West Reading Tavern

I’ve never been disappointed with this place. A must go for visiting Reading for me. Great beer selection and an excellent menu.

This is a great tavern! Excellent food. Great atmosphere. I like coming here. Awesome!

We love the WRT. There is something for everyone to eat there… meat lovers and vegetarian alike. They have an extensive beer list too which changes all the time… beers from both USA and Europe. The soups are delicious and the salmon dinner is my favorite. The owners and staff are very welcoming and attentive. It can get busy on the weekends during dinner, so you can call to make a reservation just in case. We prefer the coziness of the bar seated next to the fireplace, but there is plenty of seating in the large dining area in the back of the restaurant. In the summer there are outside tables for your dining pleasure also.

Fantastic! Best meal ever! The duck fries were fabulous; the thick, juicy filet mignon melts in your mouth, and the crispy duck was an explosion of flavor in my mouth! The duck was very fresh, almost as if I had shot it myself and brought it in to be plucked and prepared. I bet the chef do do some real magic with the moose meat I have in my freezer.

My husband and I went on a Friday night for dinner and drinks. The food is excellent! I love the fries cooked in duck fat. Also atmosphere is nice. It is small inside… Very tight seating area. They forgot my drink, but when I asked about it they got it promptly. Definitely plan on going back.

Food is great, service is great. The waitress are very friendly… they now have seating outside and it looks awesome, great atmosphere…

I love this place! Great experience all around — staff, food, drinks and atmosphere.

This place has it all, fantastic food complimented by fantastic beer and the service was absolutely the best there was not one moment when my glass was empty and that says a lot to me. It’s definitely worth stopping in if you happen to be on penn ave.

we were just there tonight! wonderful service, great beers, pleasant (relaxing, warm) atmosphere. food is always deeeeelish. can’t really think of any negatives.

Would have given you guys 4 stars for the duck fat fries, truffle fries, and the beer selection, but your tavern seafood salad gave my wife food poisoning. As she was eating it she said it was the worst salad she ever had. She should have stopped at the first bite… Now we’re afraid to go back and probably won’t. At least there are a few half way decent other restaurants in the area.

WOW. $ 23.95 for three scallops over orzo??? And the meal was cold. The place was NOT crowded at all yet most of our dinners were cold. Came here for lunch, the first time we’ve been back in 5 years due to new ownership and hearing negative reviews since the change. I am so disappointed. Fool me once…

What the hell happened to this place? This place was amazing when Steve ran it. Haven’t been here in a long long while and decided to stop in since we were in Reading. First thing we were greeted with was if we had reservations? At 5:00??? No. The place was literally empty. Off to a bad start. Never got asked this before. Looked at the menu and one of the best things on the menu was the fishermans chowder, now gone. We should have stuck with a few beers and left. Unfort. I got their pathetic attempt at a salmon BLT. I’m going through my sandwich, thinking where the hell is the salmon?!? and there it was the smallest, itty bitty chunk of burnt salmon you ever saw. I said something to our waitress who looked absolutely shocked and the new owner, I guess Mark, from the other reviews, informed me that the salmon is weighed. Wtf. Steve is your Dad??? I can’t believe it. Only good thing here is their doneworkin beer. Thank goodness he didn’t change that! The food sucks, period. Don’t bother eating here. What a sad sad day. Steve come back!!! And bring your old chef too!

