The Merchant Tap House

First time here and went during our stay in Kingston at the Holiday Inn right bedside Highly recommend staying there. We checked the menu online first which looked appealing which made us chose here. We also wanted to try an new place that we didn’t have in our area and avoid chain restaurants and wanted to support local. Weather for us was fantastic, outdoor patio is big and was fully packed with people. Atmosphere was warm and welcoming and the hostess and waitress were both friendly, welcoming and full of smiles. She was quick on checking on our drinks for top ups and the food came out hot and fast! The food was amazing and filling we had zero complaints about the food or service. We didn’t go inside so I can’t speak for that but we enjoyed our meal and the view on the patio. I’d deff recommend to others and we’d go back again.

The servers were fabulous. One asked other tables if they were good when that table's servers weren't available. Food was good. Huge portions. Unfortunately, there is a wasp issue but you can see the restaurant put out some traps? and well... Mother Nature. Dog-friendly patio which didn't bother us but if you're not a lover of dogs or dogs near your food ask the servers to be seated in another area if possible. They were very accommodating. Overall a very nice late lunch.

Amazing meals, especially their fries!! Had a great time with a calm clean atmosphere for lunch.

Good service, decent food, except the WONDER BREAD. Don’t order the sangria, clearly they don’t know how to properly make them, cheep sweet fruit juice. Had to ask for the fruit.

We stopped by for a late lunch. The selection of draft beers and cocktails is extensive. The portions are healthy, the loaded fries and burgers are delicious. They were great about accommodating our requests to customize our order.

Had some great drinks in there indoor dinning, just went for drinks, great late night scene.

I've been here frequently over the years. It's a little off the beaten path, which in Kingston is a good thing - there's always lots of room no matter how large your group is and there are not many Queen's students around. There are limited food options of average quality. Service is always pretty good too. I've held corporate events here, and the management and staff were very accommodating.

I would like to have left a nice review, however we got seated by the host, given menus, but never got waited on. There was a table with 4 guests next to us, another of 2. We saw the waitress go to those tables twice each, but never even acknowledged us. It was not busy. We waited 10 minutes, and I know that, because I messaged my son when we were seated, then I told my husband we were leaving. Didn’t see a wait staff on our way out either. I told my husband, you must need to be 30 something to get waited on in there, we’re too old for that place. So, no I can’t give any comments on the food.

We had the poutine and Tahini salad, both were very good. The location is right down by the water and we had a table in shady spot outdoors under the trees. A welcome respite from this heat

If you are looking for a sunny patio in the afternoons, this is a place to try... though I'm not always sure about the beer. We ordered two Red Fox and this did not look like or taste like Red Fox, we asked our server, she brought us a new one, same thing, we even asked about the keg. In the end we paid our tab and left without finishing the beer.

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