Chadds Ford Tavern

"We love the tavern. It is really beautiful since the makeover and we love the food and staff. I only have 1 critique or I would give 5 stars. Twice we have ordered the lobster chowder and both times the hulls of the corn kernels were too tough to chew and we left them in the bowl."

"Good food and good service! Really enjoyed the appetizer sampler and the lobster chowder. The steak was overall okay. It had a faint almost chemical like aftertaste but it was cooked how I ordered it not overdone at all. My husband enjoyed the seafood fra diavolo and said the scallops and shrimp were delicious. Our waiter was attentive but not pushy and gave us plenty of time to look over the menu. Definitely will be back to try some of the other dishes."

"Came here for lunch with a friend today at 2:30 and while the French onion soup was good, the rest of the experience was subpar. The service was terrible. Not lacking exactly, our server wasn’t missing- he was actually there TOO much and too fast. We were one of five tables in the restaurant and felt like we were being rushed the whole time. To the point that we questioned our sanity to each other- it is the middle of the day, right? He kept rushing us to order drinks, then to order food. We had to ask him to come back on 4 separate occasions. We ordered our drinks after the 2nd request and 5 min from seating, and appetizers five minutes later. Then he came right back and asked for entrees, and we had to send him away again (like we were blatantly still looking at the menus and had been sat for maybe ten minutes). Then our French onion came out and while it was still scalding hot and too hot to eat, he brought out our entrees, and we actually had to send them back. Like it was ridiculous, we had barely been able to touch our soup. When he brought the entrees back out it was clear they had been left under a heat lamp- oil sogged slightly burnt fish and soggy stale fries. At this point we gave up and were like yeah everything is peachy. Please just stop rushing us!!!! Not at all the experience I expected, and highly irritating when you are spending $100 on lunch for two. I had requested a dining room booth and I think they might have put us in the section of a server who was finishing his shift from brunch/lunch- and that is even more not okay and this entire poor experience rests on the management- not sure if there was a manager there this afternoon because I didn’t see one. If that’s what caused this issue shame on the manager as a server shouldn’t be tied to a section at 2:30 in the afternoon, a server doing pre shift or assigned to the bar should be allowed to pick the table up. Anyway, $100 for a rushed lunch and soggy fish and chips, won’t be back. Adding a picture of soup because it was the only part of our $100 lunch that didn’t irritate me."

"I love this restaurant! I would recommend making a reservation because it can get pretty busy! The staff is friendly and the service is great! The crab cakes are awesome! They have an excellent drink selection as well! Complimentary valet parking was available too!"