The Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern

Have been here twice. So-​so. The food was mediocre and the service was somewhat better. Décor is not much.

Here on a Saturday eve around 6:00. Food good, as always. Server WONDERFUL. Thanks Vinnie!!!
Problem being seated at table by the window in front of the restaurant. Very cold. We’re from cle, we can handle that, but area surrounding our table used as a waiting area.
Kids reaching over back of bench waving suckers over my hubby’s head. Not cool.

Surprisingly good.
Surprising because I went in expecting basic tavern food, and some of the menu choices (cottage cheese, roasted carrots, apple sauce as sides, for example) had me worried I’d stumbled into an old-​folks restaurant in disguise.
However, I made my choices, including a Reuben, and was delighted to find freshness, quality and attention to detail.
What I remember most, though, is that my waitress was amazing. Friendly but efficient, she made great recommendations and had a terrific, happy attitude. Even talked me into a dessert (sticky bun bread pudding) which was awesome. Strongly recommended.

Super delicious food, good beer selection, cozy décor, affordable prices. Highly recommend this one.

Very good food with a nice gluten free menu that includes drinks. My hubby loves the beer selection.
Staff have always been great.

Food is fantastic! Like, woah! Decent beer selection, lots of different flavors. They do need to update their beer list from time to time. So many good looking items in the menu, I can hardly choose what I want. Had good service here the three times we’ve eaten.

We had the Rusty Bucket for the first time last night and it was very good. I had the fried pickles and the Codwhich. It was cooked very well. The cod was not overly greasy like most places and the pickles were fried perfectly. He had the Buffalo Chicken sandwich. He said it was amazing. Not the best he has ever had but close. The chicken was fried perfectly. Usually you get over cooked or even under cooked. My son had chicken fingers and fries and to my surprise, he ate it all. Usually, he will only eat the fries and then nibble on the chicken but he said it was good so that really gives it plus. His daughter had the Rusty Bucket Cheeseburger and she enjoyed it. All in all, we wondered why we never tried it before! If you are ever in the area, try it. We actually ordered in but will go in next time.

Great food and service. Buffalo chicken sandwich was amazing. The kids also loved their food and my husband enjoyed watching the game.

Come on people! Only 3 ½ stars? I have never had a bad meal or bad service here… ever! The selection of beers is awesome. Very diverse menu. Got to admit I’m not that fond of the name of the place, but once you get past that, it’s really a pleasant surprise. The atmosphere is not as cool as Burntwood, but the food and service is way better

Nice place. Nice beer. Has a patio. Could be bigger however with better chairs. Also have a good fried pickles.

Three words– Buffalo Chicken Sandwich.
I’ve had other food here and it never disappoints, but the Buffalo Chicken Sandwich is the best Buff Chix Sand I’ve ever had. They do some sort of voodoo on the chicken to give is a perfect, crispy batter and the chicken inside is moist and delicious. (Sorry for the use of the word ‘moist’.) The sandwich has lettuce, tomato, a little mayonnaise and bleu cheese crumbles. It is not drowned in Ranch or Creamy Bleu Cheese dressing, as many restaurant sandwiches are. The tabasco sauce has an excellent buffalo zing to it, but it’s not too greasy or spicy. The other thing that impressed me– my bun is never soggy. How do they pack all that flavor into a sandwich and not risk a soggy bun???
The Bucket is not an inexpensive place; this is not your local watering hole as the name would suggest. The atmosphere is friendly, clean, and aesthetically pleasing. But back to the price thing… $ 6.50 for a small vodka cocktail certainly isn’t crazy, but this isn’t where I’d go to drink. I do think Rusty Bucket misses the mark on Happy Hour. Solon is a mecca for 9 to 5’ers who would rather grab a few brews than deal with the rush hour traffic. They didn’t have any good deals or pleasing specials or special menu. I think they can do better here.

The kids’ meals were good and a good value. The Italian torpedo sandwich rste 5 stars and the taco salad is tasty abbodanza

Reasonable food and a reasonable price. Local pub feeling with much better than typical bar food. It’s not a Dante Bocuzzi venue, but it is a great place for casual food & brew. Servers tend to be foodies, which is very helpful when asking about the menu.

Solid bar/​grill option. You just have to recognize that there are certain things you should go for (bar food) and certain things it might be wise to leave to a fine dining restaurant (mussels, bisque).
Also, if you’re a hefeweizen fan, they have Erdinger on tap. We’ve never seen Erdinger at a restaurant that’s not German. Yum!

This place was very unimpressive. What’s worse is that I went on a Friday night. Man, was it over ridden by high school critters. It must have been after a basketball game, because everyone was wearing spirit gear, were all hyped up, and running all over. Plus, so many drunk parents. Overall the crowd was really unenjoyable for a childless, 25 year old. One redeeming factor was that the few drinks I had were good. Fairly certain they lacked very much alcohol though, which is a bit of a bummer for me. But for my lightweight friend, she loved it.
Essentially… Don’t go here on nights when it will be full of drunk parents and their awkward pubescent children.

Don’t let the outside /​strip mall appearance fool you into thinking this is your average run of the mill tavern. They have a GREAT atmosphere and the bacon cheeseburger and fries are the BEST in Ohio! The service is also so friendly.

Ok, moo cows. Seriously, shut up & listen up! The Buffalo Chicken sand which here is uncluckingly cookadoodoloo cluk cluk feee nominal. Don’t mess with any other menu items, got it? Be wild and order it with their haven er ho sauce so you can mildly cry as you indulge in the best chicken sammy this side of flaming Frisco. You don’t get it? Get it. Now. Drive out of your way if you must. Thank me, thumbs up! Thumbs up?

Sat at bar and service was terrible. Do not order the fish tacos. There might be 5oz of fish total on the three tacos. Talked to manager and she brought out another plate of tacos. If not for her, only would’ve given 2 stars for review.

I’ve been here twice with co workers. It has a typical bar menu with burgers and wraps and big beer selection. The food was surprisingly good given I have pretty mediocre standards of this type of restaurant. I ordered a salad the first time and soup the second, both of which I was fully satisfied with. Everyone else at the table seemed to really like their more substantial meals as well.
The restaurant was clean and the atmosphere not exactly my style but good for a sports bar. My only complaint is the service which was very slow despite the restaurant being only sparsely occupied.

Came here for lunch after a wedding ceremony with a group of guests prior to the evening’s reception. The restaurant was not especially busy and we were seated outside, and it often felt that we were forgotten.
Our server did not visit us for quite a while upon arrival, and that wait became the theme of the whole visit. We were seated around 1:30 and didn’t leave until close to 3:30 — mostly because the wait between getting our drink orders, our food orders, and receiving our checks was extremely long.
The food itself wasn’t bad at all. We got fried pickles as an appetizer, which I love, though I’ve had better than these. These fried pickles are whole pickles in breading, and I definitely prefer my fried pickles to be fried pickle chips. But the sauce they give you to dip them in was pretty good!
For a meal, I got the California Turkey Burger with sweet potato fries — which was pretty good! The burger was cooked well, which isn’t always the case with a turkey burger, and it had a good flavor. The sweet potato fries were nothing special, but were nothing bad, either. I enjoyed the meal.
The wait for the check took so long that many in our group just threw down cash so they wouldn’t have to wait for a credit card to be run.
I think I’d like this place if I wasn’t running a time crunch and if the server didn’t seem to forget about us. The food was worth a second trip to see if the service can redeem itself.