Cantwell's Tavern

"Dining at this establishment is almost like walking back into Colonial times. It is very reminiscent of the Old Town in Williamsburg, VA. The building itself is 200 years old. However, the menu offered is far from that period. They featured a fairly wide variety of main entrees, ranging from traditional comfort food, to more upscale delights. All entrees were flavorfully prepared, and portions were large as well. Staff was friendly and helpful. However, pricing seemed to be on the high side when compared to other similar establishment in the MOT area. One other side note, this place tends to change out its menu after a certain period. We have found some of the new offerings quite tasty. So if you haven't visited for awhile, you may find some new dishes that was not present from your previous visit."

"We started off with the Brussel sprouts. That was the best thing we tried. We had a side salad and ceasar salad , which were both good. The chicken ranch flat bread pizza was ok but overcooked and burnt. The meat lover pizza was horrible. It came out so burned that's all you could taste. They remade it, and it was still just as bad. I don't know if it's just the pizza that was horrible, but we had a bad experience. They did comp the meat lovers pizza, but the second one was just as bad as the first. I didn't want the second one either as it was badly burnt and was a really long wait. They did offer us dessert, but after waiting forever for bad bunt pizza two times, we just wanted to leave."

"We've heard so many good things about this place and unfortunately our experience was not that at all. We ordered Brussels for an app, they were ok, small salads each which were great, a flatbread and a pizza. The flatbread was dry and overcooked, but palettable but the pizza came out completely burned on the bottom. To the point we did not want to eat it. Our server had them make a new one, and after waiting another 20 some minutes it came out, burned again. The sever offered us free dessert for our trouble, but we asked for a box to go because by this point, we just wanted to get out of there. He brought the check and said the pizza was comped, which was nice but honestly we just wanted a good meal. Along with this, it took almost half an hour to get a second beer while we waited for food and although we were sitting in the dining area, the bar was extremely loud and overpowered the whole ambiance of the venue. I understand hanging out at a bar and having fun, but it was to the point our conversation was consistently interuppted by yelling, cussing and loud conversation. Overall it was just a disappointment and honestly seems that ever since this restaurant group in particular has taken over many restaurants in delaware, they start strong but the food quickly becomes tasteless and poorly cooked."

"Michelle was our waitress! She had exceptional suggestions, was patient, and even sang a happy birthday song for us! We came for brunch, the food was good. The service was excellent. Overall, we will come back."

"My husband and I went to Cantwell's yesterday evening for our anniversary dinner. In true parent life, we took our four year old with us. When we arrived (late past our reservation) we had to wait a bit which was completely understandable. After a few minutes, our table was still not ready, and the hostess informed us that a booth by the bar had opened up, and if we would like to sit there instead. We didn't mind so that's what we did. We are so happy that's what happened because our server was also the bartender last night, and she was absolutely wonderful and took very good care of us. Also, she was incredibly sweet with our child and it was a very enjoyable dinner. Besides the service being fantastic, the food was absolutely delicious. Zero complaints and can't wait to come back."