Axe and Ale Tap House

[Mr. V]

A retail store, Scout, located in a Tanger outlet on the Oregon coast, has an axe throwing area.

An odd fit for an outlet store, but hey, what about putting one in at the Tilton outlets?

[JayR]

Went to Axe and Ale last October with family and threw axes and ate some apps while playing. Fun. Chicken fingers, beer, etc. Food was pretty good. Have read all these mixed reviews, so I went back this past weekend for dinner, and I have to say, the food was BETTER than expected. Hot apps, salads, chicken, all good. Burgers were yummy and the bun was great - the bun is important and often gets overlooked! All three of us were happy with our meals. I noticed they are open for breakfast so, yup, I went in again the next morning to check it out. It was kinda surprisingly great! Eggs benedict, corned beef hash, a number of things for us, all very good. Dishes maybe a couple bucks more than at the diner, but worth it.

BUT the service was REALLY slow, which has been mentioned before. Dinner was a little slow, and the breakfast was extremely slow, especially when I ordered an egg and cheese sandwich to go for the late-sleepers in my brood. Because we were not in a rush, it did not matter, but if I was trying to sneak in a quick dinner before a show at Meadowbrook or whatever it is called, I would not go there as I would be afraid of missing the start of the show.

Hopefully they figure out staffing, hopefully by summer...it will ABSOLUTELY be on the short list for my lake weekends. If you tried it last summer and were not impressed, I suggest trying it again. Just not if you are running late! Cheers!

[Hillcountry]

I have to try this place! Can I bring my own axe? 🤔

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by JayR

Went to Axe and Ale last October with family and threw axes and ate some apps while playing. Fun. Chicken fingers, beer, etc. Food was pretty good. Have read all these mixed reviews, so I went back this past weekend for dinner, and I have to say, the food was BETTER than expected. Hot apps, salads, chicken, all good. Burgers were yummy and the bun was great - the bun is important and often gets overlooked! All three of us were happy with our meals. I noticed they are open for breakfast so, yup, I went in again the next morning to check it out. It was kinda surprisingly great! Eggs benedict, corned beef hash, a number of things for us, all very good. Dishes maybe a couple bucks more than at the diner, but worth it.

BUT the service was REALLY slow, which has been mentioned before. Dinner was a little slow, and the breakfast was extremely slow, especially when I ordered an egg and cheese sandwich to go for the late-sleepers in my brood. Because we were not in a rush, it did not matter, but if I was trying to sneak in a quick dinner before a show at Meadowbrook or whatever it is called, I would not go there as I would be afraid of missing the start of the show.

Hopefully they figure out staffing, hopefully by summer...it will ABSOLUTELY be on the short list for my lake weekends. If you tried it last summer and were not impressed, I suggest trying it again. Just not if you are running late! Cheers!

Good to know, we went when they first opened also, and you could tell they didn't have everything figured out yet but they were very open to customer suggestions. I hope to try it again soon.

[Winilyme]

Originally Posted by JayR

Went to Axe and Ale last October with family and threw axes and ate some apps while playing. Fun. Chicken fingers, beer, etc. Food was pretty good. Have read all these mixed reviews, so I went back this past weekend for dinner, and I have to say, the food was BETTER than expected. Hot apps, salads, chicken, all good. Burgers were yummy and the bun was great - the bun is important and often gets overlooked! All three of us were happy with our meals. I noticed they are open for breakfast so, yup, I went in again the next morning to check it out. It was kinda surprisingly great! Eggs benedict, corned beef hash, a number of things for us, all very good. Dishes maybe a couple bucks more than at the diner, but worth it.

BUT the service was REALLY slow, which has been mentioned before. Dinner was a little slow, and the breakfast was extremely slow, especially when I ordered an egg and cheese sandwich to go for the late-sleepers in my brood. Because we were not in a rush, it did not matter, but if I was trying to sneak in a quick dinner before a show at Meadowbrook or whatever it is called, I would not go there as I would be afraid of missing the start of the show.

Hopefully they figure out staffing, hopefully by summer...it will ABSOLUTELY be on the short list for my lake weekends. If you tried it last summer and were not impressed, I suggest trying it again. Just not if you are running late! Cheers!

Slow service. I would have an axe to grind over that.

[codeman671]

We stopped in yesterday for breakfast. The food was decent. The scrambled eggs were a bit cold and it took forever to get served. They had 2 waitresses on duty and a hostess that sat around and did nothing. One was crazy busy, the other was slow, and the bartender wasn't doing much either.

I think a bit of coordination and communication would have gone a long way. Unless the bartender was managing, there was nobody there directing which was certainly needed. Help each other out people!

[Slickcraft]

We drove to Patrick's on Tuesday forgetting that they are closed that day. So we decided to give the Axe and Ale a try. We were pleasantly surprised. As noted it is quite large inside and they have a large U shaped bar which we sat at.

It was not too busy at 4:30 PM so that might have factored into the good service. They have a very good selection of draft beer so I got my Guinness and J got her Tuckerman's pale ale.

I had the special sandwich, a grilled turkey BLT which was very good. It was a substantial sandwich with lots of hand carved turkey. J had the roasted beet salad which she said was excellent.

We will be back.

Alan