Gooseneck Tavern

A nice menu and good food. Pretty casual place and not sparkling clean, but a good experience. I had the liver and onions with the Ginger Martini, an odd combination but both were good. On a return visit I tired their version of a Dirty Martini… it was way too dirty, but that’s more my taste than their problem.

I went here this afternoon with a couple of friends and just had to share how much we enjoyed it! We got there about 2:30 and had to sit in the bar as the dining room doesn’t open til 4:00 — no problem as there was plenty of seating, good music on the sound system and a friendly greeting when we came in.
Nice «corner bar» ambiance with décor clearly dedicated to honoring those who protect and serve the rest of us. Regulars started trickling in about 4:00 and it was such a friendly atmosphere in which to sit and visit.
Great service and outstanding food! I had a terrific burger made exactly as I requested and accompanied by the best onion rings I’ve ever had — I’ll go back just for those onion rings!

Service here sucks. Been here 35 minutes. Ordered an app and drinks. The drinks came and she took our order. My wife’s salad came but still no app. Also, we have no silverware so my wife can’t eat her salad. Our server continue to ignore us as she rushes past us constantly. As I’m writing this our food came but still no app. The guy who brought our food returned with silverware and napkins so there’s that.
So, when you pay, the server swipes your card at the table on a tablet and has you sign the tablet right there. The big issue is they watch you tip them. Awkward. The food was good here but the experience is not good.

Wasted my precious time today. Arrived here with 33 seniors, of which the owner knew about for weeks in advance. We had ONE waitress for 33 people. She was the only one there. It took 1 hour and 45 minutes before our table was served. I guess senior citizens have all the time in the world so it shouldn’t be such a big deal right? The décor was dark, dated and tacky and varnish peeling off the tables. On the plus side, the food was ok but all the waiting took that joy away. Check on how many staff is there before you go, otherwise kiss your evening or afternoon goodbye.

Stopped in for a late dinner on a recommendation. I really like the menu & draft beer choices. I went with the special that day, which was country fried chicken w/​sausage gravy. The food was great, especially the cornbread! Our server was very friendly and did a great job. We spoke with manager that evening as well. She was also super friendly. They’re a very dog friendly restaurant, and give back to local rescues. They also have a really nice pet friendly patio! We live quite a ways from here, but I’m sure we’ll make it a point to come back from time to time.

Finally made it here after hearing about it for months! My husband and I stopped in after leaving our foster dog with his new forever family and I was an emotional mess. I really like the atmosphere of this place and LOVE that they have a pet-​friendly patio. The menu isn’t huge, but has a nice variety that anyone should be able to select from. My husband was happy with the beer list and enjoyed the ones he tried. Our service was friendly and prompt. The thing I love most about this place is they actively promote adopting a shelter or rescue dog vs. buying. I love that there is information on their menu about it and that they support local rescues. Good for them for fighting the good fight! I will continue to support this business and spread the word to friends and family.

All of these years living nearby and tonight was the first night we went to Gooseneck with our toddler. Staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. Restaurant could use a bit of a deep cleaning or revamping but I understand it is a local tavern so I get it. Food came out fast which is a plus when you are eating with a toddler and was absolutely delicious! Our son devoured his kids meal (which was free tonight because of Kids Eat Free! How awesome?! We had no idea!) and we both loved our food as well (I got the chargrilled chicken wings while hubby got the Philly cheesesteak and fries). We will definitely be back!

My Asiago burger was delicious and the onion rings were perfectly done. My daughter had French onion soup and a salad. We were very satisfied. The restaurant was pleasantly decorated and comfortable. We will definitely come back.

