Visited Hickory Tavern for MY first time and the evening started off amazing! I was really impressed by the atmosphere, and they even had a flat screen in the restroom so you wouldn't miss a moment of the game. The food is incredible, the chicken quesadilla is my FAVORITE menu item! However, the 2 stars are for the service. Upon arrival, my party of three took no time to order; a total of 5 food items and 5 beverages. Our waitress was nice but was very inexperienced and/or had poor training!!! We received our drinks and oysters we ordered as 1 of our 3 appetizers. About 12 minutes later a huge party of about 20 shows up and that's when WE were forgotten! While having great conversation and the game to keep us occupied, 45 minutes had passed and now we were a little pissed because we had received NOTHING else we ordered. The waitress's excuse was the large party (which we figured). She said that their orders had taken over the kitchen. We expressed our understanding but stretched we were there before the crowd and was now growing impatient! After she basically told us she didn't know what she could do, IF she could do anything about it, we asked for the manager. Fortunately the manager expressed her deepest apologies and comped the food we hadn't received which earned the 3rd star! We left later than expected but satisfied!