Mad River Tavern, Amesbury

brilliant

Spent $55 on dinner for four, including an appetizer, which is about what I would normally spend for my family. I figured, I should be getting some stellar food with this offer. No the case. The nachos were bland, the cheese was barely melted. There were more "empty" chips than ones that had anything on them. The cheeseburger I ordered medium came med rare at most, with no cheese. It appeared to be nothing more than a frozen patty cooked on their grill. My daughters BLT was scarce in the B. Margarita pizza was ok, just warm. the only thing not bland was the buf chix sandwich, drenched in sauce too hot for my son who loves hot food to eat. Leftovers left the rest. in a WALMART bag. Boo.

menu could have more variety.....could be a bit cleaner and the lighting was pretty poor the service was excellent, the beer was cold & great selection

We went in for a nice dinner. We got in there at approx 7pm and it was a 90 degree day. They had the door open but no air condition on. It was very hot. The waitress was attentive to us and that was about the only good part of our evening. We both ordered drinks and my husbands Octoberfest was warm and flat. We sent it back 2 times and had to go to a different bottled beer to be safe. I asked about the menu because on line had a lot more options. The menu was very minimal. I wanted an entrée, as I saw them on line. We weren't there for a burger! My husband ended up getting that because the very few entrees they had he didn't like. His burger was well done & he asked for med-rare.