I lived nearby in Shawnee Hills during 2004 – 2006. I frequently ate at the Gooseneck with my family. In 2006, we moved to New Mexico and later to the San Diego area. I retuned to Sebring, OH (Copeland Oaks Retirement Community) several years ago. Yesterday, while visiting my son’s home in Hilliard, I decided to over to Powell at eat at the Gooseneck.
I arrived at 11:20 am on a Wednesday. At noontime, only the tables in the bar are available for seating. I was their first customer. The Bartender/​Server was very friendly and said I had my choice of tables. I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich w/​fries. While I know their burgers are excellent, I had just eaten at a Culver’s the prior evening. I recalled the Gooseneck burger plates were very filling and their reputation did not fail me when my chicken sandwich was placed in front of me. No kidding, the size of the grilled chicken (very tasty) was twice as large as I expected. Quality was not compromised. Also, the kitchen did not skimp on the tomato, lettuce, pickle and fries added to the plate.
Very little had changed from my last meal here years ago. That is a good thing. Consistency at a restaurant brings back customers. It will bring me back here again on another trip to Columbus.

We were impressed by Gooseneck Tavern. Service was friendly and accommodating to our older diners and to the two who were delayed — alternately holding off and then coming immediately to our table to get orders, refills, and check in on us. That made our experience, really — we felt very welcomed. The décor is a firefighter/​NASCAR/​OSU theme, so lots of things to look at in addition to the big screen TVs.
Plenty of beer selections and lots of house-​made bar food along with comfort food dinners that hit the spot. We ordered an appetizer of kettle chips that were dressed like potato skins, with hot sauce already added in. It was obvious that the chips were cut in-​house, and they were fresh and crispy and chewy and yum.
Our entrees were also excellent. The Oriental Chicken salad and the Japanese steak salad were awesome — the spouse pronounced the steak as the best part of the dish (so often steak salads are tough, overcooked cuts) and the Asian dressing was fresh and citrusy. I had the shrimp basket, with hand battered shrimp with the tails already off. Hot fries and cool cole slaw rounded that out. My dad had their liver and onions, with real mashed potatoes. He liked it a lot. Another in our party had, on recommendation, a house-​ground burger with his choice of toppings — which was pronounced really good. All around strong execution.

The wife and I had burgers which were amazing. The beer selection is above average. And, as a former emt, I love the fire and ems theme to the place. I am not disappoint!

Maybe I ate too healthily this weekend, because today I was in the mood for a burger, or barbecue, something meaty. I happened to be in this area, and Gooseneck was my third choice: the BBQ place I went was permanently closed, and seeing the great reviews for Kraft House 5’s burgers I intended to go there but it was closed on Mondays. I understand the rationale for that, but jeez, sometimes I want to eat out on Monday!
Anyway, the burgers here got great reviews, so I set off to find it. Which was hard– it is tucked away behind the main strip, at the far end of the UDF building. The sign was hard to see, and even when I pulled up it wasn’t very enticing. The only sign it was open was the neon one in the window; they place looks almost abandoned, though so does my yard on these first few days after the snow melts… Plus I was there during the day; at night it might stand out.
Inside, it is very dark. Very much a bar. Fire and police pictures line the walls. Service was very friendly and prompt. There’s a great beer selection, but I couldn’t partake because I was on my way to work.
I had the house burger, which is a double cheeseburger with «special sauce.» It. Was. Perfect. Perfectly cooked, great beef, good bun, fresh toppings, all in all just an incredible burger. It comes with onion rings, which were also equal to the best I’ve ever had. Hearty, crispy, piping hot. Just classic examples of burgers and onion rings.
This is way off my beaten path, but if I lived nearby I’d come whenever I was jonesing for a burger.

We usually stop in for slider or wings and beer. The wings are nearly alway perfect. I like my wings well done and I’m nearly always happy here. The french fries need reworked. They’re some kind of coated, disaster.
But, all in all, our favorite beer and wing place.

I don’t even want to give this place one star. I had the Greek salad with chicken & it was terrible. Everything but the lettuce came from a can. Canned tomatoes & canned artichokes. Canned onions. And then of course olives & banana peppers of which I would expect to be from a jar. They say they make the Greek dressing in-​house. Tasted like store bought to me — nothing special. The grilled chicken was of the frozen processed variety. I guess this place is known for it’s greasy fried bar food & maybe that’s why it had 4 stars. I’ll never eat here again. Service was nothing short of indifferent.

