wanted to.

Great service and food.
The reason for the 4 stars instead of 5, is they did not offer any crackers with the chili. However, the chili was really good.
I also ordered the white bean dip with sausage croustini and really enjoyed that. The only negative was there was a lot if white bean dip left over. Why don’t they provide some bread, crackers, pit chips, anything to enjoy what’s left of the bean dip?
Oh yeah, since it has been a couple years since I was last here, their menu is on an iPad.

We were recently snowed in at the Doubletree hotel, and the only place we ate was here. I am allergic to shellfish, and that even had a massive allergic reaction. Outbreaks are uncommon, and I eat regularly at places that serve shellfish. The only way this happened would mean some serious cross-​contamination occurred in the kitchen. So, beware of that. Also, the food was not particularly good, and was on the pricey side.

For a hotel restaurant this place is great. Food is very good. Great service. Salid was good and crab mac and cheese was excellent! Prices were reasonable. No hotel gouging

Wonderful, locally sourced food. We looked over the vegetable garden as we ate dinner. The Watermelon salad was phenomenal and so refreshing. The seafood was fresh and seasoned perfectly. The okra in the vegetable soup, was the freshest I’ve ever had. Local beers and wines were fun to try, as we are from the west coast.

Ordered food and took forever to get my food! I had to call from my room to ask about it. Ordered some wings, veggies and rice. Pricey food and small portions. The high cost didn’t match the taste. I would’ve given 2 stars but the manager gave me a bottle of wine for messing up my order. The silver lining is that they have really great customer service.

We were not impressed. The portions were small, and expensive. I ordered crab cakes, they were $ 23 — there were 3 mini crab cakes on a plate. Was supposed to come with slaw and I swapped it out for a salad, then ordered a side of veggies. Everything was a bit salty
Would not go back

This is a bar/​lounge in the Double Tree. They serve Virginia beers and wines. I only tried the honey wheat beer, which was amazing. The service was very good each time I went. I ordered the pretzel and beer cheese — big enough for two people and tasty! I also ordered the watermelon salad — a lot bigger than expected and delish! I ordered the tomato pesto panini — it wasn’t the greatest, I would pass on it. The coleslaw is not your average slaw, it’s a fancy version. I ordered the barbecue sandwich and a side of fries. Very filling and tasty. It’s not like your traditional Carolina barbecue with vinegar based sauce, it was a thick sweet sauce — still good though. And lastly, at the recommendation of one of my waiters I had the banana crème brûlée which was fantastic! I would definitely recommend you eat here if you’re at the hotel, but definitely get out and try the restaurants in Charlottesville as well!

This bar was in the hotel of the DoubleTree Charlottesville. It’s a little better than your standard hotel bar. The drinks are strong and the bartenders are very conversational. The food is pretty good as well. I had the hot wings. It’s pretty hard to mess up hot wings and I’m happy that they did not. They were better than average. They have nice flat screen TVs as well that adds the feel of a sports bar.
B. Major Grade: A

We went for brunch and it’s a hotel brunch. A good hotel brunch, but still a hotel brunch. So you know it’s reliable but as a tourist to the area I was disappointed because it didn’t give me the feel of something local or unique. I think three stars is the perfect rating because it’s good, just nothing special.

Been here a few times. Great food and nice bar with a rotating selection of local microbrews on tap.

For a hotel restaurant it was terrific. Very cool décor (wood paneled swanky pub feel). The food was delicious. Ribeye steak special came with a salad, 2 sides, and a sundae and it was all around $ 16. The steak was good. We also had the club sandwich. It was HUGE, and really good. The fries were perfectly seasoned and nice and crispy. Pretty good selection of beers on tap, and the bar itself was well stocked. Definitely would go again if staying at this hotel, and honestly, if I lived nearby, I would probably stop in for a beer and club sandwich.

The beer selection was adequate for a hotel bar. However, the beer itself was on the skunky side. I realize it’s a college town, and if this was a dive bar I’d allow for the stale taste of the beer and quasi-Gardetto’s snacks but it’s in a premium hotel property. They need to step up their game a bit. Service was great but their product needs work.

This is the only restaurant inside the Doubletree Hotel in Charlottesville, and I must say that the food we had was pretty damn good all things considering. This hotel is in the middle of a college town that has pretty much nothing except Wal-​Mart and a Gold’s Gym, and it exceeded my expectations for food quality.
What I had during my stay there: their traditional buffalo wings, cobb salad, blue ridge BBQ, triple chocolate cake, guacamole, and hazelnut iced coffee. All of these except for the guacamole were enjoyable to eat. The guacamole tasted like artificially mashed avocados and it was overly acidic. I expected salad that was wilted and sandwiches that came out like a plastic mold, but it didn’t. It tasted like good food.
I docked them one star due to inconsistent service. There was one specific waitress there who gave us so much attitude and stood around the register/​computer the entire time. There were other times where the service was excellent, although still a bit on the slow side. It took them a while to take our orders, and screwed up our order as well. We had to remind our waiter to wipe off our table because there were scraps of food and water spots sitting there for a while. The restaurant is only so big, and there were only so many people, I find this to be subpar service.