Took my mother there yesterday (September 4) for lunch. I ordered the shrimp rosa soup, which appeared to have a fragment of shrimp in an otherwise milky, pink, and slightly salty broth. The server, when serving it, asked me if it was ok if there were mushrooms in it. Seemed a bit odd to announce it as it was served. When she cleared, she asked about how the soup was and I told her of my concerns and summarized «it was not very good».
My mother and I split their Cobb salad. Tiny bits of vegetable and huge pieces of lettuce. Made it difficult to eat. My understanding of a good chopped salad is that all components are roughly equal in size. This was not.
The truffle fries were attractively served. The were not well fried and arrived at the table browned but soggy/​not crispy. They were very hot. Were they pre-​fried and microwaved?
My mother and I did not have a good understanding do what the other wanted when we placed our order. She subsequently ordered a sandwich. About 10 minutes after we placed the order, the server still had not brought it, and went to another table and she and another employee dressed in black and white pajama bottoms engaged the woman there in a long conversation about her baby. I attempted to get the server’s attention, and finally shouted her name, startling her, in order to attend to us. We asked for her to prepare the sandwich to go. My mother voiced the concern that our making waves might cause one of them to mess with her food.
When the check arrived there was no apology for the delay and the soup was still on the bill. I paid the check and we left.
I expressed my concerns regarding the quality of the soup, the server’s response, and our treatment by the server to the bartender in the front bar and gave her my contact information. She said the manager would contact me. I have heard nothing yet.

Sure not what it once was…, ever since the son Mark got involved it went down hill. Slow service and food is far from what it was at one time. All they seem to be interested in now is serving beer not food. Don’t have to wait for a table like you use too when it was good.

The Sunday special is great, 8 bucks for a personal pizza and beer! The bartender was fantastic, he took the time to explain everything offered and was very attentive even though there were several other people to serve. Overall it was an A+ experience, however most of the regular menu items seemed out of our price range, but none the less we will defiantly be back for the specials.

I love going to the West Reading Tavern. I’ve always had great customer service and delicious food.
Wide selection if beers and cider on tap plus more in bottles. Nice wine list.
I’m usually there for lunch or late, and I’ve enjoyed all of my food. Once, I said I’d marry their pulled pork sandwich. It’s so good! So are their soups, burgers, fries, chicken. I’m getting hungry typing this.

Very disappointing. Overpriced and the food really wasn’t that good. Very average. The evening didn’t start well after getting attitude from the hostess bc we didn’t have reservations and it’s not like they didn’t have empty tables. And really a $ 1.25 charge for blue cheese dressing on my salad. Hadn’t been there for yrs and won’t be going back anytime soon.

The 1 star is for service. We were the only people @ the bar and the staff was too busy talking to wait on us.

BEST burgers! !!! Great service as well I never have had a bad experience there and the truffle fries are so good gotta try them! ! Nice atmosphere but wish there were windows.. But not doing me from a yummy burger.

2 stars for the food
4 stars for the service
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We went to the West Reading Tavern on a Thursday night right when they opened the dining room for dinner at 5 p.m. Upon entering the dining room, a server told us to sit where we wanted. West Reading Tavern’s décor is that of an old English pub with lots of dark wood beams and some stained glass windows. The end result is a dark, drab setting with tired décor. Despite all that, the place was clean.
We started off with our drink orders. I had a chocolate martini which was quite good and was the best part of the meal. My husband had a beer.
Each meal comes with «button bread» which has poppy seeds and sesame seeds on it. The bread actually was very good and had a homemade taste to it. I asked the server if the restaurant made this bread. She said that it comes from a bakery named Selena’s.
At the time we went, they were offering some dinner specials to celebrate their anniversary. We both decided to order off the special menu. Soup and salad came with each entrée. I got a cup of onion soup and a salad while my husband opted just for the salad. The salad was good, if uninspiring and the balsamic vinaigrette was decent. The onion soup had a hearty beef flavored broth — not the best I’ve ever had but far from the worst.
For my main course, I chose sea bass served on spaghetti with a scampi sauce, while my husband chose the Jack Daniels pork chops. The sea bass was properly prepared, thus it was moist and flaky. The scampi pasta was… different as I’ve never seen an item with scampi that didn’t have shrimp in it. My husband said his pork chops were over cooked and not very lean as there was some fat on them.
Service was quite good and attentive and our server was friendly. Even though the place wasn’t busy, they kitchen was on the slow side.
Before the tip, dinner cost $ 66 + change. We both left feeling like it wasn’t worth that much money. Oh well… lesson learned.
The bar is very popular with the locals. By the time we finished dinner, nearly every seat was taken. I don’t think we’ll go back here again.