I had always thought I liked this place after one or two experiences that were a while ago but we took our kids there this past week and we will never go back. Here’s why:
1) first we ordered the kids cranberry juice. It tasted nasty so we got lemonade instead. The waitress agreed that the cranberry juice isn’t very good and said it was freshly squeezed. Who freshly squeezes cranberries to make juice at a restaurant? Nobody? The lemonade was just your typical minute maid or whatever. $ 2.99 per kid for that lemonade but if we had ordered them a soft drink, iced tea or fruit punch it would have come with the $ 4.95 meal. She didn’t tell us of that fact when we ordered. Ridiculous.
2) my Japanese steak salad sounded good and looked pretty good but the dressing had zero taste — literally seemed like just oil.
3) there was a screw exposed in men’s restroom that my son scraped his belly on while washing his hands.
Bad experience all around and not worth the money.

Definitely get the wings! They are grilled vs. fried. Blue Tavern chips are good too!

Kids eat free Sun/​Mon! My entrée was pretty nasty but everyone else liked their food so I’m giving them 3 stars to be nice. I ordered the half chicken with Jamaican seasoning. I normally love Jamaican flavors but theirs tasted like rancid BBQ sauce! My husband had fish and chips and it was a huge piece of fish and he said it was good. The kids had hamburger and a spaghetti meals and both ate it all which is rare lol Our waiter was soooo nice and really friendly, but I wouldn’t eat there again.

We were driving around looking for a new place to eat and happened upon the Gooseneck Tavern.
We sat at a hightop and determined that the bartender was also the waitress for the section we were sitting at. She hadn’t left the bar area, as there were several patrons getting drinks that she needed to help. We waited about 15 minutes to get a menu, almost leaving.
Once we had the menus, nothing really stuck out as particularly appealing. We ended up both getting the roast beef that was supposed to come with au jus and horseradish. We’re both big horseradish proponents, so we really ordered with that in mind.
When we finally got our meals, it came with the au jus, but not the horseradish sauce. We asked for it and the waitress said, «Oh, you want horseradish? Okay.» as if it was some type of addition.
The meal was okay. I wasn’t super impressed. The meat was kind of tough and struck me as something that might have been microwaved. It looked like they had good deals on drinks, but we didn’t get one this time. The whole meal cost us less than $ 30, which isn’t bad, but the food was fairly lackluster.
There was one table of 4 older people who were clearly intoxicated. They were being extremely loud. As everyone else in the place was talking at a reasonable volume, everyone could hear everything this group was saying. Very distracting. Seemed like they were locals, as were most people in the place.
Overall, reasonably priced but, for as far away as it is from us and with the service and quality of food, we probably won’t be back. If I had to do it again, i wouldn’t sit in the bar area.

Been meaning to go in here after someone we knew raved about it and finally did. Not too bad a place! A lot of locals come in and are known by the staff as was evident by the way the servers were chatting and recalling what things the customers liked.
We had the stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer and they were pretty good. Hubs had the ribeye steak and it was tasty while I had the ½ Jamaican chicken. No mon! Just putting some sauce on it does not make it Jamaican. But other than that the food was tasty and the firehouse décor was — interesting.
They appear to be known for their ground in shop burger and onion rings and from the number we saw going past us they must be some kinda good. Next time we go (and there will be a next time) we will get our burger on!

Several co-​workers told us about this place, but for some reason it took us a year living in Powell before we finally tried it. Oh my gosh! The food is awesome, and the service is too! We usually ask for Heidi’s section and she always takes good care of us. The «gringo queso dip» is to die for — fried pretzel bites with cheese dip, and my husband swears by the «buffalo mac & cheese». Yes, they have healthy options too, which are good, but I’m usually a sucker for the rotating selection of daily specials.
Yum, yum, yum. Still hungry when you’re done? Walk next door for some ice cream at UDF, or Graeter’s, Handel’s, and Jeni’s are all in walking distance as well. We try to walk the 1-​mile from our house when the weather is nice!