First time trying Merchant, but I'm always looking for good restaurants to keep on my list. My husband and I went for dinner on a Thursday night. It wasn't too crowded, we were seated right away. We had the cheese curds for an appetizer and they were great. There were several items on the menu I was interested in trying, but I ended up having the quail, which was really good. My husband had the lamb sliders and was also happy with that. He was confused as to why they wouldn't have a bloody mary on the cocktail menu though. I had a cocktail and it was okay, not as great as Heritage Tavern's drinks though. I love that they have Mexican Coke there, because I'm allergic to corn so I can't have regular sodas with corn syrup in them.
Service was pretty good, I don't remember having to wait very long for anything, including the check at the end. All in all I was very satisfied and would go back again.
The only thing I didn't like was that the music was insanely loud! I'm 29, so I'm not crotchety about music believe me. But the restaurant wasn't even crowded, and my husband and I were having to basically shout to hear each other while sitting at a two-person table!