Shale Tavern & Grille

I eat here frequently. Staff is friendly and courteous. Food is always good. Never had a bad meal. Deserts are awesome especially the ones made in house.

Ordered the full rack of baby back ribs cooked with a rub. Excellent! Huge portion. We shared. Huge baked potato. Everything was excellent, Beer was good and cold although wish she would have asked if I would like a glass. Will definitely stop in again.

Based on 4 visits to this restaurant, which is conveniently located off SR11 between Columbiana & E. Liverpool, I would just rate it as OK. The service is pretty good but many times either grated cheese or A-​1 had to be asked for when it obviously should have been included with the entrée ordered. The staff is friendly and they do check back on you often.
The parking lot and big, clean, & well lit; the restaurant itself is very nice, warm, clean, & comfortable. The fireplace is a nice touch. The problem is the food, you never know what you’re going to get except for one thing: everything is under-​seasoned or not seasoned at all. One time I got the Blue Devil burger, as advertised on TV. Now, this is supposed to come with «haystack onion rings». Five half-​pieces of overcooked onions rings do not constitute a haystack. While it was large, the beef had absolutely no flavor and the bleu cheese was non-​existent. Another at our table got another kind of burger and liked it; again large enough for a meal. No one liked the french fries. Another at our table ordered mild wings; she was brought some way overcooked (almost burnt) wings with a heavy sauce. When we questioned it the waitress admitted she brought the wrong order, I pity the person whose order it was.
My last visit I got the shrimp with linguine broccoli Alfredo. I must say it was very good but, again, absolutely no seasoning. The side salad was terrible, all lettuce and I never seen ranch dressing watered down until now. My friend had their version of a chef salad. Nice portions of meat & cheese but it was obvious the greens were of the bagged variety, we can spot such in a minute plus some the the green were wilted. As another viewer mentioned, the salad was 85% lettuce.
The place is easy to get to, we love the décor, and the servers are friendly. The food can best be described as uneven.

I really enjoy the food here, I had Blue Devil Burger the other day and I thought it was really good.
My major problem with this restaurant is the service, I set at the bar to eat, ended up waiting close to 10 mins before I was asked if I wanted anything (I was the only person there, it was in the afternoon), the kitchen staff seems pretty immature and everyone seems like they rather socialize with each other, rather than try and provide quality service.
I would suggest ordering your food to go, and taking it home.

I have to agree with previous reviews the service here is LAZY that’s the best word to describe it. If that doesn’t bother you which it doesn’t me — the appetizer I had of buffalo chicken dip was excellent. I know it was excellent because I was in a foul mood when I arrived here so if I still enjoyed the food it must be good.
It would be a great place to watch a game.

The location is perfect for us, but we just can’t wrap ourselves around the food. We stopped yesterday and I had the buffalo chicken salad. The salad is HUGE, but unfortunately contains 95% iceberg lettuce! with a few onions, some cheese! a few French fries, and yes, maybe a few chunks of chicken. There was little to no buffalo flavoring so this was a huge disappointment. Had I read an earlier review, I would have ordered something different.
My husband had the pork special. The pork was very thin and tough and served with an odd gravy. The scalloped potatoes were good, but likely leftover as they were served in a huge hunk.
The kids were happy with chicken parm sandwich and a pizza burger.
I want to like it here, but just can’t get there.

Underwhelmed! My husband & I had dinner there last night! We asked for a table by the fireplace, was told those tables were for parties of 6 or more! Really, what party of 6 or more wants a romantic dinner by the fireplace??? We were seated at the last booth right by the kitchen entrance! Needless to say it was NOT a good seat by any means! A very young wait staff that talked loud, and banged the dishes around & kept hitting the wall behind my husbands side of the booth. It took our waitress at least 15min to get a drink order from us! We ordered an app of onion straws & peppers in oil! Both were good, except the peppers were served ice cold (sld have been room temp), & they were served with borderline stale tortilla chips! Hubby did NOT like the chips with the peppers, bread wld have been sooo much better! We both ordered the New York Strip! VERY poor cut of meat! They are supposed 2 hand cut their steaks & we were both wondering if the chef knew what he was doing! They were cooked the way we ordered, but my husbands was barely edible bcuz of all the grissle (not fat) running DIRECTLY thru his steak! He had to dispose of several bites in his napkin bcuz it was not chewable! We eat our steaks med rare but it felt like we were sawing thru a log! Not tender at all! When the manager came by 2 c how things were my hubby told him & he did offer another steak but we were DONE! The salad, apps & sides were good, service acceptable but not great! Will we go back? Maybe, if we are down that way again, but I would NEVER order or recommend a steak there! IF we go back we will try the burgers or sandwiches! On a side note, when we came home I gave our furr baby the rest of my hubbys steak, & it was even too tough for her big teeth! She tried to chew it & spit it out several times b4 I finally took
it away from her!

Been there numerous times, average food, described as bar food, every experience keeps getting worse — waited an hour for dinner then waitress dropped half he entrees on the floor, straw that broke my back was Friday night at 5:30 — I counted 4 open tables told me I would have to wait 20 minutes to ½ hour. No thank you– went to chefs table had a better meal…

Fantastic local fare far beyond usual expectations.
Best burgers ever. Truly quality beef, toasted bun and a variety of topping choices + fresh cut «fair fries» we highly recommend.
Casual/​upscale ambiance and nice patio considering the highway/​hotel adjacent location.
Fresh salad choices are small but delicious and service has been impeccable on all four visits.