Until tonight, we have been Tarbell's Tavern fans--only good things to say. Tonight was different.
Nice to see this place is doing a good business, but concerned that the service has slowed way down--10 minutes until we got our drinks, another 15 before our companions' drinks arrived, and over an hour until we received our food order. My "Big Plate" Scotch beef was uber salty, not so big, and mostly about mashed potatoes, which the menu does not even mention as part of this order (had I known, I would have substituted veggies). The lamb burger a companion always orders arrived minus the usual caramelized onions (the waiter explained that "they weren't popular," though they remain in the description on the menu). Other toppings listed on the dish were forgotten. Our "on tap" prosecco arrived flat. We were happy to be able to send it back & switched to the wonderful "by the bottle" option the Tavern offers. (Though we did have to remind the bar staff to hand over the corked bottle. We also had to ask out waiter to remove those glasses of flat prosecco from our bill.)
No other way to say this: not up to expectations. Big disappointment.