Truthfully I've only been a few times now but have yet to be wowed so not my first destination choice. First time I hit up Tavern was last football season and I was beyond excited to get to the bar to join my friends and watch the Niners game (Go San Fran!). The place was decently busy and we order a round of drinks. The service is good, no complaints there, but I was a bit turned off when a server asked us to quiet down when someone in our group dropped a swear word... apparently there was families in the bar but my first thought was it's a sports bar... in the midst of football season... during a playoff game. Nonetheless, we stayed the rest of the game and watched the Niners dominate. Yeahhhhh : )
I recently went over after work and posted up on the patio with a friend of mine for dinner. They were hosting trivia that night, which I love, and we opted to play but couldn't hear any of the questions on the patio...bummer... but we didn't want to move inside since the weather was so awesome so we sacrificed our scorecard. I picked out the steak in the grass sandwich, which is a filet topped with provolone. Quite tasty and pretty much exactly what I expected. Hey, it's pub food... but I'd order it again.
On another occasion I had the buffalo chicken sandwich... this thing was massive and the chicken breast was bigger than the bun itself. Highly impressed with the portion size and loved the crispy coating on the sandwich.
I'd most likely stop by again to grab a meal if I'm in South End debating where to go but I'll probably stick to watching my games at another bar.