The Dock At Water

Awesome! My girlfriend took me here a while back and the food is great as well as the atmosphere! Try the little taco appetizers, they rock!

We’ve been going to this place regularly, not frequently, for several years & have noticed their food isn’t what it used to be. It used to be good, quality food; but the quality and preparation has gone downhill. Went there last night to eat & watch the football game. My husband’s meal was overdone and too spicy. I don’t know why they have to rely on over-​spicing things now to «enhance» the flavor. We also didn’t realize it was open mic comedy night. :(Unfortunately, the mic blared through the entire place when they have a stage area they could have restricted this too if people didn’t want to participate. The comedians were not really funny IMO; they were just vulgar. Another turn-​off. Very disappointing when we just wanted to enjoy a night out & watch the game. Will probably look for someplace else to do this in the future.
*Updated to 2 stars because their servers have always been very nice & we have always had good service there.

What an awesome experience on a weds night. A place that has some life on a week night. Food was great, service was awesome. We’ll be back!

My wife and I stopped by for dinner when we were traveling through. We found the menu to have more options and greater variety than expected at a bar. My steak taco special was delicious and inexpensive. The steak slices were tender and the ingredients (tomato, guacamole, etc) were fresh. My wife’s sausage and pepperoni pizza tastes like a good frozen or assembled-​at-​home pizza. Service was slow but friendly. Because of the value, I give it 4 rather than 3 stars.

We went in for beer and snacks tonight after a long day. The beer was cold, appetizers tasty and the tvs were on sports we liked. All in all that’s a trifecta for a good night. Shelby was our waitress and she was a delight. Tip would be to change the cheese to shredded cheese on the nachos:
We would have given it a 4 star rating but they don’t do pitchers of beer on Saturday nights. Come on! Give the people what they want!

I’ve been to the dock several times over the past 15 years and it used to have a lot more character… a cozier environment with lots of booth seating and good live music. They apparently did some remodeling and now it’s just like your typical sports bar… black sterile tables and chairs, lots of flat-​screen TVs, etc. I can’t really speak about their food, but they have a decent menu. For a vegetarian, though, the selections are a bit limited. I’ve had the white pizza and it’s good. Also liked the sweet potato fries, but preferred them w/​ranch instead of the sweet butter stuff that they serve them with. And they make a good bloody mary (they even have a variety of flavored vodkas to choose from). They also have a nice outdoor patio… but it’s usually really smoky. That said, I go there for the live music.

Great veggie pizza tonight, crisp bottom… added mushrooms and extra cheese. Its the best around…

Good food both times I have eaten here. Service has been average compared to other local restaurants.

Ate with a group of coworkers who are frequent travelers. Consensus was the service was slow with many mistakes. Food was barely edible. Place seemed busy and had live music though.

Best wings in town, and overall some of the best food in town and decent beer prices.

Been there a few times last nite was the worst, chili cheese fries were cold, grilled wings were wet, and to beat it all 2 dollar cover. When we complained about the food all we got from the waitress was the cook has his panties in a knot, no manager nothing, I do not send food back (horror stories). If I go back it will be in the early afternoon, but will have to be at my convenience.

Have been here a few times and have only had the wings and chili. Really enjoy the chili, has great flavor. Comes with onions and cheese, as it should. We order the grilled wings. Husband suspects maybe flash fried because suspiciously cooked uniformly on the outside. The Jamaican has a good flavor and just enough spice. Good spot to watch a game, eat wings and drink a beer.

This is a bar that also serves food. The drinks were good in a nice bar-​like atmosphere with lots of TV’s. Great outside area in nice weather. On the other hand, the food is pretty average, which was why I gave it a 3.

Food wise… It all tasted canned and frozen. Somehow the place seemed smoky inside although I didn’t see anyone smoking.
Don’t come here hungry, just thirsty. And for a game.

Appearance-​wise, a pretty typical sports bar. Nice but not fancy, not too loud.
Service was pretty good; maybe a bit slow but they were semi-​full.
The food was very good. I had the Dock burger, a double burger, and it was great. Side was sweet potato fries which were very good. Tried some of my cousin’s onion straws and they were great.

Upon first entering, the first thing you notice is that this bar is very busy. There is no one to seat you so you just have to go and grab a table yourself. There is very limited seating outside so unless you get there early, you are stuck inside.
The setting is very cozy and with a live band playing it can be quite very loud inside. The service was pretty slow, but there were a lot of people. The prices were ok. Pitchers were 6 $ and a little misleading. They look like the big pitchers but have some sort of insert inside so the whole thing isn’t full.
The food was great and the portions were generous. I ordered the perch sandwich but they were out and I had the haddock sandwich, still delicious. Sandwiches come with either fries, onion fries or sweet potato fries and all are great.
The food was good here, but the service was slow, they were out of one of the things we ordered, there was not enough seating outside and the live band made it way too hard to hear each other. A nice hang out place though.

Pizza was over our expectations. Kids meals were large! Very excited to see a pepsi carrier. Only reason it is a 4 star instead of 5 is that it took a long time for our food to come, but it was worth waiting for when it arrived. Atmosphere is a 5. Chalkboards in the bathrooms were an added bonus to the HUGE outside patio, «community tables» and friendly wait staff. Historic area– street was once part of the Erie Canal. Found by using Unilocal for iPhone much better checking out some locals than seeing another McDonald’s.

Every once in a while you have to «take one for the team.» Unilocalsters, this is that one, and lthough we gave them two stars, it’s because they get one for just being open and having the doors unlocked.
We were returning for a weekend away and wanted to grab lunch near Chillicothe, OH; this is when Unilocal is one of the bet tool around. Unfortunately the place we wanted to hit «Carl’s» was closed on Sunday so the next closest place way Dock at the Water.
Billed as an Ohio State themed sports bar with good burgers it seemed like it was worth a shot: not.
Actually a pretty good layout with lots of TVs and we got to watch USA beat Brazil in the Women’s world cup.
Unfortunately it took almost the entire second half and the first few kicks of the shoot out to get out order; chicken philly, burger and fries.
It actually almost comical because our waitress kept coming by the table, after our order and before our food, to ask if everything was alright.
Eventually we got our food and maybe I’m just weird, but when someone makes a trip back to the able to ask how you want your burger done I expect them to actually care about getting it right, but alas the distance between medium rare and very, very well done seems to be too close to make a distinction for the Dock.
O.K. we took one for the team not it’s someone else’s turn.

Consistently the worst service I have ever encountered. After lunch rush the ratio of staff to customers is about 1:1, and still the employees seem more concerned with talking to each other and watching TV. Don’t go here on a weekend night if you want a cold draft beer served to you in under 20 minutes. Expect to be overlooked if you don’t know someone on the clock. Something positive? The best homemade chili in town.

Ohio State themed sports bar; went in during the annual local biker rally and an Ohio State game, so the place was packed. Almost didn’t sit down, as I didn’t expect we’d see food inside of an hour.
Dude walked up in an Ohio State shirt, said hi, and I slowly realized he was the waiter.
He proceeded to give us the best service we’ve had in at least a year; our drinks never went empty, he popped over several times to check and see if everything was okay, and the food was fast and as-​described, and pretty inexpensive, too. Limited beer selection, but cheap and enormous glasses.
Beats the hell out of an Applebee’s or Fridays, even without this guy’s service. With him waiting tables, four stars, easy.